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ECSU Receives Nearly $180,000 for Drone Exploration Academy
Robert Kelly-Goss November 27, 2018 1
Elizabeth City State University has been awarded nearly $180,000 from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund to offer a Drone Exploration Academy program to middle and high school students in Northeastern North Carolina. According to Dr. Kuldeep Rawat, aviation program director, the...

ECSU Offers First Online Master of Education Degree Program
Robert Kelly-Goss November 26, 2018 1
Starting January 2019, Elizabeth City State University is offering its first online Master of Education degree program. The 100 percent online program will offer two concentrations, one for teacher leaders, and another for initial certification. With total tuition less than...


ECSU Honors Program Competes at National Conference
Robert Kelly-Goss November 20, 2018 0
ECSU Honors Program students who attended the National Association of African American Honors Programs Conference were, left to right, Brenna Daniel Eyricka Johnson, Rachel Lowe, Mattelyn Bond, and Jasmine Roundtree. Rear l-r: Kyra Purvis and Arrhia Palmer. Not pictured are...

Viking Profiles: Nyla Harris Gets Involved
Robert Kelly-Goss November 20, 2018 4
Growing up in Elizabeth City, Nyla Harris would spend plenty of her time on the Elizabeth City State University campus. Her mother worked in Academic Affairs and Harris spent afternoons on the third floor of the Thorpe Administration building. Despite...


ECSU Opens Campus American Indian Office
Robert Kelly-Goss November 20, 2018 2
Elizabeth City State University will open its first American Indian Programs support office, providing the campus with support and a variety of options for faculty, students, staff, and administrators to work with, and for, indigenous people and programs. According to...

167th ECSU Commencement Ceremony Saturday, Dec. 8
Robert Kelly-Goss November 19, 2018 0
167th ECSU Commencement keynote speaker, Venessa Harrison.   The 167th Elizabeth City State University Commencement is about to happen and the Viking Class of 2018 is ready for the big day. On Saturday, Dec. 8, at 10 a.m., inside the...


WRVS High School Game of the Week Kicks Off Dec. 7
Robert Kelly-Goss November 19, 2018 0
For the fifth consecutive year, WRVS-FM, 89.9 “Your Community Voice” will present Varsity boys basketball games live on the radio during High School Game of the Week. Albemarle Athletic Conference (1A) and Northeastern Coastal Conference (2A) Varsity boys basketball teams...

ECSU Chancellor Search Moving Forward on Schedule
Robert Kelly-Goss November 15, 2018 1
UNC System president Margaret Spellings officially charges of the ECSU Chancellor’s Search Committee with the task of finding the university’s next chief officer last August. Despite the recent announced resignation of Spellings, committee chair Harold Barnes says the search is...


ECSU, First United Methodist Partner to Educate Choral Students
Robert Kelly-Goss November 13, 2018 1
The ECSU Concert Choir performs at the Elizabeth City First United Methodist Church during Homecoming Week. Six ECSU music students have received a scholarship and internship from the church.   The sound of Viking students can be heard each Sunday...

ECSU Celebrates American Education Week
Robert Kelly-Goss November 13, 2018 0
Dr. Glen Bowman will be the lecturer for the second annual Dr. Darnell Johnson Memorial Lecture Tuesday, Nov. 13, as part of ECSU’s celebration of American Education Week.   Elizabeth City State University is celebrating the 2018 American Education Week,...