Congratulations to Emily Edmonds for Outstanding Senior Award Graduate December 2019

Congratulations to Emily Edmonds on her graduation from the Biology department in December 2019 and for receiving the Outstanding Senior Award. She also graduated Summa Cum Laude. In very exciting news, Emily found out recently that she was accepted into vet school and will be attending NC State in the fall!

Here are the words that I wrote about Emily that were read at the graduation ceremony:

"Emily has been part of the Blakeslee lab since her freshmen year. We met in fall 2016 at an ECU celebration of freshmen that had done well their first semester, and I realized right away that she is a special person. She is smart, funny, positive and hard-working. She frequently laughs and smiles and those qualities helped to brighten all moments, even those that were not so fun, like getting stuck in saltmarsh mud!  She is also very amenable and adaptable – able to work in multiple systems in our lab over the last 3+ years. She didn’t mind getting dirty or wet and often kept us on task and accurate. She was never afraid to ask a question, and these questions were typically insightful and helpful. We will miss Emily so much when she graduates – she was an asset to our lab and I know she has a very bright future ahead of her."

So proud of you. We will miss you!!!!!