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Three ECSU Freshmen Awarded Full Academic Scholarships
Robert Kelly-Goss August 31, 2018 2
This year’s Chancellor’s Academic Scholarship recipients Ja’Vonya Trotter, Adonis Hyman, and Kendell Brown will receive a fully funded, four-year scholarship. They were congratulated by ECSU Interim Chancellor Karrie Dixon.   Three Elizabeth City State University freshmen have been awarded Chancellor’s...

Elizabeth City State University Enrollment is Up and Growing
Robert Kelly-Goss August 29, 2018 4
The 2018 fall semester has seen the largest freshman class at Elizabeth City State University in five years, and the final numbers are clear: Overall enrollment is up. Enrollment for ECSU’s fall 2018 semester is 1,636, a 19 percent increase...


ECSU Named Best of the Best Top Veteran Friendly School
Robert Kelly-Goss August 29, 2018 0
U.S. Veterans Magazine has released the results of its 2018 Best of the Best Top Veteran-Friendly Schools and Elizabeth City State University has been named a Top Veteran-Friendly School. According to the magazine’s announcement, the Best of the Best rankings...

Elizabeth City State University Chancellor’s Search Webpage Goes Live
Robert Kelly-Goss August 29, 2018 0
As part of the search process for ECSU’s new chief officer, a webpage has been launched to provide detailed and up-to-date information about the search. The site link is posted at the top bar of the university homepage, www.ecsu.edu, or...


ECSU Community Engagement Initiative to be Showcased at Statewide Fall Emerging Issues Forum
Robert Kelly-Goss August 23, 2018 1
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...

Championship Coach Shawn Walker Returns to Lead ECSU Vikings Men’s Basketball
Robert Kelly-Goss August 17, 2018 0
Former Viking championship coach, Shawn Walker, is returning to Elizabeth City State University to take the helm as head coach of the men’s basketball program. Walker, a university alum, was ECSU’s championship head coach from 2002 to 2014. While heading...


ECSU Receives $320,000 NASA STEM Grant
Robert Kelly-Goss August 14, 2018 1
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...

ECSU Receives $350,000 National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Research and Cultural Heritage Center
Robert Kelly-Goss August 8, 2018 1
Dr. Melissa Stuckey, ECSU professor of history, stands in front of the Rosenwald School building on campus. ECSU was just awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to help renovate this and the Prinicpal’s House for a planned African...


Board of Governors Approves $2.3 Million Appropriation for ECSU
Robert Kelly-Goss July 27, 2018 4
This image of the campus of Elizabeth City State University, shot from a drone, shows the ongoing improvements to the institution. The repair and renovation funding will serve to continue that work.   The University of North Carolina System Board...

ECSU Awarded More Than $4 Million in Competitive Grants
Robert Kelly-Goss July 19, 2018 0
The ECSU Sponsored Programs office is responsible for working with faculty to pursue and write grants. The staff is, left to right, Michelle Moore, Pernell Bartlett, Dr. Cyntrica Eaton, Annemarie Delgado, Anthony Smith, Vandalyn Ray, and John Raynor.   Over...