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ECSU Joins Grow with Google’s HBCU Career Readiness Program
ECSU October 7, 2022
New Partnership with University’s Career Development Center to Train 100,000 Black College Students in Digital Skills by 2025 Today, Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) announced its participation in the Grow with Google HBCU Career Readiness Program. The initiative helps African...

ECSU to Host “Vikings Unleashed: Homecoming 2022” Oct. 9-16
ECSU October 5, 2022
Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) will welcome back thousands of alumni and present a number of events for students, employees, friends of the university and the community during the weeklong “Vikings Unleashed: Homecoming 2022” from Sunday, Oct. 9, through Sunday,...


ECSU to Feature “Almost Now: Cuban Art, Cinema, and Politics in the 1960s and 1970s”
ECSU October 3, 2022
Touring Exhibition From Ackland Art Museum at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Comes to Northeastern N.C. Elizabeth City State University (ECSU)’s Department of Music and Visual Arts will host a new exhibit, “Almost Now: Cuban Art, Cinema and...

ECSU and NC Civil Rights Trail to Unveil Historic Marker Honoring Civil Rights Student Activists
ECSU October 3, 2022
Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) and the North Carolina Civil Rights Trail will unveil a historical marker honoring Elizabeth City State Teachers College (ECSTC) students who led early sit ins in 1960. The unveiling and celebration are scheduled for Thursday,...


Conversation with Actor J. Alphonse Nicholson on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
ECSU September 22, 2022
Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) is welcoming North Carolina native and television, film and stage actor J. Alphonse Nicholson to Vikingland on Sunday, September 25, 2022, at 3 p.m. for a conversation on diversity, equity and inclusion. This event is free and open...

ECSU Registers Highest Student Count in Eight Years
ECSU August 30, 2022
Enrollment Grows by More than 52 Percent Over the Last Five Consecutive Years Elizabeth City State University (ECSU)’s student population increased by 4.6% from the 2022 to 2023 academic year, recording growth in nearly every student category. The university registered its overall total enrollment...


Hip Hop Producer 9th Wonder Joins ECSU as Artist-in-Residence for Upcoming Academic Year
ECSU July 28, 2022
Artist has collaborated with Jay-Z, Mary J. Blige, Drake, Ludacris, and others Elizabeth City, N.C. – Patrick Douthit, better known as 9th Wonder, is joining Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) as Artist-in-Residence. This Grammy Award-winning producer and executive has worked...

ECSU Receiving $76k+ Grant for Campus and Community Wellness Initiative
ECSU July 11, 2022
Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) has been awarded $76,150 from Sentara Healthcare to support a year-long university initiative called WELL. Through this new program, ECSU will sponsor a series of events over 12 months for both the campus and surrounding...


ECSU Student Selected for Governor’s HBCU Internship Program
ECSU June 15, 2022
Tracy Dotse, an ECSU Senior majoring in Business Administration, was chosen to participate in the North Carolina Governor’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Internship Program this summer. A total of 36 students from nine of the state’s HBCUs were...

ECSU Students Travel the World, Gain New Experiences as They Study Abroad This Summer and Fall
ECSU June 6, 2022
Nearly a dozen Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) students will learn in locations across the globe this summer and fall in countries ranging from Costa Rica to South Korea.  They will learn different languages, soak in other cultures, acquire global...