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East Carolina University Leadership Profile
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PROVOST AND SENIOR VICE CHANCELLOR
F O R ACA D E M I C A F FA I R S
PROVOST and
SENIOR VICE CHANCELLOR
for ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
East Carolina University (ECU) seeks a proven leader
Mission
to serve as the chief architect of the academic To be a national model for student
enterprise in the role of Provost and Senior Vice success, public service, and regional
Chancellor for Academic Affairs (SVCAA). An anchor transformation, East Carolina University:
and economic driver of eastern North Carolina,
• Uses innovative learning strategies and
the University is committed to advancing the
delivery methods to maximize access;
region through educating its citizens, transforming
health, conducting research, and meeting critical • Prepares students with the knowledge, skills, and
needs of business and industry. ECU is committed values to succeed in a global, multicultural society;
to a culture in which widely diverse members of
• Develops tomorrow’s leaders to serve
the University community are viewed as critical
and inspire positive change;
in the development of academic excellence.
• Discovers new knowledge and innovations
The Provost and SVCAA is the principal academic to support a thriving future for eastern
officer of the Institution and second in overall North Carolina and beyond;
authority. As a key member of the senior leadership
• Transforms health care, promotes wellness,
team, this individual will be an important advisor and
and reduces health disparities; and
confidant to the Chancellor and charged with the
delivery of a contemporary and innovative academic • Improves quality of life through cultural
vision for the Institution while fostering a diverse and enrichment, academics, the arts,
inclusive living, learning, and working community. and athletics.
In close collaboration with Chancellor Philip Rogers, We accomplish our mission through education,
whose tenure started in March 2021, the Provost will research, creative activities, and service while being
develop initiatives that prioritize student success good stewards of the resources entrusted to us.
and serve the needs of eastern North Carolina.
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ABOUT ECU
History
East Carolina University has grown from a small
teacher-training school to a large research institution
with a growing national and global influence.
1907–1921
ECTTS — East Carolina Teachers Training School
1922–1950
ECTC — East Carolina Teachers College
1951–1966
ECC — East Carolina College
1967–PRESENT
ECU — East Carolina University
ECU is developing tomorrow’s leaders today
by preparing students with 21st-century skills
to meet present-day challenges and build
a brighter future, transforming our region
and beyond through our research, creative
activity, innovation, and public service.
• ECU is a large, public doctoral university with a
primarily residential undergraduate student body
and a community engagement designation.
• ECU is home to a rich Division I athletics
tradition and thriving fine arts programming
that provide opportunities for student
engagement and holistic development.
• ECU is the only UNC System university with a
medical school, dental school, and engineering
department at the same institution, the synergies
of which provide a dynamic for biotechnology
innovation and entrepreneurship.
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Campus Facts
• More than 7,000 faculty, staff, and graduate • The University’s 82 percent one-year retention
assistants worked together to support ECU in 2020. rate is the highest in its peer group, and its 61
percent five-year graduation rate nearly tops
• East Carolina University has a total ECU’s 12-institution IPEDS peer group.
enrollment of 29,798 students, including
23,056 undergraduate students. • ECU consists of approximately 1,617 acres,
with 396 of those on Main Campus and
• 91 percent of ECU’s students hold in-state 214 on the Health Sciences Campus.
residency, and the 9 percent who are out-
of-state students hail from 47 states, the • 15 acres comprise eight dental medicine community
District of Columbia, and 99 countries. service-learning centers; 129 acres comprise the
North Recreation Complex; 650 acres comprise
• 65 percent of ECU’s students identify as White, 16 the West Research Campus; 213 acres comprise
percent identify as Black or African American, 7 the Coastal Studies Institute on the Outer Banks.
percent identify as Hispanic, 3 percent identify as
Asian, and all other groups collectively compose • 219 facilities are utilized in support
the remaining 8 percent of the student body. of daily operations.
• The total for tuition, fees, and room and • 186 state-owned buildings and 33
board for in-state undergraduates living leased facilities (January 2020)
on campus is approximately $17,500.
• Total core expenses were in excess of
• 79 percent of first-time full-time $920 million during FY2019, the most
undergraduates receive financial aid. recent year data are available.
• U.S. News & World Report ranks ECU
in the top 10 percent of institutions
nationally in social mobility (2021).
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Building the Future
Recent and upcoming growth in physical space
demonstrates the University’s commitment to
student success and serving the region.
Celebrating its first anniversary in January 2020,
the Main Campus Student Center is the central
gathering place for the student population,
combining dining, Dowdy Student Stores, the Dr.
Jesse R. Peel LGBTQ Center and Ledonia Wright
Cultural Center, lounges, study rooms, and a
gaming center. The 220,000-square-foot facility
Coming Soon
is LEED-certified and received the 2019 Award Construction is underway on the new $90 million,
for Excellence in Structural Engineering from the four-story, 141,500-square-foot Life Sciences and
Structural Engineers Association of North Carolina. Biotechnology Building and it is slated to open in fall
2021.
