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Mar 23, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Emergency Grading and Academic Record Notations due to COVID-19

As a result of the unusual circumstances surrounding the coronavirus, COVID-19, and the transition of face to face courses to the online environment, a new option for students will be...

Feb 06, 2020
  • ECU News Services

SO YOU WANT TO BE A NEWS SERVICES INTERN?

At News Services, we tell the stories of Pirate Nation — stories of students and faculty discovering treasure on our nearly 1,600-acre campus and beyond, of health care professionals pioneering...

Nov 11, 2019
  • Kristin Zachary
  • Natalie Shrader-Pruitt

#ThanksECU Social Media Assets

There are many reasons to say #ThanksECU. ECU Basketball player Seth Leday #ThanksECU for letting him do what he loves. Student #ECUResearcher Serena Mooney #ThanksECU for allowing her to be...

Aug 23, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

A CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER

Craig Matta of New Bern, who enrolled at ECU in 1966 and left without a degree in 1970, said several factors, including grades and money, contributed to his decision. “I...

Aug 23, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

MOTHER AND SON

Caren Wharton left ECU to go to work. A special education major with a minor in psychology, she was offered a management position with a Fortune 500 company and took...

Aug 07, 2019
  • Matt Smith

REHABILITATING HOPE

You might think the life of a pageant queen is all glitz and glam, but East Carolina University junior Bailey Stamper is changing that perception with hammers and nails as...

Aug 07, 2019
  • Matt Smith

CONNECTING THE ARTS

Art has a special way of bringing communities together, often bridging economic and racial classes despite innate differences between contrasting groups. Rising East Carolina University senior Christina Dixon used her...

Aug 07, 2019
  • Matt Smith

HAVING FAITH

Across the globe, more than 24 million refugees faced political, cultural and religious persecution in 2018. With help from East Carolina University intern Nilam Patel, one New Bern organization is...

Aug 07, 2019
  • Matt Smith

WEAVING A STORY

Behind every successful business venture there’s a story. Rising East Carolina University junior Hunter Whittington spent his summer telling those stories as an SECU Public Fellows Intern with the Beaufort...

Jul 31, 2019
  • Natalie Sayewich

STOP THE BLEED

After a serious shark attack, health care professionals emphasize the importance of taking steps to stop the victim’s bleeding as quickly as possible. A national “Stop the Bleed” awareness campaign...