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ECSU to Host “Vikings Unleashed: Homecoming 2022” Oct. 9-16
ECSU October 5, 2022
Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) will welcome back thousands of alumni and present a number of events for students, employees, friends of the university and the community during the weeklong “Vikings Unleashed: Homecoming 2022” from Sunday, Oct. 9, through Sunday,...

ECSU to Feature “Almost Now: Cuban Art, Cinema, and Politics in the 1960s and 1970s”
ECSU October 3, 2022
Touring Exhibition From Ackland Art Museum at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Comes to Northeastern N.C. Elizabeth City State University (ECSU)’s Department of Music and Visual Arts will host a new exhibit, “Almost Now: Cuban Art, Cinema and...


ECSU and NC Civil Rights Trail to Unveil Historic Marker Honoring Civil Rights Student Activists
ECSU October 3, 2022
Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) and the North Carolina Civil Rights Trail will unveil a historical marker honoring Elizabeth City State Teachers College (ECSTC) students who led early sit ins in 1960. The unveiling and celebration are scheduled for Thursday,...

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...