Also designed to meet LEED standards, the
75,000-square-foot Health Sciences Campus Slated to open in early 2022, the Isley Innovation
Student Center provides recreation and Hub will provide almost 15,000 square feet of space
wellness space, dining options, and study and in which industries and students will collaborate on
meeting rooms. The Health Sciences Campus product innovation and entrepreneurship.
Student Center opened in 2017 and is one of
the few stand-alone student centers on a health
sciences/medical campus in the country.
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Rural and
Coastal Communication
Upholding the tenets of public service and regional • The Rural Education Institute facilitates positive
transformation, ECU ensures that its students transformations in rural communities through
participate in programs and services to improve the educational innovations designed to support the
quality of life, health, education, and employment of whole child from early childhood through college.
the people in rural and coastal communities.
• The Crisp Small Business Resource Center in the
• ECU serves nearly twice as many undergraduate Miller School of Entrepreneurship provides students
students from rural communities as any other school and regional entrepreneurs with best practices and
in the UNC System. Approximately 35 percent of proven knowledge required to start and sustain
ECU’s undergraduates identify as first-generation enterprises in eastern North Carolina.
college students.
• The Brody School of Medicine’s Center for Health
• Funded by a $2.79 million grant by the HRSA, the Disparities works to reduce disparities in obesity,
College of Nursing’s Advanced Practice Registered diabetes, cancers, and cardiovascular disease
Nurse Academic-Clinical Practice Collaborative trains among rural, ethnically minoritized, and low-income
nursing students about the health care needs in populations across eastern North Carolina.
areas of eastern North
Carolina that have the • The Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences,
least access to care the College of Allied Health Sciences, and the
and a high prevalence Brody School of Medicine are conducting cross-
of farmers, fishers, disciplinary collaborative research that may have
and loggers who face future therapeutic implications for people affected
different occupational by Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, and heart attacks.
hazards.
• A group of faculty from across the sciences and
• The eight dental engineering is working together to develop
medicine community empirical evidence demonstrating how embedding
service-learning team science within undergraduate research
centers treat those in experiences supports the development of
underserved areas knowledge, skills, and attitudes as transportable
throughout the state. team competencies.
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Through ECU’s Center for Telepsychiatry and
e-Behavioral Health, experts are helping combat
the shortage and maldistribution of psychiatrists.
Through the use of secure, real-time interactive
audio and video technology, these experts are able
to connect with patients remotely.
The Coastal Studies Institute, located on North
Carolina’s beautiful Outer Banks, is home to coastal
economic development and research with an
emphasis on finding innovative approaches for
capturing ocean energy, sustainable designs for
coastal communities, and marine ecology, maritime
archeology, and tourism.
Advancement
ECU has four affiliated foundations: the ECU
Foundation Inc., the ECU Alumni Association Inc.,
the Medical & Health Sciences Foundation Inc., and
the Pirate Club. These foundations focus on alumni
relations, fundraising, and managing investments
for the advancement of the University. Across the
foundations and University, the endowment for ECU
is about $230 million. The Provost will work with the
existing foundations and any future organization
of their efforts to shape and advance the academic
enterprise of the University.
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GREENVILLE, NC
Our Home Located close to ECU’s Main Campus, a vibrant and
ever-growing uptown district is home to diverse
The University is located in Greenville, NC, on land
art, music, food, and festival offerings and features
that is traditional Tuscarora territory and is widely
an increasing number of unique, locally owned
recognized as the thriving cultural, educational,
businesses, galleries, shops, and restaurants.
economic, and medical hub of eastern North
Greenville is centrally located in eastern North
Carolina. While retaining its regional charm and
Carolina, a region whose coastal environment
hospitality, Greenville has grown into the 10th-
provides a backdrop for tourism, water sports, and
largest city in the state and is now a flourishing, small
wildlife viewing. The Outer Banks to the east can be
metropolitan city of nearly 100,000 in the heart of
reached within a few hours’ drive, and Raleigh to the
Pitt County.
west is a couple hours away.
© Aaron Hines / City of Greenville
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LEADERSHIP
Dr. Philip G. Rogers serves as the 12th Chancellor In his nearly seven years at ACE, he led the design,
of East Carolina University. Formerly senior vice development, and implementation of ACE’s strategic
president at the American Council on Education, plan, “Higher Education for the Nation’s Future,”
Rogers began his duties as the University’s leader on including the launch of a national listening tour to
March 15, 2021. engage with campuses and leaders to shape the
multi-year strategy and to meet the needs of ACE’s
The Chancellor’s vision for the University is framed member institutions. The plan centered on equity,
around a belief in the key role that the institution innovation, and student success, and Rogers’ team
plays in eastern North Carolina and commitment to collaborated with a wide array of national education
its mission of student success, public service, and philanthropies to support its implementation.
regional transformation.
