East Carolina University

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{{main|History of East Carolina University}}

On March 8, 1907, East Carolina Teachers Training School (ECTTS) was officially chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly through the passing of legislation Public Laws of North Carolina, 1907, Chapter 820 titled An Act to Stimulate High School Instruction in the Public Schools of the State and Teacher Training.{{cite web |title=An Act to Stimulate High School Instruction in the Public Schools of the State and Teacher Training |work=North Carolina Public Laws 1907, Chapter 820 |publisher=North Carolina General Assembly |date=March 8, 1907 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/archives/pr_display.cfm?id=49 |access-date=June 10, 2007 |archive-date=March 12, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312214909/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/archives/pr_display.cfm?id=49 |url-status=live}} The chairman of its original Board of Trustees, Thomas Jordan Jarvis, a former Governor of North Carolina now known as the "Father of ECU", participated in groundbreaking ceremonies for the first buildings on July 2, 1908, in Greenville, North Carolina, and ECTTS opened its doors on October 5, 1909.{{cite web |last=Representatives McLawhorn, E. Warren, and Williams |title=House Joint Resolution 460: A Joint Resolution honoring East Carolina University on the University's Centennial Anniversary |publisher=General Assembly of North Carolina |date=March 5, 2007 |url=http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H460v1.pdf |access-date=June 10, 2007 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024412/http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H460v1.pdf |url-status=live}}{{cite press release |title=Joyner Library exhibit features "father" of ECU |publisher=ECU – News Bureau |year=2007 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-admin/news/releases/2007/2/02082007ecujarvisexhibit.cfm |access-date=June 10, 2007 |archive-date=August 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801180344/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-admin/news/releases/2007/2/02082007ecujarvisexhibit.cfm |url-status=live}} Although its purpose was to train "young white men and women", there were no male graduates until 1932.{{cite press release |title=An East Carolina Memoir by Henry C. Oglesby |publisher=Pieces of Eight |date=February 15, 1982 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/archives/pr_display.cfm?id=982 |access-date=June 10, 2007 |archive-date=March 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310080214/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/archives/pr_display.cfm?id=982 |url-status=live}} In 1920, ECTTS became a four–year institution and renamed East Carolina Teachers College; its first bachelor's degrees were awarded the following year in education. A master's degree program was authorized in 1929; the first such degree granted by the college was in 1933. Progress toward full college status was made in 1948 with the designation of the Bachelor of Arts as a liberal arts degree, and the Bachelor of Science as a teaching degree.{{cite web |title=East Carolina University Timeline |work=University Archives |publisher=East Carolina University – Joyner Library |year=2007 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/archives/timeline.cfm |access-date=June 10, 2007 |archive-date=June 28, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070628231251/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/archives/timeline.cfm |url-status=live}} A change of name to East Carolina College in 1951 reflected this expanded mission. Over the objections of Governor Dan K. Moore, who opposed the creation of a university system separate from the Consolidated University of North Carolina, ECC was made a regional university effective July 1, 1967, and assumed its present name, East Carolina University. The university did not remain independent for long; on July 1, 1972, it was incorporated into the University of North Carolina System, the successor to the Consolidated University. Today, ECU is the fourth–largest university in North Carolina with {{Template parameter value|East Carolina University|Infobox university||undergrad}} undergraduate and {{Template parameter value|East Carolina University|Infobox university||postgrad}} graduate students, including the 344 medicine and 206 dental students.

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East Carolina is separated into three distinct campuses: Main Campus, Health Sciences Campus, and West Research Campus. It owns two sports complexes: Blount Recreational Sports Complex and North Recreational Complex. It owns a field station in New Holland, North Carolina.

The main campus, also known as the east campus, is about {{convert|530|acre|km2|0}} in an urban residential area of downtown Greenville. The 158 buildings on main campus comprise more than {{convert|4.6|e6ft2|m2}} of academic, research, and residential space. Many of the Main Campus buildings feature the Spanish–Mission style architecture; inspiration drawn from Thomas Jarvis' time as an ambassador to Brazil.{{cite web |title=Thomas Jordan Jarvis – Father of East Carolina University |publisher=Joyner Library, East Carolina University |year=2007 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/ncc/exhibit.cfm/ |access-date=June 11, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060919194033/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/ncc/exhibit.cfm |archive-date=September 19, 2006}}{{cite web |last=National Governors Association |title=North Carolina Governor Thomas Jordan Jarvis |work=Governor's Information |publisher=National Governors Association |year=2004 |url=http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=eea575cbecff1110VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD |access-date=June 11, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930035716/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=eea575cbecff1110VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD |archive-date=September 30, 2007}} He wanted to bring the unique architecture to eastern North Carolina. On the main campus, there are five districts: Campus Core, Downtown District, Warehouse District, Athletic fields and the South Academic District. On the Campus Core, there are 15 residence halls which are divided into three separate neighborhoods.{{cite web |title=Residence Halls |publisher=East Carolina University – Campus Living |year=2009 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/studentlife/campusliving/halls.cfm |access-date=February 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124220637/http://www.ecu.edu/studentlife/campusliving/halls.cfm |archive-date=January 24, 2010}} In the middle of the mall is the replica of the cupola on the original Austin building.

