Spring 2019 From the Desk of the Provost
Elizabeth City State University Division of Academic Affairs
PROVOST’S MESSAGE It is a pleasure to celebrate the numerous accomplishments of our faculty at Elizabeth City State University (ECSU). Although we are the smallest institution within the UNC System, our faculty have built roads to opportunity and innovation as demonstrated in this inaugural newsletter. I am dedicated to making sure that our faculty have the resources and tools that will enable them to continue to reach new heights in teaching, Dr. Farrah Ward, Provost research, service, and scholarly endeavors.
I clearly understand the need to invest in faculty development as we provide UPCOMING EVENTS tools and resources that support and encourage the development of proactive models to address student learning outcomes. As a demonstration of my November 27-30 commitment to support faculty and provide opportunities for growth Thanksgiving Holiday, and collaboration, the mini-grant initiative was launched in Fall 2018. Classes Dismissed A total of twenty-two faculty members across disciplines received grants to support their research and teaching. I look forward to learning more December 3 about the results obtained from their accomplishments in the upcoming Last Day of Class months.
December 5-9 As many of you have witnessed, we are seeing significant changes in Final Exams, Graduating Seniors student demographics at ECSU with the increase in military, transfer and online students. In order to address various learning styles and assist our December 5-11 faculty in adapting and responding to shifting societal needs and student Final Exams, Remaining Students demographics, we will be offering thirty faculty members an opportunity to earn a certificate in Effective College Instruction through the online December 14 Quality Matters-certified learning design offered by the Association of Fall Commencement College and University Educators (ACUE).
It is because of the continuous support of Chancellor Dixon that our faculty have the resources to ensure quality teaching and research.
Viking Pride! Provost Farrah Ward DIVISION OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS: AREAS, DEPARTMENTS, & PROGRAMS ACADEMIC AFFAIRS Area of Liberal and Fine Arts Area of School of Life, Physical ORGANIZATIONAL Dr. Sharon Raynor, Dean Sciences, Mathematics and STRUCTURE Technology Department of Social Science & Dr. Kuldeep Rawat, Dean Dr. Karrie G. Dixon, Behavioral Sciences Chancellor Dr. Chyna Crawford, Chair Dr. Herman G. Cooke Department of Natural Sciences, Dr. Farrah Ward, Criminal Justice, Homeland Security Pharmacy and Health Professions Provost/Vice Chancellor Interdisciplinary Studies, History Dr. Eyulem Abebe, Chair Emergency Management LoraAnn Barclift Social Work, Sociology Biology, Chemistry Senior Executive Assistant Pharmaceutical Science, MS Biology Department of Language, Dr. Coray Davis Literature and Communication Department Math and Associate Vice Chancellor Dr. Adam McKee, Chair Computer Sciences Dr Kenneth Jones, Chair Dr. Gloria Payne English, Digital Media, Interim Associate Vice Chancellor Communication Studies Computer Sciences, Mathematics MS Mathematics Department of Visual & Performing Arts Department of Technology Dr. Chris Palestrant, Chair Mr. Orestess Gooden, Chair Graphic Design, Music Aviation Science, Engineering Technology, Unmanned Aircraft Area of Professional Studies and Human Performance Military Sciences Dr. Joy Smith, Dean LTC Judy Anthony, Chair Business and Economics Dr. Ngozi Oriaku, Chair G.R. Little Library Dr. Juanita Spence, Chair Accounting Business Administration University Studies Dr.Tarsha Rogers, Chair Dr. Helen M. Caldwell Department of Education, Student Success/Advising Psychology and Health Peer Tutoring Dr. Shelia Williams, Chair
Elementary Education, Birth-Kindergarten, Kinesiology Psychology, Special Education Master of School Administration Master of Education in Elementary Education
2 area of LIBERAL AND FINE ARTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Area of Liberal and Fine Art consists of the Department of Language, Literature and Communication; the Department of Visual and Performing Arts; and the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. With input from the faculty members in the affected areas, these departments are undergoing a realignment process. Two programs are in teach-out: sociology and communications. The Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences launched a new online program in Homeland Security and The Department of Language, Literature and Communication launched a new program in Digital Media. There were two new articulation and co-admissions agreements with Pitt Community College and Edgecombe Community College for the Criminal Justice Degree Dr. Sharon Raynor, Dean Completion Program. The school’s personnel consists of a dean and administrative assistant, three departmental chairpersons including 34 full-time faculty members, one music librarian, one lab technician two full- time and one part-time administrative assistants. Due to our program’s course offerings, the School of Humanities and Social Sciences is teaching the majority of the general education courses offered by the university, these faculty members and staff support more than half of the total student enrollment.
SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: PRESENTATIONS such as charcoal, watercolor paint, graphite, and the Apple pencil on Margery Coulson-Clark: Douglas Jackson: the iPad. Students also had the “Consequences- Safeguarding Trumpet and Jazz Clinic D.H opportunity to play a traditional Our Youngsters Future.” Olive Conley HS, Greenville, NC. trivia board game designed and Branch Missionary Baptist Church, February 14, 3:45 - 5: 00 pm created by him, along with a digital February 24. version of the same game. Melissa Stuckey: Glen Bowman: “Meet Me in Boley, Oklahoma: Eric Luchian: Presented “The 1919 Tercentennial The Professional Historian, the Research Week 2019 presented in Elizabeth City: An Example Nonprofit Organization, and the paper, “Erroneous Features in of Community Activism,” to the Black Town,” Mapping Black Towns Freehand Sketching: Opportunities Elizabeth City AARP Meeting, Symposium, Institute for African to Generate Visual Analogies.” Knobbs Creek Community Center, American Research, University of Vaughan Center and Jimmy Elizabeth City, NC, February 21. North Carolina at Chapel Hill. R. Jenkins Sr. Science Center, Concurrent Sessions for High Christopher Palestrant: Clarence Goss: School Students / Arts and Graphic “The Blues Had a Baby,” ECSU Fine Undergraduate Research Week 2019 Design at ECSU, March 4. Arts Center, Black History Month presented hands-on demonstration Series (one-hour multimedia lecture of traditional and digital media of Valencia Thevenin: on the origins of popular music in art making tools and technology. 4/15 Orchestra Spring Concert, in the 12-bar blues form), February 15. Participating high school students collaboration with Dr. Walter Swan, had the opportunity to view work Dr. Benjamin Robichaux, and Dr. created by ECSU graphic design Rachel. Gragson. students using tools and media 3 SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: PUBLICATIONS Goodson, Russ Haddad, Kingsley Nwala) March 4 Eric Luchian: Eric Weil: “Erroneous Features in Freehand Please Stay was produced by Rogers Nora Hartlaub: Sketching: Opportunities to Street Theatre in Gloucester, Mass. Selected for feature article in the Generate Visual Analogies” for from Feb 23-24. upcoming edition of Milepost (a publication in the DeMset 2019: quarterly cultural publication on “Eleven Ways to the See the War.” Design and Modeling in Science, the Outer Banks) for the OBX ART Finalist for the Poet Laureate Award Education, and Technology Conference TRUCK and photo and short article of the North Carolina Poetry Society Proceedings - Orlando, Florida, USA entitled “Learning Through Art” Glen Bowman: included in The Daily Advance Dorothy Kersha-Aerga: March 17 Wrote 500-word column “An Examination of the Deferred Christopher Palestrant: for The Daily Advance on the Harlem Action for Childhood Arrivals Authored original, researched program Renaissance, entitled “Hughes, other (DACA) as a Policy Bedrock and notes: REBEL Baroque Ensemble ‘Renaissance’ figures, Visited EC” Therapy for the Challenge of concert, Feldman Concert Series. Unauthorized Children Arrivals” Chyna Crawford: accepted on 2/15/19 for publication Submitted White Paper Requesting by the Journal of the North Carolina State Appropriations for Crime Justice Academy. Lab on ECSU Campus (with Alyn
COLLABORATION Jeff Whelan, Walter Iriarte, Clarence Goss, Charles Reed, Latif Tarik, Melba Smith and Sharon Raynor and students: Hailey Ryan, Keven Fitzgerald, Jasmine Simmons and Miquel Washington. Participated as documentarians, oral historians and filmmakers. Collaborative Professional Development with the NC Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and the NC Museum of History. NC African American Veterans Lineage Day, February 13, 2019.
4 STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
INTERNSHIPS GRADUATE SCHOOL Nora Hartlaub, adjuct Art instructor Kelis Alexander (Graphic Design), Two History major students, orchestrated the opportunity for a sophomore received a paid summer Kristonia Beatty and Kameron student to shadow a professional internship with Skie’s Art Lounge in Iriarte have been accepted to in his desired field of PR and Elizabeth City, NC. the Digital African American Marketing. This Art Appreciation History seminar at the Center for student will be visiting the PR and Alexis Galloway (Graphic Design), African American Urban Studies Marketing Manager of the Aquarium sophomore received a paid summer and the Economy (CAUSE) and on Roanoke Island on Friday, April internship with The Mount Church- the Graduate Program of the 12 to further his understanding of Elizabeth City as a media assistant. Department of History at Carnegie what a position like this entails. Mellon University
HONORS Jania Britt (Graphic Design), sophomore won 1st place and received $1,000 in the Food Lion, Cocoa-Cola, CIAA Essay Contest.
