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Aug 12, 2021
  • Erin Ward

ECU Alumni Association welcomes new board members

The East Carolina University Alumni Association approved six new members to join its board of directors. The board operates to provide strategic direction, resources and professional expertise to carry out...

Aug 04, 2021
  • Erin Ward

ALUMNA MAKES HISTORY

When Pirate alumna Brenda McCarthy graduated from aviation school at Naval Air Station Pensacola in May, she received her wings and also made history. McCarthy, who graduated from East Carolina...

Aug 03, 2021
  • Erin Ward

Portland’s new poet laureate is an ECU alum

ECU graduate Maya Williams ’17 is the newest poet laureate for Portland, Maine. The honorary position is awarded to a Portland resident who “is both an accomplished poet and an...

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Aug 02, 2021
  • Erin Ward

ECU RAISES $48M in FY21

Donor support in the last year helped East Carolina University continue its transformative education and regional impact. From multi-million dollar planned gifts to grassroots crowdfunding efforts, donations established scholarships in...

Jul 30, 2021
  • Rob Spahr
  • Spaine Stephens

WHITE COAT CEREMONY 2021

The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University officially welcomed 86 new medical students — the most diverse class in the school’s history — during the school’s annual White...

Jul 28, 2021
  • Rob Spahr

CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS

A new clinical trial partnership between East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine and Vidant Health, which officially began on Jan. 1, has been awarded membership to the Alliance for...

Jul 01, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

EMERGENCY EDUCATION

UPDATE, JANUARY 2022: The certificate program referenced in the story below was approved by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and is now accepting applications. All...

Jun 30, 2021
  • Erin Ward

Queen of beach reads: Alumna Kristy Woodson Harvey talks latest novel

East Carolina University alumna Kristy Woodson Harvey ’10 regularly finds herself on lists like Southern Living’s Most Anticipated Beach Reads, Huffington Post’s Summer Reading and the News & Observer‘s Best...

Jun 22, 2021
  • Erin Ward

LEGACY OF LIGHT

East Carolina University alumnus Howell Binkley earned a reputation on Broadway as the lighting master behind shows including “Jersey Boys,” “In the Heights” and the blockbuster “Hamilton.” But he was...

Jun 16, 2021
  • Erin Ward

Alumna’s business closed during COVID. She donated money to student scholarships anyway.

Painting and pottery are hands-on, in-person activities. When a Greenville paint-your-own pottery studio couldn’t allow people inside because of pandemic restrictions, its owner had to get creative quickly. In October...