Volunteering

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

EC Scholars help raise nearly $70,000 for Charleston library

The following article was originally posted on the ECU Now Blog on October 27th. Every year during East Carolina University’s fall break, the senior class of EC Scholars travels to […]

11.13.2014

October 2014

Leadership, Service, Creativity: Honors Ambassadors

By: Sam Alvarado, Honors College Sophomore Receiving my acceptance letter to the ECU Honors College signified a new chapter in my life, one that would bring an array of opportunities, […]

10.27.2014

Starting College with Service

By: Drew Navarro, EC Scholar and Honors College Freshman Service Day 2014! In a single day, 110 Honors College freshman came together and volunteered with a host of organizations. My […]

10.27.2014

August 2014

Comaraderie at the Capital

By: Jackie Curtis, incoming freshman, intended nursing major I haven’t even begun my first semester at ECU, but I’ve already had the privilege of attending several Honors College events throughout the […]

8.11.2014

August 2013

Honoring the Parks

Students admitted to East Carolina University’s Honors College will begin classes this fall, but they began a commitment to service July 16 as volunteers at Umstead State Park in Raleigh. […]

8.7.2013

April 2012

Giving Back in Greenville

In my freshman Honors Seminar “Myths and Realities of Poverty” my semester project focused on volunteering at a new non-profit organization in Greenville.  I was skeptical at first because the […]

4.4.2012

March 2011

What the EC Scholars program has taught me about service

Friday, August 20, 2010, at approximately 1:30 p.m., I, strolled down 10th Street with 10 other students towards the Real Crisis Intervention Center. This short walk may not seem significant […]

3.24.2011

January 2011

Volunteering

I decided not to have a job during my first semester freshman year so that I could figure things out by making friends, learning the campus, etc. I ended up […]

1.15.2011