Kristin Zachary Archives

Feb 12, 2021
  • Kristin Zachary

LOVE IN PIRATE NATION

Pirates come to ECU for quality higher education, but some end up with a two-for-one deal. Discover how they met their partner for life and read their love stories by...

Feb 01, 2021
  • Kristin Zachary

HISTORY MAKER: LAURA MARIE LEARY

It began as a “why not” conversation between two friends, Dr. Leo Jenkins, then president of East Carolina College, and Dr. Andrew Best, Greenville’s first Black physician. “Why can’t we...

Feb 01, 2021
  • Kristin Zachary

HISTORY MAKER: BENJAMIN ADRIAN CURRENCE

The doorbell sounded as more than 150 pairs of feet shuffled on the porch, lawn and nearby pavement. It was a Wednesday, and the chill of an early spring night...

Dec 23, 2020
  • Kristin Zachary

ECU’S TOP 20 OF 2020

2020 was a year unlike any other at East Carolina University. More than 250 stories published this year by ECU News Services and University Communications paint a picture of world-class...

Dec 21, 2020
  • Kristin Zachary

2020: YEAR IN REVIEW

Some may wish to pack the year 2020 and all of its contents into a box never to be seen again — no judgment here — but this year's 1,907...

Nov 12, 2019
  • Kristin Zachary
  • Natalie Shrader-Pruitt

#THANKSECU

There are many reasons to say #ThanksECU. ECU basketball player Seth Leday #ThanksECU for letting him do what he loves. Student researcher Serena Mooney #ThanksECU for allowing her to be...

Nov 11, 2019
  • Kristin Zachary
  • Natalie Shrader-Pruitt

#ThanksECU Social Media Assets

There are many reasons to say #ThanksECU. ECU Basketball player Seth Leday #ThanksECU for letting him do what he loves. Student #ECUResearcher Serena Mooney #ThanksECU for allowing her to be...

May 03, 2019
  • Kristin Zachary

Graduate video profile: Juliana Lane

Screenwriters often use their own life experiences as inspiration — a method East Carolina University senior Juliana Lane, a film and video production major in the School of Art and Design, implemented...

English major and great books minor Glenesha Berryman is one of 32 winners of a spring University Creative Activity award.
May 03, 2019
  • Kristin Zachary

Graduate video profile: Glenesha Berryman

Words have power, and East Carolina University senior Glenesha Berryman, an English major with a minor in great books, is working to use them for good. Berryman, an EC Scholar and...

Apr 01, 2019
  • Kristin Zachary

Pirates Aboard!