Invest Module
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Once students have connected to their community, they must become purposefully engaged or invested both academically and socially. Connecting and investing build academic and social efficacy (confidence in self-success competencies).
Career Services
East Carolina University Career Services supports and empowers students in their career development to succeed as professionals in a global community.
ECU Career Services provides many tools and resources to help students explore career possibilities. Handshake, CareerShift, Internships, research opportunities, job search strategies, along with volunteer and leadership opportunities are a few ways Career Services help students build experience at ECU.
Career Services is also the host of Education, Engineering & Technology, Education, Internship, and summer job fairs where over 100 employers stand ready to recruit ECU Pirates.
Pirates Abroad
Why study abroad? East Carolina University believes strongly in the development of an international perspective among its students and faculty. Pirates Abroad offers exchange programs, summer faculty-lead programs, semester faculty-lead program: Italy Intensives, and non-ECU programs.
In addition to utilizing your regular ECU financial aid package to help with the expenses, you can apply for both ECU and national level scholarships for additional scholarship.
Student Employment Office
The Student Employment Office (SEO) provides support to the entire campus and community throughout the hiring process of ECU student employees. SEO maintains an online job database to help current ECU students connect with part-time job opportunities both on and off campus. Working a part-time job on or off campus enables students to apply knowledge and skills learned in the classroom toward future employment. The Student Employment Office can be reached at hireapirate@ecu.edu or (252) 737-5573.
Pirate Academic Success Center (PASC)
Located on the second floor (2300 suite) of the Old Cafeteria Complex, the Pirate Academic Success Center offers free tutoring, study groups, academic skills coaching, peer academic success coaching, community tutoring, and learning communities for ECU enrolled students.
Tutoring is available by appointment in most 1000 and 2000 level and select upper division courses each semester and summer sessions. Tutors work with students at the PASC main office located in 2300 suite of the Old Cafeteria Complex. Night, Digital, and After-Hours tutoring is also available for ECU students. Digital tutoring provides helpful videos, recorded workshops, and test reviews. To contact PASC staff or make an appointment call 252-737-3009 or email tutoring@ecu.edu. To find out more about the center, watch the PASC in Action video.
ECU Transit
ECU Transit offers a wide variety of travel options on a comprehensive system which provides service both on and off campus. Throughout the academic year and both summer sessions, buses operate on several fixed routes which circulate around main campus and connect to outlying areas, such as the health sciences campus and commuter park-and-ride lots. Service is also provided to off-campus housing and several shopping, dining and entertainment areas around Greenville. Additionally, a point-to-point, on-demand van service called SafeRide works in conjunction with the bus system to help ensure safe connections to evening routes, as well as safe travel around campus and adjacent areas at night after most regular daytime service has ended.
Parking & Transportation
The Department of Parking & Transportation Services strives to fulfill the parking and state vehicle needs of the University community. Student permits are purchased according to availability and living arrangements. All student permits are valid according to the academic year August 1 to July 31 of the following year. These permits are not automatically renewed and must be purchased prior to parking on campus. As a quick reference all student permits have an even number next to the letter (i.e., A2 B2, B4 C2 etc) with the exception of D. Permits are not transferable and must be returned if you leave school or no longer wish to park.
ECU Libraries
Joyner Library welcomes you with collections, services and study spaces that support the research, teaching and service goals of ECU. This main campus library has the resources you need for your coursework. Joyner Library offers students the opportunity to reserve study rooms, ask a librarian for assistance in research, borrow equipment, and interlibrary loan and document delivery. In addition, Joyner Library has partnered with Dowdy Bookstore to offer students free E-Textbooks. Most of these E-Textbooks are also stocked by the Dowdy Bookstore for anyone who prefers to purchase their own print copy.
Laupus Health Sciences Library provides health sciences information, resources and services that focus on your studies for the colleges and schools on the Health Sciences Campus. Laupus Health Sciences Library has what you need to advance your research and coursework. There is a host of electronic resources for Allied health, Dental medicine, Medicine and Nursing. Also, students can check out Anatomical Models, borrow equipment such as Laptops, iPads, Digital Cameras, Video Projectors, Tripods and more.
Music Library at ECU provides the resources you need if you are enrolled in the School of Music or the school of Theatre and Dance, or just searching for music-related materials, the. The Music Library has grown from its humble beginnings as a small departmental college to a collection over 101,000 volumes. The Music Library is home to Joyner’s entire audio recording collection as well as the music-related portion of its video recording collection. In addition to these media collections the library owns collections of music scores, books, journals, microforms, and computer software dealing with every musical style and genre from classical to rock to reggae.