Honors College

December 2014

The Road to an URCA Award

By: Erika Dietrick, Honors College Junior Applying for the ECU Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (URCA) award was similar to every other “first” I have had as a student new to research—confusing, […]

12.17.2014

Pursuing Research at the Brody School of Medicine

By: Nadiya Yerich, EC Scholar and Honors College Freshman I am a freshman at ECU, and I am a paid undergraduate researcher in the Department of Cell Anatomy and Biology at […]

12.6.2014

ECU Engineering Experiments with SolidWorks

By: Ashley Wilford, EC Scholar and Honors College Freshman As I begin working towards my engineering degree at ECU, one of the classes for my major is Engineering Graphics.  The course […]

12.6.2014

Inspiring Confidence and Compassion: Honors 2000

By: Amanda Hall, Honors College Freshman As a freshman in the Honors College at East Carolina University, I am currently enrolled in Honors 2000. This class challenges Honors College freshmen […]

12.6.2014

Taking Honors to New Heights: the NCHC Conference

By: Adrian Modzik, Honors College Senior Before traveling to Denver, CO, the furthest I had ever traveled was Dallas, TX for a soccer tournament when I was 12. I was […]

12.4.2014

Redefining Service

By: Cameron Worthington, EC Scholar and Honors College Freshman Volunteerism is defined as the use or involvement in volunteer labor. I dislike how the term has been defined. Is volunteering […]

12.1.2014

November 2014

What is an Honors College Seminar, Anyway?

By: Erika Dietrick, Undergraduate Coordinator of Marketing and Communications Each spring, the Honors College unveils over a dozen Honors College seminars spanning topics as diverse as Ethics, Global Health, and […]

11.24.2014

The FreshSpire App: a Fresh Idea for Reducing Waste

By: Mona Amin, Honors College Freshman Mona Amin (East Carolina University), Gabrielle Beaudry (UNC Chapel Hill), Shraddha Rathod (NC State), Hannah Sloan (UNC Chapel Hill), and Jennifer Wu (University of […]

11.24.2014

Honors Students Place in Study Abroad Photo Contest

By: Erika Dietrick, Undergraduate Coordinator of Marketing and Communications Once again, ECU’s Study Abroad Office was charged with the task of choosing between countlessstunning images for their annual Study Abroad Photo Contest.  […]

11.20.2014

Senior Reflections: Getting the Most Out of College

By: Kelly McLees, Honors College Senior The following is Kelly’s reflection on her college and Honors College experience.  Kelly will graduate from ECU in December 2014.  Of course, my life […]

11.17.2014