Community Engagement Archives

May 16, 2022
  • Kim Tilghman

ECU develops tool to provide regional transformation data

Following two years of collecting and inputting data, a unique and interactive resource is now available to the public on East Carolina University’s website. Updated with the latest 2020 U.S....

Mar 14, 2022
  • Kim Tilghman

Pirates tour the region on a mission

Wheels returned to the road this year for the annual Purple and Gold Bus Tour on March 7, hosted by ECU’s Research, Economic Development and Engagement Division. The Pirate buses...

Nov 26, 2021
  • Matt Smith

Paynter named to 2022 APLU board of directors

An East Carolina University assistant vice chancellor will have the opportunity to shape economic and community engagement efforts at the national level after being named to the Association of Public...

Nov 03, 2021
  • Natalie Sayewich

STARTING STEM EARLY

If you happened to see Dr. Virginia C. Stage on the ground, digging through the dirt to find roly-polies outside ECU’s Health Sciences Building this past summer, you might not...

Aug 30, 2021
  • Matt Smith

RURAL EXPANSION

A $150,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture will expand East Carolina University’s reach to businesses across the state. Launched in September 2020, the College of Business Crisp...

Aug 02, 2021
  • Matt Smith

Grant continues faculty partnership with Wilson middle school

An East Carolina University associate professor will examine the outcomes of emotional poverty training on teachers practice in Wilson thanks to funding from a grant from the Engagement Scholarship Consortium.  The $5,000 ESC Engaged Scholarship Research/Creative...

Jun 21, 2021
  • Matt Smith

BACK-TO-BACK

For the second year in a row, the University of North Carolina System announced that a team led by an East Carolina University researcher was awarded a grant through the...

Jun 17, 2021
  • Matt Smith

EXEMPLARY SERVICE

The North Carolina Agromedicine Institute has been nationally recognized for an exemplary project by the Engagement Scholarship Consortium. An inter-institutional partnership among East Carolina University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical...

May 27, 2021
  • Matt Smith

Baile selected to national economic and community engagement student advisory group

Rising East Carolina University senior Maggie Baile will represent the university on the inaugural Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ (APLU) Commission on Economic and Community Engagement (CECE) Student Advisory...

Jul 18, 2017
  • ECU News Services

ECU named national finalist for community engagement award

In recognition of its engagement and scholarship initiatives, East Carolina University is one of four universities selected to compete for a national award this fall. The Association of Public and...