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Headshot pictures of three male students, one at left wearing an aqua shirt, one at center wearing a black and white striped shirt and the one at right wearing a sport coat, are overlayed on top of a blurred photograph showing flowers and a brick wall with the words East Carolina University.
Jul 17, 2025
  • Ken Buday

SMART Scholars

Three East Carolina University engineering students have been selected as Department of Defense SMART scholars. Zasha Griffin, Matthew Joyner and Kyle Kirwin will receive full college tuition, annual stipends, summer...

A male student in a black shirt with an East Carolina University logo pulls a computer server from a stack to his right as other servers are stacked to his left.
Jul 08, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Tech Lab Boost

Network and internet connectivity are part of everything, from how businesses succeed to even how you wash your clothes. That’s just one reason labs and classrooms in the East Carolina...

Two men, one at left in a purple shirt and the other in a green shirt, stand next to a large machine that prints three-dimensional objects while holding prosthetic foot attachments.
Jun 30, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Engineering Support

East Carolina University graduates set out to leave their marks on the world. Four 2025 engineering graduates have already done just that. Hannah Blackburn, Maranda Byrd, Lauren Simpson and Danielle...

Four women at left sit next to three men at right at a table with a purple tablecloth as they look up while signing papers in front of them.
Jun 24, 2025
  • Ken Buday
  • Steven Grandy

Community College Collaboration

From east to west, transferring to East Carolina University’s Bachelor of Science in industrial technology (BSIT) program just got easier. ECU officials and administrators recently signed bilateral agreements with Pitt...

A young woman wearing a white hard hat with an East Carolina University logo smiles as she receives a hug from a woman in a graduation robe.
May 10, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Tassels Turned

East Carolina University engineering student Maranda Byrd couldn’t sum up her feelings about graduating on Friday in just one word. “Little sad, little tired, little hungry, little nervous,” she said....

Five men in suits and ties sit at two tables covered in purple with East Carolina University logos on the front.
May 05, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Tech Track

It’s not a new partnership. East Carolina University has been working with community colleges for decades, opening doors for students to continue their education and enhance their careers and lives....

A bearded man in a purple shirt gestures with his hands as he stands at the front of a room and talks.
Apr 29, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Testing Tech Skills

For East Carolina University senior K.J. Davis, learning the skills he needs to work in information and cybersecurity technology is just the beginning. Putting those skills to use in a...

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Apr 22, 2025
  • Ken Buday

National Notoriety

The East Carolina University Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology (BSIT) program has received accolades in a national report highlighting successes in community college transfer programs. The Transfer Playbook, produced...

A male student in a white lab coat and safety goggles extracts a golden liquid from a canister that has a variety of tubes and connections.
Apr 10, 2025
  • Ken Buday

New Bioreactors Boost Careers

The job market in the pharmaceutical industry is growing — just like the cells in the new bioreactors at East Carolina University’s Eastern Region Pharma Center. Engineering students put the...

A woman in a gray shirt holds a white construction hard hat as she stands next to a ladder and numerous tools hanging on shelves.
Mar 19, 2025
  • Ken Buday

Winning Writer

East Carolina University construction management student Chloe Kildea knows where the industry has been. “The internships I’ve had have all been with people who still like to do things by...