Students who take honors classes have the opportunity to interact with other honor students. Students may live in a special residence hall. Students have the opportunity to participate in study abroad programs travel while in school. Students may travel to state and national honor conventions and present papers or make presentations. Students are assisted in applying for graduate fellowships and for the Fulbright, Marshall, Rhodes and various other scholarships.
Honors students have the privilege of early preregistration with the assistance of the honors staff.
Honors Computer Lab is available for all honors students. The computer lab is equipped with state of the art IBM Personal Computers, Apple Power Macintosh computers, laser printers and a scanner. All computers are connected to the ECU fiber optic network. All IBM computers are equipped with Windows 95, some are equipped with video phones and many popular software programs. Students belonging to the Honors Program are eligible to become members of East Carolina Honors Organization for social and support purposes.