Alumni

December 2025

December 2025 Alumni Insights

Kimberly Stepney Graduation Year: 2016 Major: Nursing Lives in: Farmville, NC Kimberly is currently a heart failure nurse practitioner. Her other interests include heart failure, rural health and cardiac amyloidosis. […]

 12/8/2025

November 2025

Where Leadership Meets Legacy: Brinkley-Lane Scholars visit D.C.

A dedicated group of Brinkley-Lane Scholars embarked on an enriching journey aboard the Amtrak Train 40 from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, to Washington, D.C. The high-impact experience offered opportunities for […]

 11/9/2025

Honors alumna Stacy-Boddapati leads with heart in public health

Ashley Stacy-Boddapati, a 2014 graduate of East Carolina University, recalls her time as a Pirate with nostalgia, noting that the Honors College experience and nursing coursework equipped her for the ups […]

 11/3/2025

October 2025

October 2025 Alumni Insights

Michael Prunka Graduation Year: 2015 Majors: communication & economics Lives in: Clayton, NC Michael is currently a marketing specialist at U.S. Bancorp Asset Management. His other interests include marketing, journalism […]

 10/2/2025

September 2025

September 2025 Alumni Insights

Patrick Twisdale Graduation Year: 2017 Majors: biology, biochemistry, chemistry & philosophy Lives in: Hendersonville, NC Patrick currently works as a managing partner at Twisdale Law, PC. His other interests include […]

 9/15/2025

May 2025

Chappell builds legacy through leadership, giving back

When Taylor Chappell discovered her love of both numbers and people, she knew that accounting would be her way to make a difference. This passion for making a difference has […]

 5/6/2025

October 2024

From ECU to the Capitol: Jason Smith’s Path to Nonpartisan Leadership

Jason Smith graduated from the honors program at East Carolina University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and political science. After his time in the honors program, […]

 10/7/2024

July 2024

Limon receives $8,500 Phi Kappa Phi fellowship

East Carolina University Honors College student and Brinkley-Lane Scholar Javier Limon has been awarded an $8,500 graduate fellowship from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Limon graduated in May […]

 7/26/2024

May 2024

Wilson connects with athletes over shared experiences, mentorship

Dennis Wilson, a dedicated alumnus of the ECU Honors College, brings his passion for strength and conditioning to the ECU baseball team. As the assistant strength and training coach, Wilson […]

 5/16/2024

July 2023

Boop pursues master’s degree in London

Originally published in the College of Nursing newsletter Meghan Boop, a Brinkley-Lane Scholar and 2016 CON alumna, is currently a master of science candidate in bioethics at King’s College London. […]

 7/18/2023