Students Archives

Austin Vick, left, and Emily Wiggins were two of 17 ECU alumni who returned to campus on June 13 to help lead new student orientation sessions.
Jul 01, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

WELCOME HOME

With in-person new student orientation back in full force at East Carolina University, chants of “purple and gold” and “no quarter” have been roaring through the Main Campus Student Center....

East Carolina Piano Festival Young Artists Program participant Kelia Ng Yao works with Jerome Lowenthal, longtime Julliard School faculty member, in a master class in Fletcher Recital Hall.
Jun 29, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

MUSIC MAKING

Young musicians from around the country have converged on East Carolina University’s campus for an intense week of master classes with some of the world’s best pianists at the East...

Jun 29, 2022
  • Ronnie Woodward

Theater displaying social work students’ photos, experiences

Although it might have been a new experience, students in the East Carolina University School of Social Work embraced the opportunity of photovoice to document the impact of COVID-19 in...

Jun 28, 2022
  • Hannah Eccleston

Student: Adam Forsell

Adam Forsell wants to challenge himself and others to get out of their comfort zones and try new experiences. A veteran and graduate student, Forsell has taken his passion for...

Jun 23, 2022
  • Kristen Martin

PATIENT CONTACT

For many undergraduate students with dreams of attending medical school, obtaining clinical experience means shadowing physicians or volunteering in a hospital. However, several students at East Carolina University are pursuing...

Jun 23, 2022
  • Harley Dartt
  • Katie Vaughn

ECU student magazine wins international journalism award

Countenance, an East Carolina University student magazine, has won the 2022 Silver Crown award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA). Countenance is a long-form feature magazine that has been...

Jun 21, 2022
  • Hannah Eccleston

SUMMER ORIENTATION

Throughout the summer, East Carolina University will welcome incoming students to campus for orientation. During the two-day experience, students and their parents will learn all about campus and being a...

Jun 16, 2022
  • Harley Dartt

ECU music student wins NC Symphony competition, other students named finalists

East Carolina University School of Music piano student Ritchie Bui was first prize co-winner in the North Carolina Symphony’s 2022 Kathleen Price and Joseph M. Bryan Concerto Competition Young Artist...

Dr. Darrell Neufer, left, and Dr. Shahnaz Aziz are recipients of a National Institutes of Health grant to study workaholism and insulin levels
Jun 15, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

WORKAHOLISM AND DIABETES

East Carolina University faculty in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences and the Brody School of Medicine have received $451,053 in grant funding from the National Institutes of...

ECU students cheering at orientation
Jun 13, 2022
  • ECU News Services

Incoming student checklist — Fall 2022

Welcome to Pirate Nation, Pirate parents! Now that your student has been admitted to East Carolina University, it’s time to start preparing for their start this fall. Below is a...