Board of Visitors Access Scholarship Recipients
The Access Scholars program provides grants to East Carolina University students who demonstrate academic potential and financial need. The $5,000 annual award ($2,500 per semester) covers tuition, fees and books. The program also organizes a lecture series, etiquette dinner, social events and community service activities for students. The ECU Board of Visitors funds four of the eighty scholarships through their required minimum contribution of $500 annually. Meet our scholars!

Anticipated Graduation Date: May 2026
Major: Music Education
Cove City, NC

Anticipated Graduation Date: December 2023
Major: Biology
Elizabethtown, NC
For additional information and assistance on all scholarships offered to ECU students, visit the Office of University Scholarships.
Previous Board of Visitors Access Scholarship Recipients
Kelsey Rathbone – Graduated May 2012 with a BS, Speech & Hearing Sciences (Magna Cum Laude); currently a speech therapist in Greenville, NC
Regina Epps – Graduated May 2014 with a BFA, Theatre Arts; currently a Teaching Artist in Concord, NC
David Evans – Graduated May 2015 with a BS, Exercise Physiology and BS, Biochemistry; currently a Lab Supervisor with LabCorp
Collon Baker-Dorsey – Graduated May 2017 with a BS, Criminal Justice
Katie Pillaca – Graduated May 2017 with a BSBA, Finance (Magna Cum Laude); currently an SIU Analyst with IAT Insurance Group
Ana de Pedro – Graduated May 2017 with a BSBA, Accounting (Summa Cum Laude); currently a Senior Audit Associate/CPA at KPMG
Adam Flynn – Graduated December 2017 with a BSN, Nursing; currently a registered nurse, emergency department at Vidant Hospital
Jordan Rice – Graduated July 2018 with a BSBA, Management; currently an ecommerce entrepreneur and owns his own business
Matthew Jennette – Graduated May 2020 with a BS, English, Secondary Education and BS, English with a minor in Psychology (Summa Cum Laude – Robert H. Wright recipient); completed ECU MBA in December, 2021; currently employed with Credit Suisse
Kayla Flynn – Graduated May 2020 with a BS, Health Services Management (Magna Cum Laude); currently employed with Nash/UNC Hospitals
Reid Shackelford – Graduated May 2021 with a BS, Engineering, environmental concentration; currently employed with Thermo Fisher Scientific
Morgan Whitford Hill – Graduated May 2021 a BS, Elementary Education; currently employed as a 3rd grade teacher with Craven County Schools
Jessi Cayton – Recipient from 2019-2023, will graduate May 2024 with BS in Applied Sociology and minor in Psychology