Scholar, International and Leadership Programs
The Office of Undergraduate Research maintains a Web site (www.ecu.edu/rgs/ur/) with links to research opportunities both on campus and off. For further information about undergraduate research opportunities, you may contact the director at ugresearch@ecu.edu or 252-328-9476. The Office of Undergraduate Research is located at 1512 Greenville Center.
Interested students may contact the College Foundation of North Carolina web site at http://www.cfnc.org, or contact the College of Nursing at 252-744-6477 or their high school guidance counselor. See College of Nursing Web site for application due dates.
The North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program, the most ambitious teacher recruitment program in the nation and one of the most prestigious scholarship awards in North Carolina, provides a $26,000 scholarship to 500 outstanding high school seniors interested in teaching. ECU accepts 45 teaching fellows in each class. Teaching fellows participate in academic seminars, leadership development opportunities, professional internships, and social and cultural experiences. Throughout the four years, ECU Teaching Fellows also work as tutors, travel, perform service work, plan recruitment initiatives, and serve on various committees. Teaching Fellows are licensed in the following areas: birth-kindergarten, elementary education (K-6), middle grades education (6-9), secondary education (9-12), business and information technologies education and family and consumer sciences (7-12) and K-12 (art, dance, theatre, music, health, exercise and sport science, and special education). Following graduation from college, the student agrees to teach for four years in one of North Carolina’s public schools, charter schools, or government schools. High school students interested in becoming North Carolina Teaching Fellows should consult their high school guidance counselor. Applications are to be submitted in early fall of the senior year of high school. For further information on application deadlines, or more program information, access www.ecu.edu/cs-educ/teachfel/Index.cfm, or telephone the ECU Teaching Fellows Office at 252-328-4126. Maynard Scholarship ProgramJames and Connie Maynard and the College of Education established the Maynard Scholarship at ECU on May 31, 2006. This four year $20,000 scholarship is awarded to outstanding high school seniors each year. The scholarship is modeled after the NC Teaching Fellows Scholarship and as such, recipients will be expected to teach in a public, charter or government school for four years in one of the stated counties following graduation. Individuals have up to seven years to complete this requirement. The Maynard Scholarship is administered from the ECU NC Teaching Fellows Office.
In the Integrated Bachelor’s/Master’s Program, qualified undergraduate students may apply for graduate admission and enroll in up to 15 hours of graduate credit to count toward completion of both the bachelor’s degree and the master’s degree. Students choosing this program complete their undergraduate degree in the three-year program or in the traditional four year program. For example, qualified students can integrate the bachelor’s degree in exercise and sports science and the doctoral degree in physical therapy. Other combinations are available; students should discuss their goals with their advisors and the Graduate School. Students receive the undergraduate degree prior to or concurrent with completion of the master’s degree. In some structured integrated programs, students receive both degrees at the same time. Students designate the integrated degree upon admission and complete the combined bachelor’s and master’s program in five years, receiving both degrees upon graduation. Students in this program apply after 75 hours and must maintain the required GPA for continuation. After five years, students receive both degrees. The Accelerated Master’s Degree Program results in only one degree, the graduate degree. This program requires students to commit in the first semester of their freshmen year to the study of the combined degree program. With satisfactory progress, the students complete their foundations curriculum and program core requirements and then may apply directly to the master’s program. The first such program at East Carolina University is one of the options for earning the master’s degree in occupational therapy (MSOT). In this program, for example, students enter the university through the health service management curriculum and occupational therapy option. Students must maintain a minimum 3.2 GPA to be eligible to apply to continue their graduate program. Upon completion of this five-year program, they earn only one degree, the MSOT. This program option reduces the total number of hours in the students’ program. In the OT example, the accelerated program option reduces the program from approximately 196 semester hours (undergraduate degree plus graduate degree) to 162 semester hours (combined degree). The College of Nursing offers an accelerated program for transferring students with the RN. The RN/MSN results in one ECU degree: master of science in nursing (MSN). (See www. nursing.ecu.edu.)
East Carolina University views the creation of international awareness as an essential component of today's university. It provides academic and co-curricular programming which allows students to gain the knowledge and skills to comprehend the world within a broad, flexible, and responsive framework that takes into account the reality of interdependence among countries and of international structures. The university aims to produce educated citizens of this and other countries capable of coping with the complexity and diversity of the world. The International House is located at 306 East 9th Street and may be contacted by calling 252-328-4829.
