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Wanted: Incoming Freshmen to Apply for Chancellor’s Academic Scholarship
Robert Kelly-Goss November 7, 2018 0
Wanted: future Elizabeth City State University scholars to apply for the Chancellor’s Academic Scholarship. Incoming freshmen should apply. Yes, it’s time for incoming freshmen to apply for the Chancellor’s Academic Scholarship and that means, based upon the merits of the...

ECSU Awarded Nearly $600,000 National Institutes of Health Grant
Robert Kelly-Goss November 5, 2018 1
Dr. Hirendranath Banerjee   Elizabeth City State University biology professor, Dr. Hirendranath Banerjee, has been awarded a grant totaling $593,905 from the National Institutes of Health to continue support for the MARC USTAR Training Program. According to Dr. Banerjee, the...


ECSU Hosts Seminar on Teaching Methods for Students with Learning Disabilities
Robert Kelly-Goss October 11, 2018 1
Every student needs a chance to succeed, including those with special needs and learning disabilities. Beginning Wednesday, Oct. 17, and running through Thursday, Oct. 18, Elizabeth City State University will host a two-day seminar focusing on integrated teaching methods for...

ECSU Awarded Nearly $600,000 U.S. Dept. of Education Grant
Robert Kelly-Goss October 10, 2018 0
Dr. Eyualem Abebe is an ECSU professor of biology and principal investigator for the project that was awarded a nearly $600,000 U.S. Dept. of Education grant.   Elizabeth City State University recently received an award from the U.S. Department of...


‘E is for Excellence’ Honors Program Event Kicks Off 2018-2019 Year
Robert Kelly-Goss October 3, 2018 1
The Elizabeth City State University Honors Program students stand for a photo with, front left to right, Interim Vice Chancellor Dr. Farrah Ward, Interim Chancellor Dr. Karrie Dixon, and Honors Program director, Dr. Kenneth E. Jones. The Elizabeth City State...

Emergency Management Student Receives Terrorist Bombing Response Training
Robert Kelly-Goss September 27, 2018 0
Emergency Management student, junior Weston Smith, spent part of his summer training at the Dept. of Homeland Security’s “Incident Response Terrorist Bombing,” in the New Mexican desert.   No one wants to think about a bombing, but acts of terrorism...


Three ECSU Freshmen Awarded Full Academic Scholarships
Robert Kelly-Goss August 31, 2018 2
This year’s Chancellor’s Academic Scholarship recipients Ja’Vonya Trotter, Adonis Hyman, and Kendell Brown will receive a fully funded, four-year scholarship. They were congratulated by ECSU Interim Chancellor Karrie Dixon.   Three Elizabeth City State University freshmen have been awarded Chancellor’s...

ECSU’s Alexis Martin Awarded Thurgood Marshall College Fund Scholarship
Robert Kelly-Goss August 24, 2018 6
Alexis Martin wants to inspire people to achieve their goals. And the Elizabeth City State University junior is certainly an example to follow with the recent announcement that she’s a Thurgood Marshall College Fund scholarship recipient. Martin, an Elizabeth City...


ECSU Receives $320,000 NASA STEM Grant
Robert Kelly-Goss August 14, 2018 1
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...

ECSU Receives $350,000 National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Research and Cultural Heritage Center
Robert Kelly-Goss August 8, 2018 1
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...