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Championship Coach Shawn Walker Returns to Lead ECSU Vikings Men’s Basketball
Robert Kelly-Goss August 17, 2018 0
Former Viking championship coach, Shawn Walker, is returning to Elizabeth City State University to take the helm as head coach of the men’s basketball program. Walker, a university alum, was ECSU’s championship head coach from 2002 to 2014. While heading...

SGA President Wants Every Viking to Be a Campus Leader
Robert Kelly-Goss August 15, 2018 1
Chorn Poyner, the 2018-2019 Student Government Association president, says he wants all ECSU students to find their leadership role on campus.   Chorn Poyner believes there’s room at Elizabeth City State University for every student to be a leader. That’s...


ECSU Receives $320,000 NASA STEM Grant
Robert Kelly-Goss August 14, 2018 0
The recent NASA grant award to ECSU helps fund STEM education outreach such as the use of the Mobile STEM Lab. The lab is designed to deliver STEM education programs to school children across ECSU’s 21-county service area.   Elizabeth...

George Bright Ready to Build a ‘Championship Culture’
Robert Kelly-Goss August 13, 2018 1
George L. Bright, ECSU’s new athletics director, has set out to build a “championship culture.”   George L. Bright is cultivating a “championship culture.” That’s the focus of Elizabeth City State University’s new athletic director, but there is so much...


Viking Student Life Getting Big Makeover with Brown at the Helm
Robert Kelly-Goss August 10, 2018 0
Gary Brown, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, right, greets students as they move into Viking Towers on freshman move-in day, Aug. 10. (Photo by Michael Harrison)   Since his arrival on campus July 9, Gary Brown has proven that he’s...

ECSU Receives $350,000 National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Research and Cultural Heritage Center
Robert Kelly-Goss August 8, 2018 0
Dr. Melissa Stuckey, ECSU professor of history, stands in front of the Rosenwald School building on campus. ECSU was just awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to help renovate this and the Prinicpal’s House for a planned African...


Dixon Lauds Efforts to Raise Viking Spirit in First State-of-University Address
Robert Kelly-Goss August 7, 2018 2
Elizabeth City State University Interim Chancellor, Dr. Karrie Dixon, gives her first State-of-the-University address during the 2018-2019 Faculty Institute Tuesday, Aug. 7. (Photo by Michael Harrison)   Elizabeth City State University’s Interim Chancellor, Dr. Karrie Dixon, has a message for...

ECSU Chancellor Search Is On: Committee Holds First Meeting
Robert Kelly-Goss August 2, 2018 0
University of North Carolina System President Margaret Spellings gives the charge of searching for a new ECSU chancellor during the search committee’s first meeting Thursday, Aug. 2, in the Ridley Student Center. (Photo by Michael J. Harrison)   The search...


A Viking Graduate is Becoming DIY Famous
Robert Kelly-Goss July 31, 2018 12
Ashely Basnight is on a roll these days. She’s found her passion and it’s taking her places. First she graduates from Elizabeth City State University in 2013, and then lands a job as a software engineer with Boeing in Oklahoma...

Board of Governors Approves $2.3 Million Appropriation for ECSU
Robert Kelly-Goss July 27, 2018 4
This image of the campus of Elizabeth City State University, shot from a drone, shows the ongoing improvements to the institution. The repair and renovation funding will serve to continue that work.   The University of North Carolina System Board...