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A woman wearing a graduation cap and gown holds her fingers in the shape of a hook.
Dec 06, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Kaitlin Warren, Occupational Therapy

A community feel has been important to Kaitlin Warren throughout her time at East Carolina University.“I loved the sense of community I felt when I visited the campus for the...

A young man with a mustache and goatee wears a purple mortarboard with gold tassel and purple graduation gown crosses his arms with closed fists while smiling.
Dec 06, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

Jayson Arnold, Public Health

Jayson Arnold said his time at East Carolina University has taught him to embrace the unexpected. From the pandemic his freshman year to helping hurricane relief efforts through his American...

Marcos Ardon Lobos stands in graduation cap and gown.
Dec 06, 2024
  • Ronnie Woodward

Marcos Ardon Lobos, Recreation Sciences

Through experiential learning opportunities at East Carolina University and in community settings, Marcos Ardon Lobos learned the versatility of virtual reality research and explored VR as an emerging and innovative...

Margaret Maynor in her cap and gown
Dec 06, 2024
  • Kristen Martin

Margaret Maynor, Curriculum and Instruction

This week Margaret Maynor achieves a dream she has had since 1983 — walking across the stage as an East Carolina University graduate. Directly after high school, Maynor attended ECU...

A series of two female and two male students dressed in graduation regalia pose for individual headshots.
Dec 05, 2024
  • ECU News Services

Grad Profiles: Fall 2024

A group of Pirates who began their journey at East Carolina University at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic will now part ways to pursue careers that fulfill ECU’s motto—Servire,...

A bearded man in a purple t-shirt talks with a group of women who are preparing food in a large conference room.
Dec 03, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel

Physician assistant students learn how to incorporate culinary medicine into future practice

East Carolina University’s Department of Nutrition Science has piloted a program to teach future health care providers the ins and outs of food, and how to prepare nutritious meals, so...

A diverse group of 15 students in business casual attire pose for a photo holding certificates with three men in suits.
Nov 27, 2024
  • Jamie Smith

Award ceremony recognizes internationalization at ECU

East Carolina University’s Global Affairs Office celebrated several milestones during International Education Week. The week was celebrated Nov. 18-22 and campus events included the Parade of Flags through campus, an...

A tall man wearing a suit stands next to an older woman wearing a maroon sweater holding an award. An older man wearing a purple sweater holding an award stands to their right.
Nov 22, 2024
  • ECU News Services

Board of Trustees recognizes Pirate accomplishments

In its final meeting of 2024, the East Carolina University Board of Trustees honored alumni Bob Greczyn as well as Bill and Frances Cain with the Trustees Award for Distinction....

28 people stand in front of a long, low mound of sandy ceremonially shoveling dirt in front of two construction excavators strung with a large American flag.
Nov 22, 2024
  • Bobby Ampezzan

Center for Medical Education Building construction begins with ceremonial groundbreaking

East Carolina University leaders broke ground Thursday on a planned seven-story, 195,000-square-foot Center for Medical Education Building financed by the state of North Carolina. The project promises to make space...

A group of people dressed in clothing that replicates what would have been worn in nineteenth century London stand together on a dark stage during rehearsal for “Sweeney Todd.”
Nov 20, 2024
  • Alondra Martinez

ECU brings thrills to campus with ‘Sweeney Todd’

Prepare to step onto Fleet Street as East Carolina University’s School of Theatre and Dance presents its highly anticipated production of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.” Set...