PIRATES VS. CANCER
Stefani Funez spends most of her days trying to entertain herself in a hospital room. This has been the case for the 15-year-old Duplin County resident since she was diagnosed...
Service Archives
HORIZON AWARDS
East Carolina University Chancellor Cecil P. Staton honored students and employees for their commitment to service during the Chancellor’s Horizon Awards for Service ceremony on March 28. “The measure of...
MAKING MUSIC ACCESSIBLE
East Carolina University students are making music accessible to elementary, middle and high school students in Greenville through a new program called Musical Empowerment. The ECU chapter is one of...
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
East Carolina University’s second annual Purple and Golden Bus Tour rolled out of Greenville on March 4, making 10 stops while traveling 423 miles over two days in eastern North...
SERVING OTHERS
Service-minded students from East Carolina University spent part of their spring break on a blustery, overcast Monday cleaning up Old River Road north of the Tar River. Students picked up...
IMPLEMENTING CHANGE
When Rev. Richard Joyner noticed a concerning trend of young people dying of chronic, preventable diseases in his small community of Conetoe, he went looking for solutions at the institutional...
T-shirt proceeds benefit pediatric cancer support and ECU military programs
One of the largest contributions ever from East Carolina University Dowdy Student Stores’ “cause” T-shirt sales was made Feb. 8 to the ECU Distinguished Military Society to go toward scholarships...
LEGACY OF SERVICE
A day off from classes is normally a welcomed invitation to sleep in and take it easy, but on Monday, Jan. 21, hundreds of East Carolina University students braved an...
ECU social work students collect luggage for Washington community center
Last semester, students in the ECU master of social work program selected Open Door Community Center in Washington as the recipient of their class project. The students were asked to...
ECU graduate students collect sunshine baskets for Pender County students
Ten East Carolina University graduate students have helped Pender County elementary and middle school students start the new year with much needed school supplies. Lauren Patterson, a special education teacher...