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ECSU Hosts Golden LEAF Workforce Development Roundtable
Robert Kelly-Goss January 30, 2020
Elizabeth City State University hosted a Golden LEAF Foundation Workforce Roundtable Wednesday, Jan. 29, highlighting the impact of $7 million in funding to the region. Joining Golden LEAF’s newly appointed chief executive officer, Scott Hamilton, were representatives from ECSU, including...

ECSU Spring 2020 Enrollment is Up
Robert Kelly-Goss January 30, 2020
Enrollment at Elizabeth City State University continues to rise. According to the spring 2020 enrollment census, ECSU has seen a 6.7 percent overall increase compared to spring 2019 – a jump from 1,508 in 2019 to 1,670 in 2020. “The...


ECSU Students Launch Second Annual Food Lion Feeds Collegiate Challenge Bid to Raise Food and Money to Fight Hunger
Robert Kelly-Goss January 28, 2020
Elizabeth City State University students are getting ready to bring awareness to food insecurity issues, collect non-perishable food items, and shoot for a second consecutive win in the Food Lion Feeds Collegiate Challenge competition. The competition kicks off Wednesday, Jan...

ECSU Visual Arts Professors Spend Holidays Teaching in China
Robert Kelly-Goss January 27, 2020
ECSU visual arts professor, Dr. Eric Luchian, center, stands with his students at the Shanqui Normal University in Shangqui, China. Dr. Luchian and visual arts professor John Stiles taught in China for two weeks over the holiday break. Visual arts...


Anita Walton Named ECSU’s Vice Chancellor of University Advancement
Robert Kelly-Goss January 23, 2020
Anita Walton has been named Elizabeth City State University’s new Vice Chancellor of University Advancement. Ms. Walton will start her position at ECSU March 2. Ms. Walton comes to ECSU with 25 years of higher education administrative experience. Her background...

ECSU Awarded Charitable Trust Grant for Medicaid Research
Robert Kelly-Goss January 23, 2020
Elizabeth City State University along with university professor, Dr. Anthony Emekalam, has been awarded $184,000 by the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust for the Medicaid Transition Evaluation for Eastern North Carolina, also known as the ECSU MEDITEEN project. According to...


ECSU Board of Trustees Issues State Budget Resolution
Robert Kelly-Goss January 22, 2020
The 2019-2021 North Carolina state budget has not been enacted, leaving the state’s educational institutions waiting for needed funding. As Elizabeth City State University and other UNC System campuses await the passage of the proposed state budget, House Bill 966...

Viking Profile: Lacara Ramsey
Robert Kelly-Goss January 17, 2020
Lacara Ramsey’s smile reveals her Viking Pride. As a senior majoring in psychology, the Elizabeth City State University student has spent her time on campus immersed in her studies, and as an active member of the Viking student community. Originally...


Male Student Success Pilot Program is Bearing Fruit at ECSU
Robert Kelly-Goss January 16, 2020
Interim dean of students, Dr. Coray Davis, left, joins ECSU freshmen during the Champion Scholars “barbershop talks.” The workshop is just one of a number of activities aimed at giving male freshmen a solid foundation for life at ECSU. Young...

Qatar University Awards More Than $200,000 Grant to ECSU for Renewable Energy Research
Robert Kelly-Goss January 16, 2020
Dr. Bijandra Kumar Elizabeth City State University has been awarded a $207,600 grant from Qatar University for professor of technology, Dr. Bijandra Kumar’s work studying inexpensive and efficient plant carbon dioxide conversion to fuel. According to Dr. Kumar, plants convert...