East Carolina University
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Founded in 1907, ECU makes way – exemplifying education, advancing wellness, and embodying service and innovation. 🏴☠️
Spaces that spark creativity. 💡
#ECU’s Teaching Resources Center has been reimagined to shape the future of education.
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#ECU’s Teaching Resources Center has been reimagined to shape the future of education.
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Redesigned Resource
The Teaching Resources Center was redesigned to be a brighter, more collaborative space in Joyner Library for future and current educators.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Spaces that spark creativity. 💡
#ECU’s Teaching Resources Center has been reimagined to shape the future of education.
See the latest ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4oIDuKC
#ECU’s Teaching Resources Center has been reimagined to shape the future of education.
See the latest ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4oIDuKC
Each person plays an important role in health care. 💜
#ECU health sciences students participated in the Keepers of the House event to recognize and honor the vital role housekeepers play in health care.
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#ECU health sciences students participated in the Keepers of the House event to recognize and honor the vital role housekeepers play in health care.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/47wBTRl
Recognizing housekeepers’ role in health care
ECU students learn from housekeepers about their vital role in keeping hospitals clean and safe for patient care.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Each person plays an important role in health care. 💜
#ECU health sciences students participated in the Keepers of the House event to recognize and honor the vital role housekeepers play in health care.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/47wBTRl
#ECU health sciences students participated in the Keepers of the House event to recognize and honor the vital role housekeepers play in health care.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/47wBTRl
#PirateNation is proud to support military-affiliated students and their families as they continue their mission of service through education, leadership and community. 💜
Explore resources available to military-affiliated students at ECU ➡️ https://bit.ly/3LGSVox
Explore resources available to military-affiliated students at ECU ➡️ https://bit.ly/3LGSVox
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#PirateNation is proud to support military-affiliated students and their families as they continue their mission of service through education, leadership and community. 💜
Explore resources available to military-affiliated students at ECU ➡️ https://bit.ly/3LGSVox
Explore resources available to military-affiliated students at ECU ➡️ https://bit.ly/3LGSVox
Student leaders from the ECU Honors College participated in community service, met Pirate alumni and explored new leadership strategies during a trip to Atlanta. 🏴☠️
See a recap of the trip ⤵️ https://bit.ly/47J5M0U
See a recap of the trip ⤵️ https://bit.ly/47J5M0U
Honors student leaders find inspiration in Atlanta
ECU Honors College students spent fall break in Atlanta soaking up leadership lessons, service opportunities and connections with alumni.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Student leaders from the ECU Honors College participated in community service, met Pirate alumni and explored new leadership strategies during a trip to Atlanta. 🏴☠️
See a recap of the trip ⤵️ https://bit.ly/47J5M0U
See a recap of the trip ⤵️ https://bit.ly/47J5M0U
Homecoming Week is here, and #PirateNation is celebrating with events across campus leading up to game day. 🏴☠️
Find the full schedule ➡️ https://bit.ly/4hOzTJ2
Find the full schedule ➡️ https://bit.ly/4hOzTJ2
November 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Homecoming Week is here, and #PirateNation is celebrating with events across campus leading up to game day. 🏴☠️
Find the full schedule ➡️ https://bit.ly/4hOzTJ2
Find the full schedule ➡️ https://bit.ly/4hOzTJ2
#ECUOnline is the state's leader and a national trailblazer in #DistanceEd. 💻
With more than 100 online degree and certificate programs in business, health care, education, technology and more – #ECU's online courses offer real options for real life.
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With more than 100 online degree and certificate programs in business, health care, education, technology and more – #ECU's online courses offer real options for real life.
Get started ➡️ https://bit.ly/48P84Od
November 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
#ECUOnline is the state's leader and a national trailblazer in #DistanceEd. 💻
With more than 100 online degree and certificate programs in business, health care, education, technology and more – #ECU's online courses offer real options for real life.