Prior to joining ACE in 2013, Rogers was Chief of
While his North Carolina roots run deep, Rogers Staff at ECU, where he was responsible for external
also has developed a robust national and global relations for the University, including government
network during his time with the American Council relations, marketing and communications, public
on Education (ACE), a nonprofit organization that service, and policy development.
acts as a coordinating body for its membership
of approximately 1,700 colleges and universities As a native North Carolinian, Rogers was raised
across the nation. As senior vice president, Rogers in Greenville, and his family has a long history in
helped institutions navigate complex challenges the state and with the University. He is the great-
facing the global higher education landscape. He grandson of one of the early students of East
was responsible for ACE’s academic, research, Carolina Teachers Training School.
and innovation strategy, overseeing five separate
divisions including advancement and fundraising, Rogers earned a doctoral degree in higher
education attainment and academic innovation, education management with distinction from the
global engagement and internationalization, University of Pennsylvania, a master’s degree in
leadership and professional learning, and research. public administration from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a bachelor’s degree in
communications from Wake Forest University.
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E C U L E A D E RS H I P P ROFIL E | L e ad e r s hi p
THE FACULTY
With a total of 1,982 faculty members and a student-
faculty ratio of 15:1, ECU is home to a vibrant
and increasingly diverse group of national and
international scholars. The make-up of the faculty
highlights the value that the University places on
tenure:
1,982 Total faculty
1,016
Tenured/tenure-track faculty
985
Tenured/tenure-track faculty
(51% of all faculty) with a terminal degree
(97% of tenured faculty)
641
Full-time fixed-term faculty
426
Full-time fixed-term faculty
(32% of all faculty) with a terminal degree
(66% of fixed-term faculty)
27%
Tenured/tenure-track faculty
23%
Full-time fixed-term faculty
who identify as BIPOC who identify as BIPOC
The Faculty Senate is the legislative and advisory
body representing the faculty. The Faculty Senate
and its committees are the primary media for the
essential joint effort of faculty and administration in
the government of the University. The Provost is an
ex-officio member with vote in the Faculty Senate
and in all Faculty Senate Academic Committees.
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E C U L E A D E RS H I P P ROFIL E | T h e FacultyRESEARCH
ECU’s research expenditures of $52.7 million in 2019 As the economic engine of eastern North
(the most recent year data are available), up from $39 Carolina, ECU is also at the forefront of creating
million in 2018, make it one of the fastest-growing entrepreneurship programs and initiatives. An award
universities. Of the many awards, one from the from the Golden LEAF Foundation funded RISE29,
National Science Foundation supported a two-day a student entrepreneurship program focused on
interdisciplinary conference that brought together strengthening regional businesses. The program
researchers and community stakeholders from across received the Excellence in Co-Curricular Innovation
the nation to ECU’s campus to discuss research into Award from the United States Association for Small
hurricanes and their impacts on populated coastlines. Business and Entrepreneurship, and in so doing
Another $1.49 million was awarded by the National received top honors in a very competitive field that
Institutes of Health Small Business Technology included the country’s top-ranked entrepreneurship
Transfer to an ECU startup medical device company, program by U.S. News & World Report.
RFPi, for continued development of technology for
noninvasive blood flow measurements in patients These achievements are but one facet of the
during surgery. Additionally, a team in the College excellence of faculty research. A look at recent and
of Education was awarded $9.7 million from the U.S. past recipients of the Research and Scholarship
Department of Education to network school leaders Awards demonstrates the depth and breadth of
across the country for identifying and implementing scholarly pursuits of the faculty in all colleges and
best practices. disciplines — from award-winning literary magazines
such as North Carolina Literary Review, to training
dogs to search out Clostridioides difficile spores in
clinical facilities, to compiling 15–30 second video
clips of performances in living rooms, bedrooms,
carports, and backyards into a sort of dance riff-off
for a semester finale during the pandemic. Faculty
at ECU are committed to the ultimate mission of any
university: advancing knowledge through research
and education.
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E C U L E A D E RS H I P P ROFIL E | R es e archProfiles of recent research success at ECU follow named to Oprah’s reading list as One of the Best
below: Books by Women of Summer 2019. Published by
Simon & Schuster, Wieland’s book has enjoyed wide
BRODY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE acclaim and gained recognition from Publishers
Doctors at ECU’s School of Medicine and Vidant Weekly, LitHub, The Millions, Kirkus Reviews, the
Medical Center were the first in North Carolina to News & Observer, and internationally by the BBC.
perform a new radiation therapy procedure that is
giving hope to patients with recurrent brain tumors. ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
The team’s GammaTile Therapy is a surgically As the Atlantic Coast prepares for its annual
targeted radiation therapy in which a 3D-collagen hurricane season, an old wives’ tale passed down
tile, embedded with radioactive Cesium-131 rods, is through generations warns that when major storms
placed in the tumor cavity at the time of surgery. make landfall, it’s not just the storm surge you should
worry about, but a surge in births. ECU associate
professor Michelle Oyen and undergraduate
researcher Mackenzie Wheeler’s research in Frontiers
in Physiology’s special issue on the role of fetal
membranes in pregnancy and birth explores this
phenomenon. The pair used a model previously
created by Oyen to develop a new mechanism that
explains the potential correlation of premature births
during weather-related events with large drops in
barometric pressure.
