Richard Butler Archives

Jul 10, 2023
  • Jamie Smith

ECU awarded top honor in internationalization

With its growing international program, ECU was one of four institutions nationwide to receive the Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization by NAFSA: Association of International Educators. The award...

Jul 10, 2023
  • Crystal Baity

Book chronicles travels around country to watch Pirate football

Carl Davis’ seats in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium inspired the title of his first book, but it was the trips to away games that provided many of his stories. Davis ’73 has...

Jul 10, 2023
  • Patricia Earnhardt Tyndall

United Health Foundation awards $3.2 million to improve youth mental health

The United Health Foundation, the philanthropic foundation of UnitedHealth Group, has announced a three year, $3.2 million grant partnership with ECU. The grant will expand the North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry...

Jul 10, 2023
  • Spaine Stephens

Dental school expands care in rural eastern NC

Residents of eastern North Carolina have better access to dental care thanks to the opening of a dental clinic in Hyde County and a program to provide oral health care...

Dec 16, 2022
  • East Magazine

Gold Standard

Hometown: Greenville, North Carolina Major: Biomedical engineering Career Goals: To use my knowledge of engineering to make a positive impact on people’s lives Scholarships: James and Connie Hackney Scholarship, Honors and...

Dec 16, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

Students recognized for lifesaving actions

When ECU students Krysta Byrd and Bradly Boaz found a fellow student slumped over in cardiac arrest, they leapt into action and helped save a life. It was Sept. 22,...

Dec 16, 2022
  • Jules Norwood

New provost sees people, teamwork as key

Robin Coger, ECU’s new provost who began in July, said she appreciates the enthusiasm and commitment she has seen from Pirate Nation. “I learned a long time ago that a...

Dec 16, 2022
  • Rich Klindworth

Training the next generation of leaders for eastern NC schools

ECU has a pipeline that produces a different kind of commodity — future principals. The PIRATE Leadership Academy at ECU prepares proven teacher leaders to become assistant principals and principals...

Dec 16, 2022
  • Lacey Gray

ECU to explore WWII battle site in Alaska

Coastal resources management doctoral student Dominic Bush is part Native Aleut, so when he learned of a World War II battle between Japanese and American forces on the Alaskan island...

Dec 16, 2022
  • Benjamin Abel

Grant to support minority public health graduate students at ECU

Eastern North Carolina, with its high levels of poverty and disadvantaged communities, is riddled with high rates of preventable chronic health conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity. The...