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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: Dallas Black Dance Theatre
ECSU April 15, 2022
Registration is required to attend or watch online.  Join Elizabeth City State University on Thursday, April 21 at 7:00PM as the university welcomes back the Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT) troupe for an awe-inspiring performance!  DBDT last visited ECSU in...

ECSU Hosting Grammy Award-Winning Jazz Performer
ECSU April 5, 2022
Join Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) on Wednesday, April 6 at 7:00PM for ECSU’s Jazz Festival 2022 featuring Grammy Award winning artist Charlton Singleton.  The ECSU Jazz Festival will also include guest performances by the university’s Jazz Ensemble, the U.S....


COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS: Viking Vibe – A Night of Music with Tshombe Selby
ECSU March 29, 2022
Join Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) on Thursday, March 31 at 7:00PM for an amazing night of music with North Carolina native Tshombe Selby, a 2008 ECSU graduate and Grammy Award-winning vocalist.  This event is free and open to the...

It’s Time to Celebrate International Week at ECSU
Robert Kelly-Goss November 15, 2021
It’s International Week at Elizabeth City State University and that means a list of events focused on celebrating the incredible diversity across the campus from faculty and staff to students.  The five-days of events begins this afternoon at the Ridley...


Creative Vikings Get Real-World Experience with Newly Launched 1704 Media Production Project
Robert Kelly-Goss November 9, 2021
A literary journal, a student newspaper, video production, graphic design: These are just a few of the projects being spearheaded by the newly formed Elizabeth City State University student-staffed 1704 Media Production. Housed on the first floor of the ITC...

First Black Female American POW and Best-Selling Author, Shoshana Johnson, to Share Her Story at ECSU
Robert Kelly-Goss November 2, 2021
Shoshana Johnson, the first Black American POW, will share her story at the Mickey L. Burnim Fine Arts Center on Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m., as part of the Community Connections Lecture and Performance Series. The event is...


ECSU Presents Douglas Jackson and Alan Woo in Recital, Nov. 4
Robert Kelly-Goss October 25, 2021
The music is alive at Elizabeth City State University. A recital by music professors, Julliard-trained Dr. Alan Woo and jazz recording artist Douglas Jackson, will feature compositions by Rameau, Pepusch, Fabre, Offenbach, and Mussorgsky Nov. 4, free and open to...

ECSU Community Connections Lecture and Performance Series Presents: ‘A Conversation with TV Industry Game Changers’
Robert Kelly-Goss October 14, 2021
Elizabeth City State University’s Community Connections Performance and Lecture Series is hosting an exciting event Oct. 21, “On Screen and Behind the Scenes: A Conversation with TV Industry Game Changers,” featuring actress and television personality Claudia Jordan and the general...


ECSU African American Literature Class Walks in the Footsteps of History Through the Life of Harriet Jacobs
Robert Kelly-Goss October 4, 2021
ECSU’s African American Literature class tours Edenton, North Carolina, learning firsthand about the life of the former enslaved woman, Harriet Jacobs. The tour allowed students to put into context her slave narrative, “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.”...

‘9th Wonder’ Launches ECSU’s 2021 Community Connections Performance and Lecture Series Season Sept. 23
Robert Kelly-Goss September 14, 2021
9th Wonder Elizabeth City State University’s Community Connections Performance and Lecture Series 2021-22 season is launching Sept. 23 with a free event featuring 9th Wonder, the Grammy-award winning “super producer.” The event, “Leadership at the Center of Technology, Society and Diversity,”...