Tykira Beasley (Graphic Design/ Computer Science), sophomore participanted and placed in the TMCF “Moguls in the Making” Tykira Beasley (Graphic Design/ competition. Computer Science), junior received paid internships from Ally Financial in Charlotte, NC, and participanted in the The Pitch 2019! Competition in Durham, NC.
Eyricka Johnson (History) was selected to participate in the HBCU/MIHE Summer Internship Program at the North Carolina Department of Natural and Deon’tre Shepard (Graphic Design), Cultural Resources. junior received a paid summer internship with the Martin County Arts Councils in Williamston, NC.
5 school of PROFESSIONAL STUDIES & HUMAN PERFORMANCE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Area of Professional Studies and Human Performance houses eight programs, with offices located in the Willie and Jacqueline Gilchrist Education Complex, Williams Hall and R.L. Vaughan Center. All of the programs in the Education are specialty accredited with CAEP, while the programs in Business and Accounting hold specialty accreditations from AACSB. Faculty in both departments collectively have submitted more than 20 grants for the academic year. Program reviews took place across the board with Elementary Education adding a non-licensure track, the Masters of Education reconfiguring its program to create a teacher-leader track leading toward the National Board Certification exams, and an initial licensure track, both of which are now delivered fully on line. 2+2 programs in Birth to Kindergarten Education and Business Administration were signed with Edgecombe Community College Dr. Joy Smith, Dean and Pitt Community College. Sport Management also undertook a reconfiguration of their curriculum revising the concentrations and core to incorporate topics that will make our students more competitive. Faculty members in the Area of Professional Studies and Human Performance published papers, worked with students extensively, and prepared for specialty accreditations. Faculty members gave back by serving on boards, in leadership positions and working hands-on with organizations to serve the community. Our students and alumni were also successful, both in undertaking internships and student teaching experiences, and in demonstrating leadership by winning competitions and awards and being recognized for excellence in their fields.
SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: PRESENTATIONS
Dr. Joy Smith: classes”during undergraduate Dr. Lloyd Mitchell: Presented “Taking Problem-Based research week and at the Association Presented “Integrating Culture Learning Online: Lessons from for Psychological Science Conference and the Tenure Process” and Entrepreneurship” at the 2019 Lilly in Washington, DC in May 2019. “Opportunities for American Teaching for Active and Engaged Indians in Homeland Security” at Learning conference in San Diego, Dr. Kulwinder Kaur-Walker: the American Indian Science and February 28-March 2, 2019. She Served as keynote speaker at Engineering Society Leadership also presented “Let’s try this again” at International Women’s Day in Conference, Cherokee, NC, 21 the Management and Organizational March 2019. March 2019. Behavior Teaching Society Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC in Dr. Boung Kang: Dr. Kacey DiGiacinto: June 2018. Attended the April 2019 SHAPE Presented Introduction to the health. (Society of Health and Physical Moves. Minds.TM Service-Learning Drs. Kacey DiGiacinto Educators) National Convention and Program, which she co-authored and Scott Bradshaw: participated NASPE workshop, and with Y. Taji-Farouki, J. Deutsch, Presented “Sustainability, climate made two research presentations. and B. Hersman, at the April 2019 change beliefs, ecocentrism, and SHAPE America Convention in physical activity: Driving between Tampa, FL. She also presented 6 Implementation of problem/ project-based learning (PBL) in an introduction to Kinesiology course, which she co-authored with B. Hersman and J. Deutsch, at the same conference.
SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: PUBLICATIONS
Kingsley Nwala: Boung Kang : “The determinants of economic Research paper accepted on growth: An empirical investigation International Journal of Health of North Carolina.” (International Sciences | ISSN 2372-5060 (Print) Journal of Economics and Financial 2372-5079 (Online) | DOI: Issues, Vol. 8(5), 26-34). 10.15640/ijhs Published in April, 2019.
COLLABORATION Dr. Shelia Williams: Organized a Headstart Job Fair held on March 6, 2019, in Willie J. Gilchrist Complex. She also worked with Headstart representatives to assist with hiring for the new extension grant. She also served as a panelist for the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program held at Bertie County Schools on March 13, 2019. Dr. Williams also read to a class at JC Sawyer for READ Across America Day, February 1, 2019.
Dr. Jennifer Brown: Created and oversaw the Vikings Care Food Pantry which was held open every Wednesday 3:30-6. She also secured the donation of commercial refrigerators and was highly active with the community garden initiative. Other faculty assisting at the food pantry were Dr. Debjani Kanjilal, Dr. Lloyd Mitchell and Dr. Jackie Huff.
