5 minutes with Sgt. Sandra George Robinson ’92
Position: Registered nurse, founder of Combat Female Veterans Families United Degree: Nursing Hometown: Jamestown, North Carolina What made you want to pursue nursing as a career? I have always loved...
Erin Ward Archives
10 Reasons Why You Don’t Give to ECU
10 Reasons Why You Don't Give to ECU (and why they're baloney) By Erin Ward When it comes to giving back to your alma mater, there are many reasons it...
Eight-figure pledge to support EC Scholars program
Burney Warren ’70 grew up in the shadow of East Carolina University’s football stadium. The east end zone was two doors down from his house in Greenville. It was easy...
The TikTok Doc will see you now
TikTok celebrity Makall Lauren had a contact lens stuck in her eye. The college student posted a teary video about her dilemma on the popular social media platform asking for...
Seven Steps to a Better You
STORY BY ERIN WARD Seven Steps to a better you Alumni share their expert advice on health and happiness Wellness can be hard to define and even harder to achieve....
Earth Works
Earth Works Look around the country and you’ll find East Carolina alumni working with the land and the species that inhabit it to make the world a better place. If...
Where were you when…?
WHERE were YOU when...? The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire world and will most certainly be a moment in time that we talk about for years to come. To...
Changing Classes
STORY BY MATT SMITH • ERIN WARD • DOUG BOYD CHANGING CLASSES From kindergarten to high school, ECU teachers are making school work during COVID-19. Online classes. Face-to-face classes. Virtual...
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...
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....