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Jul 23, 2026
  • Jessica VanderKolk

ECU vocal program offers oft-missing science to singing

ECU’s vocal pedagogy workshop teaches voice science to singing instructors, helping them better diagnose problems and teach vocal technique. Fifty educators attended the inaugural workshop, leading organizers to add an...

Jul 22, 2026
  • Jessica VanderKolk

Dozens gather to celebrate new Alford Rehearsal Room, scholarship

ECU’s School of Music named a rehearsal room for the late Charles Stephen Alford during a June 21 event with family, friends and music supporters. The Alford family established a...

Jul 14, 2026
  • Jessica VanderKolk

ECU communication alumna captures 360-degree World Cup experience

ECU alumna Jamison Baile ’23 is working as a 360-camera operator for the 2026 FIFA World Cup matches in Dallas. Baile captures player, fan and game footage for FIFA broadcasts,...

An ECU tuba instructor sits on outdoor campus steps holding a large brass tuba with a Woody doll from
Jun 19, 2026
  • Jessica VanderKolk

ECU tuba instructor performs on ‘Toy Story 5’

You’ve got a friend in East Carolina University tuba instructor Scott Sutherland. Sutherland, who joined the School of Music (SOM) faculty last year, is a musician on the “Toy Story...

Jun 10, 2026
  • Jessica VanderKolk

ECU students connect with state officials through art

After spending an afternoon learning and creating in East Carolina University art studios and facilities, N.C. Rep. Gloristine Brown said she needs to bring her 169 colleagues to the School...

Collage banner showing student activities and campus life: two scuba divers underwater; a group photo outdoors on a trail; a formal group photo in front of a wall display; two people seated on a camel holding a “No Quarter” sign; and a large group wearing purple shirts gathered at the base of a tall white lighthouse, with arrows suggesting progression across the images.
May 15, 2026
  • Jessica VanderKolk

Brinkley-Lane Scholar: Kathryn “Kate” Miller-Vail

When Kate Miller-Vail joins East Carolina University’s theater program this fall, she looks forward to expanding her performace resume to include musicals — her high school doesn’t perform them —...

Apr 22, 2026
  • Jessica VanderKolk

Four ECU students to perform the titular role in ‘Galileo’

In a unique performance of “Galileo” by Bertolt Brecht, audiences will see four East Carolina University students portray the astronomer Galileo Galilei, a central figure in physics and astronomy in...

Apr 20, 2026
  • Jessica VanderKolk

ECU art students showcase work, practice business skills

Dozens of East Carolina University art students opened their studios and practiced their entrepreneurial skills by displaying and selling their art during the School of Art and Design’s second Studio...

Mar 25, 2026
  • Jessica VanderKolk

Fairy tales inspire ECU spring dance concert, opera

Many people know the story of “Cinderella” from the multiple text, stage and film productions, and audiences will have the chance to see two more versions in the coming weeks...

Mar 16, 2026
  • Jessica VanderKolk

Global casting company shares tips, auditions ECU students

East Carolina University acting senior Riley Thompson became a positive example for fellow School of Theatre and Dance students when she demonstrated an industry tip from global casting representatives during...

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