Drawn initially by her love of history and war literature, Violeta Gonzalez Toro was surprised to find herself in a classroom with students who were civilians, veterans, and ROTC cadets.
Meet Eliza Benbow, a senior majoring in journalism with a minor in creative nonfiction writing. She spent three weeks of her summer at Brown University, using a SURF grant to delve into the archives of Alan Brilliant and his iconic Unicorn Press.
Meet double major in English and Peace, War, and Defense (PWAD), Maisie Ruddy, who interned with the Office of Presidential Correspondence!
Meet Rachel Hodakowski, the Play Lead Unite and Serve (PLUS) Chair for UNC’s Women’s Rugby team! Hodakowski is double majoring in biology and English and minoring in chemistry!
Meet Melody Dalili, the Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of Knoxville and Youth Poet Laureate of Tennessee! Dalili is a sophomore majoring in biology and minoring in creative writing and studio art.
Congratulations to the seniors who completed a Senior Honors Thesis!
Meet Abigail Gillespie, who is a double major in ECL and biology. Gillespie is working on a thesis project examining the role of art in public health communication regarding HIV/AIDS in Kenya.
Meet Audrey Zhou, a creative writing minor whose story was accepted to the high-profile literary magazine Strange Horizons!
ECL Undergraduate Ash Chen’s poetry was ehibited at the Eno Arts Mill, run by the Orange County Arts Commission, in the Coalesce 2024 exhibition. Click here to read more!
Meet Malika Amoruso, a senior double majoring in English and Comparative Literature and Biology who has accumulated a wealth of unique research experience!
