Joy Williams Archives

Aug 02, 2019
  • Admissions
  • Jamie Smith

ECU Hosts Fall Open House

Staff and volunteers spent Saturday, Sept. 28, 2018, showing more than 1,250 potential Pirates why they should call East Carolina University home. ECU’s annual Fall Open House brings high school...

Jul 01, 2019
  • duncank16

Things To Know As an ECU Freshman

There are many things that I wish I knew before I started my journey at East Carolina University in 2016, but as I enter my senior year and look back...

Jun 25, 2019
  • Jamie Smith

New Student Orientation

This summer, more than 4,300 first-year students and their families will begin their journey as members of Pirate Nation with a visit to East Carolina University’s new student orientation sessions....

May 30, 2019
  • Michael Rudd

Entrepreneurship Expands

East Carolina University’s College of Business (COB) will offer a new undergraduate degree in entrepreneurship through the Miller School of Entrepreneurship beginning in fall 2019. The Bachelor of Science in...

May 28, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

ECUWorks to Reduce Student Debt

During the 2018-19 academic year, East Carolina University launched a pilot program aimed at reducing student debt. Campus Living’s ECUWorks program gives first-year students the opportunity to work on campus...

May 24, 2019
  • Erin Shaw

ECU graduates fare better in life than national average

East Carolina University graduates are well prepared for life after graduation, actively engaged at work and feel their education was worth the cost, a recent Gallup survey found. ECU was...

Mar 06, 2019
  • Crystal Baity

Serving Others

Service-minded students from East Carolina University spent part of their spring break on a blustery, overcast Monday cleaning up Old River Road north of the Tar River. Students picked up...

Feb 11, 2019
  • Jules Norwood

Advanced Manufacturing Lab Unveiled

East Carolina University’s College of Engineering and Technology has officially launched the first phase of an effort to create a unique advanced manufacturing lab in the high bay of the...

Jan 11, 2019
  • Erin Shaw

Street of Dreams

Just a few years ago, a person could get lonely walking along Greenville’s Dickinson Avenue. Not anymore. The avenue and its 10 surrounding blocks have emerged as a dining scene...

Jan 11, 2019
  • Kristin Zachary

ECU opens largest LGBTQ center in the UNC System

East Carolina University opened the new Main Campus Student Center this week. This 220,000-square-foot facility will be the living room for students and will be a central hub for ECU’s...