The varsity athletics fields are located south of the College Hill residential neighborhood. Fourteenth Street divides College Hill to the north, with the athletic fields to the south. Charles Boulevard borders the fields to the west and Greenville Boulevard borders it to the south. A residential neighborhood and Elmhurst Elementary School are the eastern borders. The northern portion of the area sits Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium, Minges Coliseum, and Minges Natatorium, along with parking. The Murphy Center, which is the primary strength and conditioning, and banquet building, is located between Dowdy-Ficklen and Minges Coliseum.{{cite web |title=Murphy Center |url=http://www.ecupirates.com/facilities/ecu-facilities-murphy.html |work=Facilities |publisher=East Carolina University Athletics |access-date=August 17, 2011 |archive-date=February 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217125300/http://www.ecupirates.com/facilities/ecu-facilities-murphy.html |url-status=live}} The Ward Sports Medicine Building, Scales Field House, and the Pirate Club Building also surround Dowdy-Ficklen. The Ward Sports Medicine Building houses offices for football, Pirate Club, and athletic administration.{{cite web |title=Ward Sports Medicine Building |url=http://www.ecupirates.com/facilities/ecu-facilities-ward.html |work=Facilities |publisher=East Carolina University Athletics |access-date=August 17, 2011 |archive-date=June 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618143109/http://www.ecupirates.com/facilities/ecu-facilities-ward.html |url-status=live}} The Scales Field House provides locker rooms, additional athletic department offices for marketing and event operations, and classroom space for ECU's athletic training program.{{cite web |title=Scales Field House |url=http://media.lib.ecu.edu/archives/bldg_history.cfm?id=79 |work=Building Information |publisher=Joyner Library, East Carolina University |access-date=August 17, 2011 |archive-date=August 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807094654/http://media.lib.ecu.edu/archives/bldg_history.cfm?id=79 |url-status=live}} South of those facilities is the Cliff Moore Practice Facility which has a pair of natural grass fields and one FieldTurf field designed exclusively for the football team.{{cite web |title=Cliff Moore Football Practice Facility |url=http://www.ecupirates.com/facilities/ecu-facilities-moore.html |work=Facilities |publisher=East Carolina University Athletics |access-date=August 17, 2011 |archive-date=December 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222130742/http://www.ecupirates.com/facilities/ecu-facilities-moore.html |url-status=live}} On the southern border of the practice facility is Clark-LeClair Stadium, which is the men's baseball stadium. It opened in 2005 and seats 3,000 in permanent seating with another 2,000 located in the outfield.{{cite web |title=Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium |url=http://www.ecupirates.com/facilities/ecu-facilities-basebl.html |work=Facilities |publisher=East Carolina University Athletics |access-date=August 17, 2011 |archive-date=June 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602062232/http://www.ecupirates.com/facilities/ecu-facilities-basebl.html |url-status=live}} At the southern end of the fields is the Olympic Sports Complex, which include women's soccer stadium, softball stadium, track and field facility, and Olympic Sports Team building. The Olympic Sports Complex was completed in 2011 with a price of $23.4 million. The Smith-Williams Center is a $17 million basketball development and practice facility, opened in 2013. The football stadium is planning for a $40 million upgrade. The upgrades will include a new press, club, and suite areas, and upper deck, all located on the south side. This addition will increase the capacity from 50,000 to 60,000.{{cite web |title=Our Facilities |url=http://www.ecu.edu/undaunted/our_facilities.cfm |work=Undaunted |access-date=August 17, 2011 |archive-date=September 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925091846/http://www.ecu.edu/undaunted/our_facilities.cfm |url-status=live}}

East Carolina has spent $92 million on athletic projects from 1998 to 2011. Including the proposed projects, this is increased to $145 million.

The Health Sciences campus prepares health care practitioners across a full range of professions, including nurses, dentists, physical therapists, speech therapists, physicians, and more. Many graduates of ECU health sciences remain in the underserved East Carolina region to provide care in the area. It is situated beside ECU Health Medical Center. ECU Health Medical Center was originally Pitt County Memorial Hospital and Vidant Medical Center (VMC). After becoming a private non-profit hospital, the renaming occurred. ECU Health Medical Center, an 861–bed flagship Level I Trauma Center, serves as the academic medical center for The Brody School of Medicine.{{cite web |title=Pitt County Memorial Hospital |publisher=University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina |year=2009 |url=http://www.uhseast.com/pittcounty/dynamic-detail.aspx?id=388&linkidentifier=id&itemid=388 |access-date=February 20, 2010 |archive-date=November 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091129112823/http://www.uhseast.com/pittcounty/dynamic-detail.aspx?id=388&linkidentifier=id&itemid=388 |url-status=live}} ECU Health owns ECU Health Medical Center, leases or owns six and manages one.{{cite web |title=About University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina |publisher=University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina |year=2009 |url=http://www.uhseast.com/uhseast/dynamic-detail.aspx?id=492&linkidentifier=id&itemid=492 |access-date=February 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904051233/http://www.uhseast.com/uhseast/dynamic-detail.aspx?id=492&linkidentifier=id&itemid=492 |archive-date=September 4, 2010}} The area is about {{convert|2|mi|km}} west of Main Campus on {{convert|206|acre|km2|1}} with nearly {{convert|1300000|sqft|m2|-3}} of academic and research space in 62 buildings. Other buildings besides VMC include Brody Medicine Science Building, the East Carolina Heart Institute, Leo Jenkins Cancer Center, and the Allied Health building composed of the College of Nursing, Laupus Medical Library and College of Allied Health Sciences.{{cite web |title=Division of Health Sciences |publisher=Division of Health Sciences |year=2007 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/dhs/ |access-date=June 11, 2007 |archive-date=June 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626130537/http://www.ecu.edu/dhs/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center |publisher=ECU Physicians |year=2008 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/ecuphysicians/customcf/maps/CancerCenter.pdf |access-date=February 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602042920/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/ecuphysicians/customcf/maps/CancerCenter.pdf |archive-date=June 2, 2010}} The {{convert|117000|sqft|m2|-3}} Family Medicine Center opened in the fall of 2011. Ross Hall, which houses the School of Dental Medicine, is just under 200,000 square feet.{{cite web |title=ECU breaks ground for new Family Medicine Center |publisher=Division of Health Sciences News |year=2008 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/dhs/newsStory.cfm?ID=606 |access-date=February 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013080823/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/dhs/newsStory.cfm?ID=606 |archive-date=October 13, 2012}}{{cite web |title=Groundbreaking Ceremony |publisher=ECU School of Dentistry |year=2008 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/dentistry/Complex.cfm |access-date=February 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306022849/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/dentistry/Complex.cfm |archive-date=March 6, 2010}}

West Research Campus lies on approximately {{convert|600|acre|km2}} {{convert|4|mi|km}} west of the Health Sciences Campus. It consists of four buildings with {{convert|36000|sqft|m2|-2|adj=on}} on the former Voice of America site. Approximately {{convert|367|acre|km2}} are designated wetlands{{cite web |last=Latham |first=Art |title=N.C. Agromedicine Institute obtains health research grant |work=Perspectives Online |publisher=North Carolina State University |year=2002 |url=http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcomm/magazine/spring02/agromed.htm |access-date=June 11, 2007 |archive-date=September 16, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060916102931/http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcomm/magazine/spring02/agromed.htm |url-status=live}} and large areas of biology, botany and other sciences field study sites. It has an environmental health onsite wastewater demonstration facility which is open to the public and all educators. It is also the home of the North Carolina Institute for Health and Safety in Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries with an administrative and several support buildings.{{cite web |title=Mission, Vision, Goals |publisher=North Carolina Agromedicine Institute |url=http://www.ncagromedicine.org/mission.htm |access-date=June 11, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041015183334/http://www.ncagromedicine.org/mission.htm |archive-date=October 15, 2004}}

