Service Archives

Jul 26, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU dental students serve through Special Care in Dentistry Association

The East Carolina School of Dental Medicine’s chapter of the Special Care in Dentistry Association (SCDA) is making strides to ensure a special population of patients has the resources and...

Jul 24, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU alum takes Pirate nursing to the skies

Jonathan Polak grew up in Pittsboro playing baseball. He dreamed of playing at college and did at North Greenville University in South Carolina. After a few years of schooling, his...

Jul 20, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU medical school alumnus details caring for patients in underserved, rural areas

A 2008 alumnus of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University and current ECU Health physician detailed his experiences as a doctor in rural and underserved eastern North...

Volunteers from East Carolina University pose before the start of competitions at the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin in June.
Jul 18, 2023
  • Ronnie Woodward

FUN INCLUDED

Ashanti Cuthrell has a self-described outgoing personality, which was amplified when she volunteered at 3-on-3 basketball competitions at the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin. The role for Cuthrell, a...

Jul 17, 2023
  • Crystal Baity

Sorority celebrates 40 years with reunion, service project at ECU Community School

A sorority first chartered 40 years ago at East Carolina University celebrated its founding by giving back to the ECU Community School. The Lambda Mu chapter of Zeta Phi Beta...

Jul 07, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel

ECU nursing student uses language, cultural skills to improve rural health care delivery

The majority of the counties in eastern North Carolina are classified as rural. While the state saw a downtick in migration overall in recent years, foreign immigrants moving to the...

Jun 26, 2023
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU’s Harriot College announces Department of Economics chair

Tisha Emerson will be joining East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences on July 1 as the James E. and Constance Paul Distinguished Professor and chair of the...

Jun 22, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

NC-STeP sites selected to provide mental health services for children

Six pediatric primary care sites have been selected to provide mental health services for children and adolescents in North Carolina as part of the expansion of the North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry...

Jun 14, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU medical, dental students selected as NC Schweitzer Fellows

Eight East Carolina University medical and dental students have been named to the 2023-24 class of the North Carolina Albert Schweitzer Fellowship (NCASF) program. Two students from the School of...

East Carolina University celebrated the graduation of the Class of 2023 Friday in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
May 05, 2023
  • ECU News Services

PIRATE JOURNEY

Each one’s journey has been different, but almost 5,000 Pirates now share at least one major accomplishment in common — they are East Carolina University graduates. ECU’s Class of 2023...