Volunteer
Become an ECU Family Volunteer
Parents and families are some of ECU’s best ambassadors! Your experience and perspective are priceless to the university’s recruitment and community. By being an ECU Family Volunteer, parents and families can be involved where and when they want. Opportunities to show your Pirate Pride are available on campus, virtually, and in your local area. We hope you will join our team!
Roles and responsibilities of a volunteer:
- ECU Family Volunteers are willing and interested parents or family members wanting to promote East Carolina University and engage in volunteer opportunities.
- ECU Family Volunteers will be responsible and enthusiastic representative of the ECU brand and community.
Volunteer opportunities include:
Welcome and Navigating
Be a welcoming voice to incoming families and connect with new members of the Pirate community.
- Meet and welcome our potential incoming ECU families at Fall Open House.
- Share your ECU parent experience with our incoming families at Pirates Aboard Day.
- Greet families and answer questions during Move-In and Orientation.

Connect With Other ECU Families
Be a welcoming face as families come to campus to connect with their students and other ECU families.
- Be a part of the biggest on-campus parent and family event of the year by volunteering during Family Weekend.
- Check in families and assist with set-up during Spring Family Fest.

After participating in multiple opportunities, some outstanding ECU Family Volunteers may be invited to participate in additional volunteer opportunities, including writing Undergraduate Admissions welcome letters, social media take overs, sit on a virtual panel or Q&A, or join a university committee.
Interested in becoming an ECU Family Volunteer? Email us at parents@ecu.edu.
Think you’re too far away or too busy to volunteer? No worries! By sharing yours and your student’s ECU experience with those around you, you are being an ECU Family Volunteer!
- TALK about ECU to high school students, other parents, and people you know in your hometown.
- WEAR your purple and gold Pirate gear with pride.
- If there is a regional event near you, ATTEND and meet other ECU families in your area.