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• The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University{{cite web |title=History: A Legacy of Commitment |work=About the School |publisher=The Brody School of Medicine |date=January 15, 2007 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/med/abtHistory.cfm |access-date=July 16, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070225004548/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/med/abtHistory.cfm |archive-date=February 25, 2007}}
• East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine
• East Carolina Heart Institute
• Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center
• Innovation Design Lab
• Family Medicine Center
• Coastal Studies Institute
• Center for Epidemiology and Outcomes Research
• Small Business Institute
• Institute for Coastal Science and Policy
• Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center
• Center for Sustainable Tourism
• Center for Sustainability
• Center for Natural Hazards
• Center for Geographic Information Science
• Center for GIScience
• Center for Applied Computational Studies
• Center for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education
• Center for Survey Research
• Lost Colony Center for Science & Research
• East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute
• Pocosin Arts Riverside Lodge
• NC Agromedicine Institute
• Golden LEAF Educational Consortium

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The School of Dental Medicine built 8 community service learning centers located in rural and underserved areas throughout the state of North Carolina. The fourth-year students learn and provide care for the community for one year in these community centers. All 8 community centers are currently active. They are located in Ahoskie, Elizabeth City, Lillington, Spruce Pine, Bolivia, Thomasville, Lumberton, and Sylva.{{cite web |last=Boyd |first=Doug |title=ECU breaks ground for Ahoskie dental center |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/dhs/newsStory.cfm?ID=2067 |publisher=Health Sciences News |access-date=August 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920043324/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/dhs/newsStory.cfm?ID=2067 |archive-date=September 20, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/dhs/newsStory.cfm?ID=1878 |title=News Story | Division of Health Sciences | East Carolina University |publisher=Ecu.edu |access-date=August 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120632/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/dhs/newsStory.cfm?ID=1878 |archive-date=August 26, 2014}}

The field station is located in New Holland, North Carolina. The area serves as a field station for the coastal studies, coastal resource management, and biology programs.{{cite web |title=ECU Field Station for Coastal Studies at Mattamuskeet |work=Mattamuskeet Field Station |publisher=College of Arts and Sciences – East Carolina University |year=2001 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/artsci/matt/mattamuskeet.htm |access-date=June 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209111647/http://www.ecu.edu/artsci/matt/mattamuskeet.htm |archive-date=December 9, 2007 |url-status=dead}} The main goal of the field station is economic development into the region through both environmental education and eco–tourism.{{cite web |title=Field Station for Coastal Studies at Mattamuskeet |publisher=ICW-NET, LLC. |year=2004 |url=http://www.albemarle-nc.com/mattamuskeet/studies/ |access-date=June 11, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704135859/http://www.albemarle-nc.com/mattamuskeet/studies/ |archive-date=July 4, 2007}} It also serves as a facility for small retreats and as a base for research on coastal issues.{{cite web |title=Mattamuskeet Field Station |publisher=East Carolina University |date=September 2006 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/rgs/upload/mattstat.pdf |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20071202204015/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/rgs/upload/mattstat.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 2, 2007 |access-date=June 11, 2007}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.{{cite web |title=Lake Mattamuskeet Pump Station |work=North Carolina – Hyde County |publisher=National Register of Historic Places |year=1980 |url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NC/Hyde/state.html |access-date=June 11, 2007 |archive-date=August 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816142134/http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NC/Hyde/state.html |url-status=live}} It is adjacent to the {{convert|49925|acre|km2|0|adj=on}} Mattamuskeet Wildlife Refuge.

North Recreational Complex (NRC) is an athletic complex located on a {{convert|129|acre|m2|1|adj=on}} parcel of land north of East Carolina University's main campus. The NRC is one of the USA's largest recreational complexes.{{cite web |title=North Recreational Complex |publisher=East Carolina University |date=December 3, 2007 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-studentlife/crw/facilities/north_complex/ |access-date=February 13, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030152412/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-studentlife/crw/facilities/north_complex/ |archive-date=October 30, 2009}}

{{Main|University of North Carolina - Coastal Studies Institute}}

ECU houses and manages the UNC Coastal Studies Institute (UNC-CSI) which is an inter-university, marine research institute located on Roanoke Island in Manteo along the Croatan Sound on the Outer Banks, established in 2003 focusing on Estuarine Ecology and Human Health, Coastal Processes and Engineering, Public Policy and Coastal Sustainability, and Maritime Heritage.

{{main|List of East Carolina University Administration}}

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There have been six presidents and seven Chancellors in the university's history.{{cite web |title=President/Chancellor Bios |publisher=Joyner Library – East Carolina University |date=February 22, 2006 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/archives/pr_display.cfm?id=579 |access-date=June 11, 2007 |archive-date=March 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310040322/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/archives/pr_display.cfm?id=579 |url-status=live}} Robert Herring Wright was inaugurated as the first president of ECTTS on November 13, 1909. The chief administrator changed names after ECU joined the UNC System in 1972. The chancellor is chosen by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors on the recommendation of the board's president, and he reports to the 12–member Board of Trustees at ECU. Four of the twelve trustees are picked by the Governor of North Carolina, while the other eight are picked by the Board of Governors. The ECU student body president is an ex officio member of the board of trustees.{{cite web |title=East Carolina University Board of Trustees |publisher=Board of Trustees – East Carolina University |date=February 22, 2006 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/archives/pr_display.cfm?id=579 |access-date=July 5, 2007 |archive-date=March 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310040322/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/archives/pr_display.cfm?id=579 |url-status=live}}

Cecil Staton became chancellor in 2016, replacing Steve Ballard.{{cite press release |title=Board of Governors names Cecil Staton as chancellor |publisher=East Carolina University |date=April 27, 2016 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-admin/news/Board-of-Governors-names-Cecil-Staton-as-chancellor.cfm |access-date=July 1, 2016 |archive-date=July 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703024403/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-admin/news/Board-of-Governors-names-Cecil-Staton-as-chancellor.cfm |url-status=live}} After Staton resigned in 2019, the UNC System named Dan Gerlach as the interim chancellor.{{Cite web |url=https://www.northcarolina.edu/news/2019/04/UNC-System-Interim-President-Bill-Roper-Appoints-Dan-Gerlach-Interim-Chancellor-East |title=Press release: UNC System Interim President Bill Roper appoints Dan Gerlach interim chancellor |access-date=May 6, 2019 |archive-date=May 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506140721/https://www.northcarolina.edu/news/2019/04/UNC-System-Interim-President-Bill-Roper-Appoints-Dan-Gerlach-Interim-Chancellor-East |url-status=live}} In late September 2019, Gerlach was placed on administrative leave after photos and video emerged, showing his interaction with students at a popular bar in the downtown area.{{Cite web |url=https://www.wral.com/ecu-interim-chancellor-i-should-not-have-been-doing-all-the-things-i-did/18667124/ |title=ECU interim chancellor: 'I should not have been doing all the things I did' |last=WRAL |date=September 30, 2019 |website=WRAL.com |language=en |access-date=October 14, 2019 |archive-date=October 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014111826/https://www.wral.com/ecu-interim-chancellor-i-should-not-have-been-doing-all-the-things-i-did/18667124/ |url-status=live}} UNC System Interim President Bill Roper announced that ECU Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Ronald Mitchelson will serve as the university's acting chancellor,{{Cite web |url=http://www.reflector.com/News/2019/09/29/Gerlach-pictures-cause-stir.html |title=Update: Mitchelson to be named acting chancellor – Daily Reflector |website=www.reflector.com |date=September 29, 2019 |access-date=October 14, 2019 |archive-date=October 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191014111822/http://www.reflector.com/News/2019/09/29/Gerlach-pictures-cause-stir.html |url-status=live}} and Philip Rogers was named the 12th Chancellor in December 2020.{{cite news |last1=Zachary |first1=Kristin |title=RETURNING HOME: Dr. Philip Rogers, former ECU chief of staff, returns to take helm as 12th chancellor |url=https://news.ecu.edu/2020/12/17/returning-home/ |access-date=28 February 2021 |work=ECU News Services |date=December 17, 2020 |archive-date=May 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514221948/https://news.ecu.edu/2020/12/17/returning-home/ |url-status=live }}

