Leadership is central to the mission of East Carolina University. The institution is one of 25 U.S. colleges and universities – and the only North Carolina institution – to receive the first Carnegie Leadership for Public Purpose classification.

Mission:
ECU’s Truist Leadership Center builds lifelong leaders who empower current and future generations to be successful.
The Center also supports leadership development.



Goals:

  • Enhance student success.
  • Fund leadership development across ECU.
  • Connect leadership to improve Public Service.
  • Enhance campus collaboration and share best leadership practices.
  • Share and show incentives for students to engage in leadership experiences.

Our Mandate

To build leadership into every discipline of the University and to graduate life-long leaders that reflect on the University as a leadership enabler.

Our Center’s Strategies:

  • Be purposeful with our leadership plans and funding by encouraging leadership program disciplines across the university.
  • Encourage multiple paths to leadership development and sharing of best practices across ECU.
  • Fund projects that can show how they will make a difference and impact.
  • Encourage projects that are focused on student leadership and campus wide collaboration.
  • Have active engagement with the Center’s Project Participants by the TLC Director and Staff.
  • Encourage and facilitate sharing of success stories and elimination of barriers.
  • Encourage participation by students and faculty in activities that demonstrate leadership in the campus and community.
  • Award and celebrate excellence in leadership as demonstrated by the Center’s project participants.