DOWN EAST TALENT
Editor’s note: Alana Houston, a 15-year-old from Elizabeth City, won first place and $1,000 for her rendition of “That’s Life,” made famous by Frank Sinatra. Ewan Manalo, a 9-year-old from...
Crystal Baity Archives
BOARD DECISION
East Carolina University’s Board of Trustees voted Feb. 20 to transition the name of Charles B. Aycock from a residence hall to a new space where the building’s namesake and...
‘THE FIRST STEP’
East Carolina University’s Office of the Registrar celebrated its re-opening less than a block from campus on Feb. 12. The office relocated from the Whichard Building to a leased 8,062-square-foot...
‘BEST OF THE COLLECTION’
For the first time ever, most of East Carolina University’s extensive African art collection is being exhibited simultaneously at six different sites during February. With close to 600 pieces, ECU...
VARIETY ON STAGE
East Carolina University sophomore Katherine Corbett may be best known for her ballet and tap skills, but she also can sew. Corbett has been helping make tutus for Dance 2015,...
UNDER THE OPEN SKY
East Carolina University archivists are in the middle of a yearlong project to catalogue everything from film reels to financial statements from more than 600 outdoor theaters across the nation....
A SEASON FOR MUSIC
Cellists, pianists, violinists and violists from around the world have converged at East Carolina University for its first-ever Winter Workshop. The workshop, a new component of the Four Seasons Chamber...
‘PROMISE TO THE PUBLIC’
East Carolina University has earned higher education’s top honor for community engagement. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching announced Jan. 7 that ECU received the 2015 Community Engagement...
ONLINE ALL-STARS
Online graduate programs in nursing and business at East Carolina University rank among the nation’s best, according to a listing released Jan. 7 by U.S. News & World Report. The...
PREPARING EFFECTIVE TEACHERS
East Carolina University wants to entice new teachers in Pitt County to become students again. ECU’s College of Education has received a $60,000 grant from the BelleJar Foundation that will...