Students Archives

Feb 03, 2022
  • Ken Buday

ROBOT WORLD

Seymone Gugneja gave a firm command — “Hands up.” The response was immediate — “I surrender.” Gugneja is no police officer. She’s a senior computer science major at East Carolina...

Feb 01, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

CARING FOR SMILES

Although Darian Askew has worn out the beaten paths between Greenville and Ahoskie, the roads in both directions lead home. Askew, a fourth-year dental student in the East Carolina University...

Jan 31, 2022
  • ECU News Services

Supporting the Pirate community

Mental health is an important issue on college campuses. A recent survey found that more than 51% of students believe they have more stress and anxiety now than they did...

East Carolina University's online graduate programs in business, criminal justice, education and nursing have been recognized as best in the nation in a new U.S. News & World Report ranking.
Jan 25, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

EXCELLING ONLINE

East Carolina University’s online graduate programs in business, criminal justice, education and nursing have been ranked best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Online master’s programs in...

Jan 24, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

Bone marrow donation virtual event highlights need for donors, diversity

Participants in a virtual panel Jan. 20 learned about the process of signing up for the bone marrow donation registry through Be the Match, operated by the National Marrow Donor...

Jan 21, 2022
  • Crystal Baity

POLAR PIRATES

The lure of free T-shirts brought friends Mackenzie Lancaster, Makenzie Robinson, Isaiah Bussey, Joshua Gordon and Emmanuel Ruffin to the Eakin Student Recreation Center at 5:15 p.m. — more than...

Jan 19, 2022
  • Spaine Stephens

Student: Bridget Gallagher

For Bridget Gallagher, medicine is personal. The second-year student in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University balances a rigorous academic schedule while also immersing herself in community...

Jan 18, 2022
  • Erin Ward

RECORD GIFT TO EC SCHOLARS

Burney Warren grew up in the friendly shadow of East Carolina University’s football stadium. The east endzone was two doors down from his house in Greenville, putting him in the...

Jan 14, 2022
  • Natalie Sayewich

Grocery shopping in-store vs. online: 5 Questions with Dr. Stephanie Pitts

If your trip to the grocery store often includes reaching for a candy bar in the checkout line, would you make that same purchase if you switched to grocery shopping...

Jan 07, 2022
  • Lacey L. Gray

NO RETREAT

East Carolina University faculty and students in the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences are telling the stories of Princeville, N.C. — the oldest incorporated African American town in...