Students from countries other than the United States may apply to the chairperson of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures for a departmental certificate of American studies. (See Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures for requirements.)
ECULA classes will range from advanced beginner level to superior level and will meet five days per week, four hours per day. Topics will include: reading and vocabulary building; note-taking and study skills; oral communication skills; and writing for college. For more information, please access the program Web site at http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/intlaffairs/ECULanguageAcademy.cfm.
Reciprocal tuition/fee exchanges make studying abroad quite affordable. Students studying on exchange through ECU, UNC-EP, or ISEP programs pay their usual tuition and fees to ECU and receive equivalent benefits at the host institution. Students may use their financial aid to pay for their exchange programs and are encouraged to apply for scholarships through the Rivers Endowment Fund, designed to support ECU students who wish to study abroad. Studying abroad is available to students with strong foreign language skills, as well as students interested in sites where English is used as the primary language of instruction. Students are enrolled full-time at their host schools and are free to choose coursework that complements their program of study at ECU. With proper planning and close consultation with their academic advisors, students are able to take courses that count toward major/minor requirements or foundations curriculum. Study abroad participants earn credits toward their ECU degree program without losing time or delaying graduation. Acquiring a global perspective through foreign study is an important component of your education. It is a strong addition to a resume, and a point of interest that sets students apart in job interviews or graduate/professional school applications. Ultimately, the value of studying abroad is measured through personal growth. Combined with opportunities for academic enrichment and professional development, studying abroad is an exciting, life changing and beneficial experience.
International Affairs coordinates the Thomas W. Rivers Distinguished Professorship in International Affairs (Rivers Chair). Each academic year, this program brings outstanding foreign scholars who live in residence. The Rivers Chair assists schools, departments and faculty in the internationalization process through teaching, research, and conferences.
The Center’s mission is to serve as a catalyst for leadership development throughout the University. A major goal is to encourage and assist academic units and faculty to prepare students with leadership capacities to positively influence and impact their lives, their families, their communities and the larger society. That goal is pursued by providing opportunities for leadership-related projects, programs and initiatives through financial grants for leadership development agendas. By encouraging and assisting units to embed leadership development components into courses and programs, the Center seeks to advance East Carolina University’s extant service culture and its intention as a leadership development community. Requests for further information should be addressed to the Director, BB&T Center for Leadership Development, 1100 Bate Building, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858-4353; telephone 252-328-6190; beardenj@ecu.edu.
The CSLE operates under five core premises and a matrix of guiding principles which aligned with the university’s strategic plan to “Distinguish itself by the ability to train and prepare leaders for our state and nation.” The first and foundational premise is that leadership is a continual process of understanding who you are and using that knowledge to positively influence yourself, others, and society. Secondly the CLSE is driven by the premise that engagement is a powerful vehicle for developing students' leadership skills. The third operating premise is that leadership is a collaborative process, and the fourth states that leadership is value-based. The final premise around which the center functions is that all students (not just those in formal positions) have the ability to apply leadership practices to real life situations. Programs and activities will be designed to encourage development in three learning stages; they will Discover, Design, and then Deliver. Within each stage, students will explore three phases of leadership – Self, Others, and Society. In the Discover phase, students start by recognizing the self--who they are, what they want, what they value, how they operate as individuals and as members of groups, and how they can contribute to the betterment of society. During the Design phase, students develop a personal strategic vision and develop strategies for motivation and self-discipline. Plans for promotion and collaboration with others are made. In this stage, students personally respond to societal challenges. The Deliver phase is structured to be transformative. At this point in their development, students will have the opportunity to transform themselves and society by performing service to the public. The CSLE offers students points of entry into leadership development activities throughout their collegiate career. The center serves as a clearinghouse for multiple programs and hosts the Elite Pirate, Leadership Challenge Institute, Emerging Leaders Program, Advanced Leaders Program, Leadership Reading Circles, L.E.A.P. workshops, iLEAD Student Leadership Conference, Leadership Extreme Trips, Pop into Leadership Movie Series, Character of Leadership, Leaving Your Legacy, Co-Curricular Student Profile, and the Walter & Marie Williams Leadership Award Program to name a few. To find out more about our programs and initiatives, visit our website at www.ecu.edu/studentleadership or e-mail at studentleadership@ecu.edu. You also may contact our office at feel free to give us a call at 252-737-2002. 252-737-2091. |
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