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East magazine
summer 2021
It is so fitting that I started this new adventure at East Carolina in March – when the weather’s warming, the trees are leafing out – you know, a time of new growth, new challenges and great new opportunities. It’s been an ideal time to be out on campus and in the community, meeting people and hearing what they believe ECU can be and what they can do to achieve that. We’ve withstood much in the past year, but ECU has persevered. One result of the pandemic is that ECU has learned how to be a smarter, more agile and adaptive institution. We’ve managed resources and learned much about fiscal sustainability. The Life Sciences Building and Intersect East have stayed on track and promise great returns. And let’s take a moment to thank Interim Chancellor Ron Mitchelson for his leadership that made those accomplishments possible. As we move into the post-COVID era, we have to stay ahead of the curve. Other universities are not going to wait for us. We need to leverage the skills, talents and great minds at the university to get us there. I’m ready to get to work, because there’s nowhere else in the vast universe of American higher education where I would rather make an impact than East Carolina University. Hope you feel the same way! Philip Rogers, Ed.D. Chancellor
