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Eyricka Johnson’s Love of History is Taking Her Places
Robert Kelly-Goss July 24, 2019 2
ECSU senior Eyricka Johnson is spending her summer interning at the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, researching African American history.   Dr. Seuss, in his acclaimed book, “Oh the Places You’ll Go,” observed that “The more things...

Summer Internship Gives Latori Gregory Insight into Her Future
Robert Kelly-Goss July 9, 2019 0
Latori Gregory, a senior business administration major, is spending her summer interning with Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina.   Latori Gregory has a goal and she’s putting in the hours this summer, in pursuit of it. The Elizabeth City...


Summer Bridge Program Preps Freshmen for Future at ECSU
Robert Kelly-Goss June 24, 2019 8
Twenty-seven incoming freshmen are enrolled in ECSU’s summer bridge program. Tanayaha Bullock, second row from the bottom in the middle, says ECSU is her top pick school and she’s excited to begin her studies in biology.   It’s Sunday, June...

ECSU Junior Places First in Thurgood Marshall College Fund Pitch 2019 Competition
Robert Kelly-Goss May 30, 2019 1
Tykira Beasley, an ECSU junior, is a member of the winning Pitch 2019 team. Pitch is an innovation and entrepreneurial competition held by the Thurgood Marshall College Fund each year.   Tykira Beasley got a taste of success when she...


A Photographic Look Back at ECSU’s Spring 2019 Semester
Robert Kelly-Goss May 17, 2019 2
The spring 2019 semester began with a new chancellor, Dr. Karrie Dixon, and ended with her presiding over the commencement ceremony of 146 graduates. On Saturday, May 11, the Vaughan Center was jammed packed with students, family, friends, and ECSU...

Four ECSU Graduates Commissioned as U.S. Army Officers
Robert Kelly-Goss May 10, 2019 3
Pictured are, left to right, Maj. Gen. (retired) Sanford E. Holman, 2nd Lt. Dara Drury, 2nd Lt. Isaiah Graves, 2nd. Lt. Vance Maxey, 2nd Lt. Brandon Sparrow, and ECSU Chancellor Karrie Dixon. The four graduating seniors were commissioned into the...


Britney Spence is the Spring 2019 Bearer of the Mace
Robert Kelly-Goss May 9, 2019 3
When graduating senior Britney Spence received her blazer for the Chancellor’s Distinguished Emblem Award during Honors Convocation last month, she thought there was a chance she could be named Elizabeth City State University’s spring 2019 Bearer of the Mace. But...

Six Student Teachers Carry On ECSU’s Educator Tradition
Robert Kelly-Goss May 8, 2019 3
Student teachers, clockwise, Britney Spence, Carlie Spear, Drew Baccus Tarranova, Sharon Nixon, Amy Williams, and Jennifer Boyd meet with their professor, Dr. Saundra Copeland, center, to prepare for graduation.   Six new elementary teachers are ready to help shape the...


Three ECSU Students Prepare for Study-Abroad Experience
Robert Kelly-Goss May 8, 2019 2
Zandria Edwards, far right, Khya Kornegay, far left, and Malik Singleton, center/standing, pose with Dr. Andre Stevenson while pointing the countries they will visit during the study-abroad experience.   Mark Twain famously said, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and...

ECSU Students Get Insights into Radio and Television during M.E.D.I.A. Week
Robert Kelly-Goss May 2, 2019 0
ECSU students, left to right, Maya Cole, Lewis Sutton, Brandi Miller, Joshua Dale, Ronesha Parker, Courtney Hancock, Da’Tuila Vinson, Miquel Washington, and Mattelyn Bond attend the National Association of Black Journalists 2019 Regional Conference last month in Hampton, Virginia.  ...