ORGANIZING REINTEGRATION & FUELING COLLABORATION: ECU’s Operation Re-entry joins forces to serve Military and their families and to spark Eastern NC growth UEDA • Emerging Trends • 10.23.2012
Jul 16, 2015
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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Initiative of National Importance
• Military
• CivilianCulture
Gap
• Department of Defense
• Veterans AffairsLeadership
Gap
• Department of Defense
• Veterans AffairsServices
Gap
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.
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
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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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
students in military families?UEDA • Emerging Trends • 10.23.2012