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Poverty Simulation Teaches Students Real World Challenges
Robert Kelly-Goss April 17, 2019
ECSU students participate in a “Poverty Simulation” exercise Tuesday, April 16. The students pictured are gathered at the employment station, providing employment information or applying for jobs. The purpose of the simulation, says Dr. Kacey DiGiancinto, is to give students...

UNC System Interim President William Roper Makes ECSU Campus Visit
Robert Kelly-Goss April 16, 2019
UNC System Interim Pres. William Roper, right, joins ECSU Chancellor Karrie Dixon during a brief press conference Tuesday, April 16. Pres. Roper stopped at ECSU as part of his UNC System 16-campus tour.   University of North Carolina System Interim...


Photo Gallery: Spring Open House Draws Future Vikings to Campus
Robert Kelly-Goss April 16, 2019
Elizabeth City State University staff, faculty, administrators, and students gathered at the Mickey L. Burnim Fine Arts Center Saturday, April 13, to welcome scores of future Vikings to campus during the 2019 Spring Open House. From Sound of Class performances,...

ECSU, Food Bank Pack Vaughan Center with Volunteers to Feed the Region
Robert Kelly-Goss April 15, 2019
Inside the R.L. Vaughan Center, on the campus of Elizabeth City State University, the university and Food Bank of the Albemarle met to fight hunger in the region. It was the first-ever Sort-A-Rama and the community answered the call to...


ECSU Holds Open Community Forum for Strategic Planning
Robert Kelly-Goss April 12, 2019
Elizabeth City State University is launching its strategic planning process and all members of the surrounding communities are invited to attend an open forum and let university administrators know what they hope to see in the future from the university....

ECSU Students Place in Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s ‘Moguls in the Making’
Robert Kelly-Goss April 11, 2019
ECSU students Latori Gregory, Robert Boone, Dorian Record, Alexis Martin, and TyKira Beasley made up the fourth place winning team in the Thurgood Marshall College Fund ‘Moguls in the Making’ competition.   Elizabeth City State University students made their way...


Jazz Fest, Shana Tucker Quartet Big Hit With ECSU, Elizabeth City Community
Robert Kelly-Goss April 10, 2019
Photos by Keven Fitzgerald Jr. and Robert Kelly-Goss   With her cello in hand, Shana Tucker and The Shana Tucker Quartet raised the bar on jazz Tuesday, April 9 when they performed for the 2019 ECSU Jazz Festival. Tucker’s quartet...

UNC Board of Governors Names ECSU’s Dr. Kingsley Nwala as a 2019 Award for Excellence in Teaching Recipient
Robert Kelly-Goss April 9, 2019
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors has selected 17 outstanding University faculty members to receive the 2019 Awards for Excellence in Teaching, and Elizabeth City State University’s Dr. Kingsley Nwala is one of this year’s honorees. The recipients,...


Students Honored During 2019 Viking Spirit Awards
Robert Kelly-Goss April 9, 2019
(Photos by Keven Fitzgerald)   The Elizabeth City State University Student Government Association in collaboration with the Division of Student Affairs hosted the 2019 Viking Spirit Awards on Friday, April 5 at the Fine Arts Center.  The Viking Spirit Awards...

ECSU Music Students Get Master Class with World Class Jazz Drummer Jae Sinnett
Robert Kelly-Goss April 5, 2019
Elizabeth City State University music students will have to try pretty hard to get better than world-class drummer Jae Sinnett when it comes to guest lecturers. The jazz drummer and public radio show host came to campus Friday, April 5,...