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...
Jules Norwood Archives
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...
Trek Thorne
The student with possibly the best name among this year’s EC Scholars class is Trek Thorne of Cary, the son of Greg and Cindilee Thorne. Thorne said he was drawn...
Cole Dickerson
Cole Dickerson wants to become a doctor or surgeon because he’s passionate about keeping people happy and healthy. He chose East Carolina University because he saw the impact of faculty...
BAJA REBORN
Even in high school, Evan Diener was interested in building a Baja buggy. “I had seen this program at other colleges, and it was something I was really interested in,”...