University News Archives

May 14, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ECU Police to conduct active shooter training

The East Carolina University Police Department will conduct active shooter training May 14-18 from 5 p.m. to midnight in the Carol G. Belk Building on Charles Boulevard. This training, a...

May 05, 2018
  • Crystal Baity
  • Jules Norwood

THE BUSINESS OF SUCCESS

Fireworks flew and tassels turned on a beautiful spring night in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium as 5,479 students graduated from East Carolina University on May 4. The fireworks capped off a new...

Apr 30, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Commencement week to feature Grad Bash, fireworks

East Carolina University’s Spring Commencement Ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, May 4 in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium and will be capped off with a celebratory display of fireworks. The...

Student Government Association President La’Quon Rogers presents his report to the ECU Board of Trustees. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 20, 2018
  • ECU News Services

DEGREES CONFERRED

During its meeting on April 20, the East Carolina University Board of Trustees approved the conferral of 5,282 degrees for spring commencement, which will take place at 7 p.m. May...

Chancellor Cecil Staton awards the Amethyst vase twice a year to individuals, couples, foundations, and corporate partners who generously support ECU.
Apr 20, 2018
  • Erin Ward

CHANCELLOR’S AMETHYST

Thanks to donor initiatives, an East Carolina University student with dyslexia is succeeding in his classes, a nursing student with financial need is getting help paying for her education, and...

Dr. Jami Rhodes is congratulated after receiving the Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award .
Apr 13, 2018
  • Jamie Smith

TEACHING AWARDS

Excellence in teaching at East Carolina University was celebrated during the annual Teaching Awards Ceremony in Harvey Hall on Monday, April 9. Faculty members representing departments and programs throughout the...

Apr 11, 2018
  • ECU News Services

MCMAHON NAMED COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER

Linda McMahon, Administrator of the United States Small Business Administration, will be the speaker for East Carolina University’s Spring Commencement Ceremony on Friday, May 4 at 7 p.m. McMahon’s visit...

Officials from the American Medical Association visited ECU’s Brody School of Medicine on March 29, 2018. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Apr 02, 2018
  • Rob Spahr

BRODY RECEIVES NATIONAL PRAISE

In 2013, 80 percent of the nation’s medical schools applied for grant funding through the American Medical Association’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education initiative. East Carolina University’s Brody School of...

A new bilateral agreement between ECU and Pitt Community College could help increase access to one of North Carolina’s “most valuable and sought-after credentials.” (Photos by Cliff Hollis)
Mar 28, 2018
  • ECU News Services
  • Rob Spahr

ECU, PCC AGREEMENT

The College of Allied Health Sciences at East Carolina University is the only school in North Carolina to offer an accredited undergraduate program in health information management. And there were...

Students of the Innovation Early College High School will attend class in the Brewster building.
Mar 23, 2018
  • Jules Norwood

INNOVATIVE APPROACH

During its meeting today in Wilmington, the UNC Board of Governors approved the establishment of the Innovation Early College High School, a collaboration between East Carolina University and Pitt County...