Academics and Altitude
Starrett Vesper Year: Senior Major: Exercise physiology Hometown: North Wales, Pennsylvania When Starrett Vesper hits the track, everything else melts away. The pole vaulter said track and field allows him...
Richard Butler Archives
Wings of the Purple and Gold
East Carolina University has sent nearly 200,000 alumni out into the world – and more than a few into the skies above. Over the next few pages, they take you...
Proactive Performer
Greenville native Kristin Wetherington ’05 was in town earlier this year singing Broadway showstoppers with the Greenville Choral Society. And she’ll be back in December for her annual holiday show....
Rehabilitation Leader
In time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first graduating class of East Carolina University’s occupational therapy program, a large group of nonprofit therapy and rehabilitation hospitals and clinics,...
Educator and Advocate
A college education provided Meredith College President Jo Allen ’83 a foundation from which she learned, questioned, taught and led in administrations at five institutions. Allen believes in the value...
Awards recognize outstanding ECU alumni and friends
Six outstanding ECU alumni and friends were honored by the ECU Alumni Association on Oct. 19 during homecoming weekend. Mary Earp ’58 received an Outstanding Alumni Award. She is a...
Pursue Gold exceeds $500 million target ahead of schedule
East Carolina University is painting the Pursue Gold campaign purple as it surpassed the goal of $500 million five months early. Pirate Nation has raised more than $514 million, and...
ECU achieves historic research, grant funding
ECU received $85.6 million in sponsored awards, its highest level on record, during fiscal year 2023. Sponsored awards come from a variety of sources, including industry and foundations as well...
Malkin establishes gambling research, policy project at ECU
Michelle L. Malkin, an assistant professor of criminal justice and criminology at ECU, is leading a project that aims to study the evolving landscape of gambling in North Carolina and...
Events highlight Air Force ROTC’s decades of impact and alumni
ECU this fall celebrated 75 years of its Air Force ROTC unit. Stemming from a 1947 application initiated by then college President John Messick, Air Force ROTC Detachment 600 opened...