Students Archives

Jul 10, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

Research shows value of college degree goes beyond ROI

Two East Carolina University researchers recently published a paper that examines how the overall benefits of earning a higher educational degree go far beyond return on investment. Concerns about the...

Two women separate food into bowls in a well-lit indoor space.
Jul 08, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Speech student blends science, compassion for dysphagia study

An undergraduate student in East Carolina University’s speech language pathology program is offering hope to those with dysphagia through a novel research project — testing kitchen blenders. Hannah Shook will...

Jul 08, 2025
  • Ken Buday

ECU tech labs getting a half-million-dollar upgrade

Network and internet connectivity are part of everything, from how businesses succeed to even how you wash your clothes. That’s just one reason labs and classrooms in the East Carolina...

A woman in grey medical scrubs stands in a simulated operating room with purple lights.
Jul 07, 2025
  • Benjamin Abel

Student: Michaela Davenport

Michaela Davenport said her path to East Carolina University and the College of Nursing wasn’t easy, or direct, but she has no doubt it was the right choice. Davenport is...

Jul 02, 2025
  • Kristen Martin

PIRATE program sparks interest in teaching among high schoolers

Three days of community building, lesson planning and college life. That’s what 104 high school students from 35 North Carolina counties experienced on East Carolina University’s campus June 18-20 through...

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Jun 30, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Darian Hale

Darian Hale loves people and telling their stories. The East Carolina University senior is majoring in communication with a concentration in journalism. “There are stories everywhere,” Hale said. “I’ve learned...

Two men, one at left in a purple shirt and the other in a green shirt, stand next to a large machine that prints three-dimensional objects while holding prosthetic foot attachments.
Jun 24, 2025
  • Ken Buday

ECU engineering students help develop prototype to support amputees in Africa

East Carolina University graduates set out to leave their marks on the world. Four 2025 engineering graduates have already done just that. Hannah Blackburn, Maranda Byrd, Lauren Simpson and Danielle...

Jun 20, 2025
  • Spaine Stephens

Preparing Tomorrow’s Dentists gives prospective students a look at dental school

Ivianna Phifer adjusted her phone to just the right angle as she held a dental instrument in each hand and awaited instructions. Phifer was decked out in personal protective gear...

Several students wearing pink and sitting in a row look up at someone on a stage and smile.
Jun 19, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

Your guide to Pirate life: meet the ECU orientation assistants

Orientation assistants (OA) serve a vital role in helping guide new students and their families into Pirate life at East Carolina University. Twenty-five OAs who are current students, along with...

Jun 19, 2025
  • Crystal Baity

ECU OI: Briannon Wall

Major: Middle grades education Hometown: Windsor Why did you choose ECU and what are some things that you love most about ECU? I chose ECU because it was a good mix of close...