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ECSU Students Hold Meet the Candidates Event Sept. 17
Robert Kelly-Goss September 11, 2019
Elizabeth City State University students are out to be informed voters. That’s why Vikings are partnering with the Northeast North Carolina League of Women Voters for an informal candidate forum on Tuesday, Sept. 17. This event will give campus and...

Visual and Performing Arts Chair Dr. Christopher Palestrant Performs with Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Robert Kelly-Goss September 11, 2019
Elizabeth City State University’s chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, Dr. Christopher Palestrant, is out in the community keeping the music alive as he performs with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra this month. Dr. Palestrant will perform twice...


ECSU’s One Initiative Program Holds Civic Conversations Series
Robert Kelly-Goss September 10, 2019
Russ Haddad, far right, is ECSU’s director of community relations, seen here with Dr. Jennifer Brown and ECSU students at the Vikings Care Food Pantry on campus. Haddad will host the university’s One Initiative Civic Conversations Series starting Sept. 12,...

ECSU, Elizabeth City Community Celebrate Grand Re-Opening of State-of-the-Art Digital Khan Planetarium
Robert Kelly-Goss September 9, 2019
ECSU celebrated the grand re-opening of the Khan Planetarium on Wednesday, Sept. 4. A ribbon cutting ceremony featured, left to right, State Sen. Bob Steinburg, ECSU Chancellor Karrie Dixon, Dr. Sultana Khan, ECSU Provost Farrah Ward, Elizabeth City Mayor Bettie...


History Professor Dr. Melissa Stuckey to Lecture at Museum of the Albemarle’s History for Lunch Sept. 4
Robert Kelly-Goss August 28, 2019
ECSU history professor, Dr. Melissa Stuckey, will give a talk at Museum of the Albemarle Wednesday, Sept. 4 at 12:15. She will discuss the Rosenwald School during the museum’s History for Lunch program.   Elizabeth City State University history professor,...

Agreement with First Flight Society Brings Historic Aviation Portraits to ECSU STEM Complex
Robert Kelly-Goss August 22, 2019
A portrait of the famed Tuskegee Airmen is just one of 75 portraits on loan to ECSU from the First Flight Society thanks to a Memorandum of Agreement.   The Tuskegee Airmen, the Apollo 11 astronauts, Amelia Earhart: these are...


ECSU Students Collect Supplies for Aug. 25 Back to School Bash
Robert Kelly-Goss August 20, 2019
Elizabeth City State University students are already back to school, but they’re helping local kids prepare for another year, too. The annual Back to School Bash happens Sunday, Aug. 25, and Vikings have been prepping to make certain the event...

ECSU and Community Officials Celebrate STEM Complex Grand Opening
Robert Kelly-Goss August 13, 2019
          A flyover by Elizabeth City State University chief flight instructor, James Young, kicked off the grand opening ceremony of the STEM Complex Monday, Aug. 12. As Young soared overhead, ECSU officials were joined by Elizabeth...


ECSU’s Upward Bound Program Gives High School Students an Academic Advantage
Robert Kelly-Goss August 6, 2019
The summer 2019 ECSU Upward Bound students pose for a photo before their awards ceremony last month. High school students from the region attend the program and receive an academic leg-up, preparing them for college.   The Upward Bound program...

North Carolina Speaker of the House, Elected Officials Get Sneak Peek at STEM Complex
Robert Kelly-Goss August 5, 2019
North Carolina Speaker of the House Tim Moore, far left, came to the ECSU campus with three other elected state officials to get a sneak peek at the new STEM Complex and tour the campus. On the tour, Speaker Moore...