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Jun 23, 2021

EXEMPLARY SERVICE

The North Carolina Agromedicine Institute has been nationally recognized for an exemplary project by the Engagement Scholarship Consortium. An inter-institutional partnership among East Carolina University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical...

Jun 23, 2021

Baile Selected to National Economic and Community Engagement Student Advisory Group

Rising East Carolina University senior Maggie Baile will represent the university on the inaugural Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ (APLU) Commission on Economic and Community Engagement (CECE) Student Advisory...

Jun 23, 2021

Five earn certification from ECU Economic Development Academy

In the first designation of its kind, five members of East Carolina University’s Economic Development Academy were named North Carolina Certified Economic Developers. Each member of the inaugural class completed...

Feb 04, 2021

NURTURING NUTRITION

While East Carolina University is known for preparing educators for the classroom, a team of Pirate researchers is studying how teachers’ personal views on healthy behaviors impact their students. Virginia...

Jan 15, 2021

Farmville’s Café Madeleine, RISE29 Interns Connect Over Confections

A group of East Carolina University interns is helping an artisanal bakery bring the taste of France to Farmville. Through ECU’s student entrepreneurship program RISE29, College of Fine Arts and...

Jan 15, 2021

RISE29 Internship Team Partners with Nonprofit to Explore Canning Business

A group of East Carolina University interns are helping Beaufort County’s Alpha Life Enrichment Center (ALEC) support farmers in eastern North Carolina. College of Education graduate student Tiffany Corey, College...

Apr 18, 2019

Funding Entrepreneurs

East Carolina University received a $1 million award from the Golden LEAF Foundation to support rural economic prosperity through innovation and entrepreneurship. The grant, awarded on Feb. 7, will support...