Community Expert: ECU Community Partnerships
This week on Community Expert, learn more about ECU’s presence in Eastern North Carolina and the partnerships we foster.
East Carolina University has a major role in Eastern North Carolina. The three pillars of ECU’s mission are student success, regional transformation, and public service. To accomplish this mission, ECU builds relationships throughout Greenville, Pitt County, and the region.
Intersect East is a collaboration between ECU and Elliott Sidewalk Communities and will be the “gateway to Uptown Greenville.” The multi-acre complex will have commercial, research, and living spaces. Ground broke on the project in 2021. As you drive on 10th street towards ECU from Highway 264, you will see the brick warehouses being developed into Intersect.
Image Source: https://www.intersecteast.com/
In 2021, ECU and Vidant Health announced joint operation agreement and rebranding to ECU Health. This partnership is the foundation of launching ECU as a “national academic model for providing rural health care.” (ECUHealth.org)
In 2022, ECU and YouTube creator, Mr. Beast announced a partnership to development training programs centered around the content creation industry. If you do not know who Mr. Beast is, be sure to check his channel out. He currently has 147 million subscribers to his channel and is expanding into the restaurant and food industries and philanthropy. Jimmy Donaldson, aka Mr. Beast, is a Greenville, NC native and runs his companies out of Greenville employing many ECU students and alumni!
