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‘9th Wonder’ Launches ECSU’s 2021 Community Connections Performance and Lecture Series Season Sept. 23
Robert Kelly-Goss September 14, 2021
9th Wonder Elizabeth City State University’s Community Connections Performance and Lecture Series 2021-22 season is launching Sept. 23 with a free event featuring 9th Wonder, the Grammy-award winning “super producer.” The event, “Leadership at the Center of Technology, Society and Diversity,”...

Elizabeth City State University Continues to be a Top Performer in U.S. News and World Report National University Rankings
Robert Kelly-Goss September 13, 2021
Elizabeth City State University continues to be a top performer in the annual U.S. News and World Report university rankings. According to the publication, ECSU has been ranked fourth for Top Public Schools in the Regional South, 10thfor Top Performers...


Elizabeth City State University Awarded Two Grants to Address Problem Gambling in College-Age Students
Robert Kelly-Goss September 10, 2021
Elizabeth City State University has been awarded two grants from the North Carolina Problem Gambling Program (NCPGP). The two awards, totaling $10,000, work to address problem gambling in college-age students.  The first grant, according to Dr. Kim Downing, director of...

ECSU Works to Digitize and Preserve North Carolina History Thanks to State Library of North Carolina Grant
Robert Kelly-Goss September 9, 2021
Dr. Juanita Spence, director of library services at ECSU’s G.R. Little Library, is heading up efforts to establish a North Carolina Digital Heritage Center satellite location on campus thanks to a grant awarded to the university by the State Library...


ECSU Partners with Apple and Tennessee State University to Become a Community Center for Coding and Creativity
Robert Kelly-Goss September 1, 2021
Elizabeth City State University is now a community center for Coding and Creativity as part of Apple’s Community Education Initiative and Tennessee State University’s HBCU C2. The teaching and learning initiative is designed to empower Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)...

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...


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...