ORGANIZING REINTEGRATION & FUELING

COLLABORATION:

ECU’s Operation Re-entry joins forces

to serve Military and their families and

to spark Eastern NC growth

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RUTHANN CAGE

Director, Industry & Economic Development

JIM MENKE

Military Research Liaison & Project Manager Operation Reentry NC

KENNY FLOWERS

Director, Community & Regional Development

WAYNE GODWIN

Director, Innovation Design Lab

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Who We Are

Initiative of National Importance

• Military

• CivilianCulture

Gap

• Department of Defense

• Veterans AffairsLeadership

Gap

• Department of Defense

• Veterans AffairsServices

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More than 2.6 million service members have deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan

National importance to address employment, education, and wellness of these returning veterans and their families

The United States Department of Labor (2008) predicts that annually, over 200,000 veterans with disabilities will flood the civilian job market as they leave the military in coming years.

MissionAs a public university centered in one of the most concentrated military corridors in the nation, ECU has teamed up with the Department of Defense and VA in a major initiative to address the deployment-related health concerns of service personnel, veterans, and their families.

Getting StartedExample:

Local Model:Charlotte Bridge Home

Goal: Community-Based Veteran Wellness

Examples of how your community/university may become involved• Identify Attract and Advocate• Help Navigate• Form Partnerships• Enhance Service Delivery • Employment Placement

Regional Development Objectives

• Community enhancement resources to increase capacity

• Partnership around community & economic development projects

• Engaged faculty, staff and students on behalf of communities

• Partnerships and collaboration beyond projects

G2T2 2012 - 2013

What is your vision of Goldsboro in

20 years?

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Goldsboro Community Visioning

• Global View

• Open Dialogue

• Refined View

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G2T2 A Clear Vision for Goldsboro

• Define the vision (Current)

• Criteria for achieving the vision (Oct.)

• Models and alternatives (Nov.)

• Feasibility of our vision (Dec. & Jan.)

• Refine our vision (Feb. & Mar.)

• What now Goldsboro? (April)

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Middle School Innovators’ Academy

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POSSIBILITIES

Can we establish eastern North Carolina as

a destination for military families and their

talented students?

QUESTIONS

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PEOPLEHow do we identify and encourage the next

generation of innovators?

How do we teach students in military

families innovation to solve complex

problems using new processes, solutions

and products?

How do we prepare leaders of innovation by

providing STEAM education programs for

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MIDDLE SCHOOL INNOVATORS’ ACADEMY

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QUESTIONS?