Living Learning Experiences

November 2023

Lawler selects three students for Art Makers program

Aydan Lawler is the curator of our Makers Honors Arts Residency program, a year-long paid residency giving Honors students from all majors the chance to make artwork and act as […]

11.27.2023

September 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

April 2018

Truth Initiative Youth Activism Fellow

Written by: Brice Bowrey, Junior EC Scholar I had the pleasure of travelling to Nashville, Tennessee on Nov. 15, 2018 as a Truth Initiative Youth Activism Fellow. This trip was […]

4.27.2018

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

August 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

July 2016

The HOSA Experience

By: Thao Kim Pham, Honors College Sophomore What was once music has now become a cacophony as it mixes with the sounds of horns and traffic. The 10-hour drive proved […]

7.12.2016

Bioethics and Comparative Healthcare in Japan

By Taylor Leposa, junior EC Scholar Studying bioethics and comparative healthcare in Japan was an incredible experience. The course focused on exploring the similarities and differences between the Japanese and […]

7.8.2016

In The Heart of Europe

By Will Zahran, junior EC Scholar Reflecting on my study abroad has been bittersweet as I prepare to leave, and it is difficult to put into words how thankful I […]

7.5.2016