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...
Michael Rudd Archives
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
DREAMS COME TRUE
The final round of the 2019-20 Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge concluded Wednesday night with FishingLicense.us taking first place and a cash prize of $15,000. FishingLicense.us is the team of ECU biology...
INTROVERT NO MORE
Soon-to-be-alumnus Calvin Massey Jr. describes himself as an introvert. However, he was able to break out of that personality trait when he enrolled at East Carolina University and the College...