Reed Accepted to Engagement & Outreach Scholars Academy

Dr. April Reed

Dr. April Reed, associate professor in the Department of Management Information Systems, has been accepted to the ECU 2017-18 Engagement and Outreach Scholars Academy Cohort to conduct a STEM summer camp for local middle and high school students to introduce them to Management Information Systems.

The Engagement and Outreach Scholars Academy (EOSA) was created in 2009 to increase the knowledge of, motivation for, and capacity to secure research funding and conduct scholarly engagement with community partners. More than 90 faculty members from 7 colleges and 9 departments have participated in the Academy to date.

Faculty scholars complete workshops that aid understanding of scholarship of engagement, the building of strong, sustainable partnerships, and consideration of ethical issues that arise in community-university partnerships. During the spring and summer, faculty and their community partners will design an engaged research project that will be submitted for approval by the EOSA Director and the Institutional Review Board. Research grants and graduate student funding will be available when proposals are approved.

Pending availability of funds, each person selected for the Academy will be awarded up to $5,000 for an engaged scholarship project. In addition, funding for a graduate assistant for the 2017 fall semester is provided as part of the EOSA award.

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