College of Fine Arts and Communication
Our college serves as a cultural core for East Carolina University and eastern North Carolina. The faculty, staff, and students in the Schools of Art and Design, Communication, Music, and Theatre and Dance are the heart of this connection with the region. We develop the artists, educators, communicators, performers, and designers of tomorrow.
Our college provides educational opportunities on campus, online, and through co-curricular experiences to undergraduate and graduate students from North Carolina, the United States, and internationally. Our students leave ECU ready to excel.
Additionally, we engage the public through theatre and dance performances, media, art and design exhibitions, musical performances, film festivals, and presentations by artists and scholars. The college’s work in classrooms, performance spaces, studios, written documents, and collaborations with international colleagues exemplify the notion of a culture of care through dialogue and education.
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Commencement for May ECU26 Pirates
The time to celebrate May 2026 graduating Pirates is quickly approaching!
ECU’s commencement ceremony is set for 10 a.m. Friday, May 8 at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. Visit ECU’s commencement web page for more information about commencement and to RSVP to the full-university event.
The College of Fine Arts and Communication will hold our Graduate Recognition Ceremony at 4 p.m. Friday, May 8 at Minges Coliseum. Please plan for about 90 minutes. Stay tuned for a link to the live stream of our ceremony on YouTube.
Students graduating in May should have received an email from Jennifer Cabacar with important information about your CFAC ceremony tickets and other graduation information. Please check for that email and register for your ceremony tickets by the noted deadlines. You have a specific link to RSVP based on whether you are a campus or online/DE student. Each student is allowed up to six tickets to the CFAC ceremony.
- For on-campus students, register for CFAC ceremony tickets by April 15. They will be distributed at the Central Ticket Office at the Main Campus Student Center from March 23-April 24. Any unclaimed tickets will be distributed on Reading Day, April 29; students will be notified by email if tickets become available.
- For online/DE students, register for CFAC ceremony tickets by April 6. You will receive tickets electronically from the Central Ticket Office via the email cto@ecu.edu the week of April 13. Be prepared to monitor your ECU email for your tickets, and check your spam folder. Each ticket is unique and cannot be scanned more than once per entry. Any unclaimed tickets will be redistributed the week of April 30; students will be notified by email if tickets become available.
Check out our April 2026 events calendar!
Click the image to view online. See our button at the bottom of this page to sign up.
The Winter 2026 quarterly newsletter is out!
Click the image to check it out. Please note that we mistakenly missed the link under Dean Kean’s message. We are happy to share many accomplishments from our productive students, staff and faculty!
“What I Do at ECU” – Nolan O’Dell
Read the CFAC blog
We have set up a new blog page on our website, where we can share additional news and great stories from CFAC and our wonderful schools. We hope you will take a look at “Day in the Life,” then visit regularly for new stories and updates. We’ve posted several new, recent stories to start off, and we encourage you to check back often. We hope you enjoy!
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