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Dr. Linc Conn (right) inspects the work of first-year dental student Rudy Oxendine. Oxendine is a former Greenville police officer. (Photo by Rhett Butler)
Feb 07, 2018
  • Rich Klindworth

FROM SERGEANT TO STUDENT

Being a police officer and a dentist are more similar than one might think. That’s what former Sgt. Rudy Oxendine is realizing as a first-year dental student. “It’s all about...

Feb 05, 2018

Award-winning SHOES Project builds on two years’ successes to combat mental illness and depression

East Carolina University students have partnered with campus departments to present the SHOES Project from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Feb. 8 near the cupola on the ECU Mall. SHOES,...

Feb 02, 2018

ECU to host Summer Jobs & Internship Fair for students and alumni

East Carolina University Career Services will host its first Summer Jobs and Internship Fair from 1-4 p.m. Feb. 8 at the ECU Student Recreation Center. This event covers all majors...

Students worked in shallow water to document and map the Pappy’s Lane shipwreck.
Jan 31, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

GROUNDED IN HISTORY

With little to go on but fragments of oral history and the scant clues they could glean from a decaying steel hull, a team of East Carolina University maritime studies...

Jan 30, 2018

ECU graduate student awarded fellowship for work with marine parasites

East Carolina graduate student Christopher Moore was selected as a 2018 North Carolina Sea Grant and N.C. Coastal Reserve Coastal Research Fellow, allowing the Winston-Salem native to fund his marine-life...

Jan 25, 2018

Student-designed brochure outlines dangers of e-cigs

Second-year Brody School of Medicine students Whitney Green and Radhika Kothadia have designed a brochure to educate middle and high school students about e-cigarettes. The effort comes on the heels of...

Israel Mendez
Jan 24, 2018
  • Bre Lewis

Student: Israel Mendez

Israel Mendez is a senior public health major with a concentration in community health at East Carolina University. He grew up in Morganton and is the oldest of 10 children....

Jan 18, 2018

One-year, online master’s programs offered in College of Education

East Carolina University’s College of Education is offering teachers a way to earn their master’s degree in just over a year. Expected May education graduates or current teachers who are...

Jan 12, 2018

Pirates prepare for 22nd annual Polar Bear Plunge

The 22nd annual Polar Bear Plunge is set for 5:30 p.m. Jan. 18 at the East Carolina University Student Recreation Center. All ECU students, faculty and staff are invited to...

Pirate Profile: Rachel Eker
Jan 03, 2018
  • Bre Lewis

Student: Rachel Eker

Rachel Eker is a senior majoring in accounting and finance at East Carolina University. Her love for the field stems from her parents, who were both business majors in college....