East Carolina University is a wonderful place for employers to recruit new employees. Imagine yourself recruiting at a university with almost 22,000 students and 90,000 alumni from all over the world, an academically and technologically advanced campus, nationally recognized professional programs, and a supportive faculty who understand that the end goal of education is a career; all within a southern culture that creates students with manners!

Eastern North Carolinians want and deserve access to high quality jobs. The only way that can occur is for existing industry to expand and for new industry to be attracted or started. We understand that the university can help that process of growth by providing well-trained graduates for the private sector, by doing research in areas where there is commercial potential, by helping to transfer that technology to the marketplace, and by working with communities to improve their quality of life and the resulting attractiveness to outside investment. East Carolina University prides itself on its distinguished heritage and its continuing pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, creative enterprise, and service.

ECU, which was founded in 1907, is the third-largest institution of the 16-campus University of North Carolina system. It has a work force of 4,400, a faculty numbering of about 1,400, and a budget of more than $400 million. Grants and contracts have increased to more than $40 million a year. By 2008, the number of additional North Carolinians expected to seek traditional admission to North Carolina's public universities will increase by almost 50,000. In addition to this growth, there will be an exponential growth in the number of individuals seeking further education via distance educational opportunities. This growth is expected to reach an on-campus enrollment of 27,000 students by 2008, with the bulk of this increase coming at the undergraduate level. The campus is in the midst of a major building boom financed in large part by North Carolina voter-approved construction bonds totaling $190 million.

ECU students come from 98 of North Carolina's 100 counties, 47 states, and over 40 countries. Of these students, 60 percent are women, 83 percent are undergraduates, and 20 percent are minorities. ECU has the highest minority student enrollment of predominantly white institutions within the UNC system. At the beginning of Fall 2002, ethnic minorities (including American Indian, Asian, Black Non-Hispanic, and Hispanic) were 18.6% of the undergraduates, 15% of the graduate students, and 29.5% of the medical students populations. This minority student enrollment percentage has held steady over the past 4 years.

Enrollment data shows that the number of female students enrolled at ECU continues to grow; in fact, the number of female students on campus has grown by 15% since 1998. As of Fall 2002, nearly 65% of our graduate students were women, nearly 50% of our medical students were women, and women made up just under 60% of our entire student body.

The university also continues to add new academic programs at all levels. The university offers 104 undergraduate degree tracks and 90 graduate degree tracks. It confers more than 3,800 degrees annually. East Carolina is on the cutting edge of the use of information technology to enhance teaching and research on the campus and beyond with distance learning students enrolled from as far away as Australia.

Doesn't your company deserve the chance to bring some of these students on board to grow with you? We at The Career Center are here to provide that bridge between your company and our students. Submit a job online or call us at (252)328-6050 to talk more about your needs.