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ECSU Celebrates Highest Fall Enrollment Since 2013
Robert Kelly-Goss August 31, 2021
Elizabeth City State University has experienced the highest enrollment since the fall 2013 semester. According to the fall 2021 enrollment census, released Monday, Aug. 30, total enrollment is 2,054, a 2.6 percent increase over fall 2020. The recruitment of a...

Washington Monthly Magazine Awards Elizabeth City State University Top National and Regional Rankings for 2021
Robert Kelly-Goss August 30, 2021
The Washington Monthly’s 2021 national college rankings are out, and Elizabeth City State University has made two prestigious lists. The publication’s highly-anticipated ranking places ECSU as number 13 for bachelor’s degree colleges nationwide, and number 18 as a Best Bang...


Elizabeth City State University, United Airlines Launch Partnership with Ceremony Friday, Aug. 27
Robert Kelly-Goss August 25, 2021
Elizabeth City State University and United Airlines Aviate pilot career development program have partnered to train a new generation of pilots. On Friday, Aug. 27, on the ECSU campus, university officials will be joined by United Airlines representatives to launch...

Faculty Profile: Dwayne Ponton Wants ECSU to Produce the Best Criminal Justice Professionals in the World
Robert Kelly-Goss August 19, 2021
Dwayne Ponton is a proud Viking. The criminal justice professor and lecturer has, by his own account, spent most of his adult life to date at Elizabeth City State University. It is, he says, very much a part of him. ...


ECSU Awarded More than $25 Million in Grant Funding
Robert Kelly-Goss August 18, 2021
Grants awarded to Elizabeth City State University continue to grow. According to the Office of Sponsored Programs, grant funding totaled $25 million for fiscal year 2021.  Director of Sponsored Programs, Annemarie Delgado, says that at the end of the 2021...

WRVS 89.9 FM 10th Annual Back to School Bash Aug. 22
Robert Kelly-Goss August 16, 2021
Kids are headed back to school, in-class, and that means it’s time for the 10th annual WRVS 89.9 FM Back to School Bash and Food Drive on Aug. 22. Elizabeth City State University’s public radio station, in cooperation with a number...


An ECSU Tradition, the New Student Induction and Pinning Ceremony Happens Monday, Aug. 16
Robert Kelly-Goss August 13, 2021
Becoming a Viking comes with “pomp and circumstance,” a new student pinning and induction ceremony that has its roots in the early days of Elizabeth City State University.  On Monday, Aug. 16, at 2 p.m., ECSU freshman will gather inside...

From Elizabeth City to China and Back Again: ECSU Sophomore Kenae Turner Explores the World
Robert Kelly-Goss August 12, 2021
Transfer student Kenae Turner, far left, left her hometown of Elizabeth City to teach English in China for a year. She’s pictured with her host family. Kenae Turner is 20-years old and she’s already experienced more life than many of...


ECSU Chancellor Karrie G. Dixon Delivers Fall 2021 State of University Address: The future is Bright
Robert Kelly-Goss August 11, 2021
As the Elizabeth City State University community prepares to return to campus for the fall 2021 semester, the message from Chancellor Karrie G. Dixon during her State of the University address is clear. There is a “bright future” ahead.  “We...

ECSU Education Graduate is Fueling Her Passion for Teaching
Robert Kelly-Goss August 9, 2021
Teaching is Shamira Moore’s passion. The Elizabeth City State University graduate has been working with kids since high school, and armed with a degree she received in 2019, the Elizbeth City native is ready for a new school year, but...