Students Archives

Apr 20, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

‘Romeo and Juliet’ opens at ECU

Shakespeare’s Elizabethan age comes to life in a late ’80s pre-grunge era in East Carolina University’s production of “Romeo and Juliet.” ECU School of Theatre and Dance faculty member Greg...

Brady Buchanan, a student in the Brody School of Medicine, talks with his Legacy Teacher, Carolyn Sutton Moore, during the Legacy Teachers celebration at the Murphy Center.
Apr 20, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

LEGACY TEACHERS

When Carolyn Moore found herself in the hospital late last year for the third time in a month, frustration was setting in. A group of medical students trooped into her...

ECU students Patrick Young, from left, and Logan Darr post in front of ECU's STEPP Program office.
Apr 19, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

A TAILORED STRATEGY

As students with learning disabilities transition from high school to college, East Carolina University’s STEPP Program (Supporting Transition and Education through Planning and Partnerships) helps ensure that they have the...

Apr 18, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

Health sciences students gain valuable experience from interprofessional workshop

Students from every college and school on East Carolina University’s Health Sciences Campus participated in the Truist Developing Future Interprofessional Healthcare Leaders workshop earlier this month at Eastern Area Health...

A volunteer cuts hair at ECU's Pirates Vs. Cancer event.
Apr 12, 2022
  • Rob Spahr

PIRATES VS. CANCER 2022

After being limited by the COVID-19 pandemic for the last two years, one of the most popular and successful fundraisers on East Carolina University’s Health Sciences Campus returned to full...

Apr 11, 2022
  • Ronnie Woodward

Transition to updated accessible icon begins on main campus

The Hildreth family’s roots were in Reading, Mass., for decades until 2012, when a move to New Bern made eastern North Carolina home. A significant part of that process was...

Dr. Megan Perry talks about a coffin, recovered from the Rhem family ancestral tomb in New Bern’s Cedar Grove cemetery, with family member Michael Miller, right, and anthropology graduate students Bridget Cone and Ceara Nicholson.
Apr 11, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

ANCESTRAL TOMB RESEARCH

East Carolina University faculty and graduate students in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Anthropology are acquiring real-world skills through a project involving an ancestral tomb more than...

Apr 05, 2022
  • Jamie Smith

Higher education leaders discuss student access, success

East Carolina University’s Commission on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) hosted a conversation with Georgia State University’s (GSU) executive in residence and former GSU president Dr. Mark Becker and current...

Apr 05, 2022
  • Ken Buday

Luncheon honors ECU’s 84 Golden LEAF scholarship recipients

From being a member of the Marching Pirates to becoming a better leader, Krysta Byrd has enjoyed her nearly two years as a student at East Carolina University. It’s an...

ECU student Ishani Shelat sits near the Sci-Tech Building.
Apr 04, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Ishani Shelat

If you’ve ever forgotten where you put your glasses, East Carolina University senior Ishani Shelat may be able to help. A biochemistry major and future optometrist, Shelat’s also earning an...