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ECU is home to nine undergraduate colleges, a graduate school, and four professional schools. The oldest school is the modern day College of Education. The university offers 16 doctoral degree programs, 4 first professional degree programs, 76 master's degree programs, and 102 bachelor's degree programs.{{cite web |title=Undergraduate and Graduate Degree Programs |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/ugcat/UndergradMajors.cfm |work=Undergraduate Catalog 2011–12 |access-date=September 26, 2011 |archive-date=September 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904002612/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/ugcat/UndergradMajors.cfm |url-status=live}}

ECU's liberal arts college is the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences.{{cite web |last=White |first=Alan |title=The Liberal Arts |work=Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences |publisher=East Carolina University |date=March 5, 2007 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/liberalarts/liberal-arts.cfm |access-date=June 11, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091107000139/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/liberalarts/liberal-arts.cfm |archive-date=November 7, 2009}} It consists of 16 departments, making it the third largest College. The liberal arts college has its roots in the beginning of the university.{{cite web |title=Welcome to Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences |work=Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences |publisher=East Carolina University |date=September 25, 2006 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/ |access-date=June 11, 2007 |archive-date=July 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708230330/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/harriot.cfm |url-status=dead}}

The College of Business is a professional school consisting of six departments with undergraduate concentrations in each, plus the Miller School of Entrepreneurship and a Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in Accounting program. The college's beginnings came in 1936 when the Department of Commerce was organized. It later changed to the Department of Business Education, and then to the Department of Business. Finally, in 1960, the School of Business was formed.{{cite press release |title=School of Business, One of Finest in the Country |publisher=ECU Report, Volume 15, No. 1 |date=January 1983 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/archives/pr_display.cfm?id=629 |access-date=June 11, 2007 |archive-date=September 21, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060921202210/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/archives/pr_display.cfm?id=629 |url-status=live}} The college undergraduate program was accredited in 1967, and the graduate program was accredited in 1976 by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.{{cite web |title=College of Business Statistics |work=About the College of Business |publisher=East Carolina University – College of Business |date=March 5, 2007 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-bus/collegestatistics.cfm |access-date=June 11, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711152716/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-bus/collegestatistics.cfm |archive-date=July 11, 2007}} The college is a governing school of the Graduate Management Admission Council.{{cite web |title=College of Business |publisher=Graduate Management Admission Council |year=2007 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/business/ |access-date=June 11, 2007 |archive-date=June 7, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607195538/http://www.ecu.edu/business/ |url-status=live}} The college runs a Small Business Institute to advise small business owners on how to succeed.{{cite web |title=Small Business Institute |work=College of Business |publisher=East Carolina University |date=June 22, 2007 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-bus/sbi.cfm |access-date=July 15, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610050326/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-bus/sbi.cfm |archive-date=June 10, 2007}}

The College of Education is the oldest and largest college at ECU. It houses and administers all of the education majors and an international open access journal, the Journal of Curriculum and Instruction. There are 17 undergraduate degree programs, 22 graduate degree programs, six advanced certifications, and the Doctor of Education program. The college prepares more professionals for North Carolina schools than any other university in the state. The college scored higher than other North Carolina universities when the state board evaluated teacher education programs in 2006. In addition, the Institution of Higher Education Performance Report showed ECU was first in the number of graduates who were employed in public schools across the state.{{cite press release |title=College of Education Fact Sheet – Spring 2009 |publisher=College of Education |year=2009 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-educ/upload/COESpringFactSheet-09.pdf |access-date=February 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013081217/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-educ/upload/COESpringFactSheet-09.pdf |archive-date=October 13, 2012}} The college is considered one of the exemplary professional preparation programs according to the North Carolina State Board of Education's Higher Education Performance Report.{{cite web |title=College of Education Fact Sheet |work=East Carolina University College of Education |publisher=East Carolina University |year=2007 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-educ/admin/COEFactSheet.cfm |access-date=June 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504062734/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-educ/admin/COEFactSheet.cfm |archive-date=May 4, 2007}}

The College of Fine Arts and Communication comprises four schools that range from dance to design and broadcast journalism. The college officially opened on July 1, 2003, but can trace its roots to ECU founding; the school hired art and music professionals in 1907 to train teachers.{{cite web |title=About the College |work=ECU College of Fine Arts & Communication |publisher=College of Fine Arts & Communication |date=December 9, 2009 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cfac/about2.cfm |access-date=February 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301153926/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cfac/about2.cfm |archive-date=March 1, 2010}}

The College of Health and Human Performance is made up of eight academic units and handles all of the recreational and exercise degrees at East Carolina University. It took on its name in 2003, but traces its legacy to the Department of Physical Education in 1930. It was the 1930 East Carolina Teachers College Planning Document number two priority. In 1938, the Department of Physical Education was established and Physical education became a specialty area for high school teachers.{{cite web |title=History of the College of Health and Human Performance |publisher=The College of Health & Human Performance |date=January 11, 2007 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-hhp/upload/HHP_HX_Timeline.pdf |access-date=June 11, 2007 |archive-date=December 2, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071202204028/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-hhp/upload/HHP_HX_Timeline.pdf |url-status=live}}