Get started ➡️ https://bit.ly/48P84Od
With more than 100 online degree and certificate programs in business, health care, education, technology and more – #ECU's online courses offer real options for real life.
Get started ➡️ https://bit.ly/48P84Od
An interdisciplinary #ECUResearch initiative has secured $1.65 million to explore behavior and risk associated with gambling disorder. 🎰
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3WthfN1
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3WthfN1
GRPI awarded $1.65 million to research gambling behavior, risk
ECU's Gambling Research Policy Initiative has received $1.65 million to support three years of research into gambling behaviors and risks.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
An interdisciplinary #ECUResearch initiative has secured $1.65 million to explore behavior and risk associated with gambling disorder. 🎰
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3WthfN1
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3WthfN1
A Trey Day for the Books! 🔥
Down go a dozen. Congratulations to #ECU baseball alum Trey Yesavage on making #WorldSeries history with 12 strikeouts, the most ever by a rookie. 🏆
Shoutout to fellow #Pirate alum Jeff Hoffman for closing out Wednesday night's Toronto Blue Jays victory. ⚾️
Down go a dozen. Congratulations to #ECU baseball alum Trey Yesavage on making #WorldSeries history with 12 strikeouts, the most ever by a rookie. 🏆
Shoutout to fellow #Pirate alum Jeff Hoffman for closing out Wednesday night's Toronto Blue Jays victory. ⚾️
October 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A Trey Day for the Books! 🔥
Down go a dozen. Congratulations to #ECU baseball alum Trey Yesavage on making #WorldSeries history with 12 strikeouts, the most ever by a rookie. 🏆
Shoutout to fellow #Pirate alum Jeff Hoffman for closing out Wednesday night's Toronto Blue Jays victory. ⚾️
Down go a dozen. Congratulations to #ECU baseball alum Trey Yesavage on making #WorldSeries history with 12 strikeouts, the most ever by a rookie. 🏆
Shoutout to fellow #Pirate alum Jeff Hoffman for closing out Wednesday night's Toronto Blue Jays victory. ⚾️
Three faculty members in the #ECU Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences have been recognized for their exceptional teaching, research and service to ECU and beyond. 🏆
Meet the scholars ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4otEeTV
Meet the scholars ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4otEeTV
Harriot College honors faculty excellence through professorships
Three Harriot College professorships represent a breadth of knowledge and excellence in teaching and research within the arts and sciences.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Three faculty members in the #ECU Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences have been recognized for their exceptional teaching, research and service to ECU and beyond. 🏆
Meet the scholars ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4otEeTV
Meet the scholars ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4otEeTV
Investing in the future of education 🍎
A recent Maynard family gift is strengthening the #ECU College of Education scholarship program, empowering more students to pursue teaching in eastern and central #NC.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/474mLvG
A recent Maynard family gift is strengthening the #ECU College of Education scholarship program, empowering more students to pursue teaching in eastern and central #NC.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/474mLvG
Maynard family gift strengthens College of Education scholarship program
A multi-million dollar commitment enhances the James and Connie Maynard Scholars program and increases the scholarship award to $40,000.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Investing in the future of education 🍎
A recent Maynard family gift is strengthening the #ECU College of Education scholarship program, empowering more students to pursue teaching in eastern and central #NC.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/474mLvG
A recent Maynard family gift is strengthening the #ECU College of Education scholarship program, empowering more students to pursue teaching in eastern and central #NC.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/474mLvG
A golden investment in the future of health care. ✨
The Golden LEAF Foundation has awarded the #ECU Brody School of Medicine a grant to equip the new Center for Medical Education with simulation labs and 360° learning technology.
Learn more about the future of health care ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4nflvuc
The Golden LEAF Foundation has awarded the #ECU Brody School of Medicine a grant to equip the new Center for Medical Education with simulation labs and 360° learning technology.
