SUPPORT AND AWARENESS
At East Carolina University, students recovering from substance use disorder are not only receiving support, they’re providing it as well. Jarmichael Harris, ECU’s Collegiate Recovery Community coordinator, said it’s the...
Jules Norwood Archives
REACHING PORT
As nearly 29,000 students started classes at East Carolina University this week either on campus or online, there were a handful who have returned to complete a journey they started...
A CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER
Craig Matta of New Bern, who enrolled at ECU in 1966 and left without a degree in 1970, said several factors, including grades and money, contributed to his decision. “I...
MOTHER AND SON
Caren Wharton left ECU to go to work. A special education major with a minor in psychology, she was offered a management position with a Fortune 500 company and took...
NEW SEASON
East Carolina University’s faculty marked the start of the 2019-20 academic year with a convocation ceremony in Wright Auditorium Friday morning. Dr. Jeff Popke, chair of the faculty senate and...
SHARKS AND SHIPWRECKS
Divers from East Carolina University and its Coastal Studies Institute, North Carolina Aquariums, and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration recently deployed acoustic receivers on shipwrecks off the North Carolina...
FINS TO THE LEFT
When 17-year-old Paige Winter was attacked by a shark in Atlantic Beach in early June, quick action by her father, followed by expert care from Brody School of Medicine surgeons...
SHARING THE SEAS
Dr. Charles Bangley, postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and an ECU alumnus, emphasized that shark attacks are very rare, and credits the extra attention they have received...
ECUWORKS
During the 2018-19 academic year, East Carolina University launched a pilot program aimed at reducing student debt. Campus Living’s ECUWorks program gives first-year students the opportunity to work on campus...
PIRATES’ GOLD
East Carolina University’s Health Sciences Campus has about 20,000 new residents this week following the installation of two hives of western honey bees near Lake Laupus. Chad Carwein, ECU sustainability...