University News Archives

Jan 07, 2021
  • ECU News Services

ECU Statement on Capitol Attack

The events that took place in Washington, D.C., yesterday are deeply disturbing and horrifying. Please join me in condemning the attack on our Capitol and in elevating our own commitment...

Dec 23, 2020
  • Kristin Zachary

ECU’S TOP 20 OF 2020

2020 was a year unlike any other at East Carolina University. More than 250 stories published this year by ECU News Services and University Communications paint a picture of world-class...

Dec 21, 2020
  • Kristin Zachary

2020: YEAR IN REVIEW

Some may wish to pack the year 2020 and all of its contents into a box never to be seen again — no judgment here — but this year's 1,907...

Dec 21, 2020
  • ECU News Services

GET TESTED

CAMPUS LIVING RESIDENTS ECU has developed a Spring 2021 Campus Living reentry testing plan, along with procedures for isolation and quarantine housing. 1. Students living in the residence halls will...

East Carolina University Chancellor-Elect Dr. Philip Rogers films his introductory video to Pirate Nation in the Trustees Suite at the Main Campus Student Center on campus. (Photo by Cliff Hollis | Video by ECU Creative Services and Reed Wolfley)
Dec 18, 2020
  • ECU News Services

6 QUESTIONS WITH THE CHANCELLOR-ELECT

What was the last thing you read? Besides Twitter? The last book I read was a book by the name of "Range." (Editor's note: New York Times bestseller "Range: Why...

Dec 17, 2020
  • ECU News Services

Philip Rogers will be ECU’s 12th chancellor

It is hard to believe that it has been just over a year since we began the process of finding the next chancellor of East Carolina University, and it has...

Welcome Dr. Philip Rogers, Chancellor-Elect
Dec 17, 2020
  • ECU News Services

RETURNING HOME

North Carolina native Dr. Philip Rogers has been elected the 12th chancellor of East Carolina University by the UNC Board of Governors. The appointment is a homecoming for Rogers, 37,...

Home for the Holidays: From here on the campus of East Carolina University to wherever in Pirate Nation you call home, we wish you the joy of the season, the comfort of relaxing with loved ones, and the gift of a new year that is brighter than ever.
Dec 10, 2020
  • ECU News Services

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM PIRATE NATION

Hello there, Pirates, and seasons greetings. I know that during these times of COVID-19, this might seem more like the season of disappointment than the holidays we are accustomed to....

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...