Steven Grandy Archives

The Class of 2028 poses for a group photo at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. (ECU photo by Rhett Butler)
Aug 20, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Experiencing the Pirate life

With move-in completed, East Carolina University students began to get acclimated to their new campus home through a series of Pirate Experience events before the start of classes on Aug....

Aug 15, 2024
  • Ken Buday
  • Steven Grandy

Long trips, heavy lifting as students move in on campus

Between parents, cousins and siblings, Mary Elizabeth Foster and Macy Sellers had seven helpers as they moved in to Greene Residence Hall Wednesday at East Carolina University. Apparently, they needed...

Aug 08, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

ECU prepares for arrival of Pirates

ECU move-in by the numbers Number of students who chose early drop-off: 1,773 Number of volunteers: 150 as of Aug. 5 Number of carts available: 360 Number of student staff:...

Aug 02, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Board of Trustees elects officers for 2024-25

The East Carolina University Board of Trustees held its summer meeting at the Coastal Studies Institute on the ECU Outer Banks Campus in Wanchese Aug. 1. In the one-day meeting,...

Jul 24, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

International school counselors visit ECU during statewide tour

High school guidance counselors from around the world got a feel for East Carolina University during a visit on July 15 as part of the North Carolina Mountains to Coast...

ECU students, left to right, Fabiana De La Rosa, Celina Olesco and Nicole Matos talk with prospective students at James Sprunt Community College during ECU’s Let’s Connect Duplin County event. (Photo by Rich Klindworth)
Jul 24, 2024
  • Benjamin Abel
  • Crystal Baity
  • Ken Buday
  • Kristen Martin
  • Steven Grandy

Students can take alternate paths to an ECU degree

(Video by Rich Klindworth) Earning a bachelor’s degree doesn’t always follow a traditional course from graduating high school to starting as a freshman on campus. Some students take an alternate...

Students participate in a project in the Center of Leadership and Civic Engagement during 9/11 Day of Service activities. (ECU Photo by Cliff Hollis)
Jun 17, 2024
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall
  • Steven Grandy

ECU receives first Carnegie Leadership for Public Purpose classification

East Carolina University is one of 25 U.S. colleges and universities — and the only North Carolina institution — to receive the first Carnegie Leadership for Public Purpose classification. The...

Jun 17, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

ECU receives first Carnegie Leadership for Public Purpose classification

East Carolina University is one of 25 U.S. colleges and universities — and the only North Carolina institution — to receive the first Carnegie Leadership for Public Purpose classification. The...

Jun 11, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

ECUPD maintains dual accreditation

The East Carolina University Police Department remains one of two university police departments in the UNC System to earn dual accreditation after completing a reaccreditation process. ECU completed the reaccreditation...

May 22, 2024
  • Steven Grandy

Brinkley-Lane Scholar: Michael Greer

From the moment Brinkley-Lane Scholar Michael Greer stepped foot on campus at East Carolina University, he felt like he belonged. The sense of belonging was one of the biggest factors...