FOUNDATIONAL SUPPORT
Since 2005, the State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) Foundation has invested more than $7 million in the success of East Carolina University students. The organization’s partnership with ECU was celebrated...
Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall Archives
ECU Foundation welcomes new board members
East Carolina University alumni and a current ECU student are among eight new members of the ECU Foundation board of directors. Taylor Chappell, Gordon Darragh, Barbara Dominick, Jessica Gorall, Adam Keen, Brian Miller, Christina...
RESEARCH IMMERSION
This summer, Martina Van Etten has learned about sablefish, a deep-water species native to the eastern Pacific Ocean, through an internship at East Carolina University. A junior biology major at...
BUILDING RESEARCH CONNECTIONS
Twelve students found their footing in research and scientific discovery and learned more about pathways to graduate studies at East Carolina University during the STEM Summer Immersion Program. The program,...
Brinkley-Lane Scholars program commences with donor honors
The new school year also marked the beginning of a new era in the East Carolina University Honors College as Dean Dr. Todd Fraley introduced the newest class of Brinkley-Lane...
$60K gift provides more access to dental care
The East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine is able to support more rural underserved North Carolinians with dental care needs thanks to a first-time gift from The Leon Levine...
PAINT THIS ONE PURPLE
East Carolina University is painting the Pursue Gold campaign purple as gifts supporting the Jeff Charles Scholarship fund have taken the comprehensive campaign over its $500 million goal. Pirate Nation...
HISTORIC PHILANTHROPY
Donors contributed nearly $100 million in philanthropic support for East Carolina University in 2022-23, making it the most successful fiscal year fundraising endeavor of the comprehensive Pursue Gold campaign and...
Hamilton named ECU’s assistant vice chancellor for corporate and foundation relations
Sharon Hamilton has been promoted to assistant vice chancellor for corporate and foundation relations (CFR) at East Carolina University. Hamilton has been with University Advancement since 2001 and initiated the CFR...
Chancellor’s Society event celebrates donors, campus wellness
Khloe Daniels saw the 27-foot climbing wall at the Eakin Student Recreation Center (ESRC) and lined up to take her turn. Just tall enough to pass the height restriction, the...