DENTAL MEDICINE
ECU’s School of Dental Medicine has received a
$3.1 million grant to enhance resident training in
the care of patients with special needs across the
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES state. The award from
A unique grant celebrates ECU’s commitment to the Health Resources
using interprofessional collaboration to address and Services
emerging and challenging trends in health Administration, one
care, including opioid use and substance abuse of the largest in
prevention and treatment. An interdisciplinary team the dental school’s
of researchers was awarded an $890,000 Graduate history, will focus on
Psychology Education Program Grant from the improving dental
Health Resource and Services Administration to care for pediatric
support training for doctoral-level psychologists and elderly patients
to provide integrated, interdisciplinary behavioral as well as those
health as well as prevention and treatment services with mobility issues
for opioid use disorder and other substance use and other complex
disorders. health problems and
those with mental,
ART, COMMUNICATION, AND CULTURE emotional, and behavioral challenges. The five-year
What happened to the 20th-century poet Elizabeth project addresses three specific goals — assessing
Bishop during three life-changing weeks she spent and treating the needs of vulnerable populations,
in Paris amid the imminent threat of World War II? expanding pediatric dentistry training to a rural
The answer to this question is what Liza Wieland, location, and developing tools and training for
distinguished professor of English at ECU, visualizes population health management.
in her newest novel, Paris, 7 A.M. The book was
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E C U L E A D E RS H I P P ROFIL E | R es e archACADEMICS
College and Schools Centers and Institutes
ECU has 12 colleges and schools — 10 of which grant ECU’s centers, institutes, college and department
degrees — plus a unique unit that consolidates the centers, research service centers, and field sites
University’s groundbreaking coastal research and strengthen and enrich the University’s missions of
education activities. research, service, and instruction. ECU has eight
units that have a primary mission of research and six
• Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences with a primary mission of service that transcend the
• College of Allied Health Sciences traditional boundaries of academic departments,
• College of Business bringing experts together across disciplines
• College of Education to address complex issues and partner with
• College of Engineering and Technology government and industry leaders.
• College of Fine Arts and Communication
• College of Health and Human Performance • Center for Applied Psychophysiology
• College of Nursing • Center for Health Disparities
• Honors College • Center for Natural Hazards Research
• Graduate School • Center for STEM Education
• School of Dental Medicine • Center for Sustainable Energy and
• Brody School of Medicine Environmental Engineering
• Integrated Coastal Programs • Center for Telepsychiatry and e-Behavioral Health
• Coastal Studies Institute
• Crisp Small Business Resource Center
• East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute
• East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU
• North Carolina Agromedicine Institute
• Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and
Treatment Center
• Rural Education Institute
• Small Business Institute
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E C U L E A D E RS H I P P ROFIL E | Acad e micsCollege and Field Sites
Department Centers ECU’s research field sites allow faculty, staff,
• School of Dental Medicine Community and students to work outside of the traditional
Service-Learning Centers laboratory setting. Field sites are intended to bring
• Center for Geographic Information Science research to the community and region, extending
• Center for Healthcare Management Systems the University’s research efforts from Greenville to
• Center for Innovation in Technology and the rest of the state. ECU’s field sites enhance both
Engineering Outreach academic-driven and community-based research,
• Center for Survey Research giving researchers the opportunity to partner with
• Water Resources Center community members to solve the region’s toughest
health, economic and educational disparities.
Research Service Centers • ECU GlasStation
• Animal Care and Husbandry • Sylvan Heights Bird Park
• Brody School of Medicine Cellular Analysis/
Imaging Core
• Brody School of Medicine Flow Cytometry
Core Facility
• Brody School of Medicine Mass Spectrometry Center
• Coastal Studies Institute Marine Services
• Diving and Water Safety Vessel Center
• East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute
Clinical and CS Services
• East Carolina Diabetes and Obesity Institute
Structural Biology Core
• Elemental Analysis Service Center (ICP-MS)
• Environmental Research Lab
• Geonomics Core Facility
• Human Performance Lab Translational Research
Core Services
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E C U L E A D E RS H I P P ROFIL E | Acad e micsAccreditation Academic Support
ECU is accredited by the Southern Association of
for Students
Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
We remain committed to a central tenet — that the
(SACSCOC) to award baccalaureate, master’s, and
success of our students is the ultimate measure of
doctoral degrees. ECU offers a broad range of
our university. Support is provided through a variety
traditional and interdisciplinary majors to meet the
of campus offices and centers including:
needs of a diverse student body.
• The Pirate Academic Success Center offers free
tutoring, study groups, academic skills coaching,
Online Learning peer academic success coaching, community
A state leader in online learning even before the tutoring, and learning communities.
pandemic, ECU offers more than 120 degree and
• The Academic Advising Collaborative guides,
certificate programs at both the undergraduate and
serves, and supports students by partnering with
graduate levels that are approved for online delivery
academic departments and support services.
in business, health care, education, technology, and
other areas. • The University Writing Center offers the opportunity
to share works-in-progress and talk about writing
with consultants who are committed to cultivating
Partnerships with learning experiences that support all stages of the
Community Colleges writing process.
