Students Archives

Jun 14, 2021
  • Lacey L. Gray

ECU students gain real-world experience interpreting data on seafloor earthquakes

Dr. Meg Blome, teaching assistant professor of geological sciences at East Carolina University, regularly teaches more than 50 students in an introductory oceanography course, but only half of those students...

Jun 11, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

MAPPING COVID-19

When limited resources prevent everyone from having immediate access to COVID-19 vaccines, how do you determine who needs them most urgently? Where are they located? How can you get the...

Jun 10, 2021
  • Jules Norwood

RETURN TO TUSCANY

A fortunate few East Carolina University students will spend the fall semester in Certaldo Alto, Italy, through the ECU Tuscany study abroad program, which received the green light this week...

Jun 08, 2021
  • Erin Ward

YouTube star MrBeast donates tech to ECU students

One of the most-subscribed YouTube creators in the country stopped by East Carolina University to donate more than $27,000 in laptops, iPads and headsets. MrBeast, the famously generous YouTuber whose...

Jun 07, 2021
  • Lacey L. Gray

RECLAIMING HISTORY

East Carolina University students in the Department of Anthropology are back in the field this summer helping recover and catalog abandoned cemeteries across eastern North Carolina. Under the direction of...

Jun 04, 2021
  • Ken Buday

ENGINEERING PIRATES

Oscar Maldonado grew up watching and later working on the big rigs in his father’s trucking company in Clinton. His passion for trucks and cars grew — he’s the proud...

Jun 02, 2021
  • Ken Buday

At age 60, ECU student Karen Knight believes it’s never too late

Karen Knight always knew she wanted to further her education after receiving a degree in 1982. Now after nearly 40 years, this grandmother is doing just that. Knight is working...

Jun 02, 2021
  • Matt Smith

PROMISING PARTNERSHIPS

Entering its third year, RISE29, East Carolina University’s student entrepreneurship program, is finding its footing. Tasked with creating a new generation of entrepreneurial leaders in the university’s 29-county service area,...

Jun 01, 2021
  • ECU News Services

Campus compliance and immunization update for students

ECU is committed to the safety and well-being of our students and employees and to decreasing the spread of COVID-19. This fall, it will take all of Pirate Nation to get...

May 28, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

BATTLING BIAS

This year’s Pirate Read, “The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias” by Dolly Chugh will offer East Carolina University students tips to reduce the effects of...