New normal, new future?
2020 has brought dramatic changes to daily life in the United States and around the globe as employees have adapted to teleworking, students and teachers have tackled virtual learning, large...
East Archives
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...
ECU=environmentally conscious university
ECU is one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges, according to the Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges for 2021. ECU is one of 416 institutions that has demonstrated...
ECU part of effort to develop global, high-speed research network
Creating a research data superhighway across the Atlantic Ocean is the focus of a collaborative project that includes ECU. Researchers at ECU and George Mason University have received a $463,256...
Campus buildings named for Eakin, Ballard
ECU renamed two campus buildings for former chancellors Steve Ballard and Richard Eakin during a ceremony Nov. 6. The Student Recreation Center is now the Richard R. and JoAnn M....
ECU-tested COVID-19 treatment receives authorization
An ECU infectious disease specialist at Vidant Medical Center was among the first to trial a COVID-19 antibody treatment that in November was granted an emergency use authorization by the...
Building up
Linda Thompson Thomas ’81 and student Kamari Purvis are proud Pirates. Thomas was a student four decades ago, and Purvis is working his way toward a 2022 graduation. They share...
Warehouse district gets new name, plan for future
ECU’s millennial campus in Greenville’s former warehouse district has a new name and master plan. Designated Intersect East, the property covers 19 acres between Main Campus and Dickinson Avenue, including...
Student Snapshot
Hometown: Hampstead Major: Nursing Career Goals: Critical care nurse, certified registered nurse anesthetist Haley LaBelle has wanted to be a Pirate for as long as she can remember. LaBelle’s father...