Spring Break
Open forum discusses off-campus services
Ashley Abernathy
Issue date: 11/4/08 Section: Features
According to the university's Off- Campus Student Services, approximately 78 percent of ECU students live off campus.
Some live in apartment complexes, while others live in houses in neighborhoods with other citizens of Greenville.
On Oct. 28 at 5:30 p.m., an ECU Neighborhood Forum was held at the City Hall in Greenville to discuss topics that initially affect off-campus students.
"We have a room full of people who affect people's live positively," said Lucia Brannon, interim coordinator of the program that services commuter students.
This was the first meeting of the year for the forum and several representatives from around campus attended.
Dr. Roeder from the ECU Dean of Students, ECU Vice Provost Kemal Atkins and the ECU Police, were among the ones in attendance.
Residents of Greenville and students were also in attendance at the forum, where several topics related to students were discussed at the forum.
• One topic discussed was a new program that is being implemented this year called Pirate Treasure. Pirate Treasure is an effort made possible by the ECU Off-Campus Student Services, with the purpose of taking care of all items left behind when students leave their apartments or houses after the semester is over. Televisions, microwaves, mirrors and many other items are often left behind in dumpsters or in rooms only to be thrown away. The intention of Pirate Treasure is to salvage and recycle the items left in neighborhoods after every semester.
• Another topic discussed included the overflow of freshmen on campus, and ways ECU is handling the issue of freshmen living in off-campus apartments.
• The ECU Off-Campus Student Services helped pass out welcome back bags to students that include information on recycling, city ordinances and important contact numbers.
• Talk of a mediation center was discussed, which would be a place for off-campus students to resolve any issues they may have with neighbors or anything else in their community.
ECU Off-Campus Student Services serves off-campus students, faculty and staff.
According to their brochure, their mission and purpose is to work with students and the community to address community conflict, to maintain a safe and healthy living environment and to assist in off-campus living needs in the City of Greenville and to commuting students.
Their services include city ordinance education, self-defense training, tips for good relationships with neighbors and several other seminars and panels that teach and encourage good communication among neighbors in their communities..
The ECU Neighborhood Forum was open to anyone in the community.
"We just want to make sure they [students] are connected to the community," Brannon said.
This writer can be contacted at features@theeastcarolinian.com.
Some live in apartment complexes, while others live in houses in neighborhoods with other citizens of Greenville.
On Oct. 28 at 5:30 p.m., an ECU Neighborhood Forum was held at the City Hall in Greenville to discuss topics that initially affect off-campus students.
"We have a room full of people who affect people's live positively," said Lucia Brannon, interim coordinator of the program that services commuter students.
This was the first meeting of the year for the forum and several representatives from around campus attended.
Dr. Roeder from the ECU Dean of Students, ECU Vice Provost Kemal Atkins and the ECU Police, were among the ones in attendance.
Residents of Greenville and students were also in attendance at the forum, where several topics related to students were discussed at the forum.
• One topic discussed was a new program that is being implemented this year called Pirate Treasure. Pirate Treasure is an effort made possible by the ECU Off-Campus Student Services, with the purpose of taking care of all items left behind when students leave their apartments or houses after the semester is over. Televisions, microwaves, mirrors and many other items are often left behind in dumpsters or in rooms only to be thrown away. The intention of Pirate Treasure is to salvage and recycle the items left in neighborhoods after every semester.
• Another topic discussed included the overflow of freshmen on campus, and ways ECU is handling the issue of freshmen living in off-campus apartments.
• The ECU Off-Campus Student Services helped pass out welcome back bags to students that include information on recycling, city ordinances and important contact numbers.
• Talk of a mediation center was discussed, which would be a place for off-campus students to resolve any issues they may have with neighbors or anything else in their community.
ECU Off-Campus Student Services serves off-campus students, faculty and staff.
According to their brochure, their mission and purpose is to work with students and the community to address community conflict, to maintain a safe and healthy living environment and to assist in off-campus living needs in the City of Greenville and to commuting students.
Their services include city ordinance education, self-defense training, tips for good relationships with neighbors and several other seminars and panels that teach and encourage good communication among neighbors in their communities..
The ECU Neighborhood Forum was open to anyone in the community.
"We just want to make sure they [students] are connected to the community," Brannon said.
This writer can be contacted at features@theeastcarolinian.com.
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