Pirate™ Promise is ECU’s partnership with 38
• The mission of the Center for Counseling and
community colleges giving students guaranteed
Student Development is to enhance personal
admission to ECU and waiving application fees when
growth through developmental, preventative, and
participating in the program and meeting certain
therapeutic programming designed to facilitate skill
criteria. These students receive academic advising
development, improve functioning, and increase
and have access to extensive resources to guide
understanding of self and others.
them through the transfer process. The opportunity
to enhance the quality of existing community college • The Speech Communication Center offers one-on-
partnerships and grow partnerships with additional one consultations and group workshops to help
community colleges is a clear mechanism for serving students research, write, organize, and deliver an
ECU’s mission in multiple ways. effective speech or presentation, work effectively in
a group, excel in a job interview, or simply learn to
speak in a more professional manner.
• Career Services supports and empowers students
in their career development to succeed as
professionals in a global community.
• The STEPP (Supporting Transition and Education
through Planning and Partnerships) program
provides access and comprehensive support
throughout the university experience to students
with learning disabilities.
• Through the Office of Student Affairs, the Ledonia
Wright Cultural Center, the Dr. Jesse R. Peel LGBTQ
Center, and the Women and Gender Office provide
additional support to ECU’s students.
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E C U L E A D E RS H I P P ROFIL E | Acad e micsDegree Inventory
Highest Enrollment Programs
Top Undergraduate Majors — 2020
Nursing
Management
Biology
Marketing
Psychology
Communication
Elementary Education
Public Health Studies
Exercise Physiology
Criminal Justice
500 1000 1500 2000 2500
Highest Enrollment
Highest Programs
Enrollment Programs Number of Students Enrolled
Top Undergraduate Majors — 2020 Top Graduate Programs — 2020
Nursing Business Administration
Management Nursing (MSN plus DNP)
Biology Medicine
Marketing Library Science
Psychology Dental Medicine
Communication Social Work
Elementary Education 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Public Health Studies Number of Students Enrolled
Exercise Physiology
Criminal Justice
500 1000 1500 2000 2500
Number of Students Enrolled
Top Graduate Programs — 2020
Business Administration 16
Nursing (MSN plus DNP)
E C U L E A D E RS H I P P ROFIL E | Acad e mics
Medicine
Library Science
Dental Medicine800+ 20% $300,000+
Nearly
ECU students had curricular or increase in the number of in scholarship funding provided through
co-curricular experiences abroad students going on faculty-led generous donations from ECU benefactors
in 2018–19, about a 9% programs from summer 2018 over the last 3 years
increase over the previous year to summer 2019
Named a Top University for International Received 2016 Senator Paul Simon Award
Students by U.S. News & World Report for Campus Internationalization for our
for the second straight year Global Academic Initiatives program
Global Opportunities
ECU is committed to providing students with the
opportunity to become more familiar with the
social, political, cultural, and economic issues of
importance in our increasingly globalized society.
This commitment has been demonstrated by
successful initiatives to welcome a growing number
of international students and a significant expansion
of faculty-led study abroad programs. We work
to support international students academically,
socially, and professionally, and to emphasize the
benefits of studying abroad to our home-based
students. The University is facilitating and expanding
internationally focused programming on campus
and around the world with options like these:
• Multidisciplinary studies major with a concentration
in international studies
• Undergraduate certificate in global understanding
• International management certificate
• International teaching certificate
• Master’s in international studies
• Pirates Abroad, ECU’s suite of summer, semester
and academic year study abroad programs
• ECU Tuscany, ECU’s year-round study abroad
program in Certaldo Alto, Italy
• Undergraduate and graduate programs in several
foreign languages and literatures
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E C U L E A D E RS H I P P ROFIL E | Acad e micsCulture of Innovation
• The only named school of entrepreneurship in North
Carolina, the Miller School of Entrepreneurship
serves as a regional hub partnering with key strategic
partners to offer co-curricular programs that help
serve as a catalyst for regional transformation.
It was recognized as a Princeton Review Top 50
Undergraduate Program in 2020 and 2021.
• The Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge is a business
pitch competition that now awards $100,000 in cash
and prizes to students.
• ECU’s student entrepreneurship program, RISE29,
was honored by the United States Association for
Small Business and Entrepreneurship with its award
for Excellence in Co-Curricular Innovation.
(January 2020) • ECU’s Eastern Region Pharma Center (ERPC) will
soon be a pharmaceutical manufacturing training
• The East Carolina Research and Innovation Campus center that educates students and pharmaceutical
was conceived to connect the talents of university employees on advanced manufacturing techniques
researchers with partners in industry, government, in the growing pharmaceutical industry in eastern
military, and business to discover innovations that North Carolina. ERPC recently received a $1.9 million
boost rural and coastal prosperity. grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation.
