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In 2018, Pol Solanellas Manzanares, an MBA student from Barcelona, Spain, was involved in a biking accident that left him in a coma for two weeks and put him on a long road to recovery. On May 3, 2019, Solanellas will receive his MBA during the College of Business commencement ceremonies.
May 02, 2019
  • Michael Rudd

Graduate profile: Pol Solanellas Manzanares

Barcelona native Pol Solanellas Manzanares was living the dream that he saw so many times on TV or movies back home in Spain as a student-athlete at East Carolina University...

English major Shainah Andrews took a wide variety of classes while at ECU. One class even inspired her to spend a semester abroad in Ghana.
May 02, 2019
  • Erin Ward

Graduate profile: Shainah Andrews

As a first-generation college student who hadn’t traveled outside the U.S. before, Shainah Andrews never thought she’d have the opportunity to study abroad – twice. But during her time at...

Apr 30, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Godwin to present at international dental research conference

A Kenly, N.C., native and first-year student at the ECU School of Dental Medicine is among a select group of U.S. dental students and the only student from North Carolina...

Apr 29, 2019
  • ECU News Services

University honors graduating student veterans

Among the graduates at Friday’s commencement ceremony will be group of students who have taken a different path to arrive at this momentous occasion — those who served in the...

Apr 25, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Schweitzer Fellows improve health care, quality of life

When Jiwon Lim decided to study dental medicine, part of her decision hinged on her desire to help others and change lives. After her experience as a 2018-19 Albert Schweitzer...

Apr 23, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Pecheles Automotive Group sponsors ECU HHP’s Winner’s Circle Breakfast for 15th Year

Anna Horzempa could not continue her education at East Carolina University without financial support from scholarships. “Anyone can face circumstances that may change their financial need,” Horzempa told the audience...

Associate Professor Charles Gustina’s interior design students work on the Christenbury Gym project in the design lab in Rivers Building.
Apr 18, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

RETOOLING CHRISTENBURY GYM

An interior design class at East Carolina University has been working this semester on a project close to home: Christenbury Memorial Gym The students have created conceptual designs for potential...

Undergraduate researcher Radha Patel shares her work with a judge at East Carolina University’s 13th annual Research and Creative Achievement Week. A record number of undergraduate students presented at this year’s event. (Photo by Matt Smith)
Apr 15, 2019
  • Doug Boyd
  • Matt Smith

CELEBRATING RESEARCH

East Carolina University researchers shared their work with the community as part of the university’s 13th annual Research and Creative Achievement Week. Nearly 400 oral and poster presentations – including a...

Apr 09, 2019
  • Spaine Stephens

PATIENTS TEACH STUDENTS

In the mind and heart of 92-year-old Claudine Humphrey, age is nothing but a number. While that generational debate rages on, what’s set in stone is the bond Humphrey built...

Ruba Raza gets her hair cut by Stephani Funez during the 2019 Pirates Vs. Cancer event in the Health Science Campus student center.
Apr 08, 2019
  • Rob Spahr

PIRATES VS. CANCER

Stefani Funez spends most of her days trying to entertain herself in a hospital room. This has been the case for the 15-year-old Duplin County resident since she was diagnosed...