What's Happening at ECU

In a garden that grows upon a ribbon of old family farmland in the mountains of Ashe County, dreams are harvested alongside vegetables. The garden is a vision nurtured by Dr. Amanda Stroud, a member of the ECU School of Dental Medicine’s inaugural Class of 2015 and dental director for AppHealthCare in northwestern North Carolina. Even during her dental school days, Stroud had a clear image in her mind’s eye of a dental office that would provide oral health care—and yet so much more—for its community.

Brady Hillhouse taught himself how to day trade markets in high school, stumbling upon entrepreneurship by accident after starting an online community where people could share ideas and ask questions. The East Carolina University senior turned that online forum into his first company to teach people how to trade.

East Carolina University’s former warehouse district received a new name as the university and its development partner, Elliott Sidewalk Communities, introduced a master plan for the millennial campus property.