• Funded by the National Science Foundation,
Innovation Corps@ECU (I-Corps) embraces
the formation of ideas, innovation, and
commercialization of inventions. ECU is one of only
two schools in the state with this five-year funding.
• Greenville SEED@ECU is a partnership among
the city of Greenville, ECU, and the Greenville-
Pitt County Chamber of Commerce. Flexible
collaborative space and support are provided to
qualified entrepreneurs and start-up companies.
• ECU’s NSF Advance program grant, THRIVE@ECU
seeks to reduce bias and improve gender equity for
faculty in STEM fields.
• ECU is one of only 44 universities in the nation to
hold the Carnegie Foundation’s Classification for
Community Engagement and the designation of
Innovation and Economic Prosperity (IEP) University
by the Association of Public Land-grant Universities.
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E C U L E A D E RS H I P P ROFIL E | Acad e micsHealth Sciences
As North Carolina’s top producer of health care SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE
professionals, ECU’s robust Health Sciences Campus • The 2019 William J. Gies Award for innovation
prepares leaders in the medical, dental, nursing, was awarded to the School of Dental Medicine for
and allied health sciences fields. These colleges its breakthrough approach to providing practical
and schools build on their individual programs experience for future dentists through rural service-
by engaging in unique interprofessional and learning centers across North Carolina.
interdisciplinary collaboration that brings out the
best in students and helps bring equity in health care • The 2017 Gov. James E. Holshouser Jr. Award for
to the state. Across the division, 12 programs rank in Excellence in Public Service was awarded to Gregory
the top 50 according to U.S. News & World Report. Chadwick, DDS, MS, and dean of the School of
Dental Medicine, for efforts to improve the quality of
Total Student Body Enrolled in
life for North Carolina’s citizens.
Total Student Body Enrolled in
STEM/Health
STEM/Health Care Care BRODY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
• No. 1 in North Carolina and No. 2 in the United
States for the percentage of graduates in the last
decade who chose careers in family medicine
• Top 10% of U.S. medical schools for graduating
physicians who practice in the state, practice primary
9,515 2,638
care and practice in rural and
underserved areas
• In June 2021, Chancellor Rogers announced the
UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE intent toward full clinical integration of the Brody
School of Medicine with Vidant Health, a 1447-bed
COLLEGE OF NURSING health system, and the creation of a distinctive health
• A top producer of new nurses among North system brand — ECU Health or similar branding
Carolina’s four-year educational institutions — to serve the 1.4 million residents of eastern
North Carolina. As part of executing the vision for
• Top 20 in the U.S. for online master’s programs in a clinically integrated and rebranded academic
nursing and Top 10 in several specialties as ranked health system, the Chancellor appointed Dr. Michael
by U.S. News & World Report Waldrum, chief executive officer of Vidant Health, as
the Dean of the Brody School of Medicine. He will
COLLEGE OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES report directly to the Chancellor. Also appointed was
• North Carolina’s first and most comprehensive Dr. Jason Higginson to the new position of Executive
allied health sciences college and the state’s Dean of the medical school.
largest university provider of allied health science
professionals
• Most professional program alumni achieve a first-
time perfect or near-perfect pass rate on national
certification examinations with programs having a
perfect to near-perfect initial alumni employment.
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E C U L E A D E RS H I P P ROFIL E | Acad e micsTHE ROLE OF THE PROVOST AND
SENIOR VICE CHANCELLOR FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Campus Commitments
The Provost is a direct report to the Chancellor and Position Priorities
and leader of the Academic Council composed
A common vision and close working relationship
of the Vice Chancellor for Research, Economic
with the Chancellor, who holds a strong commitment
Development and Engagement and the Vice
to teamwork, will invigorate the work of the Provost
Chancellor for Health Sciences. This individual will
and bring increased vitality to the University
be the lead voice of ECU’s academic enterprise
community. A team orientation is embraced across
and will partner with the Chancellor to set the tone
ECU and results in a collegial dynamic among
for effective and healthy shared governance at the
senior leaders and faculty leaders even as ideas are
University. The Provost is the senior institutional
vigorously debated. The Provost will also be integral
leader responsible for the academic and scholarly
to promoting and supporting open communication,
strategy and a key thought partner to the
shared governance, and an intentional commitment
Chancellor, ensuring the University remains mission-
to Chancellor Rogers’ vision for modern approaches
aligned, future-focused, and innovation-driven.
for delivering on ECU’s mission.
Collaboration with campus leaders and deans to
deliver contemporary programs to a diverse and Opportunities and challenges for the next Provost
wide audience through varied methods will be are the following:
critical to success in the role. Direct reports to the
Provost include 9 campus deans, the Associate Vice MAXIMIZE STUDENT SUCCESS
Chancellor and Chief Academic Success Officer,
Academic Library Services, Institutional Planning The success of our students is the ultimate measure
Assessment and Research, the Office for Equity of our university. We will support excellence, expand
and Diversity, the Associate Vice Chancellor of opportunity, and celebrate achievement.