Learn more about the future of health care ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4nflvuc
Center for Medical Education gains golden support
A $1 million award from the Golden LEAF Foundation will outfit the CME’s learning studio with 360-degree screens and the software to run the whitebox simulation room.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A golden investment in the future of health care. ✨
The Golden LEAF Foundation has awarded the #ECU Brody School of Medicine a grant to equip the new Center for Medical Education with simulation labs and 360° learning technology.
Learn more about the future of health care ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4nflvuc
The Golden LEAF Foundation has awarded the #ECU Brody School of Medicine a grant to equip the new Center for Medical Education with simulation labs and 360° learning technology.
Learn more about the future of health care ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4nflvuc
The gift of music 🎶
Thanks to a legacy gift from longtime faculty member Beatrice A. Chauncey, the #ECU School of Music has nearly doubled its number of scholarships offered.
See the impact ⤵️ https://bit.ly/499x1E6
Thanks to a legacy gift from longtime faculty member Beatrice A. Chauncey, the #ECU School of Music has nearly doubled its number of scholarships offered.
See the impact ⤵️ https://bit.ly/499x1E6
ECU music students benefit from long-time faculty member’s gift
All ECU music students — particularly at the graduate level — are benefiting from an award program endowed by a long-time faculty member.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The gift of music 🎶
Thanks to a legacy gift from longtime faculty member Beatrice A. Chauncey, the #ECU School of Music has nearly doubled its number of scholarships offered.
See the impact ⤵️ https://bit.ly/499x1E6
Thanks to a legacy gift from longtime faculty member Beatrice A. Chauncey, the #ECU School of Music has nearly doubled its number of scholarships offered.
See the impact ⤵️ https://bit.ly/499x1E6
This #ECUResearcher turned a global award into local impact. 🌎
Dr. Fidy Rasambainarivo received an award for his research on how diseases spread between animals and humans — then donated half the prize to support student research at #ECU and in Madagascar.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3KRyHYW
Dr. Fidy Rasambainarivo received an award for his research on how diseases spread between animals and humans — then donated half the prize to support student research at #ECU and in Madagascar.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3KRyHYW
Biologist’s genuine love of research to benefit others
In a selfless act of generosity, an ECU biologist is donating award money to research for students at ECU and in Madagascar.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This #ECUResearcher turned a global award into local impact. 🌎
Dr. Fidy Rasambainarivo received an award for his research on how diseases spread between animals and humans — then donated half the prize to support student research at #ECU and in Madagascar.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3KRyHYW
Dr. Fidy Rasambainarivo received an award for his research on how diseases spread between animals and humans — then donated half the prize to support student research at #ECU and in Madagascar.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3KRyHYW
Investing in student success ✅
The ECU College of Education is celebrating a historic milestone of offering more than $1.2 million in scholarships for the 2025-26 academic year.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4nehyG5
The ECU College of Education is celebrating a historic milestone of offering more than $1.2 million in scholarships for the 2025-26 academic year.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4nehyG5
College of Education celebrates $1.2 in awarded scholarships
The East Carolina University College of Education celebrated a historic milestone of awarding more than $1.2 million in scholarships.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Investing in student success ✅
The ECU College of Education is celebrating a historic milestone of offering more than $1.2 million in scholarships for the 2025-26 academic year.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4nehyG5
The ECU College of Education is celebrating a historic milestone of offering more than $1.2 million in scholarships for the 2025-26 academic year.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4nehyG5
This Pirate's fight is now fueling his future. 💪
Despite a cancer diagnosis at age 22, Matthew Ryan Joyner is graduating in December with a degree in electrical engineering and a new business model.
Read about his journey of persistence and purpose ⤵️ https://bit.ly/48t45Xs
Despite a cancer diagnosis at age 22, Matthew Ryan Joyner is graduating in December with a degree in electrical engineering and a new business model.
Read about his journey of persistence and purpose ⤵️ https://bit.ly/48t45Xs
ECU student plans to use electrical engineering to help people.
