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ECSU Partners with Food Lion Feeds to Address Food Insecurity Across the Region
Robert Kelly-Goss September 21, 2018
Winners of Collegiate Challenge to Receive up to $20,000 Towards Hunger-Relief  North Carolina Campus Compact announced that they have joined forces with Food Lion Feeds to launch a “Collegiate Challenge” mobilizing colleges & universities to address hunger in their local...

International Week Brings Global Flavor to ECSU Campus
Robert Kelly-Goss September 20, 2018
If you’ve never attended an Elizabeth City State University International Dinner and Fair, then you haven’t been treated to the diversity of cultures that make up campus life. Sept. 24 through Sept. 28 is International Week and there’s plenty to...


Elizabeth City Residents Gather for Chancellor Search Forum
Robert Kelly-Goss August 30, 2018
Elizabeth City mayor and ECSU alum, Bettie Parker, shares her thoughts on the choice of the university’s next chancellor. Parker and other community members gathered for a community forum hosted by the ECSU Chancellors Search Committee Wednesday, Aug. 29, at...

Former ECSU Board Member Sam Roebuck Passes at 94
Robert Kelly-Goss August 24, 2018
Carrie M. and Samuel Roebuck attend the groundbreaking ceremony for Roebuck Stadium in 1981. Samuel Roebuck passed away Wednesday, Aug. 22, at 94.   When The Mighty Vikings take the field and fill the bleachers at Roebuck Stadium, they are...


ECSU Community Engagement Initiative to be Showcased at Statewide Fall Emerging Issues Forum
Robert Kelly-Goss August 23, 2018
ECSU students volunteer at Food Bank of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City as part of New Viking Days. Student and university community engagement is a significant part of campus life and a recent statewide forum has recognized ECSU for its...

ECSU Receives $320,000 NASA STEM Grant
Robert Kelly-Goss August 14, 2018
The recent NASA grant award to ECSU helps fund STEM education outreach such as the use of the Mobile STEM Lab. The lab is designed to deliver STEM education programs to school children across ECSU’s 21-county service area.   Elizabeth...


Mass Casualty Drill Tests ECSU Emergency Management Preparedness
Robert Kelly-Goss July 17, 2018
Early in the morning Tuesday, July 17, the parking lot of the Fine Arts Center on the Elizabeth City State University campus was teeming with police officers. Law enforcement agents from Elizabeth City, and the Pasquotank County Sherriff’s Department joined...

ECSU, Roanoke-Chowan Community College Partnering on Elementary Education Program
Robert Kelly-Goss July 13, 2018
Elizabeth City State University provost, Dr. Van Newkirk, standing, discusses some of the programs ECSU offers during a community college partnership meeting held on the campus of Roanoke-Chowan Community College in June.   As community college partnerships with Elizabeth City...


ECSU’s Day of Giving Establishes New Records
Robert Kelly-Goss June 28, 2018
Students man the phones at the ECSU call center for the second annual Day of Giving fundraising campaign.   A call to Elizabeth City State University donors to dig deep and give big has paid off during the second annual...

Aerospace Academy Students Celebrate with Awards Ceremony
Robert Kelly-Goss June 22, 2018
Awards and demonstrations were part of the NASA Aerospace Academy ceremony, capping off a week of STEM-related activities.   Robots, hydrogen car models, aviation demonstrations and more made up what was a week-long NASA Aerospace Academy camp aimed at introducing...