Game day is learning day for future guide dogs
East Carolina University football game days have served as a learning laboratory for future guide dogs being raised by Carlton ’97 and Meghan Blanton. The Blantons are volunteer puppy raisers...
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Fall enrollment nears 29,000
Jaalen Best moved into College Hill Suites on Aug. 14, hoping to avoid the rush of ECU move-in traffic before starting a new job at the campus recreation center. “I’m...
Students design, build custom boards
Camille Young’s four cousins will receive skateboards as Christmas presents – all made by her in a summer session class in the School of Art and Design. Young also made...
McMahon ’69 speaks at spring commencement
Fireworks flew and tassels turned May 4 in Dowdy- Ficklen Stadium as 5,479 students graduated from East Carolina University. At ECU’s 109th spring commencement ceremony, fireworks capped off a new...
Art and design students make stand-up paddleboards
From top, instructor Judd Snapp assists a student; Amber Delgado works on her board; paddles being assembled; board parts await installation. Twelve ECU students learned the art of making paddleboards...
Grant supports scholarships for math, science teachers
A five-year, $1.2 million grant will help the ECU College of Education provide scholarships for additional math and science teachers in eastern North Carolina as well as gain insight into...
Educator Ron Clark ’94 shares message of leadership, success
Acclaimed teacher and East Carolina University alumnus Ron Clark brought seven of his middle school students to Greenville in April to show them what success looks like. Clark was the...
Art in the East
Each June, a new group of artists-in-residence from across the United States moves to the eastern North Carolina town of Columbia, where they live and work for a year at...
ECU welcomes our newest EC Scholars
From aspiring engineers to entrepreneurs and music education majors, the newest class of EC Scholars is thinking big. The EC Scholars program is the most prestigious and competitive undergraduate merit...