ECU student receives $20k from MrBeast during campus walk
East Carolina University student Jack Costello had a good reason to hang up on his girlfriend — 20,000 of them to be exact. “I told her, ‘I think that’s MrBeast....
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New Life Sciences and Biotechnology Building
East Carolina University’s Life Sciences and Biotechnology Building opened in November, and bioprocess engineering students are already glowing about the new space. “It’s really, really cool,” said Luciano DeRose, a junior...
ECU welcomes growing number of adult learners
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, self-described handyman Matt Rice mustered little work. He paints houses, repairs appliances and puts down tile, but with COVID concerns, he felt uncomfortable walking into strangers’ homes. That...
Admitted students, parents enjoy first Pirates Aboard session
Jackson Faircloth looked at stacks of shirts in the Dowdy Student Store in the East Carolina University Main Campus Student Center. You could say purple and gold run through his...
Pirates Aboard Online
With the cancellation of the in-person Pirates Aboard Admitted Student Days, future students and their parents now have an online resource to provide information about East Carolina University and the...
Career Kickstart
East Carolina University has built of reputation of landing jobs for its graduates. Matt Connor should know. The 2019 graduate in economics works at Gibson Consultants in Wilmington, and he...
ECU receives HEED Award for the eighth consecutive year
East Carolina University’s focus on diversity and inclusiveness has been recognized for the eighth consecutive year with the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award. The HEED award, sponsored by...