23-24 Outstanding Students Archives

Mikaela Trank with her FLANC scholarship award.
Nov 11, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

FLL Major receives Association of North Carolina’s Jane Mitchell and Manolita Buck Honorary Scholarship

One of our Foreign Language Education majors, Mikaela Trank, has been awarded the Foreign Language Association of North Carolina’s Jane Mitchell and Manolita Buck Honorary Scholarship. When asked about her...

Aug 15, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

ECU Senior Gabriel Keeling’s Heroic Act in France: Quick Thinking Saves Life

Kudos to ECU rising senior Gabriel Keeling for his quick thinking and EMT training while studying abroad on our program to La Rochelle, France! Gabriel noticed an elderly man showing...

Aug 15, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

Senior FLL Major receives Jane Mitchell-Manolita Buck Scholarship

Alondra Torres, senior FLL Major, Hispanic Studies Education concentration, was just awarded the Jane Mitchell-Manolita Buck Scholarship by the Foreign Language Association of North Carolina (FLANC). Alondra is a 1st...

Aug 15, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

Pre-Law Student Advocates FLL’s Spanish for Heritage Speakers Class and Student Involvement

"A resilient first-generation college student is defying odds and inspiring her peers with her remarkable college journey despite battling a congenital heart defect. A psychology major at East Carolina University,...

Aug 15, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

FLL Student’s Journey: From Eastern NC to Mexico and Back to ECU

“Alondra Torres was born in Williamston, about 30 minutes away from ECU’s campus, but her parents moved the family to Mexico when she was 3. Torres lived there until she...

Aug 15, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

Russian Studies Student Wins ProjectGO Award for Fully Funded Summer in Riga

Wayne (Sonny) Lehto, awarded a ProjectGO Award, includes all expenses paid (flight, tuition, room and board, etc.) and will be a two-month program of studying third-year Russian language in an...

Aug 15, 2024
  • Lily Johnson

Student receives Undergraduate Research Award for “EdAccess” Project after RCAW

Last week, Sophie Adgate presented her project "EdAccess: A Resource Compilation for English Learners (ELs) and People With Intellectual Disabilities (ID)" at RCAW (Research & Creative Achievement Week). Sophie worked...