Reaching Out

Supporting Those Who Protect Our Freedom

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

This past June ECPIwas proud to sponsor the annual awards luncheon honoring the fundraisers who support the Navy Marine Corp Relief Society. Although the society is sponsored by the Department of the Navy, it is a private non-profit organization whose programs are totally funded by charitable contributions. The honorees of the luncheon represented people from every command who aid in the efforts to build the Combined Federal Campaign.

From left to right: Bob Larned, ECPI’s Executive Director of Military Education; Captain Kathy Nelson USN (Ret), Director of Navy Marine Corps Relief Society; Rear Admiral Arthur Johnson USN; and Mark Dreyfus, ECPI President

Founded in 1904, the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society is a private non-profit charitable organization. It is sponsored by the Department of the Navy and operates nearly 250 offices ashore and afloat at Navy and Marine Corps bases throughout the world. Its mission is to provide, in partnership with the Navy and Marine Corps, financial, educational, and other assistance to members of the Naval Services of the United States, eligible family members, and survivors when in need; and to receive and manage funds to administer these programs.

Business. Economics. Volunteerism. Working with kids through Junior Achievement

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

ECPI University has been supporting Junior Achievement of Greater Hampton Roads for a number of years. Greg Casey, ECPI’s Chief Financial Officer, serves on the board of directors, and this past March 27, volunteers including faculty and staff taught economics to children at Bayside Elementary School’s second, third, fourth and fifth grades. Together ECPI volunteers reached almost 300 students.

Junior Achievement of Greater Hampton Roads was established in the area in 1966. Business professionals, parents, retirees and college students enter schools to teach Junior Achievement programs. Volunteers use their personal experiences to make the curricula practical and realistic, and provide children with positive adult role models, who illustrate ways to build self-confidence, develop skills and find avenues of success in our free enterprise system.

Junior Achievement provides the materials for the lessons that are generally under an hour with volunteers completing in four to five lessons. Carrie Griffith, Criminal Justice instructor at ECPI, volunteered to be a teacher and had a great experience. She commented, “The kids are fun and enjoy having someone new teach them. The first week we were talking about zones and when we were discussing the industrial zone, every word out of their mouth had to do with pollution and how the industrial area is where all the pollution comes from. It’s funny to see how different students are now than when I was in school.”

“Not only does ECPI serve as mentors to Bayside Elementary School students, but its fundraising efforts allow us to provide students with educational programs that share valuable lessons about the world of work, the importance of saving money, and the relationship between learning and earning,” said Lauren Franza, Education Director and Operations Manager for Junior Achievement of Greater Hampton Roads. “ECPI’s fundraising efforts will be used to support both in-school and after-school programs that teach children how to be successful in the ’real world.’”

In March, two teams representing Admissions and Financial Aid squared off in competition in the annual bowl-a-thon to raise funds for the non-profit. Students representing Business Cents, the business club, and MCI also worked to raise funds. In total over $2,000 was raised to benefit Junior Achievement.

Posted in Reaching Out, Technology & Business | Tagged Community service, competition, criminal justice |

Youth Career Center Celebrates One-Year with Support from ECPI

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

On September 22 the Youth Career Center of Hampton Roads celebrated its one-year anniversary. The center provides career guidance and workplace readiness skills training to Hampton Roads youth. On average, more than 50 people walk into the career center located in Pembroke Mall daily. In its first year, the center has made more than 12,000 connections.

Kevin Paveglio, ECPI’s Virginia Beach Campus President and Matt Albano, MCI Virginia Beach Campus Director participates in the check presentation at the Youth Career Center.

ECPI University and its school of health science, Medical Careers Institute, have been working with the center since its opening in September 2010. In celebration of the anniversary ECPI donated $25,000 in support of the center operations and services.

Not relying solely on mall traffic the center partners with Hampton Roads high schools to bring students on field trips to the center during the day. One of the student’s favorites is the Virtual Youth Career Center which allows students to create avatars to access online information.

Posted in Health Science, Reaching Out, Technology & Business | Tagged Community service |

Real Men Wear Pink. I Wear Pink.

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

You’ve probably seen it everywhere. The stores you shop. The walls you walk. Even on Sunday NFL. It is pink and that pink symbolizes breast cancer awareness month which is October. ECPI University in Virginia Beach wants your help to turn the school pink during the month of October in support.

Drop by the bookstore to purchase a “Real Men Wear Pink” or “I Wear Pink” button for $2. All proceeds with go to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Then wear your button throughout the month to show your support.

Then on Tuesday, October 18 help us turn ECPI pink by wearing pink. Everyone who is wearing pink that day is asked to meet in the atrium at 1:00 p.m. to take a photo with fellow pink participants. All those present for the photo will be given a raffle ticket for a chance to win an ECPI prize pack to be awarded on the spot.

If you get hungry the same day as the pink photo (10/18) visit the bookstore and purchase a pink cupcake. Cupcakes are baked and donated by Tiffany to raise funds for the Susan Komen for the Cure and are being sold for $2.

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Litter Getters

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

Traffic was heavy on Victory Boulevard at the intersection of 134 through the intersection of Victory and Carey Chapel Road back in July. Drivers beware because those people beautifying that stretch of roads were employees of ECPI University and Medical Careers Institute in Newport News, Virginia.

From left to right: Jason Thompson, Lisa Ray, John Olson, Nicole DeRoven, Jemal Taborn, Nayla Mosley, Vijay Bhuse, Jeremiah Nunez and Dianna Eady

From left to right: Bridgette Carstens, Victoria Snabori-Heath, Tamara King, Barbara Larar, Alicia Coles, Erica Pressick and Antoon Rufi

Two groups of about thirty people cleaned debris covering just a little more than a mile. The crew is hoping to conduct a few more clean-ups before the end of the year.