Community Engagement

In August, Dr. Swaggerty presented to the Greenville Rotary Club about the Imagination Library Kindergarten Impact Study and efforts to improve literacy in Pitt County. The presentation emphasized reading to children every day, results and progress from the research project, enrolling children in Imagination Library from all areas of Pitt County, and how Rotary members can … Read more

On Monday, April 29, the ILKIS team presented to Pitt County’s elected officials at Sheppard Memorial Library in Greenville. Dr. Terry Atkinson and Dr. Elizabeth Swaggerty from the research team, alongside Dr. Ron Mitchelson, ECU Provost, presented about Imagination Library and preliminary research findings. Following the presentation, there were many questions and suggestions about how … Read more