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Mar 05, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Severe Weather Awareness Week at ECU

As part of Severe Weather Awareness Week, East Carolina University will conduct a test of the ECU Alert emergency notification system at noon Friday, March 9. The test will assess...

Feb 27, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Could a poll boost ECU's national reputation?

The next presidential election may be two years away, but East Carolina University’s Center for Survey Research has its focus set on Nov. 3, 2020. By then, Director Peter Francia...

The inaugural Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge concluded with $20,000 awarded to three ECU student teams. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Feb 26, 2018
  • Michael Rudd

WINNING AT ENTREPRENEURSHIP

The inaugural, three-round Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge concluded Feb. 22 with Simple and Sentimental LLC taking first place and a cash prize of $12,500. The company is owned and operated by...

Photography by Rhett Butler
Feb 21, 2018
  • Bre Lewis

Student: Ebone Evans

Ebone Evans of Durham is a third-year student in the Brody School of Medicine. She completed her undergraduate degree from Winston-Salem State University, majoring in biology. During her time there,...

Feb 19, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Dowdy Student Store to host Grad Expo

Dowdy Student Store will host a Grad Expo for May 2018 graduates from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Feb. 20 and 21 and from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m....

Feb 16, 2018
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Global Living-Learning Community broadens students' cultural perspectives

Fall 2017 marked the official beginning of East Carolina University’s Global Living-Learning Community, consisting of a tight-knit group of seven first-year students from diverse backgrounds who live in the same...

Feb 16, 2018
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ECU to host Live/Virtual Technology Showcase

East Carolina University will present a Live/Virtual Technology Showcase at the East Carolina Heart Institute on Friday, Feb. 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ECU students and faculty can...

From left to right, (top) Blake West, Megan Piggott, Jean Christian Barry, Drew Wells, (bottom) Caitlyn Joyce, Jane Kiley Simmons and Casey Scarboro perform in “Hands on a Hardbody.” (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Feb 14, 2018
  • Bre Lewis

‘HANDS ON A HARDBODY’

Ten hopeful Texans vie for a dream and a brand new truck as “Hands on a Hardbody” hits McGinnis Theatre at East Carolina University on Feb. 15. The musical tells...

(Photos by Cliff Hollis and Rhett Butler)
Feb 14, 2018
  • ECU News Services

SPRING COMMENCEMENT

The following information was included in a memo to campus from Chancellor Cecil P. Staton: For more than 110 years, ECU Commencement has been a time to recognize and celebrate...

Feb 12, 2018
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ECU hosts Veterans Writing Workshop

East Carolina University will help veterans develop the confidence to tell their stories during the Veterans Writing Workshop Feb. 16-17. Dr. Robert Siegel, associate professor of English and organizer of...