Honors students receive Copeland Fellowship

Information provided by ECU College of Business

Three East Carolina University Honors College students received the Copeland Diversity and Inclusion Fellowship this year.

Lauren Humann, Andrea Knight and Neeraj Mehna were selected as part of this year’s cohort. The Copeland Fellowship is a two-year program that gives College of Business students the opportunity to add to their leadership knowledge and understanding of world views. As part of the program, students will receive a $500 scholarship per semester during the two-year fellowship. They must participate in diversity and inclusion-related activities, write reflections on their experiences, share their experiences on social media, and build, schedule and create a project focused on diversity and inclusion.

Lauren Humann, is a sophomore EC Scholar in the College of Business and is pursuing a degree in Entrepreneurship. She is passionate about using human-centered design to help people create memories that will last a lifetime. She has already been able to start making this difference as the character integrity chair for A Moment of Magic, an organization dedicated to creating magical moments for medically vulnerable kids. She is also the alumni relations coordinator for the Honors College Student Council. These extracurriculars have stimulated her curiosity and desire to increase her knowledge about diversity and inclusion. She is excited to use this new knowledge to help everyone around her.

Andrea Knight, from Tarboro, North Carolina is a sophomore at East Carolina University majoring in Business Management and Political Science. Having a strong admiration for bipartisanship, she believes that the best decisions are made from collaborative efforts. In addition to being a part of the Copeland Fellowship, she is also an Honors College student, a recipient of the Business Scholar Award, and a member of the Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity. Andrea is a third-generation college student and a second-generation business student. With her father holding a degree in Business Administration, the value of a business degree was always ingrained in her. She aspires to work on Capitol Hill as a voice to help rectify political polarization.

Neeraj Mehra is a junior at the East Carolina University Honors College, with a major in Entrepreneurship and a minor in Computer Science. His interest in being an entrepreneur started when he was 7 years old. Seeing multiple small businesses impact Greenville’s growth sparked his interest in opening his own business one day. He was able to make that dream come true by opening a startup when he turned 18 years old. He also recently participated in the RISE29 internship at ECU, in which he was able to help strengthen a small business in rural North Carolina and was able to enhance his communication and leadership skills. He is hoping to open another startup soon and is working towards his goal of being an entrepreneur who can contribute to the local community.