The College of Engineering and Technology comprises four departments. The college offers nine degrees including engineering, computer science, construction management, design, distribution and logistics, industrial engineering technology, information and computer technology, and industrial technology.{{cite web |title=College of Technology and Computer Science |publisher=East Carolina University |date=September 14, 2006 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/aa/tcsdegrees.cfm |access-date=June 24, 2007 |archive-date=February 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210151340/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/aa/tcsdegrees.cfm |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Request for Authorization to Establish a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering at East Carolina University |work=Appendices for the minutes on March 19, 2004 |publisher=The University of North Carolina |date=May 18, 2004 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/che/docs/Social%20Justice%20in%20Context2005Volume1.pdf |access-date=June 24, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923233351/http://www.ecu.edu/che/docs/Social%20Justice%20in%20Context2005Volume1.pdf |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=dead}}

The College of Allied Health Sciences offers 25 degree and certificate programs in health science disciplines primarily associated with health maintenance and rehabilitative services. The college comprises eight departments: Addictions and Rehabilitation Studies (addiction, clinical, and mental health counseling), Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Communication Sciences and Disorders (Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology), Health Services and Information Management, Nutrition Science, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Physician Assistant Studies. Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Doctor of Audiology (AuD), Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT), and PhD degrees are offered. Established in the 1967–68 school year{{cite web |url=http://www.ecu.edu/ah/ |title=The College of Allied Health Sciences |date=May 16, 2007 |publisher=East Carolina University |access-date=June 11, 2007 |archive-date=June 12, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612021203/http://www.ecu.edu/ah/ |url-status=live}} as the School of Allied Health and Social Professions, the College of Allied Health Sciences is now located in the Allied Health Sciences building on the Health Sciences Campus and is the largest allied health college in the state.

The College of Nursing is a professional school that offers one undergraduate degree, Bachelor of Science in Nursing. The school was created in 1959 and now offers Bachelor of Science, Masters, and Ph.D programs. The college has over 100 faculty teaching the students everything about the nursing field while practicing in the under-served Eastern North Carolina.{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Sylvia T. |title=Welcome from the Dean |work=About us |publisher=School of Nursing |date=June 11, 2007 |url=http://www.nursing.ecu.edu/about_us.htm |access-date=June 11, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805071443/http://www.nursing.ecu.edu/about_us.htm |archive-date=August 5, 2012}} There are three departments within this school: Department of Undergraduate Nursing Science Junior Division, Department of Undergraduate Nursing Science Senior Division, and the Department of Graduate Nursing Science.{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.nursing.ecu.edu/history.htm |publisher=The College of Nursing at East Carolina University |access-date=September 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041210224845/http://www.nursing.ecu.edu/history.htm |archive-date=December 10, 2004}} On October 12, 2007, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors permitted the re–designation of the School of Nursing to the College of Nursing.{{cite web |last=ECU |first=Student |title=Two East Carolina University schools have been re–designated as colleges |date=October 23, 2007 |url=http://www.nursing.ecu.edu/press/2007_64.html |access-date=December 6, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606212849/http://www.nursing.ecu.edu/press/2007_64.html |archive-date=June 6, 2008}} The National League for Nursing named the college a Center of Excellence.{{cite web |title=2008–2011 Centers of Excellence Designees |url=http://www.nln.org/excellence/coe/2008designees.htm |publisher=National League for Nursing |access-date=September 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530135126/http://www.nln.org/excellence/coe/2008designees.htm |archive-date=May 30, 2011}} The college produces more nurses than any other school in the Mid-Atlantic region.{{cite web |title=Academics |url=http://www.ecu.edu/undaunted/about_the_university.cfm |work=Undaunted |publisher=East Carolina University |access-date=September 15, 2011 |archive-date=September 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924003221/http://www.ecu.edu/undaunted/about_the_university.cfm |url-status=live}}

The Graduate School consist of 85 master's degree, 21 doctoral programs and 62 certificates. It coordinates the graduate offerings of all departments in the nine colleges. The School also runs the non–professional degree programs of the professional School of Medicine.{{cite web |title=Masters Programs |work=Graduate School |publisher=East Carolina University |url=http://www.ecu.edu/gradschool/programs.cfm?type=degreelvl&value=2 |access-date=July 16, 2007 |archive-date=June 9, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609141227/http://www.ecu.edu/gradschool/programs.cfm?type=degreelvl&value=2 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Certificate Programs |work=Graduate School |publisher=East Carolina University |url=http://www.ecu.edu/gradschool/programs.cfm?type=degreelvl&value=3 |access-date=July 16, 2007 |archive-date=April 8, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070408202006/http://www.ecu.edu/gradschool/programs.cfm?type=degreelvl&value=3 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Doctoral Programs |work=Graduate School |publisher=East Carolina University |url=http://www.ecu.edu/gradschool/programs.cfm?type=degreelvl&value=1 |access-date=July 16, 2007 |archive-date=June 9, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609142248/http://www.ecu.edu/gradschool/programs.cfm?type=degreelvl&value=1 |url-status=live}} The school offers 17 master's degree in Accounting, Arts, Business Administration, Construction Management, Education, Environmental Health, Fine Arts, Library Science, Music, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Public Administration, Public Health, School AdministrationScience, Social Work and Teaching. It also offers four doctoral degrees in Audiology, Education, Philosophy, and Physical Therapy.{{cite web |title=Academic Programs |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/gradschool/programs.cfm |work=Graduate School |publisher=East Carolina University |access-date=June 2, 2011 |archive-date=July 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712184209/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/gradschool/programs.cfm |url-status=live}}

The School of Dental Medicine is a professional school at the university. The school graduates one degree, Doctor of Dental Medicine. It also has three residencies in Advanced Education in General Dentistry and Dental General Practice. The school also offers a specialty program in Pedodontics. It was founded on February 24, 2006, at the East Carolina Board of Trustees meeting.{{cite web |author=Board of Trustees |title=Board of Trustees Meeting |publisher=East Carolina University |date=February 24, 2006 |pages=15–16 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-admin/bot/upload/002%20-%20Minutes-6.pdf |access-date=June 10, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071202204017/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-admin/bot/upload/002%20-%20Minutes-6.pdf |archive-date=December 2, 2007}} The dental school was unanimously approved by the UNC System Board of Governors as well.{{cite web |last=Martin |first=Harold |title=Request to Establish a Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree Program at East Carolina University |work=Appendix O |publisher=University or North Carolina Board of Governors |date=November 3, 2006 |url=http://intranet.northcarolina.edu/content.php/docs/bog/bogdocs/2007-01/minutes/Appendix%20O.pdf |access-date=June 10, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613062147/http://intranet.northcarolina.edu/content.php/docs/bog/bogdocs/2007-01/minutes/Appendix%20O.pdf |archive-date=June 13, 2010}}{{cite web |title=Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree Program at East Carolina University |work=Report of the Committee on Educational Planning, Policies, and Programs |publisher=The University of North Carolina – Board of Governors |date=November 10, 2006 |url=http://intranet.northcarolina.edu/docs/bog/minutes/2006/11-10-06_minutes-open.pdf |access-date=June 10, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720013751/http://intranet.northcarolina.edu/docs/bog/minutes/2006/11-10-06_minutes-open.pdf |archive-date=July 20, 2011}}

