Student Life

Elizabeth City State University’s Aviation Program students have the right stuff and they proved that fact last month at the National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) Region-X SAFECON competition. The students, led by aviation professor and team coach Orestes Gooden, took...

Elizabeth City State University senior Maurice Carpenter has a plan. Although the sound recording major has yet to graduate, he’s already setting in motion what he hopes will be his future beyond ECSU. This past summer Carpenter launched Black Gold...

On Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, 33 Elizabeth City State University students were presented as Honors Scholars during the “E is for Excellence” event held at Johnson Hall. The director of the honors program, Dr. Kenneth E. Jones, hosted the program...

Brittney Lamb’s rise to Viking royalty has a purpose. The Elizabeth City State University junior and Elizabeth City native is Miss ECSU, and she says it’s all about getting involved in campus life, and making a difference. And it’s that...

Volunteering is the Viking way and ever since the Viking Volunteer Corps was officially launched in August, students have been signing up to do their part. According to, LaQuisha Mayfield, admissions counselor and one of several volunteer coordinators, 33 Elizabeth...

For Mr. ECSU, senior Parsell Murphy, there are few things more important than giving back to the university he calls home. Carrying the title of Mr. ECSU for the 2016-2017 school-year, Murphy has been an active participant in the Viking...

The excitement on the campus of Elizabeth City State University was unmistakable as new freshmen gathered with their families inside the Mickey L. Burnim Fine Arts Auditorium Thursday, July 14, 2016, for new student orientation. An estimated 60 students and...