University News Archives

Dec 06, 2019
  • Matt Smith

‘VALUABLE LEADERSHIP’

Mike Van Scott, senior associate vice chancellor for East Carolina University’s Division of Research, Economic Development and Engagement, has been appointed interim vice chancellor for the division effective Dec. 16....

Nov 27, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER

Dr. Laura Gerald, president of the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, will be the keynote speaker for East Carolina University’s Fall Commencement Ceremony on Friday, Dec. 13 at 9 a.m....

Nov 22, 2019
  • ECU News Services

PLANNING FOR 2020

The East Carolina University Board of Trustees approved increases in student tuition and fees beginning in the fall 2020 semester and announced a search committee to find its next chancellor...

Oct 31, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

LEADERSHIP IN SERVICE

Dr. Ron Mitchelson, provost and senior vice chancellor of academic affairs at East Carolina University, has been appointed as interim chancellor by UNC System President Bill Roper. “I am pleased...

Oct 29, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Pirate Promise program continues to grow

Since signing co-admission agreements with 14 schools in a single ceremony last summer, East Carolina University administrators have continued to expand the Pirate Promise program, which now encompasses half of...

Homecoming football game. ECU Pirates vs. the USF Bulls. (ECU Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Oct 28, 2019
  • ECU News Services

HOMECOMING 2019

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Valerie Cook takes a photo of her daughter Taylor at the Main Campus Student Center
Oct 02, 2019
  • Jamie Smith

FINDING THEIR PLACE

Staff and volunteers spent Saturday, Sept. 28, showing more than 1,250 potential Pirates why they should call East Carolina University home. ECU’s annual Fall Open House brings high school and...

Sep 23, 2019
  • Natalie Sayewich

NURSES ADDRESSING NEEDS

Thanks to new grant funding, graduates from several ECU College of Nursing departments will be poised to provide health care that makes a big difference in small communities. The four-year,...

Sep 19, 2019
  • Lacey L. Gray

TELLING AMERICA’S DIVERSE STORIES

Award-winning journalist, entrepreneur and philanthropist Soledad O’Brien visited East Carolina University on Sept. 18 as the premier lecturer in the 2019-20 Voyages of Discovery Series. Early in the day, O’Brien...

Sep 19, 2019
  • Spaine Stephens

CELEBRATING SIMULATION

For ECU dental student Toyosi Coker and other students on the Health Sciences Campus, practice makes a perfect blend of confidence and capability. Access to state-of-the-art equipment and technology in...