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First Citizens Bank $36K Gift Helps Launch ECSU’s Spring 2021 Community Connections Series Season
Robert Kelly-Goss January 26, 2021 3
First Citizens Bank has gifted Elizabeth City State University $36,000 to help fund, in part, the Community Connections: Performance and Lecture Series launched last spring. The first event, featuring best-selling author and poet Nikki Giovanni, will take place in February.  According to...

Dr. Shirin Siddiqui is One of a Number of Professors Celebrating ECSU’s Annual International Week
Robert Kelly-Goss November 10, 2020 1
Dr. Shirin Siddiqui, far left, is one of a number of international professors celebrating ECSU’s International Week. She is joined by, second from left, Dr. Debjani Kanjilal, Dr. Jharna Sengupta, and retired ECSU professor, Dr. Sultana Khan. Chemistry professor, Dr....


ECSU’s Annual International Week Events Go Virtual Nov. 10-11
Robert Kelly-Goss November 5, 2020 0
Dr. Shirin Siddiqui’s CHEM 102 class will host Introduction to Games from Around the World during ECSU’s virtual International Week activities Nov. 10-11. Dr. Siddiqui is an associate professor of natural sciences and a native of Bangladesh .  Elizabeth City...

ECSU Students to Participate in National, Virtual Performance of ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’
Robert Kelly-Goss September 22, 2020 2
Three Elizabeth City State University students will be among the 105 HBCU choral performers to lift up their voices during “Honoring National HBCU Week.”  On Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 11 a.m., they will be a part of the national, virtual...


WRVS-FM Announces Launch of New Jazz Radio Station
Robert Kelly-Goss August 31, 2020 1
Elizabeth City State University’s WRVS-FM 89.9announced today the launch ofJazzy 89.9, a new radio station featuring jazzmusic through its HD2 signal.  The station officially debuts on Sept. 1.   The Jazzy 89.9 moniker was previously used on WRVS-FM from 1997-2003. “Jazzy 89.9 gives us...

National Endowment for the Arts Grant Aids Funding for ECSU Community Connections Performance and Lecture Series
Robert Kelly-Goss August 27, 2020 1
Talks with The Virginia Symphony is part of the event planning for ECSU’S recently formed Community Connections Performance and Lecture Series. A $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts will match a $12,000 private donation by Elizabeth City...


ECSU Music Professor Douglas Jackson Produces Original Jazz Album, ‘Night Moves: Hip Jazz and World Beats’
Robert Kelly-Goss July 8, 2020 6
As a professor of music at Elizabeth City State University, Douglas Jackson wants to keep his students up on the current trends in digital music publishing. As a musician, the Los Angeles native is putting his music through the test,...

ECSU Alumnus and Metropolitan Opera Company Performer Tshombe Selby Gives Live-Stream Concert July 21
Robert Kelly-Goss July 7, 2020 5
Elizabeth City State University alumnus and New York Metropolitan Opera Company singer, Tshombe Selby, has been taking the world of opera by storm with his success story, and now, on July 21 the Manteo, North Carolina native will be live-streaming...


ECSU Digital Media Professor’s Short Film Featured in North Carolina Museum of History Longleaf Film Festival
Robert Kelly-Goss May 7, 2020 0
For Dr. Walter Iriarte, a short film recently accepted to appear in the North Carolina Museum of History Longleaf Film Festival is motivated by his academic exploration of visual language and a personal journey. The Elizabeth City State University professor...

Alan Woo March 17 Piano Recital Canceled
Robert Kelly-Goss March 11, 2020 0
Due to growing concerns over the coronavirus, Elizabeth City State University faculty member Alan Woo’s March 17 piano recital has been canceled. No alternative date has been announced at this time. Mr. Woo’s recital was scheduled to feature works by...