Matthew Ryan Joyner, a one-time actor and a cancer survivor, wants to use his ECU engineering degree to help people.
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October 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This Pirate's fight is now fueling his future. 💪
Despite a cancer diagnosis at age 22, Matthew Ryan Joyner is graduating in December with a degree in electrical engineering and a new business model.
Read about his journey of persistence and purpose ⤵️ https://bit.ly/48t45Xs
Despite a cancer diagnosis at age 22, Matthew Ryan Joyner is graduating in December with a degree in electrical engineering and a new business model.
Read about his journey of persistence and purpose ⤵️ https://bit.ly/48t45Xs
#Pirates are redefining health care — through data, design and more. 📊
ECU is partnering with community colleges across #NC to create streamlined pathways into health information careers.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3W5ZdQH
ECU is partnering with community colleges across #NC to create streamlined pathways into health information careers.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3W5ZdQH
ECU program powers health information infrastructure
New ECU pathway turns health information into high-demand careers.
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October 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
#Pirates are redefining health care — through data, design and more. 📊
ECU is partnering with community colleges across #NC to create streamlined pathways into health information careers.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3W5ZdQH
ECU is partnering with community colleges across #NC to create streamlined pathways into health information careers.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3W5ZdQH
Nurturing networks 🤝
#ECU students competed in the ECU College of Business Twilley Networking Challenge, forging professional ties with local corporate partners.
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#ECU students competed in the ECU College of Business Twilley Networking Challenge, forging professional ties with local corporate partners.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/46QreSr
Networking competition allows students to make connections
ECU students made connections and learned to communicate effectively at the Twilley Networking Challenge.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Nurturing networks 🤝
#ECU students competed in the ECU College of Business Twilley Networking Challenge, forging professional ties with local corporate partners.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/46QreSr
#ECU students competed in the ECU College of Business Twilley Networking Challenge, forging professional ties with local corporate partners.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/46QreSr
This #ECU student is marching to the beat of his own drum. 🥁
Nathan Rittler swapped his aerospace engineering major for music performance. Now he designs and handcrafts his own instruments.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3KQK6YK
Nathan Rittler swapped his aerospace engineering major for music performance. Now he designs and handcrafts his own instruments.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3KQK6YK
Nathan Rittler explores all avenues of music
This ECU percussionist is getting an education in playing music, teaching it and building instruments as he leaves doors open to his interests.
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October 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This #ECU student is marching to the beat of his own drum. 🥁
Nathan Rittler swapped his aerospace engineering major for music performance. Now he designs and handcrafts his own instruments.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3KQK6YK
Nathan Rittler swapped his aerospace engineering major for music performance. Now he designs and handcrafts his own instruments.
Learn more ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3KQK6YK
New breakthroughs for hypertension treatment 🩺
A team of researchers in the ECU Brody School of Medicine has made a discovery that could lead to more effective treatments for high blood pressure.
Explore #ECUResearch ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4qbm4Ii
A team of researchers in the ECU Brody School of Medicine has made a discovery that could lead to more effective treatments for high blood pressure.
Explore #ECUResearch ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4qbm4Ii
Researcher offers new therapeutic for treating high blood pressure
Dr. Srinivas Sriramula’s Brody School of Medicine lab found that B1R brain receptor directly interacts with AT1R receptor in neurogenerative hypertension.
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October 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
New breakthroughs for hypertension treatment 🩺
A team of researchers in the ECU Brody School of Medicine has made a discovery that could lead to more effective treatments for high blood pressure.
Explore #ECUResearch ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4qbm4Ii
A team of researchers in the ECU Brody School of Medicine has made a discovery that could lead to more effective treatments for high blood pressure.
