Students Archives

Sep 11, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Graduate student showcases dedication at award ceremony

Dedication to the field of education and a love of Pirate Nation brought scholarship recipients and donors together — including one student who traveled all the way from Florida. Carley...

Sep 10, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

SUPPORT AND AWARENESS

At East Carolina University, students recovering from substance use disorder are not only receiving support, they’re providing it as well. Jarmichael Harris, ECU’s Collegiate Recovery Community coordinator, said it’s the...

Sep 03, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU freshman wins free textbooks for fall semester

An East Carolina University freshman can thank his friend for the textbooks he won from Dowdy Student Stores, the university-run bookstore on campus. Omar Awadallah of Greenville wasn’t going to...

Aug 29, 2019
  • Doug Boyd
  • Kristen Martin

DIGGING INTO RESEARCH

County Home Road. The name is sort of self-explanatory. Somewhere along this stretch of highway south of Greenville was a building or buildings where some people lived. But who were...

Aug 28, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Gotcha e-bikes arrive at ECU

East Carolina University students, faculty and staff will have a new way of getting around campus this fall with the arrival of 225 Gotcha e-bikes. Joshua Rossnagel of ECU Parking...

Aug 27, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU announces higher prize awards, kickoff date for third annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge

East Carolina University, the College of Business and the Miller School of Entrepreneurship have announced that the third annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge will award more than $100,000 in cash prizes...

Aug 26, 2019
  • Grady Dillon

Student: Irma Lappin

East Carolina University senior Irma Lappin does more each day than the typical college student. Lappin, originally from Mexico, came to the United States at the age of 6 and...

Aug 23, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

REACHING PORT

As nearly 29,000 students started classes at East Carolina University this week either on campus or online, there were a handful who have returned to complete a journey they started...

Brody Scholars (from left to right) Grant O’Brien, Brandon Garcia and Kayla Mayes pose with ECU Medical & Health Sciences Foundation board member Dr. Deanna Boyette. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Aug 22, 2019
  • Janiya Winchester
  • Rob Spahr

BRODY SCHOLARS

Three medical students at ECU’s Brody School of Medicine have been awarded the university’s most prestigious scholarship. Brandon Garcia, Kayla Mayes and Grant O’Brien – who like their classmates are...

Aug 19, 2019
  • Jamie Smith

NEW CREW

As members of the class of 2023 walked into Minges Coliseum for convocation Sunday afternoon, they were handed small buttons with one very important word – connect. Connecting and making...