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ECSU Awarded $10,000 for Vikings Care Food Pantry
Robert Kelly-Goss January 3, 2019
Viking Cares Food Pantry team includes, left to right, Tyrese Bazemore, Demond Holley, Ashante Spruill, Food Lion manager Skylar, Dr. Jennifer Brown and Russ Haddad.   Doing its part to feed the hungry, the Elizabeth City State University Food Lion...

‘You Need to Believe, Too’: Chancellor Gives State of University Address
Robert Kelly-Goss January 3, 2019
Speaking at the January 2019 Faculty and Staff Institute, ECSU Chancellor Karrie Dixon gives her State of the University Address. Dr. Dixon outlined priorities for the coming year and emphasized the need for all hands to be on deck to...


Chancellor Karrie Dixon Arrives for First Official Day
Robert Kelly-Goss December 17, 2018
On Friday, Dec. 14, 2018, the University of North Carolina System Board of Governors announced that Dr. Karrie Dixon will be Elizabeth City State University’s 12th Chief Executive Officer, and seventh Chancellor. Dr. Dixon has served as ECSU’s interim chancellor...

Dr. Karrie G. Dixon Named Chancellor of Elizabeth City State University
Robert Kelly-Goss December 14, 2018
The Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina System today announces that Dr. Karrie Gibson Dixon has been selected as chancellor of Elizabeth City State University. The decision was made following a vote held by the Board during...


Six ECSU Students Commissioned as U.S. Army Officers
Robert Kelly-Goss December 10, 2018
ECSU students commissioned as U.S. Army officers Friday, Dec. 7, were, left to right, 2nd Lt. Jonquin L. Elliott, 2nd Lt. Walter C. Burnette, 2nd Lt. David J. Drury, 2nd Lt. Chantalle X. Merricks, 2nd Lt. Darrius R. Turner, and...

A Triumph of Courage and Determination: Despite Big Challenges a Mother of Two Takes Her Diploma
Robert Kelly-Goss December 7, 2018
When Dana Richardson walks across the stage Saturday to receive her diploma, the moment will be bittersweet; a triumph of courage, determination, and heartache for the 40-year old history major. Richardson, who lives in Moyock, North Carolina, began her journey...


WRVS: ‘Conversations with the Chancellor’
Robert Kelly-Goss December 7, 2018
In case you missed WRVS’s “Conversations with the Chancellor” live, you can catch it right here!...

Aviation Major William Nelson is Fall 2018 Bearer of the Mace
Robert Kelly-Goss December 6, 2018
William Nelson is flying high these days. It’s fair to say that Nelson has been flying high since he was 14, but this week the aviation major will graduate as Elizabeth City State University’s fall 2018 Bearer of the Mace....


ECSU’s New Veterans Center Office Officially Opens
Robert Kelly-Goss December 4, 2018
The official ribbon cutting ceremony for ECSU’s expanded Veterans Center included, left to right, Dr. Farrah Ward, Tim Freeman, Cmdr. Warren Judge, Harold Barnes, William Webb, Mayor Bette Parker, and Dr. Karrie Dixon.   Elizabeth City State University’s Military and...

ECSU’s Lawrence Brown Joins Attorney General’s Council on Collegiate Opioid Misuse
Robert Kelly-Goss December 3, 2018
Elizabeth City State University student Lawrence Brown Jr. has been appointed to North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein’s Council on Collegiate Opioid Misuse. Brown represented ECSU on Nov. 9 at the Council’s inaugural meeting for the 2018-2019 school year. Attorney...