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Elizabeth City State University
Public college in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, US From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) is a public historically Black university in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. It enrolls nearly 2,500 students in 28 undergraduate programs and 4 graduate programs and is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and the University of North Carolina system.
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Elizabeth City State University was established by the North Carolina General Assembly on March 3, 1891, as the State Colored Normal School at Elizabeth City, in response to a bill calling for the creation of a two-year Normal School for the "teaching and training [of] teachers of the colored race to teach in the common schools of North Carolina." Peter Weddick Moore was its first leader.[4] The school provided training for teachers of primary grades.
The campus quadrangle and six surrounding buildings are included in the Elizabeth City State Teachers College Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[5][6]
In 1937, the school made the transformation into a full four-year teachers college and was officially named Elizabeth City State Teachers College, while expanding its role to include the training of principals as well. In 1939, the college awarded its first bachelor of science degrees in its program of elementary education.[7] Within the following twenty-five years, the college expanded its offerings to include a vocational-technical program and a total of thirteen academic majors.
In December 1961, the college gained membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 1963 its name was changed to Elizabeth City State College. In 1969, its name was changed to Elizabeth City State University to reflect expansion and the addition of graduate programs. When the University of North Carolina System was formed in 1972, ECSU became one of the system's sixteen constituent universities and entered into its current phase of development and organization.[8] ECSU is home to the only four-year aviation science degree program in North Carolina.[9]
In 2020, Elizabeth City State received $15 million from MacKenzie Scott. Her donation is the largest single gift in the university's history.[10]
2025 shooting
On April 27, 2025, a shooter opened fire on campus during a school event. One person was killed and six others were injured, including three students.[11][12]
List of Chief Executive Officers
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- Peter Weddick Moore, A.M., LL.D. (Principal, 1891–1928, President Emeritus, 1928–1934)
- John Henry Bias, A.B., LL.D. (President, 1928–1939)
- Harold Leonard Trigg, Ed.D. (President, 1939–1945)
- Sidney David Williams, A.M., D.PED. (President, 1946–1958, President Emeritus, 1969–1974)
- Walter Nathaniel Ridley, Ed.D. (President, 1958–1968, President Emeritus, 1988–1996)
- Marion Dennis Thorpe, Ph.D. (President, 1968–1972, Chancellor, 1972–1983)
- Jimmy Raymond Jenkins, Ph.D. (Chancellor, 1983–1995, Chancellor Emeritus, 1995–present)
- Mickey Lynn Burnim, Ph.D. (Chancellor, 1995–2006)
- Willie J. Gilchrist, Ed.D. (Chancellor, 2006–2013)
- Charles L. Becton, J.D. (Interim Chancellor, 2013–2014)
- Stacey Franklin Jones, Ph.D. (Chancellor, 2014-2015)[14][15]
- Thomas Conway, Ph.D. (Interim Chancellor, January 1, 2016 - 2018)[14]
- Karrie Gibson Dixon, Ed.D. (Chancellor, 2018–2024)[16][17]
- Catherine Edmonds, E.d.D. (Interim Chancellor, July 1, 2024 - present)[18]
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Campus
ECSU's campus encompasses 200 acres (0.81 km2), mostly flanked by residential districts. This also includes the Elizabeth City State Teachers College District. This includes the campus quadrangle, Principal's House, Moore Hall G. R. Little Library (now H. L. Trigg Building), Bias Hall, Butler Hall, and Practice School Building. This was listed in the register in 1994.[19]
Academics
ECSU offers 28 baccalaureate degrees and four master's degrees in one of the following academic departments:[20]
- Aviation and Emergency Management
- Business, Accounting and Sport Management
- Education
- English and Digital Media
- Health and Human Studies
- Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering Technology
- Military Science
- Music and Visual Arts
- Natural Sciences
- Social Sciences
ECSU also offers special programs that appeal to various interests and fields of study, including the honors program (for high-achieving undergraduates), military science, and study abroad.[21]
Student life
Students can choose to be involved in various on-campus organizations, including fraternities, sororities, the radio station WRVS-FM, the campus TV station, and intramural sports.[22] Students are able to join the Student Government Association to help make campus life more interesting for students continuing to enroll here. Also, students can choose to apply to Vikings Assisting New Students to lead the New Student Orientation and answer any questions parents or students may have about the school and campus life.
Athletics
As a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, ECSU's athletes, known athletically as the Vikings, compete in the Division II athletic conference known as the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA).
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East Carolina University Telepsychiatry Program - NC-STeP
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Overview
The North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry Program (NC-STeP) was created in response to a growing crisis in North Carolina's emergency departments (EDs) due to the increasing number of mental health visits. According to the North Carolina Hospitals Association (NCHA), in 2013, the year NC-STeP was founded, North Carolina hospitals had 162,000 behavioral health ED visits. In the same year, 10% of ED visits had one or more mental health diagnosis (MHD) codes assigned to the visit, twice the estimated national average. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there was a 17.7% increase in the rate of ED visits of patients with MHD in 2013; compared to 5.1% increase in overall rate of ED visits and people with mental health disorders were admitted to the hospital at twice the rate of those without.
The Vision
The vision of NC-STeP is to assure that if an individual experiencing an acute behavioral health crisis enters an emergency department or community-based site, s/he will receive timely specialized psychiatric treatment through the statewide network in coordination with available and appropriate clinically relevant community resources.
Elizabeth City State University (2021-2026)
In recent years, the mental health and well-being of college students have received significant attention from educators, researchers, healthcare professionals, and policymakers. Mental health problems are common among college students. It is estimated that 26.2% of Americans ages 18 and older, or about one in four, have a mental disorder in any one year. During the 2020–2021 school year, more than 60% of college students met the criteria for at least one mental health problem, according to the Healthy Minds Study, which collects data from 373 campuses nationwide. In another national survey, almost three-quarters of students reported moderate or severe psychological distress.In the past decade, mental health symptoms have nearly doubled in college student populations. Academic pressures, along with the usual stressors of starting and attending college, can trigger the initial onset of mental health and substance use issues or worsen existing symptoms. While mental health challenges are common among college students, they are especially severe for minority students in rural areas, who face limited access to mental health care compared to their urban peers, leading to significant disparities. Additionally, cultural and normative barriers, including stigma, can prevent individuals from seeking help, further widening these disparities. In 2022, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina https://www.bluecrossnc.com/ Blue Cross NC invested $1.54 million in ECU to develop telepsychiatry services for students at Elizabeth City State University (ECSU), a historically black public university in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, over five years.
The partnership was developed to address the shortage of psychiatric providers in Pasquotank County, where ECSU is located, and a growing need to foster connectedness at a time when mental health concerns on college campuses were surging. ECSU was selected because it is located in a smaller town where mental health services are not easily accessible, and it offers a model similar to the NC-STeP but on a college campus. This model demonstrates the importance of having access to mental health resources in college, especially in institutions where these resources are limited.
As of spring 2025, the program has produced following results:
- 2,316 PHQ9 screenings
- 2,317 GAD7 screenings
- 184 referrals to LCSW/counselors
- 100 referrals to psychiatrists/Psych NPs
- 481 scheduled mental health service sessions
- 1,026 e-mail followups
- 786 phone checkins
- 26 on-call/evening sessions,
- 99 walk-ins seen
- 170 marketing/outreach activities
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