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ECSU Visual Arts Students Display Work at Arts of the Albemarle
Robert Kelly-Goss April 9, 2021
Elizabeth City State University visual art and graphic design students are joining fellow art majors from College of The Albemarle in a joint show at Arts of the Albemarle. “Emerging Artists: A Celebration of Student Work in Elizabeth City,” opens...

WRVS 89.9 FM Celebrates 35 Years on the Air with SuccessFest
Robert Kelly-Goss March 22, 2021
Elizabeth City State University’s public radio station, WRVS 89.9 FM, is celebrating 35 years on the air this month with SuccessFest, its biannual membership drive and week-long radiothon, kicking off March 28. According to ECSU’s director of radio and television...


The Dallas Black Dance Theater Brings Innovation to Elizabeth City in Virtual Community Connection Series Performance
Robert Kelly-Goss March 15, 2021
The Dallas Black Dance Theater’s upcoming Elizabeth City State University Community Connection event is more than a virtual performance, it is an experience born out of a pandemic that motivated the artistic company to innovate in the face of challenging...

Viking Alumnus Deion Warren Takes his Passion for Music to The Voice
Robert Kelly-Goss March 12, 2021
When Deion Warren took the stage on The Voice earlier this week, people that know the Elizabeth City State University graduate might have been surprised that he chose the hit single, “Shallow,” as his blind audition song. “Shallow,” made popular...


ECSU African American Cemetery Project Preserves, Documents History
Robert Kelly-Goss February 25, 2021
Cemeteries are not only monuments to the loved ones that have passed, they are also monuments to history, and documentation of the past. But when those cemeteries are neglected, people not only lose a piece of that history, it is...

Nikki Giovanni Sees Hope in the Future: Celebrated Poet to Speak at ECSU’s Community Connections Series Feb. 25
Robert Kelly-Goss February 22, 2021
On the face of it, reading Nikki Giovanni’s poetry, it might seem that the sum of her life is found in her written words, but more telling are the words she shares in conversation when, these days, she emotes expressions...


Blues Legends Get Iconic Treatment in ECSU Graphic Design Professor’s Mississippi Delta Mural Project
Robert Kelly-Goss February 19, 2021
Graphic design professor, John Stiles, is creating a mural honoring the legends of the blues. The mural will head to its permanent home in Cleveland, Mississippi next month. John Stiles is celebrating the blues. The Elizabeth City State University graphic...

ECSU Hosts PBS Documentary ‘The Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song’ Discussions Feb. 9 and 15
Robert Kelly-Goss February 8, 2021
As part of its Black History Month celebration, Elizabeth City State University and WRVS 89.9 FM are having two virtual discussions on Feb. 9 and 15 about the highly anticipated PBS documentary, “The Black Church: This is Our Story, This...


ECSU Celebrates Black History Month with Series of Virtual Events
Robert Kelly-Goss January 29, 2021
February is Black History Month and Elizabeth City State University has a number of activities to celebrate the history and culture of the African American community, according to professor of history, Dr. Melissa Stuckey.  “This is an incredible line-up of...

First Citizens Bank $36K Gift Helps Launch ECSU’s Spring 2021 Community Connections Series Season
Robert Kelly-Goss January 26, 2021
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...