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ECU Brinkley-Lane Scholars
May 18, 2023
  • Ken Buday

Emely Cruz Ramirez

Emely Cruz Ramirez comes from the one-stoplight town of Vanceboro, about 30 miles from the East Carolina University campus. “If you go to the local Food Lion, you are guaranteed...

ECU Brinkley-Lane Scholars
May 18, 2023
  • Matt Smith

Darshan Patel

Rocky Mount Academy’s (RMA) Darshan Patel didn’t always know what he wanted to do with his life. “I held on to the belief that I could become a professional tennis...

ECU Brinkley-Lane Scholars
May 18, 2023
  • Michael Rudd

Caramia Landis

"All of the late-night studying, pushing myself physically and mentally, and always trying to see how I could do better, be better; it all paid off." It appears to be...

ECU Brinkley-Lane Scholars
May 18, 2023
  • Doug Boyd

Blake Hardee

He's a volunteer firefighter. He’s a veterinary assistant. He’s a Brinkley-Lane Scholar. He’s Blake Hardee, now a senior at D.H. Conley High School who will graduate June 9. In August,...

ECU Brinkley-Lane Scholars
May 18, 2023
  • Kristen Martin

Anya Duffy

When making her college decision, Anya Duffy had two requirements: She wanted to go out of state and attend a large university. What checked the final box in favor of...

ECU Brinkley-Lane Scholars
May 18, 2023
  • Julie Roman

Anna Grace Benton

Bloom where you are planted. Currently ranking first in her class with a 4.46 GPA, Anna Grace Benton of Wilson has flourished at Beddingfield High School. Despite Benton having no...

ECU Brinkley-Lane Scholars
May 18, 2023
  • Crystal Baity

Alondra Martinez

Alondra Martinez picked East Carolina University for many reasons, but especially the generosity of the student body and the opportunities that she will have as a Brinkley-Lane Scholar. Brinkley-Lane Scholars...

Robert and Amy Brinkley, left, and Pat and Lynn Lane, right, were honored by Chancellor Philip Rogers for their historic commitment to ECU.
May 17, 2023
  • Kristen Martin
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

HISTORIC COMMITMENT

In a milestone moment for East Carolina University, Chancellor Philip Rogers on Wednesday announced a combined $30 million commitment to the institution from Robert Gentry Brinkley ’78 and Amy Woods...

East Carolina University occupational therapy professor Anne Dickerson and film associate professor Erick Green partnered to create a film to educate emergency workers about elderly driver safety.
May 16, 2023
  • Benjamin Abel

SERVICE FILM

What happens when a left-brained clinical researcher, a right-brained film production professor and a crew of East Carolina University students and alumni work together on the issue of older driver...

This spring, East Carolina University students saw the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Fat Ham” on Broadway.
May 15, 2023
  • Lacey L. Gray

REVENGE IS MAD HARD

This spring, East Carolina University students, along with three faculty members from the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Department of English, had the unique experience of traveling to...