Kristen Martin

August 2013

Honors Pirates on the Pamlico

It was a dark and stormy 15th of June!  But fifty students newly admitted to the East Carolina University Honors College, boarded the 72-foot schooner Jeanie B at Washington, NC […]

8.7.2013

May 2013

A Reflection on the Nooherooka 300 Commemoration

The events of March 21-23, 1713 on a plowed Carolina field should still be remembered today, three hundred years later. The problem began when the colonists settled in the Americas. […]

5.12.2013

October 2012

One Month Down, A Lifetime of Pirate Pride To Go

After spending a month at ECU, I can truly say that I bleed purple and gold.  There is such a sense of community and school spirit here! Even though it’s […]

10.31.2012

The Right Decision

Becoming an Honors student at ECU is sincerely the best decision I have made in my life thus far. I literally wake up every morning knowing that I made the […]

10.31.2012

April 2012

EC Scholars Visit Washington, DC

My name is Mary Stuart Sanderson and I am a second-year EC Scholar. The opportunities that have been available to me through the Honors College thus far have been nothing […]

4.10.2012

Giving Back in Greenville

In my freshman Honors Seminar “Myths and Realities of Poverty” my semester project focused on volunteering at a new non-profit organization in Greenville.  I was skeptical at first because the […]

4.4.2012

May 2011

Inaugural year for the Honors College

The inaugural year for the Honors College at East Carolina University has come to an end.  Our students, faculty, staff, and partners, have built an incredible foundation over these past […]

5.25.2011

March 2011

What the EC Scholars program has taught me about service

Friday, August 20, 2010, at approximately 1:30 p.m., I, strolled down 10th Street with 10 other students towards the Real Crisis Intervention Center. This short walk may not seem significant […]

3.24.2011

Tips for Managing Stress

Stress is something everybody has to deal with, whether young or old, male or female, Type A or Type B. But stress can especially be hard on a college student. […]

3.8.2011

February 2011

Honors Dorm Life and Community

During my first semester here at ECU, I had the privilege of living in the Honors dorm. The experience of being part of the Living and Learning Community for Honors College […]

2.21.2011