Redefining Service
By: Cameron Worthington, EC Scholar and Honors College Freshman Volunteerism is defined as the use or involvement in volunteer labor. I dislike how the term has been defined. Is volunteering […]
12/1/2014
Volunteering
December 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
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