University News Archives

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...

Sep 18, 2019
  • Ken Buday

DIVERSITY RECOGNIZED

East Carolina University’s focus on diversity and inclusiveness has been recognized for the eighth consecutive year with the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award. The HEED award, sponsored by...

Sep 17, 2019
  • Kristen Martin

LAYING A FOUNDATION

Students attending the ECU Community School achieved growth during the 2018-19 school year, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s annual report card. On Sept. 4, the department...

Sep 13, 2019
  • ECU News Services

CRISP CENTER

East Carolina University’s Board of Trustees approved the establishment of the Crisp Small Business Resource Center, which will be housed in the College of Business’ Miller School of Entrepreneurship, during...

Sep 11, 2019
  • Jamie Smith

BUILDING MOMENTUM

After graduating a record-breaking number of students during the 2018-2019 academic year, East Carolina University welcomed the third largest freshman class in the university’s history this fall. “I believe we...