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Rick Steves talks with students in the Bate Building. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 21, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

TRANSFORMATIONAL TRAVEL

Hundreds of people braved snowy weather Thursday night to hear expert Rick Steves’ talk about a lifetime of travel — about 120 days every year — with a 9-by-22-by-14-inch carry-on...

Feb 20, 2020
  • Michael Rudd

DREAMS COME TRUE

The final round of the 2019-20 Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge concluded Wednesday night with FishingLicense.us taking first place and a cash prize of $15,000. FishingLicense.us is the team of ECU biology...

Feb 18, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

‘GHOST: THE MUSICAL’

SHOWTIMES AND TICKETS 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19-21 and 2 p.m. Feb. 22-23 McGinnis Auditorium Public: $17.50 | Students: $10 East Carolina students will take to the stage on Feb. 19...

Feb 17, 2020

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

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 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 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...