The Eastern NC Internship Program

ENCIP is a homegrown program that matches college students with thoughtfully designed, community-focused paid summer internships.

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A lot about the future in general is uncertain right now, but ENCIP is still planning on a fantastic Summer 2020 in Tarboro! ➡️Apply by March 28!⬅️

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🎊 exciting news! Thanks to the generosity of The Anonymous Trust, ENCIP will offer three PAID summer internships specifically for students from the eastern North Carolina area! Stay tuned for details! 😁

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If you work to support rural NC, you should attend the #CETrural conference Jan. 24! https://t.co/cD0kaGo17s

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Long time no tweet! We just wanted to say that we’re gearing up for summer 2020 and getting excited! ☀️😎 Can’t wait to see what the new year brings us 😀

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Despite the heavy rain, we had a strong turnout last night at @TBCBrewing to celebrate the end of yet another incredible summer in #Tarboro. We’re grateful to our board, our supporters, and most of all our wonderful cohort of interns for making this summer the best yet 😍

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Intern field trip to the “It’s a Zoo Life” Abrams family zoo in Macclesfield 🐪🐺🦔🦘🐒🦅 Who knew Edgecome had exotic animals?!

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That’s why it’s in our logo! 😍

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#DidYouKnow 🙌
In 1941, the NC General Assembly designated the flowering dogwood as the #official state flower! 🍃

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Five of our interns are Robertson Scholars, selected through a long-standing partnership that helped ENCIP move from being an idea to a reality. This year’s Robertson Scholars are sharing their experiences on Instagram—check it out!

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This week's #IGtakeover is with our Community Summer Scholars in Tarboro, NC! Join 5 Scholars in rural North Carolina and check out their work with various community organizations. https://t.co/nyYmS33dnX @TheENCIP #rslp #communitysummer

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What a great evening! Big shoutout to our intern Olivia for organizing!

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Full house at TBC in Tarboro as intern Olivia Olsher introduces the “Hello” game to her fellow interns, ENCIP board members, & the Tarboro community. Lots of engaging conversations by all. ⁦@TheENCIP⁩

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ENCIP intern (and Freedom School teacher) Naira Ikram is loved by her students! 🥰 Hard to believe Freedom School is more than halfway over!

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Some of our interns + an internship supervisor got to have lunch at On the Square today with a special visitor: Dr. Vicki Stocking of @RobertsonPrgm—one of our key partners!

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Our education-themed dinner this week with local middle school principal Lauren Lampron included personal stories from TFA teachers and retired principals alike. ECPS employees are true hometown heroes 🤩👩🏻‍🏫👨🏾‍🏫🍎

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We are proud of our intern Anjali for her inspiring work on this education nonprofit! She qualified for an international pitch competition—incredible! 📚🧬🔭🦠🔬🧪 #SchoolForAVillage #STEM #PowerOfEducation

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We spent last weekend in San Diego at the Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge! Met so many inspiring changemakers from across the world, representing 12 different countries. What a fantastic global family! #USDGlobalInnovation

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A few of our favorite shots from last night's welcome dinner. It's going to be a great summer!

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They’re here, they’re here, they’re here!!! 😍🤩🥳 Orientation + the welcome dinner last night were a BLAST— We love our 2019 cohort!

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REPORTING TIP: Explain "rural."

“I think there’s an underappreciation of the nuance of ‘rural,’ in that rural North Carolina is very different from rural Wyoming, and we tend to lump them all together,” said Mark Holmes of @UNC @UNCpublichealth.

https://t.co/1UMLOzPuKC

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We’re thrilled to announce our 2019 cohort! 🎉 Sophia, Olivia, Kenya, Jewel, Stephen, Naira, Charnita, Grace, Anjali, Jess, and Beryl: We can’t wait to welcome you all to Tarboro! 🤗

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The Happening on the Common today was so fun! Did you know that #Tarboro has one of the two original chartered town commons in the US?

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Some more happy news: This weekend, we welcomed @djstrother to our board! Excited for her perspective on #education in #EdgecombeCounty 😊

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🎉 Big news! We’re delighted to announce we’ve received a grant from The Anonymous Trust that will fund two interns from #EasternNC this summer! Thank you, Anonymous Trust! 🎉