ECU trustees approve $1B budget; Spending plan increases 5 percent over current year

Jun 16, 2023

East Carolina University has raised $437 million of its $500 million goal set more than five years ago.

East Carolina University’s Board of Trustees approved a $1.05 billion budget for the coming 2023-24 fiscal year as it wrapped up two days of meetings last week.

The spending plan, given final approval by the board on Friday, represents a 5 percent increase over the current budget. The trustees wrapped up business as students complete their spring semester and some 4,500 prepare for graduation this coming Friday in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium — trustees also conferred degrees as part of their duties.

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Contact Ginger Livingston at [email protected] or 252-329-9570.

Along with the annual budget about a dozen items were approved by the ECU Board of Trustees as part of their consent agenda on Friday. The items were discussed in committee on Thursday prior to the single consent agenda vote. They include:

The trustees also appointed Todd Fraley dean of the Honors College, where he has served as interim dean since the retirement of David White last June. Fraley will also hold the Bill and Emily Furr Honors College Distinguished Professorship.