Our Donors

East Carolina University is fortunate to have many generous donors support student scholarships. This page does not reflect all of our donors and is currently under construction with new donor information being added each month.

Patti Hudson

Patti Hudson

Established in 2005 by the President of ECU Nursing Alumni, Patti Hudson, this scholarship was created to provide support to graduates of ECU College of Nursing that are pursuing additional education and are enrolled in the school’s graduate programs, whether it be...

Peggy & Raymond Reed

Peggy & Raymond Reed

Established in 2009 by Peggy & Raymond Reed, this scholarship was created to provide support to an ECU nursing student who graduated from Ayden Grifton High School or is a resident of Pitt County. This scholarship is in honor of their daughter, Vickie C. Whitehurst,...

Pitt County Memorial Hospital

Pitt County Memorial Hospital

Established in 2011 by the Pitt County Memorial Hospital Volunteer Auxiliary, this scholarship was created to provide support for nursing students enrolled in ECU’s College of Nursing. First preference goes to a student that has a history of volunteering in a...

Rachel Hardee Klitzman

Rachel Hardee Klitzman

Rachel Hardee Klitzman, was born October 10, 1983 in Shreveport, LA to Bruce and Hardee Brown Klitzman. She moved at the age of 2 with her family to Durham. Rachel was so excited when she was 5 and became the proud older sister of Page.They had such great times...

Robin Webb Corbett

Robin Webb Corbett

Established in 2011 by Robin Webb Corbett after the death of her beloved husband, Ray, this scholarship provides support to a ECU College of Nursing student. First preference is that the scholarship should be awarded to a graduate student who is enrolled in the...

Russell E. Tranbarger

Russell E. Tranbarger

Established in 1999 by Russell E. Tranbarger, this merit-based scholarship was created to provide support for nursing students, undergraduate or graduate, who expresses financial need and who works in hospice or are willing to consider hospice work following graduation.

Samanage

Samanage

Samanage is an IT cloud-based company located in Cary, NC. This company created The Samanage Success Scholarship for Computer Science at ECU in December 2018. The company began this scholarship as a result of their longstanding and strong Social Responsibility...

Sarah Best Jordan and Rosanne Vickery Leahy

Sarah Best Jordan and Rosanne Vickery Leahy

This scholarship supports undergraduate and graduate nursing students with first preference going to a student from Craven or Wayne Counties and second preference to a student from Eastern North Carolina. The two classmates, Sarah Best Jordan and Rosanne Vickery...

The Andy Roos Scholarship

The Andy Roos Scholarship

Andrew Joseph Roos was born October 26, 1958 in Pittsburgh, PA. He graduated from high school in 1976 in New York state. After moving to North Carolina, he attended Campbell University in 1977 and transferred to East Carolina University in 1978. Having a passion...

The Christine Ward Chappell Memorial Scholarship Fund

The Christine Ward Chappell Memorial Scholarship Fund

Christine M. Ward was born in eastern North Carolina in 1904. Christine graduated and received her diploma from East Carolina Teacher’s College in 1924. Christine went on to teach in elementary education and was a beloved first grade teacher. She married and became...

The Ochoa Family

The Ochoa Family

The Ochoa Access Scholarship is funded by a donor that moved to the United States from Mexico before his senior year of high school. He went on to graduate from J.H. Rose High School and attended ECU as a walk-on football player. An underdog throughout his life,...

Thomas G. Irons

Thomas G. Irons

Established in 2016 by Thomas G. Irons, MD, this scholarship was created to support full-time students who are intended nursing majors who have been admitted into ECU’s Honors College. This student must maintain a 3.5 GPA, express interest in pediatrics, and...

UnitedHealthcare Scholarships

UnitedHealthcare Scholarships

2018 is the inaugural award of UnitedHealthcare Scholarships to the RIBN program. Such awards are based on need and merit to provide more baccalaureate degreed nurses to rural areas sooner. UnitedHealthcare, Inc. is the second largest insurance company in America and...

William Womble

William Womble

Established in 1998 by William Womble, this scholarship was created to provide support to a qualified undergraduate student who has completed at least one semester of nursing at East Carolina University.