Explore #ECUResearch ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4qbm4Ii
This #ECU student's experience with heartbreak is shaping her approach to nursing. 💜
Read Olivia Giambalvo's story ⤵️ https://bit.ly/48mDLOK
Read Olivia Giambalvo's story ⤵️ https://bit.ly/48mDLOK
Love, loss and becoming a Pirate nurse
Nursing student Olivia Giambalvo turns heartbreak into healing, using personal tragedy to provide thoughtful, human-centered care.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This #ECU student's experience with heartbreak is shaping her approach to nursing. 💜
Read Olivia Giambalvo's story ⤵️ https://bit.ly/48mDLOK
Read Olivia Giambalvo's story ⤵️ https://bit.ly/48mDLOK
October 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
#Pirates are proving that purpose drives progress. 💪
The #ECU Community School has outpaced statewide growth for the second consecutive year in both math and reading scores.
Check out the report card ⤵️
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The #ECU Community School has outpaced statewide growth for the second consecutive year in both math and reading scores.
Check out the report card ⤵️
https://bit.ly/470jzQr
ECU Community School exceeds student growth for second year
For the second year, the ECU Community School has exceeded growth in school performance data released by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
#Pirates are proving that purpose drives progress. 💪
The #ECU Community School has outpaced statewide growth for the second consecutive year in both math and reading scores.
Check out the report card ⤵️
https://bit.ly/470jzQr
The #ECU Community School has outpaced statewide growth for the second consecutive year in both math and reading scores.
Check out the report card ⤵️
https://bit.ly/470jzQr
This #ECU staff member's journey in #PirateNation combines art, learning, and familial history. 🏡
Meet Shannon McGinnis ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4nGXaig
Meet Shannon McGinnis ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4nGXaig
ECU art and design staffer embraces meaningful art
This Pirate enjoys the continued learning and connections on campus between her work and earning a master’s degree.
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October 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This #ECU staff member's journey in #PirateNation combines art, learning, and familial history. 🏡
Meet Shannon McGinnis ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4nGXaig
Meet Shannon McGinnis ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4nGXaig
Traditions fueled by #Pirate pride. 💜
More than 65 families participated in #ECU's recent legacy-pin ceremony, honoring legacy students and their parents.
Meet the families ⤵️ https://bit.ly/42RpaqQ
More than 65 families participated in #ECU's recent legacy-pin ceremony, honoring legacy students and their parents.
Meet the families ⤵️ https://bit.ly/42RpaqQ
ECU families share in alumni legacy tradition
More than 65 families joined in the legacy celebration hosted by the East Carolina University Alumni Association.
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October 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Traditions fueled by #Pirate pride. 💜
More than 65 families participated in #ECU's recent legacy-pin ceremony, honoring legacy students and their parents.
Meet the families ⤵️ https://bit.ly/42RpaqQ
More than 65 families participated in #ECU's recent legacy-pin ceremony, honoring legacy students and their parents.
Meet the families ⤵️ https://bit.ly/42RpaqQ
The Brody School of Medicine’s mission is to increase the supply of primary care physicians in #ENC. 🩺
Dr. Justin Edwards was named the inaugural Dr. James G. Jones Distinguished Professor of Family Medicine, honoring a legacy that directly supports the school’s mission.
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Dr. Justin Edwards was named the inaugural Dr. James G. Jones Distinguished Professor of Family Medicine, honoring a legacy that directly supports the school’s mission.
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Justin Edwards named distinguished professor of family medicine
Dr. Justin Edwards is the inaugural Dr. James G. Jones Distinguished Professor of Family Medicine.
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October 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The Brody School of Medicine’s mission is to increase the supply of primary care physicians in #ENC. 🩺
Dr. Justin Edwards was named the inaugural Dr. James G. Jones Distinguished Professor of Family Medicine, honoring a legacy that directly supports the school’s mission.
⤵️ https://bit.ly/4mH04BY
Dr. Justin Edwards was named the inaugural Dr. James G. Jones Distinguished Professor of Family Medicine, honoring a legacy that directly supports the school’s mission.
⤵️ https://bit.ly/4mH04BY