Emergency Fund FAQs
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides funding for individual institutions of higher education to award emergency grants to students. These grants are intended to support students...
ECU News Services Archives
May 14 Coronavirus Update
Regular updates and information about COVID-19 and steps ECU is taking to protect the health and safety of our community are available on the university’s coronavirus website. Please know that...
Block Scheduling Exceptions
As a follow-up to the message sent on May 7, 2020 announcing the block scheduling format for Fall 2020 and Spring 2021, I would like to provide you with some...
ECU PUBLIC HEALTH PLAN 2020/21
ECU has established eight planning teams to consider the public health requirements needed to reopen on-campus in Fall 2020. This fundamentally involves safely bringing approximately 33,000 people onto a campus...
Lucas Boldt
At 15, Lucas “Luke” Boldt was on his way to becoming an Eagle Scout when he, his twin brother, Jack, and his grandparents were in a horrific car accident. Both...
Pirate Nation raises nearly $40K for coronavirus relief on Giving Tuesday Now
East Carolina University raised nearly $40,000 on Giving Tuesday Now, a global day of philanthropy created to respond to the unprecedented need caused by the coronavirus. The May 5 initiative...
ECU celebrates more than 5,000 graduates with virtual ceremony
DOWNLOAD ASSETS Visit our Story Ideas page for access to download the full virtual commencement, the singing of the alma mater, photos and graduate features. East Carolina University celebrated the...
Extension of COVID-19 Administrative Leave Provisions
As of March 3, 2021 Campus Community: The UNC System Office has updated the COVID-19 Special Faculty and Staff Work and Leave Provisions that were effective Jan. 1, 2021. These...
Course scheduling for 2020-21
As part of its efforts to return to on-campus instruction in the fall, East Carolina University will adopt a block scheduling format for the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters....
Camps and Conferences Update – May 7
As you know, this unprecedented and very rapidly changing COVID-19 situation has caused many disruptions. ECU continues its intentional efforts to slow the progression of this virus in order to...