Honors College

February 2017

Graduating and Gap Years

By: Julia Horiates, Honors College Senior “The days are long, but the years are short,” is a quote my mom often repeats in our conversations about school. I’ve been in school […]

2.10.2017

January 2017

EC Scholars Provide Service, Reflect on Four-Year Journey

Over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, 17 EC Scholars traveled to Charleston, South Carolina where they led a service project at the Ronald McDonald House, connected with East […]

1.28.2017

December 2016

Research as a Freshman

By: Ananya Koripella, Freshman EC Scholar One thing I hear often when I mention to someone that I am doing research at Brody is, “Aren’t you a freshman?” At first, […]

12.5.2016

November 2016

Pirates Promoting Community Wellness

By: Tori Chapman, Senior EC Scholar Pirates Promoting Community Wellness (PPCW) is a student led organization with the mission to connect ECU students with volunteer and leadership opportunities for the promotion […]

11.4.2016

October 2016

Bob Woodward Visits ECU

By: Madeline (Madie) Fleishman, Sophomore EC Scholar As a part of the Voyages of Discovery lecture series, Bob Woodward came to campus last week. Bob Woodward and his colleague Carl […]

10.14.2016

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