![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Through the foreign languages and literatures presentation led by associate professor of German David Smith, students learned why a person may want to study another language and gain insight into other cultures and traditions, and they heard about the many study abroad opportunities available at ECU.ĭuring Tuan Tran’s neuroscience presentation, students were able to examine the brain cells of a mouse under a microscope while learning why neuroscientists study the human brain and the mechanisms of communication with the rest of the body. She displayed artifacts recovered from an archaeological dig site and allowed students to hold the objects while learning about their purpose. Gray)ĮCU anthropology graduate student Chloe Scattergood discussed some of the reasons people study humans and their past. He said, if one subject does not grab their interest, another field may, which then opens them up to many career possibilities down the road.ĭuring the three campus visits, students heard from faculty, staff and graduate students from Harriot College’s departments of anthropology, biology, chemistry, criminal justice and criminology, economics, foreign languages and literatures, history, physics, political science, and neuroscience studies multidisciplinary program.Īnthropology graduate student Chloe Scattergood, right, lets students examine artifacts from an anthropology dig site. Jean-Luc Scemama, Harriot College’s associate dean for academic programs, said another benefit of having young students visit campus is they learn about the different areas of study. “You’ll find people here with common interests.” “We show them college is possible for them and there are students on campus that look like them,” she said. She said many students at ECU are first-generation college students from diverse economic and socio-economic backgrounds. Yanira Campos, former assistant director of outreach and relations for admissions, said her goal in bringing young kids to campus from surrounding rural communities was to demonstrate what is available to them at ECU.Ĭampos, who is a first-generation Latina college graduate, has strong connections to eastern North Carolina and received her bachelor’s degree in sociology from ECU in 2016. This was a great program and allowed us the opportunity to expand the minds of our students to all the career possibilities and opportunities outside of Rocky Mount that they may not have been able to see and experience otherwise,” said Chelsea Wiggins, Benvenue Elementary fifth grade teacher. Students visit the physics particle accelerator in the Howell Science Complex. ![]()
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