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Engagement and Outreach Scholars Academy

At East Carolina University community engagement is a reciprocal partnership between ECU and a community or communities established to respond to issues and opportunities in a mutually beneficial way. It occurs through curricular engagement, outreach and partnerships. ECU's Division of Research and Graduate Studies and its constituent Office of Engagement, Innovation and Economic Development (OEIED) developed the Engagement and Outreach Scholars Academy (EOSA) to provide a competitive professional development opportunity.

Scholarship associated with curricular engagement is scholarly activity that faculty produce in connection with their service learning or community-based courses or internships. The scholarship products include peer reviewed professional presentations and publications along with curriculum development, assessment of student learning in a community, and action research conducted in a course. These products may be disseminated by means of reports, curriculum materials, and/or faculty development workshops.

Scholarship associated with outreach and partnerships is scholarly activity that faculty produce in connection with their partnership development and participation or their outreach activities. The scholarship products are professional presentations and publications along with research studies of partnerships, documentation of community response to outreach programs, and other forms of assessment that have been disseminated by means of reports and policies.

The ECU Engagement and Outreach Scholars Academy provides engagement experiences for ECU graduate students (SEOSA) and faculty members. After a peer selection process, participants attend a series of workshops, complete a research proposal, and implement the proposal with a community partner. Click here to view a list of current participants.

Beth Velde, PhD, Director Engagement and Outreach Scholars Academy 252-737-1377 veldeb@ecu.edu

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