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ECSU Teacher Education Program Receives CAEP Accreditation
Robert Kelly-Goss June 6, 2018 1
According to Elizabeth City State University Provost Vann Newkirk, the ECSU Teacher Education Program has been accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation, or CAEP. This is, he says, a big boon for the future of educating teachers...

ECSU Announces its 2nd Annual ECSU Day of Giving Campaign
Robert Kelly-Goss May 10, 2018 0
To assist Elizabeth City State University in serving its mission, the university will host the 2nd Annual ECSU Day of Giving (#ECSUGives) on Tuesday, June 26, 2018. The inaugural campaign raised $137,830 from 1,118 donors. The goal this year is...


ECSU is 12th in Best HBCU Ranking
Robert Kelly-Goss May 4, 2018 0
Elizabeth City State University has been ranked 12th in the country for the Best HBCU category by College Consensus (https://www.collegeconsensus.com). The announcement was made by the organization late April 2018. As an aggregate ranking, College Consensus pulls together data from...

Secretary of N.C. Dept. of Revenue Ronald Penny is Founders Day Convocation Speaker
Robert Kelly-Goss March 1, 2018 0
Secretary of the North Carolina Dept. of Revenue, Ronald Penny, will be the 2018 Elizabeth City State University Founders Day Convocation keynote speaker. On Friday, March 9, at 10 a.m. in the Mickey L. Burnim Fine Arts Center, Penny will...


Nationally Celebrated Scholar to Lecture on Education at ECSU
Robert Kelly-Goss February 27, 2018 0
One of higher education’s most important voices in the field of education, Dr. Joyce King, will lecture at Elizabeth City State University March 6, according to Department of Education, Psychology and Health Chair, Dr. Gwendolyn Williams. King’s lecture is a...

11th Annual Founders Day Gala Honors Nine with Chancellor’s Legacy Award
Robert Kelly-Goss February 1, 2018 4
The 11th annual Elizabeth City State University Founders Day Scholarship Gala is set to happen March 10 at the K.E. White Center. The anticipated event is a black-tie affair celebrating ECSU’s 127th year since its founding, and an opportunity to...


ECSU Receives Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Grant for Second Consecutive Year
Robert Kelly-Goss January 30, 2018 3
Dr. Ellis Lawrence, left, recently announced that Elizabeth City State University has been awarded a $27,500 grant by the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship.   Dr. Ellis Lawrence, a professor of technology and aviation science at Elizabeth City State University,...

ECSU Posts First Enrollment Increase In Seven Years
Robert Kelly-Goss August 29, 2017 0
The 2017 fall semester has seen the largest freshman class at Elizabeth City State University in five years, and now the overall enrollment numbers have exceeded the admissions goal. The total enrollment for ECSU’s fall 2017 semester is 1,411. The...


U.S. Rep. Butterfield 2017 ECSU Spring Commencement Keynote Speaker
Robert Kelly-Goss May 25, 2017 0
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – North Carolina’s first district representative to the U.S. House of Representatives Congressman G.K. Butterfield Jr. will give the keynote address during the 2017 Elizabeth City State University commencement on May 13 2017 9 a.m. at the...

ECSU Announces its First-Ever ECSU Day of Giving Campaign
Robert Kelly-Goss May 25, 2017 0
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Elizabeth City State University is hosting it’s first-ever ECSU Day of Giving and the entire university and northeast North Carolina community is needed to make a difference. ECSU is working toward joining forces with its alumni...