{{Infobox US university ranking

| Forbes = 519

| THE_WSJ = 500

| USNWR_W = 1023

| THES_W = 801–1000

| USNWR_NU = 194

| Wamo_NU = 70

}}

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In 2016, East Carolina was classified by U.S. News & World Report as a National University in its Top-tier rankings.{{cite web |title=Best Colleges 2012 |publisher=U.S. News & World Report |year=2012 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-admin/news/USNews2016.cfm |access-date=September 13, 2012 |archive-date=September 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918020457/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-admin/news/USNews2016.cfm |url-status=live}} In 2010, Forbes ranked the school 36th in its America's Best College Buys story.{{cite web |title=America's Best College Buys |work=America's Best Colleges |publisher=Forbes |date=August 11, 2010 |url=https://www.forbes.com/2010/08/01/best-buys-colleges-money-opinions-colleges-10-value.html |access-date=August 12, 2010 |archive-date=August 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813164110/http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/01/best-buys-colleges-money-opinions-colleges-10-value.html |url-status=live}}

In the 2012 edition of U.S. News & World Report, The Brody School of Medicine is ranked 10th in the country for primary care physician preparation, 13th in the rural medicine specialty and 14th in family medicine.{{cite web |author1=U.S. News |author2=World Report |title=Top Medical Schools – Primary care |work=America's Best Graduate Schools 2012 |publisher=U.S. News & World Report |year=2007 |url=https://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/med/brief/mdprank_brief.php |access-date=November 14, 2008 |archive-date=March 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070306010311/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/med/brief/mdprank_brief.php |url-status=live}} In 2010, Brody was ranked seventh on the social mission scale.{{Cite journal |doi=10.7326/0003-4819-152-12-201006150-00009 |last1=Mullan |first1=Fitzhugh |last2=Chen |first2=Candice |last3=Petterson |first3=Stephen |last4=Kolsky |first4=Gretchen |last5=Spagnola |first5=Michael |title=The Social Mission of Medical Education: Ranking the Schools |journal=Annals of Internal Medicine |volume=152 |issue=12 |pages=804–811 |publisher=American College of Physicians |location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |date=June 15, 2010 |url=http://www.annals.org/content/152/12/804.full |access-date=July 9, 2010 |pmid=20547907 |doi-access= |archive-date=July 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726134546/http://www.annals.org/content/152/12/804.full |url-status=live}}

In 2009, the university was awarded the Patriot Award. The Patriot Award recognizes employers who go above and beyond what the law requires in supporting their employees who serve in the National Guard or reserves.{{cite web |title=East Carolina University honored with Patriot Award |date=December 2, 2009 |url=http://esgr.org/site/News/tabid/73/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/306/Default.aspx |access-date=July 9, 2010 |archive-date=March 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309020136/http://esgr.org/site/News/tabid/73/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/306/Default.aspx |url-status=dead }} In 2010, the university was awarded the Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. It is the highest recognition given by the U.S. Government to employers for their outstanding support of their employees who serve in the Guard and Reserve.{{cite web |last=Phillips |first=Melissa |title=Department of Defense Announces 2010 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award Recipients |work=Employer Support Freedom Award |publisher=The Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award |date=July 8, 2010 |url=http://www.freedomaward.mil/NewsRoom/PressReleases/2010FreedomAwardRecipients/South%20Carolina.aspx |access-date=July 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712070542/http://www.freedomaward.mil/NewsRoom/PressReleases/2010FreedomAwardRecipients/South%20Carolina.aspx |archive-date=July 12, 2010}}

In 2024, Washington Monthly ranked East Carolina 70th among 438 national universities in the U.S. based on East Carolina's contribution to the public good, as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service.{{Cite web |title=2024 National University Rankings |url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024-college-guide/national/ |access-date=2025-03-01 |website=Washington Monthly |language=en-US}}

Randolph Chitwood, a cardiothoracic surgeon with East Carolina, performed the first minimally invasive robotic-assisted mitral-valve heart surgery in the United States. East Carolina researchers also developed an electronic fluency device called SpeechEasy; the device is designed to improve the fluency of a person who stutters by changing the sound of the user's voice in his or her ear. Walter Pories, a faculty member at The Brody School of Medicine developed the standard procedure for gastric bypass surgery. Researchers here also first discovered that 80% of obese/type 2 diabetic patients who underwent this surgical procedure had a reversal of the disease.{{cite journal |last1=Pories |first1=WJ |last2=MacDonald KG |first2=Jr |last3=Flickinger |first3=EG |last4=Dohm |first4=GL |last5=Sinha |first5=MK |last6=Barakat |first6=HA |last7=May |first7=HJ |last8=Khazanie |first8=P |last9=Swanson |first9=MS|last10=Morgan|first10=E |last11=Leggett-Frazier |first11=N. |last12=Long |first12=S.D. |last13=Brown |first13=B.M |last14=O'Brien |first14=K. |last15=Caro. |first15=J.F. |title=Is type II diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) a surgical disease? |journal=Annals of Surgery |date=June 1992 |volume=215 |issue=6 |pages=633–42; discussion 643 |pmid=1632685 |doi=10.1097/00000658-199206000-00010 |pmc=1242519}} The Biofeedback Lab is currently developing techniques to help service members recover from posttraumatic stress disorders and traumatic brain injuries they received in Afghanistan and Iraq. The in vitro fertilization program is ranked first in North Carolina and fourth overall in the United States. Jason Bond, a former scientist in the Department of Biology, discovered many new species of spiders, including Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi and Aptostichus stephencolberti.

During an archaeological dig on Hatteras Island in 1998, archaeologists discovered a 10-carat gold English signet ring from the 16th century, among other artifacts. The discovered ring was the first material connection between The Lost Colony on Roanoke Island and the Algonquian peoples on Croatan Island. In 2011, underwater archaeologists raised the anchors of the Queen Anne's Revenge, the flagship vessel of Blackbeard, near Beaufort.

