Michael Rudd Archives

Oct 27, 2021
  • Michael Rudd

Perfect day welcomes Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge back to campus

Blue skies, 67 degrees and 64 teams representing numerous departments from across campus all added up to a perfect setting for the fifth annual Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge, which began Tuesday...

Sep 15, 2021
  • Michael Rudd

BUSINESS AND DIVERSITY

It’s been a while, but the Business Leadership Conference (BLC), organized by East Carolina University’s College of Business, took place once again Sept. 13. COB juniors, seniors and graduates participated...

May 14, 2021
  • Michael Rudd

Sarah Maisto

East Carolina University’s College of Business has developed a reputation for building leaders for 85 years. It can now add one more future leader to its ranks. Eighteen-year-old Sarah Maisto...

May 14, 2021
  • Michael Rudd

Lauren Humann

All good things come to those who wait. For Keri Elizabeth Humann of Rockingham, that adage turned out to be true. She called her daughter, 18-year-old Lauren Humann, to let...

Apr 14, 2021
  • Michael Rudd

Analysis shows hospitality/tourism industry will have a different look

The Rosewood Hotel, located in Ontario, Canada, is most likely known to Schitt’s Creek fans as the Rosebud Motel. According to the School of Hospitality Leadership’s director, Dr. Bob O’Halloran,...

Apr 12, 2021
  • Michael Rudd

WHEN EAST MEETS WEST

One of the Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge's main goals is to inspire and encourage winning entrepreneurial collaboration across East Carolina University. Consider that goal accomplished. Dr. George Schilling, a third-year physical...

Feb 22, 2021
  • Michael Rudd

COMFORT ZONE

When Annija Veinsteina came to ECU from Riga, Latvia in August 2015, she most likely found Greenville’s weather to be a bit different. She probably found it at 89 degrees, which...

Jan 19, 2021
  • Michael Rudd

Miller School takes prestigious award

Last year, East Carolina University’s Miller School of Entrepreneurship and its student entrepreneurship program, RISE29, was honored for its co-curricular innovation by the United States Association for Small Business and...

Grad Profile: Deborah Foley
Nov 30, 2020
  • Michael Rudd

NOT LETTING GO

Management Information Systems major Deborah Foley started her East Carolina University journey 30 years ago in Massachusetts when she tried to finish her undergraduate degree during a time where she...

Nov 18, 2020
  • Michael Rudd

ECU’s Miller School of Entrepreneurship continues national ranking

The Miller School of Entrepreneurship in East Carolina University's College of Business (COB) made the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine list of Top 50 Undergraduate Schools for Entrepreneurship. The Miller...