Administration, and the Vice Provost. The Provost
will oversee a budget of approximately $181 million The Provost must be attuned to the barriers that
for academic operations and personnel. In addition, impede access to and completion of an ECU
the Provost will represent ECU academics and will education and inspire a culture where innovation is
coordinate academic initiatives with the University of a priority. They will work to ensure ease of access
North Carolina System Office. and the necessary financial and academic support
of a diverse student body, reducing and removing
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E C U L E A D E RS H I P P ROFIL E | R ol e o f t h e Provo st /S r Vi ce Ch anc ello rbarriers that hinder goal attainment. They will seek
to enhance student success initiatives, increase
retention and graduation rates, and be an active
participant in national conversations focused on
access, affordability, programmatic innovation, and
technology in higher education. They will engage the
faculty, deans, and University leadership in dialogue
to ensure that programs remain competitive and
relevant, maintain a broad reach, and utilize a variety
of curriculum delivery modes to ensure the greatest
access and potential success of participants. A
student-centric approach that prioritizes initiatives
leading to student success and serves the needs of
eastern North Carolina will be central to success in leverage. The ECU community takes pride in serving
the role. eastern North Carolina, something that the new
Provost should be ready to embrace, extend, and
ECU must be on the front lines of developing and enhance. The Provost will affirm and strengthen the
educating the next generation of learners who will public’s trust in the University and ensure that the
lead the region, state, country, and world, while institution supports the region. In the same vein, the
also adapting to a shifting market and serving Provost will articulate a clear sense of the academic
adult learners and post-traditional students more vision and priorities for the University, as well as
strategically and effectively. Emerging digital the pathways to achieving these priorities. They will
technologies and innovative tools are not just work to foster collaborative conversations, integrate
expected but required to facilitate effective learning curricula, assess opportunities, build new programs,
experiences for current and future students. ECU and establish strategic partnerships that align with
must develop new and innovative strategies to meet the academic vision of the University and the needs
students where they are using predictive analytics, of its unique setting in eastern North Carolina. ECU’s
digital tools, high-flex classrooms, and other student first leader, Robert Wright, envisioned an education
success mechanisms to deliver on the ECU promise equal to the very best institutions of higher learning,
of a high-quality education. The Provost will use data while also lifting the quality of life for the entire
to inform academic strategies, and in doing so, will region where students leave afire with enthusiasm
generate higher-quality discussion and decisions as for East Carolina. The Provost will ensure that this
a result. commitment to serve the region remains at the
center of an ECU education.
SERVE THE PUBLIC
LEAD REGIONAL TRANSFORMATION
Service is at the heart of this university. We will
inspire the next generation of leaders to carry this We embrace the challenges and resources of eastern
spirit of service into their professional lives. We will North Carolina. We recognize that transformative
demonstrate this commitment to service to benefit leadership requires us to engage globally. Through
communities in rural North Carolina and beyond. partnerships and discovery, we will be a force for
rural progress and growth to achieve global impact.
ECU’s motto is Servire, meaning To Serve, and the
Provost lives this commitment in their work each day. ECU’s role in the educational, cultural, and economic
The Provost will join a community of faculty and staff communities of eastern North Carolina breeds
who are proud to work in service of ECU’s distinct possibilities for creative thinking and contribution.
mission. The consistency of commitment across The Provost will encourage the use of knowledge
faculty and staff, its genuineness, and the lengths to created by the University to contribute to solving
which faculty and staff go to live the mission in their the biggest challenges in the region such as
work are remarkable assets for the next Provost to health issues, coastal community resiliency, rural
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E C U L E A D E RS H I P P ROFIL E | R ol e o f t h e Provo st /S r Vi ce Ch anc ello rdevelopment, advanced manufacturing, and ENGAGE FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS
assisting the military. A critical component of the role IN ACADEMIC PLANNING AND DELIVERY
is to partner with business and community leaders AS WELL AS ENSURE THE APPROPRIATE
to identify workforce needs and develop programs RESOURCES FOR THESE INITIATIVES
to fill those gaps. As the academic architect of the
University, the Provost will work with faculty, staff, The University has the talent and resources to achieve
and the community to provide dynamic educational any goal it identifies, but not all aspirations can be
experiences to prepare students to lead in a funded simultaneously.
multicultural society and engage the region with
Faculty, staff, and students possess unique and
inclusive social and economic opportunities.
insightful perspectives about how roles, policies,
and practices could most benefit the institutional
ADVANCE THE UNIVERSITY’S EFFORTS TO
community. These ideas must be discussed actively
ESTABLISH A CULTURE OF DIVERSITY AND
and openly for the best possible directions to be
INCLUSION
pursued. The rationale for academic choices must be
We are all ECU Pirates, and we can only be our best clearly communicated. Understanding the different
when we live our ideals as a shared community of roles that faculty, staff, and students have in the
learners. academic enterprise and the distinct responsibilities
of the faculty is essential for effectively implementing
The Provost, in collaboration with other University academic priorities. The next Provost will have
leaders, will play a central role in continuing the the ultimate responsibility for ensuring that the
University’s efforts to diversify the student body, appropriate resources are dedicated and effectively
faculty, and staff, and in actively developing a culture stewarded to assure the success of these academic
in which widely diverse members of the University priorities.
community are not only welcomed, but viewed as
critical in the development of academic excellence. FULFILLING THE VISION OF THE UNIVERSITY
It is essential that the Provost possess the skills,
passion, and experience to advance these efforts. Higher education and society as a whole are
changing at an increasing rate. Adaptive leadership is
needed more than ever, and ECU is poised to lead in
North Carolina and beyond.
