Honors College

December 2018

Design Your Life, Solve Wicked World Problems: HNRS 2000

Although it’s been a long day of classes, the energy of ambitious Honors College freshmen crackles through the animated conversation sparking across the Gateway Sounds assembly hall. The students are […]

12.14.2018

November 2018

ECU Honors Alumna Hikes Appalachian Trail, Raises Over $2300 for Charity

ECU Honors alumna Kelly Kerschner (’14) graduated with a BS in Public Health Studies and a minor in Biology. She then completed a post-baccalaureate program in medical laboratory science in […]

11.26.2018

Summer Internship at the Georgia Aquarium

Sophomore EC Scholar and biology/chemistry double major Peyton Jackson spent last summer interning at the Georgia Aquarium in their Fish and Invertebrates Department, specifically working with the Galleries Team. The experience […]

11.6.2018

October 2018

A Wider Window: Carly Judd’s Semester at Sea

     “I will never forget the stars in the Sahara desert. It looked like a glitter jar exploded on a huge body of ink. I relive that moment as often […]

10.22.2018

Fun as a Foodie: Graduate School for Nutrition/Public Health

Written by EC Scholar alumna Sarah Lisson (’16) I cannot believe it’s been over two years since I graduated from the Honors College and the EC Scholars program. The time has […]

10.12.2018

September 2018

Study Abroad: Communicating Across Cultures in Poland and the Czech Republic

Weaving through the medieval streets of Krosno, Poland, ECU Honors student Lillie Rhodes and her classmates beamed ear-to-ear in stark contrast to the fourteenth century gothic architecture. “Our homework was […]

9.24.2018

Dean Dana: The Inaugural Thomas Harriot “Dean For a Day”

A main tenet of the Honors College spirit is the way its students keep their fingers on the pulse of administration, faculty, and peers on campus as leaders to create […]

9.21.2018

Mindfully Meghan: Balancing Leadership and Self-Care as a Nurse

Meghan Boop graduated from the ECU Honors College and EC Scholars Program in 2016 with a B.S. in Nursing. She offers her perspective on nursing as a profession and major, […]

9.4.2018

Study Abroad Spotlight: Dakar, Senegal

Walk into through the Mamie Jenkins Building doors at the beginning of the fall or spring semester and see if a burst of laughter from the student study room or […]

9.4.2018

An EC Scholar Summer

What did you do this summer? Did it involve public service, biomedical research or traveling the globe? Take a look at some of the impressive internships and amazing opportunities our […]

9.4.2018