Former Viking championship coach, Shawn Walker, is returning to Elizabeth City State University to take the helm as head coach of the men’s basketball program. Walker, a university alum, was ECSU’s championship head coach from 2002 to 2014. While heading
Chorn Poyner, the 2018-2019 Student Government Association president, says he wants all ECSU students to find their leadership role on campus. Chorn Poyner believes there’s room at Elizabeth City State University for every student to be a leader. That’s
The recent NASA grant award to ECSU helps fund STEM education outreach such as the use of the Mobile STEM Lab. The lab is designed to deliver STEM education programs to school children across ECSU’s 21-county service area. Elizabeth
George L. Bright, ECSU’s new athletics director, has set out to build a “championship culture.” George L. Bright is cultivating a “championship culture.” That’s the focus of Elizabeth City State University’s new athletic director, but there is so much
Gary Brown, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, right, greets students as they move into Viking Towers on freshman move-in day, Aug. 10. (Photo by Michael Harrison) Since his arrival on campus July 9, Gary Brown has proven that he’s
Dr. Melissa Stuckey, ECSU professor of history, stands in front of the Rosenwald School building on campus. ECSU was just awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to help renovate this and the Prinicpal’s House for a planned African
Elizabeth City State University Interim Chancellor, Dr. Karrie Dixon, gives her first State-of-the-University address during the 2018-2019 Faculty Institute Tuesday, Aug. 7. (Photo by Michael Harrison) Elizabeth City State University’s Interim Chancellor, Dr. Karrie Dixon, has a message for
University of North Carolina System President Margaret Spellings gives the charge of searching for a new ECSU chancellor during the search committee’s first meeting Thursday, Aug. 2, in the Ridley Student Center. (Photo by Michael J. Harrison) The search
Ashely Basnight is on a roll these days. She’s found her passion and it’s taking her places. First she graduates from Elizabeth City State University in 2013, and then lands a job as a software engineer with Boeing in Oklahoma
This image of the campus of Elizabeth City State University, shot from a drone, shows the ongoing improvements to the institution. The repair and renovation funding will serve to continue that work. The University of North Carolina System Board
