Viking defensive tackle and Guyana, South America native Jamaal Yarde is becoming a United States citizen. Mr. Yarde, 28, is an Elizabeth City State University senior majoring in accounting. He made his way to ECSU in 2015, after coming to
DeShazo Dorsey is only a junior but he’s on his way to fulfilling his dreams. The Elizabeth City State University music major has his first single listed on Apple Music, and he says Spotify and other streaming services will be
ECSU students, left to right, Christian Jones, Greg Miller, Dominick Cotton, and Kevin Caldwell delivered food to assist in the launch of a food pantry at Oscar C. Smith High School in Chesapeake, Virginia Wednesday, Dec. 5. They were greeted
A $43,500 award from the Federal Highway Administration through the Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program will give eight Elizabeth City State University students the opportunity to pursue research and attend an annual meeting and conference in January. According to
Brandi Matthews has made history. The Elizabeth City State University graduate is the first African American woman, and the second woman, to become a Goldsboro city council member. “I’m at the table now and I’m excited to see what happens
Are you ready for #GivingTuesday? On Tuesday, Dec. 3, building on the momentum of Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday is a worldwide movement to encourage people to give at the start of the giving season.
Elizabeth City State University’s ROTC men and women may not have won the recent Battalion Ranger Challenge 2019: HBCU Leadership in Action competition, but according to the team’s co-captain, they were not discouraged and most importantly, they took away a
A young boy who tells tall tales comes across a spectacular star in the sky, but his mother doesn’t believe yet another of his stories. This is the beginning premise of the classic Christmas opera, “Amahl and the Night Visitors,”
Retired ECSU professor, Dr. Sekender Khan, right, talks about the origins of the university’s International Education Week dinner and fair during the 55th dinner Friday, Nov. 22. Standing with Dr. Khan is ECSU professor Dr. Hirendra Banerjee who has been
Educators from across the region comprised an expert panel during ECSU’s American Education Week forum to discuss the growing public school teacher shortage in North Carolina Thursday, Nov. 21. Is there a shortage of teachers in North Carolina? That was
