Summer Experiences

August 2015

Making Music in the Mountains of Colorado

By: Allison Flowers, EC Scholar and Honors College Junior During the week of June 15 through 19, I had the opportunity to visit Colorado State University to take part in […]

8.27.2015

Honors Students Learn from Leaders of Robotic Surgery

By: Jessica Nottingham, ECU News Services The following article was originally published by ECU News Services and can be found here. Every day had something new in store for two […]

8.27.2015

From Hobbiton to Harbour Bridge: Exploring New Zealand and Australia

By: Ashley Wilford, EC Scholar and Honors College Sophomore New Zealand and Australia are two nations I never would have imagined having the chance to travel to, but this summer, I […]

8.25.2015

A Whole New World

By: Kristen Edmonds, Honors College Junior “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” I constantly kept reminding myself of this as I said a shaky goodbye to my […]

8.10.2015

July 2015

ECU Hosts NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

By: Erika Dietrick, Undergraduate Director of Marketing and Communications Senior EC Scholar Leela Goel has had her eye on biomedical research for as long as she can remember. What began […]

7.31.2015

The Ultimate Transformation: Teaching at NCSSM

By: Erica Carlisle, Honors College Sophomore Going into my senior year of high school, if you had told me that the genetics class I was taking through the North Carolina […]

7.30.2015

Dear College Freshmen

By: Jessica Rogers, EC Scholar and Honors College Sophomore The following blog post was originally featured on The Blog of Jessica. Photo: Jessica (right) and friend (left) graduate from Nash Central […]

7.24.2015

Stepping into the Real World: Auditing Internship with SWIFT

By: Joey Harrison, Honors College Sophomore Unfortunately, summer break is no longer the time for sleeping in late, staying up all night, and living worry-free. Well, it isn’t for me […]

7.24.2015

The American Dream: U.S. Wins Women’s World Cup

By: Erika Dietrick, Honors College Senior The following piece was originally posted on the blog Diary of an Introvert. June 26, 2015. Days before the U.S. quarterfinal in Ottawa, Ontario, […]

7.8.2015

ECU LeaderShape 2015

By: Keerthana Velappan, EC Scholar and Honors College Junior 6 long days, 6 insightful cluster facilitators, 60 driven participants…and enough passion, inspiration, and memories to last a lifetime. Where do […]

7.7.2015