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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...

ECSU Prepares to Launch COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic April 6
Robert Kelly-Goss April 1, 2021
Elizabeth City State University is launching a COVID-19 vaccination clinic that will serve the ECSU campus community and the entire region. The clinics will take place at both the K.E. White Graduate Center as well as throughout the region.  Phase...


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...

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...


ECSU Receives Grant to Support Research into Mutation of COVID-19 Virus
Robert Kelly-Goss January 8, 2021
Dr. Hirendrana Banerjee is the principal investigator on a grant to research the mutation of the COVID-19 virus. Elizabeth City State University has received a $75,000 grant from the UNC System to support ongoing research into the mutation of the...

ECSU Signs COVID-19 Vaccine Mutual Use Agreement with Sentara Albemarle Medical Center, Albemarle Regional Health Services
Robert Kelly-Goss January 6, 2021
ECSU’s ultra-low freezer to store COVID-19 vaccines is on loan to Sentara Albemarle Medical Center thanks to a Mutual Use Agreement. Elizabeth City State University is partnering with Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center and Albemarle Regional Health Services in the...


ECSU to Offer COVID-19 Testing to Northeastern North Carolina
Robert Kelly-Goss October 15, 2020
The limited availability of COVID-19 testing has been a challenge throughout the pandemic, especially in rural America, including Northeastern North Carolina. Elizabeth City State University is going to mitigate that challenge by offering COVID-19 testing throughout the 21-county region. ECSU...

ECSU, NCDMVA Receive $20,000 Grant for African American Military and Veteran Military Project
Robert Kelly-Goss September 30, 2020
ECSU’s dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dr. Sharon Raynor, led the charge to establish the African American Military and Veteran Lineage Project. The North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (NCDMVA) in collaboration with Elizabeth...


ECSU Hosts State Launch of Suicide Prevention Red Flag Project
Robert Kelly-Goss September 10, 2020
When you drive through the main entrance of Elizabeth City State University and see a field of red flags on the grounds adjacent to the arch, know that you are entering the location of the state launch of the American...

ECSU’s WRVS-FM 89.9 Live-Streamed Football Forum to Address COVID-19 Impacts on the 2020 High School Season
Robert Kelly-Goss July 27, 2020
Elizabeth City State University public radio station, WRVS-FM 89.9, will host the NENC High School Football Forum on Wednesday, July 29 at 1 p.m. This virtual presentation will be live-streamed through the WRVS 89.9 Facebook and Instagram pages and will...