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Dec 08, 2020
  • Erin Ward

ECU SCHOLARSHIPS GUIDE

East Carolina University is committed to making education accessible for students who have academic potential but not the financial means to attend the university. More than 9,000 undergraduate students at...

Dec 07, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

Harriot College celebrates students, honors donors during virtual scholarship celebration

East Carolina University’s Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences recently recognized its generous donors for their help in supporting and celebrating student success. Dr. Allison S. Danell, dean of...

Dec 07, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

Student: Morgan Gillespie

If not for an unsuccessful basketball tryout, Morgan Gillespie might not be pursuing a career in theater. The East Carolina University senior, who graduated on Dec. 4 with a bachelor...

Dec 04, 2020
  • Ken Buday

SAILING NEW SEAS

East Carolina University celebrated the accomplishments of more than 2,000 graduates with its 112th fall commencement on Friday, delivering a virtual ceremony because of coronavirus pandemic restrictions against large, in-person...

Dec 03, 2020
  • ECU News Services

FALL 2020 COMMENCEMENT — COLLEGE CELEBRATIONS

Graduates, parents, families and friends, please join us at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 4 for our virtual Fall 2020 Commencement Ceremony. Watch the ceremony live on the commencement website, or...

Donté Hill
Nov 30, 2020
  • Kelly Rusk

GREAT SPORT

Basketball, track and tennis filled Donté Hill’s days in high school. And attending his first football game at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium is one of his most memorable experiences at East Carolina...

Grad Profile: Darren Sanders
Nov 30, 2020
  • Lacey L. Gray

ASPIRING FAMILY PHYSICIAN

East Carolina University senior biology major Darren Sanders aspires to become a family medical doctor and help the underserved populations of North Carolina. Originally from Charlotte, Sanders said his family...

Grad Profile: Gillian Pena
Nov 30, 2020
  • Crystal Baity

DREAM BIG

As a communication student at East Carolina University, Gillian Pena has studied in central Europe and interned with three organizations in Chicago. The Windy City is also her birthplace, having...

Nov 30, 2020
  • Jules Norwood

GUARDING THE FUTURE

Tony Parham first came to East Carolina University on an athletic scholarship in 1994. This fall, he completed his degree, and he plans to use what he’s learned to help...

Grad Profile: Emma O'Brien
Nov 30, 2020
  • Kristen Martin

PUSHING BOUNDARIES

When opportunity knocked, Emma O’Brien was ready to answer. “When I first came into school, I was so pigeon-holed into what I thought I wanted to do. When I thought...