Remembering ECU Sports Icons
Remembering ECU sports icons Jeff CHarles, Tery Holland STORY BY DOUG BOYD Brian Bailey remembers the first time he heard of Jeff Charles. It was 1988. Bailey, sports director at WNCT...
Rachel Cessna Archives
The Stories in Soot
In Siddhartha Mitra’s lab, soot and other byproducts of combustion have their own stories to tell. STORY BY JULES NORWOOD The Stories in Soot ECU lab traces fire’s fingerprints through...
After the Fact
STORY BY JIMMY ROSTAR After the Fact Scott Avett ’99 ’00 explores mystery in the creative process On a morning in late summer, Scott Avett had hoped to spend a...
Pirate Nation Gives
East Carolina University alumni and friends pledged more than $8.4 million during the sixth annual Pirate Nation Gives on March 23. That surpassed last year’s record total of $6.5 million,...
Changing the Future
STORY BY JULES NORWOOD Changing the Future Impact of giving felt across university, region From the Pirate statue standing guard at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium to the words of the fight song...
Primary Care
STORY BY DOUG BOYD Primary Care The Brody family has been key to ECU’s growth in medicine and medical research Dr. Helina Gan ’22 starts her residency in family medicine...
Shooting for the Stars
STORY BY KEN BUDAY Shooting for the Stars Supporting the College of Education means supporting the future Artwork colors the walls inside East Carolina University’s Community School, where 105 children...
Wind In Their Sails
STORY BY JULES NORWOOD Wind in Their Sails A new partnership helps people with disabilities get on the water It’s a picture-perfect afternoon on the Pamlico River as Brent Carpenter...
A year like no other
Interim Chancellor Ron Mitchelson talks about his time at the helm and what the future holds for ECU – and himself. How would you sum up your year-plus as interim...
Historic gift funds teacher scholarships
A new scholarship at the ECU College of Education will award $5,000 a year to outstanding incoming freshmen and graduate students who wish to become, or already are, classroom elementary...