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ECU debuts world premiere opera, builds community connections to performance | News Services | ECU

2 weeks ago | news.ecu.edu | Glen Webster

ECU Opera Theater connects the artform and community as they prepare a world-premiere production set in the Prohibition-era South.
Lamson awarded for impact, excellence in public service

1 month ago | news.ecu.edu | Glen Webster |Ronnie Woodward

Published Feb 27, 2025 by Filed under: RALEIGH — Dr. Angela Lamson had a natural and definitive response to the phone call she received informing her she won the 2024 Governor James E. Holshouser, Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service. “Almost immediately, my mind went to the thousands of patients who have trusted our medical family therapy and marriage and family therapy students to care for their mental health needs,” Lamson said.
Faculty profile: Dr. Andrea Buenaño

Jan 17, 2025 | news.ecu.edu | Glen Webster

Published Jan 17, 2025 by Filed under: Dr. Andrea Buenaño can relate to the challenges faced and balancing required of college students. Buenaño is a former collegiate student-athlete who had myriad experiences then, and later professionally, in blending athletics with academics prior to shifting full time into academic instruction in 2015.
Mellon Foundation funds paid internships program

Jan 13, 2025 | news.ecu.edu | Glen Webster

Published Jan 13, 2025 by Filed under: East Carolina University will receive more than $1 million for the College of Education (COE) to support paid archival studies internships through a first-time grant from the Mellon Foundation’s Public Knowledge program. Faculty Organizing for Community Archives Support (FOCAS), a collaborative of faculty from nine universities in the U.S. and Canada, has been awarded $6,150,000 to support paid internships at community archives.
Award ceremony recognizes internationalization at ECU

Nov 27, 2024 | news.ecu.edu | Glen Webster |Jamie Smith

Published Nov 27, 2024 by Filed under: East Carolina University’s Global Affairs Office celebrated several milestones during International Education Week. The week was celebrated Nov. 18-22 and campus events included the Parade of Flags through campus, an international potluck and informational sessions. One highlight of the week was the International Awards Ceremony. The event recognized faculty, staff and students for outstanding work in pursuing international opportunities.
Community festival to celebrate Tar River, science, learning

Nov 4, 2024 | news.ecu.edu | Glen Webster

“I am a fan of getting engaged in the community,” Griffin said. “It is very important for me, especially when I can give that opportunity to others.”“Zasha has done a tremendous job of recruiting student volunteers for the festival this year,” said Gavigan, who is the center’s Community and Coastal Community Environmental Data Scholars National Research Traineeship program coordinator.
Library’s special collection of resources

Oct 21, 2024 | news.ecu.edu | Glen Webster |Ronnie Woodward

Published Oct 21, 2024 by Filed under: A biography written about North Carolina’s first congresswoman, Jane Pratt, might not have been possible without East Carolina University’s Special Collections. Author Marion Deerhake used a plethora of sources to research and chronicle the breakthroughs by her distant cousin, Pratt, who was elected as the state’s first congresswoman in 1946.
Pirates come together for Hurricane Helene relief

Oct 10, 2024 | news.ecu.edu | Glen Webster

Published Oct 10, 2024 by Filed under: The remnants of Hurricane Helene combined with heavy rainfall in the days prior to the storm caused historic flooding and devastation in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee after making landfall in Florida and barreling through Georgia. As the waters began to recede, East Carolina University alumni, faculty, staff and students made their way west to help their neighbors in need.
Dental school county-based oral health care programs thrive

Sep 11, 2024 | news.ecu.edu | Glen Webster

Published Sep 11, 2024 by Filed under: When Connie Burleson moved from Sanford, North Carolina, to Swan Quarter in coastal Hyde County, one of her favorite pastimes became driving the back roads and taking in the area’s natural beauty. She navigates the Lake Mattamuskeet and Pamlico Sound wetlands and refuges saturated with birdlife. She passes farmland dotted with soil furrows, both fruitful and fallow. “That’s my joy,” Burleson said, “riding around and seeing things.
Support grows for ECU’s mission, strategic priorities in FY ’24 | News Services | ECU

Aug 27, 2024 | news.ecu.edu | Glen Webster

Donors contributed nearly $56.7 million to the university.