These centers and institutes at ECU are engaged in community support and activities. 
Visit their websites to learn more about their mission and initiatives.

Agromedicine
The Institute conducts research, education, and outreach programs that develop solutions for the occupational and environmental health and safety needs of the agriculture, forestry and fisheries communities.

Brody School of Medicine
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University is a source of excellent medical care for citizens of Greenville and eastern North Carolina. That care is provided in a variety of settings: through School of Medicine outpatient programs, through inpatient services at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, the school's affiliated teaching hospital, and through outreach service to communities in the school's 29-county catchment area.

Bureau of Business Research
The Bureau of Business Research (BBR) is the applied research arm of ECU's College of Business. BBR is positioned to facilitate the College's applied research activity by helping to coordinate the College's research programs and by supporting and facilitating the research efforts of the College's diverse and talented faculty.

Capstone Studio
By matching talented students with eligible community organizations, the Capstone Studio allows students a unique and exciting bridge between the classroom and real life work while helping our communities find innovative ways of utilizing landmark buildings that have fallen into disrepair.

Center for Geographic Information Science
Provides an organizational structure and a central facility for the purposes of enhancing research, instructional, and outreach activities that deal with creation and use of geographically referenced data.

Center for Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education
The mission of the Center is to improve the quality of science and mathematics education through professional development programs and recruitment/retention of teachers. Through collaboration with university departments, business and industry, and schools, the Center translates the findings of educational research into practices that benefit students and teachers.

Center for Survey Research
The Survey Research Laboratory (SRL) has the expertise to conduct all types of surveys including mail surveys, telephone surveys, and face-to-face surveys. 

Chancellor's Community Advisory Council
The Council was formed in 2003 to advise the University on actions that may impact the community, work proactively with the University on community initiatives, and serve as a resource within the community to promote an improved quality of life for residents, especially minorities.

Community Outreach Partnerships Center
Community Outreach Partnerships Center (COPC) programs are designed to help colleges and universities partner with neighborhood organizations and municipal governments to rebuild communities. Projects focus on issues such as community organizing, health education, job training, business promotion, housing, and public safety. Students have an opportunity to get practical experience working on community issues while neighborhood residents gain access to the knowledge and resources of colleges and universities.

Eastern Area Health Education Center
Our mission is to meet the region's health and health workforce needs by providing educational programs in partnership with academic institutions, health care agencies, and other organizations committed to improving the health of the people of North Carolina.

Family Therapy Clinic
The goal of the clinic is to provide an opportunity for teaching and learning among professionals and students, and to provide high-quality services to families, couples, and individuals. By offering direct services to the public, the clinic helps to bridge the gap between theory and practice and provides a unique service to the Greenville community and surrounding area.

The L.T. Walker Center
The mission of the LeRoy T. Walker International Human Performance Center is to encourage the Olympic ideals of fair competition through providing scientific assessment services to athletes and coaches, events that encourage such competition and the sharing of scientific information.

Legislators' School for Youth Leadership Development
Operated by the School of Education, this residential summer program works to enhance leadership and communication skills, as well as develop conflict resolution and problem-solving strategies in teenagers.

Mattamuskeet Field Station
The program for the Mattamuskeet Field Station is taking a multi-disciplinary approach to studying the many interrelated facets of our coastal plain -- wetlands, watersheds, estuaries, and sounds -- and how they affect coastal growth and development.

North Carolina Japan Center East
The North Carolina Japan Center East develops programs that strengthen educational, economic, and cultural ties between North Carolina and Japan including academic program support on campus as well as community service projects that increase understanding about Japan. The Japan Center also assists with other international community outreach initiatives. 

Office of Teacher Education 
The purpose of Teacher Education at East Carolina University is to prepare professional educators who are academically and technically proficient, reflective in practice, committed to the intellectual empowerment of others, and guided by the larger democratic purposes of American Education.

ECU Outreach Network (ECU-ON)
The ECU Outreach Network is a volunteer arrangement of faculty and staff from ECU and other UNC campuses that are leading special expertise to the recovery efforts.  The emphasis of the network is to work primarily with local governments, providing assistance at no charge.

Office of Professional Programs
The Office of Professional Programs is a service department within the School of Business. We offer various educational programs, lectures, and certification/continuing education courses to students, the business community, and the general public.

REAP-Revolving Education Around Partnerships 
REAP is a developmental daycare program at East Carolina University begun in 1969 by the Developmental Evaluation Clinic. It was then continued by the College of Education's Department of Special Education beginning in 1974. The program serves preschool children with special needs ranging from two through five years of age.

Regional Development Institute (RDI)
The Regional Development Institute (RDI) has been providing economic and community development services and conducting applied research in eastern North Carolina since its founding in 1964.

Regional Training Center
The Center is a substance abuse prevention/education program that targets adult populations within the state who have contact with high risk youth and young adults. The Center strives to develop advocacy through community partnerships and coalition building by providing a resource center, research assistance, training, publications and mini-grants.

Rural Education Institute
The Rural Education Institute provides teaching, research and services that enhance educational opportunities for rural schools and communities of eastern North Carolina.

Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC)
The SBTDC is the primary organization through which the State provides business development and technical assistance to the business community.

Southern Coastal Heritage Program
SCHP has as its mission the partnership of educational, research, and service institutions committed to generating and transmitting knowledge about Southern coastal culture.

Summer Ventures Program
The North Carolina General Assembly enacted legislation in 1984 which created Summer Ventures in Science and Mathematics.  SVSM was conceived as a cost-free enrichment program for academically motivated high school students potentially interested in a career in science or mathematics.

Office of Technology Transfer
The Office of Technology Transfer is charged with promoting research, scholarship, and economic development through practical application of university technology and know-how.

Volunteer and Service-Learning Center
The Volunteer and Service-Learning Center works to improve the community and enhance learning opportunities for students through service. Last year (2006-2007), 9,500 ECU students service more than 139,000 hours in the community. Programs include a volunteer clearinghouse, service-learning coordination, scholarships for service, national days of service, weekend and weeklong service trips, and the Judy B. Baker Service Scholars program.