Students Archives

Aug 22, 2024
  • Crystal Baity

ECU finalist for national community engagement award

East Carolina University is one of four national universities recognized for extraordinary community engagement initiatives and named a regional winner of the 2024 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award...

Aug 21, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Summer Study Abroad

East Carolina University students took advantage of study abroad opportunities this summer. They took solo journeys, developed friendships, learned from the top designers and fine-tuned their voice while visiting destinations...

Aug 21, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Hitting the high notes

Ashley LeParik spent part of her summer raising her voice. LeParik, a junior from Milford, Conn., was a student at the British Opera Academy at the University of Surrey located...

Aug 21, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Learning London’s literary traditions

A group of eight students in Dr. Will Banks and Dr. Andrea Kitta’s summer study abroad classes saw 20 plays as part of a three-week tenure in London. According to...

Aug 21, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Nursing immersion in Guatemala

Nine students and two faculty members in the Nursing 4220 Perspectives in International Community Health Care course spent three weeks in Guatemala. “This course was begun by Dr. Kim Larson...

Aug 21, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Building relationships in Northern Ireland

Graduate student Ashton Nelson took part in a study abroad opportunity this summer to Northern Ireland in the School of Communication led by Dr. Rebecca Dumlao and Dr. Sachiyo Shearman....

Aug 21, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Tuscan travelers

A birthday to remember One could say that international travel runs in Kendall Pixley’s blood. Pixley, a public health and biology major from Indian Trail, is the daughter of a...

Aug 21, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Designing abroad

Students enrolled in Art 3205 Special Topics in Graphic Design and Art 3009 Graphic Design Theory and Practice gained design experience and made valuable new connections in the field. The...

Aug 21, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Embracing Japanese culture

Azaria McDaniel, a junior psychology major from Snellville, Georgia, spent 10 days in Japan as part of an 11-week summer course for Psychology 3321 Social Psychology and Psychology 4000 Advanced...

The Class of 2028 poses for a group photo at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. (ECU photo by Rhett Butler)
Aug 20, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Experiencing the Pirate life

With move-in completed, East Carolina University students began to get acclimated to their new campus home through a series of Pirate Experience events before the start of classes on Aug....