Michael Rudd Archives

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...

Nov 12, 2020
  • Erin Ward
  • Michael Rudd

GIVING BACK

Two recent gifts from College of Business alumni will improve the college’s existing student success center and create a new faculty position. Steve Cunanan and his wife Ellen, both COB...

Oct 22, 2020
  • Michael Rudd

Fourth Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge kicks off, virtually

Despite COVID-19, the Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge (PEC) kicked off for the fourth time Oct. 12. While prior years had the first round taking place on the grounds of East Carolina...

Oct 19, 2020
  • Michael Rudd

Food prep class goes virtual

On East Carolina University’s campus in the Rivers Building is the Golden Corral Culinary Center, a 2,300-square-foot space dedicated in 2009 thanks to a $200,000 renovation gift from Golden Corral...

Aug 05, 2020
  • Michael Rudd

College of Business announces new human resource management concentration

ECU and the College of Business have announced a new human resource management (HRM) concentration as part of the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) management degree program. Aligned...

Jun 29, 2020
  • Michael Rudd

COB announces new BSBA degree in Supply Chain Management

Starting in the fall of 2020, a new degree will help the College of Business’ (COB) future leaders expand their career opportunities in sourcing, operations and logistics. The BSBA in...

Jun 11, 2020
  • Michael Rudd

How might ENC businesses recover from COVID-19? Look to the past

College of Business expert Dr. Laura Madden joins us in Talk Like a Pirate: Episode 12 to compare the local business economic recovery efforts during COVID-19 to recovery efforts during...

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May 13, 2020
  • Michael Rudd

Charles Brooks

There’s a nightstand in a Wake Forest home that contains a letter. The letter, addressed to 18-year-old Charles Michael Brooks Jr., includes purple and gold stars and the words “we...

Apr 03, 2020
  • Michael Rudd

COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY

A recent East Carolina University graduate and small business owner has started making face shields to help the local medical community during the COVID-19 crisis. Taylor Walden owns Simple and...