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ECSU’s Dr. Sharon Raynor Honored with Old North State Award
Robert Kelly-Goss February 13, 2020
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has awarded Elizabeth City State University dean of the School of Humanities and Social Science, Dr. Sharon Raynor, The Old North State Award. The award was presented to Dr. Raynor during the African American Veteran...

Blue Cross Blue and Shield of North Carolina Awards Elizabeth City State University $250,000 for Financial Assistance Program
Robert Kelly-Goss February 12, 2020
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) has awarded Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) a $250,000 grant to assist with student retention. According to ECSU provost, Dr. Farrah J. Ward, the grant funds will assist in...


ECSU Co-Organizes 2nd NC African American Veteran Lineage Day Ceremony and Documentary at NC Museum of History
Robert Kelly-Goss February 11, 2020
On Thursday, Feb. 13, Elizabeth City State University will participate in a statewide program to honor North Carolina’s African American veterans. The second North Carolina African American Veteran Lineage Day Ceremony and Documentary will take place starting at 8:30 a.m....

ECSU Forms Education Taskforce with Area School Districts
Robert Kelly-Goss February 10, 2020
Elizabeth City State University’s Department of Education has formed an education taskforce to determine how to better prepare the next generation of teachers. The first taskforce meeting will be held Thursday, Feb. 13, according to ECSU’s director of teacher education,...


ECSU Offers Historically Underutilized Business Certification Training
Robert Kelly-Goss February 5, 2020
Elizabeth City State University’s Office of Design and Construction is hosting the Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Certification Training on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 9 a.m. to noon at the K.E. White Center. Elizabeth City and the surrounding cities are home to...

Former ECSU Chancellor, Dr. Mickey L. Burnim, is 2020 Founders Day Convocation Speaker
Robert Kelly-Goss February 5, 2020
The 2020 Elizabeth City State University Founders Day Convocation will happen March 6 at 10 a.m. in the Mickey L. Burnim Fine Arts Center. The keynote speaker for the annual event is former ECSU chancellor, Dr. Mickey L. Burnim. Dr....


ECSU Celebrates Black History Month with an Eye on Voter Rights
Robert Kelly-Goss January 31, 2020
During the early 1960s, Elizabeth City State University students held lunch counter sit-ins and a Civil Rights march in downtown Elizabeth City. Dr. Glen Bowman will discuss the history of the sit-ins Monday, Feb. 17 in the Gilchrist Complex at...

ECSU Spring 2020 Enrollment is Up
Robert Kelly-Goss January 30, 2020
Enrollment at Elizabeth City State University continues to rise. According to the spring 2020 enrollment census, ECSU has seen a 6.7 percent overall increase compared to spring 2019 – a jump from 1,508 in 2019 to 1,670 in 2020. “The...


Anita Walton Named ECSU’s Vice Chancellor of University Advancement
Robert Kelly-Goss January 23, 2020
Anita Walton has been named Elizabeth City State University’s new Vice Chancellor of University Advancement. Ms. Walton will start her position at ECSU March 2. Ms. Walton comes to ECSU with 25 years of higher education administrative experience. Her background...

ECSU Awarded Charitable Trust Grant for Medicaid Research
Robert Kelly-Goss January 23, 2020
Elizabeth City State University along with university professor, Dr. Anthony Emekalam, has been awarded $184,000 by the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust for the Medicaid Transition Evaluation for Eastern North Carolina, also known as the ECSU MEDITEEN project. According to...