Kristen Martin

September 2016

To Geneva and Back in Three Days

By: Ankita Mishra, Honors College Junior The American Mock World Health Organization (AMWHO) Regional Conference was a three-day long immersive experience hosted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel […]

9.23.2016

August 2016

Honors College Convocation Poem

By Kristalyn Gill, senior EC Scholar Where the roots reach, branches climb. Arriving at the land of purple and gold, I found a school with an old soul and a […]

8.29.2016

Learning medicine in Nicaragua

By Conor Pumphrey, sophomore EC Scholar and Early Assurance in Medicine The summer following my junior year of high school, I had the opportunity to go on a mission trip […]

8.29.2016

ECU She’s the First Chapter represents at national summit

“To become powerful, I only need one thing: an education.” One of the visiting She’s the First (STF) Scholars, Carlota from Peru, started her STF Summit presentation with this quote from Malala. What better way […]

8.23.2016

Japan: An ‘inexhaustible variety of life’

By Josh Butler, a junior EC Scholar Studying abroad in Tokyo, Japan, and the surrounding areas was an experience second to none that involved cultural immersion coupled with intellectual stimulation. […]

8.4.2016

July 2016

Traveling to the Land of the Rising Sun

By Patrick Twisdale, senior EC Scholar The Land of the Rising Sun, Japan, or as the Japanese call it Nihon (日本国), was the country that I went to for a […]

7.27.2016

Reflections on Studying Abroad in London

By Meghan Lower, sophomore EC Scholar “No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.” […]

7.21.2016

‘Imagine This:’ Experiential Learning in Nepal

By Nadiya Yerich, junior EC Scholar Imagine this: you’re in the ER of one of the best hospitals in Nepal, watching physicians attempt to care for a woman who was […]

7.15.2016

The HOSA Experience

By: Thao Kim Pham, Honors College Sophomore What was once music has now become a cacophony as it mixes with the sounds of horns and traffic. The 10-hour drive proved […]

7.12.2016

Bioethics and Comparative Healthcare in Japan

By Taylor Leposa, junior EC Scholar Studying bioethics and comparative healthcare in Japan was an incredible experience. The course focused on exploring the similarities and differences between the Japanese and […]

7.8.2016