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J.Y. Joyner Library is the main library located beside the Mall on the main campus. It holds nearly 1.9 million bound volumes, 2.1 million pieces of microform, 532,000 government documents, and more than 24,000 journal subscriptions.{{cite web |title=About Joyner Library |publisher=J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University |date=March 14, 2006 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/development/about.cfm |access-date=June 11, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310080103/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/development/about.cfm |archive-date=March 10, 2007}} The library, which houses the East Carolina manuscript collection, is the largest library east of Raleigh. It is one of the leading repositories in the nation for modern naval and maritime history. It also holds materials related to North Carolina, the tobacco industry, worldwide missionary activities, and American military history. The library is the official repository of the records of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. The J. Edgar Hoover Collection on International Communism contains many items dealing with communism worldwide. The Rare Book Collections has items dating from 1589, including a 1733 Edward Moseley map, the first to comprehensively map the colony of North Carolina and the only original copy in the United States.

The Music Library is a branch of Joyner Library located on the first floor of A.J. Fletcher Music Center. It houses approximately 93,000 items, including the entire audio recording collection.{{cite web |title=About the Music Library |publisher=Joyner Library, East Carolina University |date=October 6, 2006 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/music/about.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223081053/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/music/about.cfm |archive-date=December 23, 2015}} It is the largest music collection east of Raleigh. The primary users of the library are faculty and students within the School of Music and the School of Theatre and Dance, but anyone can use its resources.{{cite web |title=About the Music Library |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/music/about.cfm |publisher=Joyner Library, East Carolina University |access-date=September 29, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118140050/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/music/about.cfm |archive-date=November 18, 2010}} It began in the 1958–59 academic year when a small library was created. Today a staff of five oversee the library duties.{{cite web |title=Music Library |url=http://media.lib.ecu.edu/directory/results.cfm?Dept=11&bydept=Go |work=Staff Directory |publisher=Joyner Library, East Carolina University |access-date=September 29, 2011 |archive-date=November 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119110416/http://media.lib.ecu.edu/directory/results.cfm?Dept=11&bydept=Go |url-status=live}}

The William E. Laupus Library is the medical and health library for East Carolina. It is the primary library for the Brody School of Medicine, the College of Nursing, the College of Allied Health Sciences, and the School of Dental Medicine. It holds approximately 160,000 volumes (print and non–print) and 10,000 current print, non–print, and electronic serial titles.{{cite web |title=History of the Library |work=Laupus Library |date=February 27, 2007 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/laupuslibrary/historyofthelibrary.cfm |access-date=June 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629082106/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/laupuslibrary/historyofthelibrary.cfm |archive-date=June 29, 2007}} In 2006, it moved to the Health Sciences Building on the Health Sciences campus. The library is named for Dr. Laupus, a former Dean of Brody School of Medicine.

The EDC Mini-grant Project-The Office of Equity, Diversity, and Community Relations developed this project to improve East Carolina University's number of diversity studies, programs, and groups. This project intends to supply resources and funds towards diversity proposals offered by students, campus organizations, faculty, and staff. These programs include monitoring cultural awareness educational seminars, to improve departmental climate, to recruit diverse students, for research for curriculum improvement, among others.{{cite web |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/edc/DiversityPrograms.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203210427/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/edc/DiversityPrograms.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 3, 2011 |title=Inactive Content |publisher=Ecu.edu |access-date=August 24, 2014}} ECU is also home to many diversity initiatives. Under this umbrella is the Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement, the Dr. Jesse R. Peel LGBTQ Center, the Ledonia Wright Cultural Center, Student Veteran Services, and the Women and Gender Office.{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Intercultural Affairs {{!}} ECU |url=https://interculturalaffairs.ecu.edu/ |access-date=2022-03-26 |website=interculturalaffairs.ecu.edu |language=en-US |archive-date=March 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307215844/https://interculturalaffairs.ecu.edu/ |url-status=live }}

The Student Government Association at East Carolina University serves the student voice and represents student concerns to a variety of sources including campus administration and other departments.

There are roughly ten social sororities and twice as many fraternities at the East Carolina Campus.{{cite news |last=Lauten |first=Elizabeth |title=History of Greek Life |work=Pulse |publisher=The East Carolinian |date=March 8, 2007 |url=http://media.www.theeastcarolinian.com/media/storage/paper915/news/2007/03/08/Pulse/History.Of.Greek.Life-2763411.shtml |access-date=February 13, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311000454/http://media.www.theeastcarolinian.com/media/storage/paper915/news/2007/03/08/Pulse/History.Of.Greek.Life-2763411.shtml |archive-date=March 11, 2007}} Among them are historically African American sororities and fraternities.{{cite web |title=Chapters |work=Greek Life |publisher=Division of Student Life |date=April 11, 2007 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/artsci/matt/mattamuskeet.htm |access-date=June 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209111647/http://www.ecu.edu/artsci/matt/mattamuskeet.htm |archive-date=December 9, 2007 |url-status=dead}}

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ECU's sports teams, nicknamed the Pirates, compete in NCAA Division FBS as a full–member of the American Athletic Conference (The American). The Pirates joined The American on July 1, 2014. Jon Gilbert is the current athletic director.{{cite web |title=East Carolina |publisher=Conference USA |year=2007 |url=http://conferenceusa.cstv.com/schools/ecu/c-usa-ecu-body.html |access-date=June 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720042539/http://conferenceusa.cstv.com/schools/ecu/c-usa-ecu-body.html |archive-date=July 20, 2011 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |last=Myatt |first=Al |title=Bingo! Search mission accomplished |publisher=Bonesville.net |year=2004 |url=http://www.bonesville.net/Articles/AlMyatt/2004/09/090704_Myatt_News.htm |access-date=June 6, 2007 |archive-date=April 27, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070427235023/http://bonesville.net/Articles/AlMyatt/2004/09/090704_Myatt_News.htm |url-status=live}} The football team is supported by world-class spirit groups, such as the East Carolina University Marching Pirates, National Award-winning Cheerleading squads, and spirit teams. Facilities include the 50,000-seat Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium for football, the 8,000-seat Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum for men's and women's basketball, and Clark-LeClair Stadium, with a seating capacity of 3,000 (max capacity of 6,000+ when including outfield "Jungle" areas) for baseball. The Ward Sports Medicine building comprises {{convert|82095|sqft|m2|-2|adj=on}} and houses the athletic department, Pirate Club offices and the Human Performance Laboratory. Athletes train in the Murphy Center a {{convert|52475|sqft|m2|0|adj=on}} edifice, housing the strength and conditioning facilities, along with banquet rooms, sport memorabilia, and an academic enhancement center. The Murphy Center was built for approximately $13 million and opened its doors to ECU student–athletes in June 2002.{{cite web |last=Tuttle |first=Steve |title=Building the Future |publisher=East Magazine |year=2006 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-admin/mktg/east/Campus-Expansion.cfm |access-date=June 6, 2007 |archive-date=March 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313113649/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-admin/mktg/east/Campus-Expansion.cfm |url-status=live}}

