Student: Kristy Cook
East Carolina University graduate student Kristy Cook has always been a Pirate at heart. “When I was 5 years old, I decided I wanted to go to ECU, and I...
Sophronia Knott Archives
OFFICIALLY PIRATES
East Carolina University welcomed more than 4,300 first-year students during the annual Student Welcome and Convocation at Minges Coliseum Aug. 21. Guest speaker and ECU alumnus Greg Morin ’01, CEO...
Student: Matthew Pastino
East Carolina University junior Matthew Pastino has always enjoyed being on the water. “My father and grandfather got me into fishing as soon as I could hold a rod,” Pastino...
HONORING A MEMORY
East Carolina University football player and graduate student Jeffrey Coprich has turned a tragedy into a way to honor his sister while advocating a lifelong hobby – reading. On his...
Student: Laurena Grissett
ECU's Laurena Grissett is a political Pirate. A junior, Grissett is majoring in political science and security studies. She is active in the Pre-Law Society, the Pi Sigma Alpha Honor...
NEW PIRATE LEADERS
East Carolina University’s new Student Government Association officers are excited for the upcoming school year. The new officers are President Ryan Beeson, Vice President Janae Brown, Treasurer Dallas Owens, Secretary...
Student: Johnathon S. Spell
Singer Johnathon S. Spell started performing with his church at the age of 3. After his first solo in middle school, he knew that he was destined to be on...
ZIKA TASKFORCE
Public health officials are learning more about how the Zika virus could affect North Carolina from research at East Carolina University. Led by Dr. Stephanie Richards, assistant professor with the...
CLEAN FUTURE
East Carolina University Transit received the inaugural Clean Future Award from Greenville Utilities Commission on June 8. The award was presented by GUC officials at a ceremony at its new...
PIRATE READ
Incoming East Carolina University students will explore complex themes of racial injustice before even stepping foot into a classroom with this year’s Pirate Read selection. Bryan Stevenson’s memoir “Just Mercy”...