Jaelah Adkins, 17, strikes a pose with the Viking “V” at freshman orientation early in 2020. She entered ECSU as a second semester freshman in January 2020 while still a high school student in Elizabeth City. She was 16 at...
ECSU students marched to the polls on the first day of early voting, Oct. 15, as part of ongoing voter initiative events being held on campus now through Nov. 4. There were an estimated 200 Elizabeth City State University students,...
Elizabeth City State University students will always tell you, life on campus from students to faculty, to staff is one big family. For senior Tatiana Keo, that experience is no different from her fellow Vikings. “My decision to attend ECSU...
Clarence Goss and Dr. Jennifer Brown, left, pin freshmen during the 2019 Freshmen Pinning Ceremony. This year’s ceremony is being done in accordance to COVID-19 health and safety guidelines. A new class of Elizabeth City State University freshmen are being...
In spite of the challenges presented by COVID-19, Elizabeth City State University Vikings have risen to the occasion, marking a record fall enrollment and a record persistence rate – returning students – at 84.7 percent. The efforts of University Studies...
Freshmen ladies from the Sister2Sister program meet via Zoom. Sister2Sister and its male counterpart, Champion Scholars, are working online this semester, building bonds and encouraging student success. Perhaps more than any time in recent memory, the efforts of Elizabeth City...
Elizabeth City State University’s 2020-2021 Miss ECSU, Mekayla Stokley, could not have anticipated the overwhelming changes that would come to campus last March, shortly after she learned that she would represent her fellow Vikings as their top Royal Court member....
Students are back on campus and back to class, however much of Elizabeth City State University’s student services are operating in a virtual mode due to safety precautions during the COVID-19 pandemic. While services such as admissions or financial aid...
When students talk about their experience at Elizabeth City State University, one of the most common descriptors is “family.” To be a Viking, students say, is to be a member of a big family, and junior Joshua Cox says he...
Jimmy Chambers, Jr., the SGA president, says student leadership is working to not only help students stay safe during the pandemic, but also engaged. Life on the campus of Elizabeth City State University has changed since students were sent home...
