Students Archives

Feb 11, 2021
  • Spaine Stephens

ECU dental school holds Celebration of Research and Scholarship

The ECU School of Dental Medicine showcased its vibrant research enterprise on Wednesday, Feb. 10, during the school’s sixth annual Celebration of Research and Scholarship (CORAS). Close to 200 participants...

Feb 10, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

ECU College of Nursing welcomes 142 students into BSN, ABSN programs

The ECU College of Nursing officially welcomed 142 future nurses in the spring semester with a modified ceremony to safely celebrate their admission to the College of Nursing and introduction...

Feb 09, 2021
  • Jules Norwood

PIRATEPACT

As students arrived on East Carolina University’s campus for the fall semester, a team of researchers led by Dr. Suzanne Lea, associate professor in the Brody School of Medicine’s Department...

Feb 08, 2021
  • ECU News Services

ECU’s 25th annual Polar Bear Plunge set for Feb. 25 with extra safety precautions

TAKE THE PLUNGE WHAT: 25th annual Polar Bear Plunge WHEN: Feb. 25, 5-9:45 p.m., free pre-registration is required online at http://crwregistration.ecu.edu WHERE: ECU Eakin Student Recreation Center WHO: ECU students,...

Feb 08, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Evan Martschenko

Music has always been a part of Evan Martschenko’s life. The East Carolina University junior started thinking about turning that interest into a career while he was in high school....

Feb 04, 2021
  • Crystal Baity

ECU piano competition goes virtual

Providing opportunities at East Carolina University for the next generation of talented young pianists didn’t stop this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, ECU’s School of Music transformed the...

Feb 04, 2021
  • Doug Boyd

A STRONG UNIVERSITY

A year ago, East Carolina University was a very different place. But despite the challenges of the past 12 months, the university is strong and prepared for the future. That...

Feb 02, 2021
  • Ken Buday

FOOD AND FUNDS

The Purple Pantry is open on campus to help East Carolina University students with food insecurity, and now those students will have access to free food 24 hours a day,...

Feb 01, 2021
  • ECU News Services

BREAKING BARRIERS: BLACK HISTORY AT ECU

The following stories were originally published by ECU News Services in 2021. Timeline sources: ECU Joyner Library Desegregation website, ECU Heritage Hall and ECU News Services archives

Feb 01, 2021
  • Kristin Zachary

HISTORY MAKER: LAURA MARIE LEARY

It began as a “why not” conversation between two friends, Dr. Leo Jenkins, then president of East Carolina College, and Dr. Andrew Best, Greenville’s first Black physician. “Why can’t we...