Research & Internships

February 2015

Honors in Student Government: Vice President Tyler Moore

By: Tyler Moore, Honors College Junior My experience in Student Government has been an exciting time. Almost two years ago I ran for a seat in the SGA Undergraduate Senate. […]

2.24.2015

January 2015

Applying for Research Funding

By: Ryan Baucom, EC Scholar and Honors College Senior As an Honors College student, you are required to complete a senior honors project before graduation.   I have been working in […]

1.26.2015

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

November 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

A Rewarding Challenge: the Senior Honors Project

By: Adrian Modzik, Honors College Senior As a senior studying biology, my academic focus has always been on human biology. Beyond my required classes (like genetics and ecology), I have taken courses […]

11.13.2014

August 2014

Summer Experiences: U.S. Golf Association Internship

By: Megan Woodlief, junior hospitality management major This summer, I had an internship with the United States Golf Association working at the U.S. Open Golf Tournament held in Pinehurst, N.C. […]

8.11.2014

May 2013

A Reflection on the Nooherooka 300 Commemoration

The events of March 21-23, 1713 on a plowed Carolina field should still be remembered today, three hundred years later. The problem began when the colonists settled in the Americas. […]

5.12.2013

February 2011

Research at the Brody School of Medicine

I am an undergraduate researcher at the Brody School of Medicine. I first started in the field of research in high school observing my mentors. One mentor I observed in […]

2.4.2011

January 2011

Honors by Contract

One of the major benefits of the Honors College is the ability to carry out a course by “Honors-by-Contract”. The student may complete an extra assignment or presentation in a […]

1.25.2011