The College of Business Student Leadership Board (SLB), Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) and National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) made their first-ever professional development trip to tour the Fidelity Investments campus in Durham. Those who went on […]
12/17/2025
Lee Brown, director of the Cunanan Center for Professional Success, was busy this fall reaching out to groups, including student athletes and researchers with the Brody School of Medicine. The participants are in different fields, but […]
12/3/2025
A non-traditional ECU student provided a unique opportunity to more than a dozen students and faculty members this fall. Jamerus Payton is an inbound material flow leader at Cummins Rocky Mount Engine Plant (RMEP), an MBA student and the winner of the fifth annual Aman Pirate Challenge (2022). Payton hosted the immersive […]
12/3/2025
Rock stars, athletes and celebrities typically get excited crowds rushing to talk to them, take pictures together. But at OPEX University Day in Raleigh, entrepreneurs and successful business leaders were the ones mobbed by adoring fans. “I love when the panels are over and [the […]
12/3/2025
It has been a busy fall for the Cunanan Center for Professional Success, taking both graduate and undergraduate students on adventures to see where they could soon be working. The Immersive MBA (IMBA) cohort traveled to Spirit […]
12/3/2025
An investment fund created in part to help ECU-affiliated entrepreneurs with their businesses and startups is making news once again. The Pirate Entrepreneurship Fund (PEF) has invested in a Greenville-based accounting and advisory firm, and its second investment in an international software company, which is helping to support customers […]
12/3/2025
Several College of Business faculty got the call-up to coach the ECU football team this past fall. Well, they were “guest” coaches anyway. Abbey Cash (Accounting), Tiffany Woodward (Management), Ivan Pineda (Leadership & Professional Development) and […]
12/3/2025
An empty classroom was filled with holiday cheer recently as members of the Eta Sigma Delta (ESD) International Hospitality Honor Society created holiday cards for area children and their families. About three dozen ESD students made […]
12/3/2025
When Desireé Robinson came to ECU, she had planned on becoming an occupational therapist. But then she found entrepreneurship. “From a very young age, I’ve always had a whole bunch […]
11/18/2025
Sometimes the job you have isn’t what you were trained for. In those instances, learning on the job doesn’t always help you thrive. So, for those without a financial background, […]
11/18/2025