University News Archives

Apr 01, 2019
  • ECU News Services

UNIVERSITY OMBUDS

East Carolina University has implemented a plan several years in the making to open an Office of University Ombuds. Mickey A. Herrin Sr. of Greenville has been appointed by Chancellor...

Associate Dean of Students Lauren Thorn, left, and Carter Morsell, donor relations coordinator for the Division of Student Affairs Office of Development, talks to students at the Pirate Nation Gives table outside of the Main Campus Student Center on Wednesday.
Mar 21, 2019
  • ECU News Services

PIRATE NATION GIVES

East Carolina University’s third annual Pirate Nation Gives fundraising day on March 20 raised more than $805,000 in 24 hours, surpassing last year’s amount of $500,000. The one-day, social-media-driven effort...

Mar 18, 2019
  • ECU News Services

ECU Chancellor Cecil P. Staton to step down

Dr. Cecil P. Staton, the 11th chancellor of East Carolina University, announced today that he will step down as chancellor effective May 3, 2019. Chancellor Staton will remain on as an...

Shayna Mooney reacts after learning she will complete her internal medicine residency at Carlilion Clinic-Virginia Tech School of Medicine.
Mar 15, 2019
  • Rob Spahr

MATCH DAY 2019

Fourth-year medical students gathered in the auditorium of ECU’s Brody School of Medicine on Friday – surrounded by their peers, professors and family members – to open letters telling them...

East Carolina University faculty and administrators toured eastern North Carolina over two days as part of the second annual Purple and Golden Bus Tour. The tour is designed to introduce faculty researchers to the culture, geography, heritage, economy and assets of eastern North Carolina. (Photos by Matt Smith)
Mar 14, 2019
  • Matt Smith

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

East Carolina University’s second annual Purple and Golden Bus Tour rolled out of Greenville on March 4, making 10 stops while traveling 423 miles over two days in eastern North...

Mar 13, 2019
  • ECU News Services

Graduate programs rated among nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report

East Carolina University’s graduate programs in education, medicine, nursing, public administration, physician assistant studies, rehabilitation counseling and social work are rated among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World...

The stone East Carolina University sign at the corner of 5th Street and Reade Circle will not be accessible during construction of the City of Greenville’s Town Creek Culvert Project. The sign is a popular location for photos on campus.
Feb 21, 2019
  • ECU News Services

5TH STREET CLOSURE

Beginning Monday, Feb. 25, the City of Greenville Public Works Department will close a portion of 5th Street between Reade and South Holly streets at East Carolina University’s main campus...

Feb 20, 2019
  • ECU News Services

‘An important step’

The Society for Simulation in Healthcare granted provisional accreditation to the East Carolina University College of Nursing’s simulation program, making ECU the only public university in the state with either...

Feb 19, 2019
  • Matt Smith

FUNDING ENTREPRENEURS

East Carolina University received a $1 million award from the Golden LEAF Foundation to support rural economic prosperity through innovation and entrepreneurship. The grant, awarded on Feb. 7, will support...

ECU’s College of Business is one of the largest in North Carolina and is home to the state’s first named school of entrepreneurship.
Feb 18, 2019
  • Glen Webster

‘BRIGHT FUTURE’

East Carolina University has named Dr. Paul Schwager as its sixth dean of the College of Business. The appointment was approved by the ECU Board of Trustees during a special...