Service Archives

Ruba Raza gets her hair cut by Stephani Funez during the 2019 Pirates Vs. Cancer event in the Health Science Campus student center.
Apr 08, 2019
  • Rob Spahr

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...

Student recipients of the State Employees' Credit Union Public Fellows Internship Program.
Apr 03, 2019
  • Jamie Smith

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...

ECU’s Musical Empowerment group is one of the six chapters in the country. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 26, 2019
  • Bri Deel

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...

East Carolina University faculty and administrators toured eastern North Carolina over two days as part of the second annual Purple and Golden Bus Tour. The tour is designed to introduce faculty researchers to the culture, geography, heritage, economy and assets of eastern North Carolina. (Photos by Matt Smith)
Mar 14, 2019
  • Matt Smith

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...

Students pick up trash along Old River Road northwest of Greenville. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 06, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

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...

Gloria Savage gets her blood pressure checked during the Jean Mills Health Symposium on Feb. 22.
Mar 01, 2019
  • Natalie Sayewich

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...

Feb 15, 2019
  • ECU News Services

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...

Members of ECU’s Black Student Union serve lunch at the Community Crossroads Center.
Jan 25, 2019
  • Doug Boyd
  • Jamie Smith

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...

Jan 14, 2019
  • ECU News Services

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...

Jan 09, 2019
  • ECU News Services

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...