The next Provost must be highly knowledgeable
about national trends in academic affairs and
higher education overall, including the escalating
challenges and scrutiny public universities face. The
individual brings an authentic appreciation of what
makes ECU extraordinary and a keen interest in
leading the University to an even more accomplished
future while embracing its core mission of education
and access.
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E C U L E A D E RS H I P P ROFIL E | R ol e o f t h e Provo st /S r Vi ce Ch anc ello rEXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
The ideal candidate will be a bold leader and • A strong awareness of health science academic
academic innovator. They will have strong programs and related clinical environments and
interpersonal and communication skills and a deep their important connection to the ECU mission and
understanding of and commitment to the mission community it serves;
of ECU and the eastern North Carolina region. A
terminal degree within a department or program • A dedication to shared governance and transparency;
at ECU and a deep appreciation of the institution’s
• Keen listening skills and exceptional communication
student-centric culture will be required. In addition,
skills with a diversity of groups and stakeholders
the individual must have significant administrative
within and beyond the ECU community;
experience appropriate to the size and complexity
of ECU with an understanding of both a traditional • An ability to understand and clearly and persuasively
academic portfolio and a health sciences enterprise. promote a public research university that has a deep
commitment to engagement and service in eastern
The ideal candidate will be an experienced leader North Carolina and beyond;
with a track record of success in a contemporary
academic environment. • Experience and comfort using data from multiple
sources to inform strategy, policy, and practice,
To provide necessary and effective leadership for including evaluating and implementing the use of
ECU, the new Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for new technologies for educational delivery;
Academic Affairs will embody the mission of ECU
• A record of engaging with student-centered
and have many of the following attributes:
approaches to academic affairs, and a demonstrated
predisposition to partner with student affairs;
• A collaborative approach to leadership, coupled with
the ability to exercise authority, prioritize, and make • A strong track record of successful personnel
strategic decisions; management, including experience mentoring
talented faculty, staff, administrators, and students to
• Emotional intelligence, a positive outlook, and
perform at their best;
humility; superb intellect and curiosity, flexibility,
high energy, and self-confidence to enable • Deep knowledge of the interrelationships between
successful navigation and management of a complex recruitment strategies, enrollment, tuition revenue,
institution in a time of sociocultural changes; and programmatic costs;
• A demonstrated commitment to inclusive • An understanding of the existing higher education
excellence and social justice, and a track record that landscape and the ways in which current choices
demonstrates the ability to ensure a welcoming and create both future opportunities and constraints;
nurturing environment for a diverse community of
faculty, staff, and students; • The ability to confidently, accurately, and positively
promote ECU’s successes among internal and
• An innovation mindset with a strong entrepreneurial external audiences while unhesitatingly raising
spirit and the dynamic work ethic necessary to take awareness of the many and deep ways that the
full advantage of opportunities to advance the University promotes economic, social, civic, and
institution as they emerge; personal thriving;
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E C U L E A D E RS H I P P ROFIL E | E xpe r i e n ce an d Q ual ifi cat i on s
C.S. 20-1262Procedure for Candidacy
• A demonstrated track record of working The review of credentials will begin immediately and
collaboratively and with integrity, seeking will continue until the position is filled. Candidates
partnerships and maximizing resources; should provide a curriculum vita and letter of
application. Requests for information and all written
• Experience with a variety of students including first- nominations and applications should be directed to:
generation and adult and post–traditional learners;
• The ability to set high standards for faculty and
willingness to communicate those standards with
exceptional clarity;
• A record of support for excellence in teaching, Jim Sirianni, Managing Director
innovation, professional development, and scholarly Beth McCarthy, Senior Associate
and creative activity; ECUProvost@StorbeckSearch.com
• An appreciation of the role of the UNC System in
coordinating and overseeing the state of North
Carolina’s public universities; and,
• Exceptional budgetary and financial management
skills, including awareness of the near-term
interdependencies and long-term implications of
financial decisions in a large, complex organization
with an academic health center as well as the
ability to generate resources, including through
development efforts.
East Carolina University is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and seeks to create an environment that
fosters the recruitment and retention of a more diverse student body, faculty, staff and administration. We encourage qualified
applicants from women, minorities, veterans, individuals with a disability, and historically underrepresented groups. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race/ethnicity, color, genetic information,
national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, political affiliation, or veteran status.
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