Crystal Baity Archives

Sep 24, 2024
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ECU ranks among the best in North Carolina and nationwide

Outcome-focused ECU is among the top 500 universities in the country named the 2025 Best Colleges in a new Wall Street Journal/College Pulse ranking. ECU is in the top half...

Sep 09, 2024
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New season opens Sept. 13 for performing arts series

The 2024-25 S. Rudolph Alexander Performing Arts Series (SRAPAS) opens Sept. 13 with the classical guitar Duo Exaudi featuring René Izquierdo and Elina Chekan in the A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall...

Aug 28, 2024
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Student: Brynn Miller

Brynn Miller’s parents instilled in her the importance of respecting nature. They taught her botany and anatomy and routinely recycled, picked up litter and spent time outdoors at their home...

Aug 28, 2024
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ECU recognized in new national rankings, guidebook

East Carolina University’s commitment to service and social mobility has earned it a top spot in a national ranking released Monday by Washington Monthly. Another organization, Princeton Review, has included...

Aug 22, 2024
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ECU finalist for national community engagement award

East Carolina University is one of four national universities recognized for extraordinary community engagement initiatives and named a regional winner of the 2024 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award...

Aug 09, 2024
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Students embrace working on campus this summer

The slower pace of summer in Greenville and at East Carolina University will soon change with thousands of students returning for the fall semester. While undergraduates are looking forward to...

ECU students, left to right, Fabiana De La Rosa, Celina Olesco and Nicole Matos talk with prospective students at James Sprunt Community College during ECU’s Let’s Connect Duplin County event. (Photo by Rich Klindworth)
Jul 24, 2024
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Students can take alternate paths to an ECU degree

(Video by Rich Klindworth) Earning a bachelor’s degree doesn’t always follow a traditional course from graduating high school to starting as a freshman on campus. Some students take an alternate...

Emma Dillon, a fashion merchandising and consumer studies major, has worked with the Professionally Purple Closet on campus. (Photos by Rhett Butler)
Jul 19, 2024
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Student: Emma Dillon

East Carolina University senior Emma Dillon has wanted to work in the fashion industry since she was younger. She took apparel classes in high school after being inspired by a...

Jul 03, 2024
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Summer Guitar Festival welcomes international artists

East Carolina University’s 26th annual Summer Guitar Festival and Workshop will be July 11-14 in the A.J. Fletcher Music Center. The event features public concerts and instruction for anyone wanting...

Jun 28, 2024
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High school students participate in summer art and design camp

East Carolina University’s first residential summer art and design camp tailored specifically for high school students attracted more than 50 students across a tri-state area June 16-21. Each had the...