Students Archives

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

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

‘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,...

Jan 23, 2020
  • Jules Norwood

ASPIRE TO INSPIRE

White House correspondent and political analyst April Ryan presented the keynote address for East Carolina University’s celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Wednesday night at the Main Campus Student...

Jan 15, 2020
  • Grady Dillon

Student: Delaney Arthur

East Carolina student Delaney Arthur has a passion for drawing and designing clothes. Now, she hopes to one day start her own design company. Arthur, a junior from Lynchburg, Virginia,...

Jan 14, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

NATIONALLY RANKED

Online graduate programs at East Carolina University have been recognized among the nation’s best in a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report. ECU’s master’s programs in business, criminal...

Amber Arnold, assistant director of student success in the Pirate Academic Success Center, works with ECU student Nolan McDonald on an assignment. Photo by Rhett Butler.
Jan 13, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

MINDSET TO SUCCESS

Nolan McDonald speaks from experience: You can turn around a bad first semester. Now a junior, McDonald moved to East Carolina University from his hometown of Medford, New Jersey. Not...

Jan 08, 2020
  • Matt Smith

SIMPLY THE BEST

East Carolina University’s student entrepreneurship program, RISE29, was honored for its co-curricular innovation by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) at its annual conference Monday in...

Jan 07, 2020
  • Jules Norwood

YEAR ONE

It seems like yesterday that dignitaries from East Carolina University and across the state gathered to cut the ribbon opening the Main Campus Student Center on 10th Street, but it...