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Engagement & Outreach Scholars Academy

The Engagement and Outreach Scholars Academy (EOSA) provides a competitive professional development opportunity for ECU faculty members from a range of academic disciplines. Programs of EOSA are designed to increase faculty knowledge, motivation, and capacity to secure research funding and conduct scholarly engagement within service learning, partnerships and outreach. The academy helps faculty move from a public service perspective to an engaged scholar's perspective, knowledgeable about how to develop and sustain mutually-beneficial partnerships with external collaborators. EOSA will allow key external stakeholders to partner with faculty in order to conduct research that will benefit the public, promote a culture of engagement across campus, strengthen ECU's reputation for community and economic development, and help faculty to approach their outreach in a scholarly way that supports their pursuit of promotion and tenure. From faculty scholarship associated with curricular engagement to faculty scholarship associated with outreach and partnerships, EOSA's development opportunities will

  • Enhance faculty's ability to progress from traditional outreach and service to peer reviewed outreach scholarship;
  • Expand faculty capacity to form mutually beneficial partnerships that enhance their scholarship and to conduct research that fosters economic growth and improves the quality of life for eastern North Carolinians;
  • Further discussions at ECU about engagement, outreach scholarship, and economic development and the implications for faculty;
  • Recognize and reward faculty entrepreneurship and engagement scholarship;
  • Implement and advance the outreach and engagement goals in ECU Tomorrow and ECU’s Response to UNC Tomorrow.

For more information about Outreach Scholars Academy, click here.