The East Carolinian is the school's student newspaper and dates back to 1925. The ECU Student Media Board "provides oversight and direction to the student newspaper."{{dead link|date=March 2025|url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-studentlife/universityunions/studentmedia/mediaboard.cfm}}{{Cite web |title=About The East Carolinian |url=https://www.piratemedia1.com/site/about.html |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=The East Carolinian |language=en |archive-date=December 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202080547/https://www.piratemedia1.com/site/about.html |url-status=live }} It started as a weekly but went semi-weekly (Tuesdays and Fridays) in 1953.{{Cite book |last=Students of East Carolina University |url=https://archive.org/details/buccaneer1962east/page/62/mode/2up?q=%22The+East+Carolinian%22 |title=The Buccaneer (Yearbook) |date=1953 |publisher=East Carolina University |others= |location=Greenville, NC |pages=62}}

"Hail to Thy Name So Fair" is the alma mater at East Carolina University. It first appeared in the 1940–41 East Carolina Teachers College Student Handbook. It was written by Harold A. McDougle ('44) who became a part-time instructor in the Music Department from 1946 to 1947.{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=GVRB&p_theme=gvrb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=108DD728686AC097&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |newspaper=Daily Reflector |date=September 2, 2003 |access-date=January 11, 2012 |first=Scott |last=Batchelor |title=Tailgating 101: What you need to know to tackle the tailgate Mixer |archive-date=October 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003101229/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=GVRB&p_theme=gvrb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=108DD728686AC097&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D |url-status=live}} The Marching Pirates perform the song during all home football and basketball games. At every home football game, after the national anthem is played by the band, the Alma Mater is played followed by the E.C. Victory song. At the end of football games, the football team walks to the student section to sing the Alma Mater and E.C. Victory song in unison.

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Pirate graduates have been influential in teaching, business, and the arts. Nia Imani Franklin, American composer and beauty pageant titleholder, who graduated in 2015, was crowned Miss New York and Miss America 2019, the first without the swimsuit competition segment. Actress Emily Procter, Beth Grant, and screenwriter Kevin Williamson, creator of Scream and Dawson's Creek, graduated from East Carolina. Acclaimed screen actress Sandra Bullock attended, but graduated later after leaving to pursue her acting career. Marcus Crandell (born June 1, 1974, in Charlotte, North Carolina) is a former quarterback and current coach in professional Canadian football; he played 11 seasons for the Edmonton Eskimos, Calgary Stampeders and Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1997 to 2008 while also spending time in NFL Europe and the XFL. Crandell was named the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player after the Stampeders won the 89th Grey Cup in 2001.{{cite web |title=Sandra Bullock |publisher=IMDB |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000113/bio |access-date=June 10, 2007 |archive-date=April 7, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070407194917/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000113/bio |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Procter |first=Emily |title=Bio |work=Emily Procter Official Site |publisher=Emily Procter |year=2005 |url=http://www.emilyprocter.com/bio.htm |access-date=June 8, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922221102/http://www.emilyprocter.com/bio.htm |archive-date=September 22, 2009 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Kevin Williamson Biography |work=Kevin Williamson |publisher=Yahoo TV |year=2007 |url=https://tv.yahoo.com/kevin-williamson/contributor/32825/bio |access-date=July 8, 2007 |archive-date=March 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070316151639/http://tv.yahoo.com/kevin-williamson/contributor/32825/bio |url-status=live}} Class of 1974 Alumnus Rick Atkinson, wrote An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942–1943 followed by "The Day of Battle, The War in Sicily, 1943–1944" and Dan Neil wrote criticism on automobiles; both received Pulitzer Prizes.{{cite web |title=History |work=2003 winner |publisher=Pulitzer Board |date=200 |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/2003 |access-date=July 8, 2007 |archive-date=July 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080729004037/http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/2003 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=History |work=2004 winner |publisher=Pulitzer Board |date=200 |url=http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/2004 |access-date=July 8, 2007 |archive-date=July 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718054125/http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/2004 |url-status=live}} Ron Clark, a teacher, author, and founder of the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, Georgia.{{cite news |last=Churchill |first=Theresa |title=Best-selling author highlights upcoming diversity conference at Richland |publisher=Herald & Review |date=June 10, 2007 |url=http://www.herald-review.com/articles/2007/06/10/news/local_news/1024087.txt |access-date=June 10, 2007 |archive-date=March 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329172603/https://herald-review.com/news/local/best-selling-author-highlights-upcoming-diversity-conference-at-richland/article_51d67a71-055c-56d6-b605-51f1f77c80c1.html |url-status=live }}

James Maynard graduated with a degree in psychology and founded the Golden Corral restaurant chain.{{cite press release |title=Successful Businessmen |publisher=ECU Report |date=January 1981 |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/archives/pr_display.cfm?id=632 |access-date=July 8, 2007 |archive-date=September 15, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060915123533/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/archives/pr_display.cfm?id=632 |url-status=live}} Kelly King is the current chief executive officer for BB&T and graduated with an undergraduate degree in business accounting and a master's of business administration.{{cite web |title=Kelly S. King |work=Executive Profile |publisher=BB&T |url=http://bbt.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=18&item=100 |access-date=January 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514161304/http://bbt.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=18&item=100 |archive-date=May 14, 2010}} Former Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback David Garrard attended where he majored in Construction Management.{{cite web |title=David Garrard |publisher=Jacksonville Jaguars |url=http://www.jaguars.com/team/Player.aspx?id=1843 |access-date=February 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118124954/http://www.jaguars.com/Team/Player.aspx?id=1843 |archive-date=January 18, 2008}} Chris Johnson was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the first round of the 2008 NFL draft. WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon and his wife Linda McMahon both graduated with a degree in business administration as well.{{cite web |title=Vince McMahon Biography (1945–) |publisher=A&E Television Networks |year=2007 |url=http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542235 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060623014403/http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542235 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 23, 2006 |access-date=February 8, 2008}} Scott Avett of the folk-rock band The Avett Brothers earned degrees in 1999 and 2000.{{cite web |url=http://www.ecu.edu/cs-admin/mktg/east/Spring_2009_Cover_Story.cfm |title=East Magazine – Portrait of the Artist |publisher=Ecu.edu |date=April 16, 2013 |access-date=August 24, 2014 |archive-date=February 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221044725/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-admin/mktg/east/Spring_2009_Cover_Story.cfm |url-status=live}} Henry "Gizmo" Williams, Canadian Football League inductee, graduated from East Carolina University. Les Strayhorn went on to play for the Dallas Cowboys and the Canadian Football League.

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