Students Archives

Feb 17, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU Excels receptions honor high-achieving students

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences recognized its high-achieving freshmen and first-year transfer students at the college’s annual ECU Excels reception Feb. 10 in the Main...

Feb 17, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

Student: Nakaya Melvin

East Carolina University student Nakaya Melvin is always up for a challenge. Melvin, a senior from Fayetteville, is an Honors College student double majoring in public health studies and chemistry....

Feb 14, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Celebrating the Journey: College of Nursing Black History Month focuses on overcoming fear

The College of Nursing celebrated Black History Month with a keynote address and a roundtable discussion with black nursing students, alumni and community members on Feb. 6. Keynote speaker Dr....

Feb 12, 2020
  • Ken Buday

PITCH PERFECT

As a baseball pitcher, Evan Voliva has simple goals. “I just want to throw hard, throw well and strike out a lot of guys,” he said. As a fan of...

Feb 12, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU College of Nursing welcomes its most diverse BSN class

The ECU College of Nursing celebrated its most diverse class of future nurses ever as it welcomed 144 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program and Accelerated Second-Degree BSN (ABSN)...

Feb 10, 2020
  • ECU News Services

ECU freshman wins free textbooks for spring semester

Last fall freshman Laila Williams and her mother were trying to figure out how they were going to pay for Laila’s spring semester at East Carolina University. “I was praying...

Feb 06, 2020
  • Jules Norwood

A WAY FORWARD

Interim Chancellor Ron Mitchelson presented his first State of the University address to the East Carolina University community Wednesday in Wright Auditorium, highlighting successes and challenges, and thanking faculty and...

Feb 05, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Provost’s Challenge kicks off with focus on health and well-being

A group of East Carolina University students will spend the semester exploring ways to improve student health and wellness as part of the second Provost’s Challenge. More than 80 entrepreneurial...

Jan 31, 2020
  • ECU News Services

‘This program is such a blessing.’ Students express gratitude for Golden LEAF scholarships

Robynique Willis-Brown is determined not to be a statistic. Growing up in the foster system, Willis-Brown was surrounded by many uncertainties. Whether she could go to college was just one...

Jan 27, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

Student: Lamar Gilchrist

As a kid, East Carolina student Lamar Gilchrist got to be in front of a camera. Now, he wants to be the one behind it. “When I was growing up,...