PIRATE PRIDE
At East Carolina University, Pirate pride is written in purple and gold. ECU fans proclaim their love of all things Pirate with purple and gold bumper stickers, tee shirts, jewelry...
ECU News Services Archives
PIZZA 101
East Carolina University nutrition science students shared their own pizza sauces April 11 in the Golden Corral Culinary Center on campus. A pizza waits to go into the oven for...
VOICES OF LEADERSHIP
East Carolina University Chancellor Steve Ballard urged the first class of the ECU Chancellor’s Student Leadership Academy to make leadership a part of their daily lives during a March 28...
WORKING MAN’S POET
The great American “working man’s poet” will visit East Carolina University in late April for a public reading of his work. Philip Levine, named U.S. Poet Laureate by the Library...
POUNDING THE PAVEMENT
An early Saturday morning rain did not stop a crowd of walkers and racers determined to complete the 18th Annual Hamstring Hustle 5K Run/Walk on March 31. ECU medical student...
EASTER FUN
Face-painting, games and hidden Easter eggs were among the prizes awaiting children who attended an Easter Egg Hunt at the East Carolina University mall April 1. The event was the...
FAMILY FRIENDLY
More than 100 visual and performing artists came to East Carolina University March 31 for the 8th Annual Youth Arts Festival. Activities included wheel-thrown ceramics, watercolor painting, weaving, papermaking, blacksmithing,...
CONQUERING CANCER
At an East Carolina University St. Baldricks Foundation event March 31, nine men and one woman shaved their heads to raise more than $7,200 for St. Baldrick's, an organization that...
EXCELLENCE AND ORIGINALITY
Four East Carolina University faculty members received Achievement for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity awards this month. The awards recognize originality and excellence in research and creative activities as...
SECOND CENTURY SUCCESS
Receiving an East Carolina Scholars award made Deepak Ravindranathan feel like more than a student. It made him feel like a leader, he said. That academic scholarship, ECU’s most prestigious...