ECU Homecoming
Oct. 25
Homecoming canned food drive co-sponsored by ECU Campus Kitchen and Purple Pantry
11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina homecoming@ecu.edu
Homecoming pep rally at Freeboot Friday
5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Five Points Plaza in Uptown Greenville. Visit the site for more information
Homecoming NPHC step show
7 p.m.
Main Campus Student Center Ballrooms studentengagement.ecu.edu/greeklife
Oct. 26
Homecoming parade and float competition
9 a.m.
Fifth Street
ECU vs. USF
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Time
TBA
ECU Pirates Athletics website
A Purple and Gold Evening
Oct. 25, 5:30-9 p.m.
Join us in recognizing alumni and friends of the university who have demonstrated outstanding merit and achievement, distinguished themselves as leaders for the university and adopted ECU
as their own. Pirate Alumni website or 252-328-4723
Pirate doughnut party and homecoming parade
Oct. 26, TBA
Join us at the Taylor-Slaughter Alumni Center for a great seat to watch the homecoming parade go right by our front lawn. Also enjoy various Pirate-themed doughnuts provided by sponsor Krispy Kreme.
Pirate Gameday Tailgate: ECU vs USF
Oct. 26, three hours before kickoff Join fellow alumni and fans at ECU’s Johnson Stadium for tailgating fun before the homecoming football game against USF. Enjoy a variety of food, beverages, music, door prizes and more. Pirate Alumni website
2019 Black Alumni Reunion
Oct. 24-27
The Black Alumni Chapter of the ECU Alumni Association presents the 2019 Black Alumni Reunion. Pirate Alumni website
Marching Pirates Alumni Reunion
Oct. 26; five hours before kickoff Join fellow former band members for a weekend of fun, music and football. Reminisce with old friends and make new ones as you join the band on the field and in the stands. Pirate Alumni website
Dowdy Student Stores homecoming celebration and sale
Oct. 24-27
Dowdy Student Stores, Main Campus Student Center and Health Sciences Campus Student Center. Stop by Dowdy stores on campus for our Homecoming Sale-a-bration. Student Stores website
COLLEGE, SCHOOL AND DEPARTMENT EVENTS
College of Business
Homecoming tailgate
Oct. 26, Time: TBA
Free, location TBD
Paige Hill, hillel18@ecu.edu or 252-737-5171
College of Allied Health Sciences
Department of Health Services and Information Management
Health services management social Oct. 25, 4–6 p.m.
Free, location: TBD
Robert Kulesher, kulesherr@ecu.edu or 252-744-6174
Campus Recreation and Wellness
Club Sports Alumni Golf Scramble
Oct. 25, 9 a.m.
Ayden Golf & Country Club Justin Waters, watersj@ecu.edu
Honors College
Party on the Porch
Oct. 25, 4-8 p.m.
Brock’s Farm, 862 Laurie Ellis Road, Winterville
Free, RSVP requested
Diane Majewski, majewskid@ecu.edu or 252-737-1019
Department of Criminal Justice
Alumni reception
Oct. 25, 3-5 p.m.
Rivers Building, Room 208
Free, No RSVP required
Jenna Smith, peadenje@ecu.edu or 252-737-5408
Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences
Homecoming breakfast
Oct. 26, 8 a.m.
Free on the lawn beside the Whichard Building Jessica Nottingham, nottinghamj@ecu.edu or 252-737-1753
College of Allied Health Sciences
Homecoming tailgate
Oct. 26, 3 hours before kickoff RSVP by Oct. 1
Alyssa De Santis Figiel, desantisa14@ecu.edu or 252-744-2114
Joyner Library
Pirate Family Fun Day
Oct. 26, 10 a.m.–noon
Free, RSVP by Oct. 25 at library.ecu.edu/2019/06/14/piratefamilyfun Charlotte Fitz Daniels, fitzdanielsc17@ecu.edu
or 252-328-0287
College of Education
Breakfast on the Porch
Oct. 26, 9–11:30 a.m.
The front porch of the
Speight Building
Free, No RSVP required
Lisa Marie Hagen, hagenl@ecu.edu
College of Nursing
College of Nursing annual homecoming reception
Oct. 25, 5–7 p.m.
Lobby of the College of Nursing
Jane Boardman, boardmanj@ecu.edu or 252-744-6504
Laupus Health Sciences Library
Laupus Library 50th anniversary open house and celebration Oct. 25, 2-5 p.m.
Laupus Health Sciences Library Free, No RSVP
Marlena Rose, barberm@ecu.edu or 252-744-2229
OTHER
ECU Football Game
ECU vs. USF
Oct. 26, Time: TBA
ECU Pirates Athletics website or 800-DIAL-ECU
Football isn’t the only game in town homecoming weekend. ECU volleyball is also in action in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.
ECU Women’s Volleyball
ECU vs. SMU
Oct. 25, 7 p.m.
ECU Women’s Volleyball
ECU vs. Memphis
Oct. 27, noon
800-DIAL-ECU or ECU Pirates Athletics website
2019 Alumni Award Recipients
The following Pirates will be recognized Oct. 25 at the alumni awards ceremony and dinner and during halftime of the Oct. 26 homecoming football game.
Robert Brinkley ’78 of Charlotte is a partner with Womble Bond Dickinson. Brinkley was a four-year varsity letter winner on the ECU baseball team, has been a member of the ECU Pirate Club since 1978 and led the Greensboro chapter of the ECU Alumni Association. He has served on the ECU board of visitors, the board of directors of the ECU Foundation, and the ECU board of trustees, including one year as vice chairman and two years as chairman.
Wanda Montano ’74 of Greenville holds a social work degree from the College of Health and Human Performance. She is president of Undaunted Vision LLC, a business consulting and coaching company.
James Mullen III ’74 ’80 of Greenville had a successful career in rehabilitation before returning to ECU as director for employment and clinical services. He was later appointed as assistant vice chancellor for human resources, a position he held until his retirement in 2010. Mullen and his wife established the Jim and Pam Mullen Study Abroad Scholarship for the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences.
Christa Reiser of Greenville has served ECU as a sociology professor and as co-director of the women’s studies department. Under Reiser’s leadership, women’s studies brought major feminist scholars to campus and established
the first Women of Distinction Award in 2006, which continues today under the Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Women. Reiser and her late husband, Ken Wilson, established endowed scholarships for students in sociology.
Kenneth Wilson (posthumous) taught sociology at ECU for 44 years. He helped establish ECU’s Survey Research Lab, now the Center for Survey Research. He chaired the ECU Faculty from 1985-87, was ECU’s representative to the UNC Faculty Assembly from 1987-93 and chaired the UNC Faculty Assembly from 1991-93.
Lauren Patterson ’11 ’13 of Cary teaches special education at White Oak Elementary School. She serves as her school’s department chair for special education, is on the School Improvement Team, led the school’s One Book, One School campaign and mentors new teachers in her spare time. She was named White Oak Teacher of the Year in 2016.