7 STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
INTERNSHIPS Thirty-one business and accounting Cherry, Reuben France, Ki-jana Sophomore Pele Rankin won third students undertook internships Harris, Brittney Jones-Wiley, James place nationally out of over 560 between Summer 2018 and Spring Roe, Deabrie Smith, Ashante students in the HBCU Business 2019. The students are: Xavier Spruill. Three students did two Dean’s Roundtable Annual Stock Alarcon, Zhiasia Bazemore, Robert internships: Kelly Brewer, Keechelle Pick competition. Boone, Shanice Clinton, Heather Johnson, Noah Gunter, Deairrius Collins, Catherine Cunningham, Payne, Brandon Sparrow, and D’asya Juan Pablo Fabian, an American Willis Dennis, William Fogg, Wilson. Dejah Roberts completed Indian Programs student, was Carmen Guilford, Jamar Harrell, three internships in Public Health accepted as ECSU’s first student Natalie Hemingway, Sydney Hill, and Sanitation. invited to attend the American Charles Hockaday, Nikia Lamb, Indian Science and Leadership Colin Mateer, Vance Maxey, Cordero Jaida Ellis and Genesis McClain Institute, 20 to 21 March 2019, in McWilliams, Derrick Moore, were part of the team put together Cherokee, NC. Jerisa Oatis, Jackson Perry, Paula by Dr. Kulwinder Kaur-Walker Raulerson, Yeisia Reed, Penelope that was selected for summer 2019 Royal, Nathan Squire, Christopher for the DHS Minority Summer Tilley, Jonathan Turnage, Noah Research Program. The program Tuttle, Lamarie Walker, Laquisha runs from mid-May to first week of Williams, Kyrell Wright and Jamaal August at Coastal Resilience Center Yarde. These internships represented ODU site. 4650 hours of internship work in the HONORS community. Asta Gudmundsdottir, Ikisha Twenty-four students undertook Brothers, Shirley Parker, Maria student teaching assignments and Knight, Penelope Royal and Heather community agency internshps They Collins were inducted into Beta are: Drew Baccus, Jennifer Berry, Gamma Sigma business honor Shanae Christian, Timothy Coward, society. The DBE also recognized Tishay Greene, Christina Greschak, Christopher Tilley, Ikisha Brothers Keajia Hagans, Meshawn Hall, and Penelope Royal as outstanding Loretta Honablew, Brittany Lassiter, seniors, Brandon Joyner, Maria Joshua Laverty, Bracy Martin, Knight and Deanna Byrum as Allison McCarraher, Shaneika outstanding juniors and Pele’ Mcmillan, Shamira Moore, Sharon Rankin and William Holmes as Nixon, Cassandra Pierce, Samuel outstanding sophomores in Business Ownley, Tasia Pugh, Tiponya Administration. It also recognized Sanderlin, Carlie Spear, Britney Asta Gudmundsdottir and Kalayzia Spence, Nyshiema Stallings, Amy Bell as outstanding juniors in Williams. Each student teacher Accounting and Marcus Henry and contributes 75 classroom days. Jaiquiera Braswell as outstanding sophomores in Accounting. Fifteen students undertook twenty- two Public Health and Sanitation internships. They are: Corey
8 area of LIFE, PHYSICAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS, & TECHNOLOGY
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Area of Life, Physical Sciences, Mathematics & Technology (LPSMT) comprises of three academic departments (Department of Natural Sciences, Pharmacy & Health; Department of Mathematics & Computer Science; and Department of Technology), offering seven undergraduate degrees and two master’s degrees. During the academic year 2018-2019, the faculty members within the LPSMT were engaged in curriculum enhancements, scholarly research, grantsmanship, and service to enhance the student learning experience in respective departments. In the area of teaching, faculty members were engaged in revising existing courses and curriculum, developing interactive learning modules, using cloud platform, initiatives to address high DFW rates, and developing new minor and certificate programs. Scholarly activities included faculty publishing research articles in peer-reviewed journals and Dr. Kuldeep Rawat, Dean making presentation at conferences and professional meetings.
The LPSMT faculty members were also active in submitting competitive grants resulting in over $2.0 Million in funding in the area of biology, engineering technology, and computer science. Faculty members received funding from the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Education, NASA, the US Department of Transportation/ Federal Highway Administration, and Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
Several faculty members within the area of LPSMT were engaged in service towards their department, university, and profession in general. These service activities included mentoring students, advising thesis, participation in the open house, and serving on panels for federal agencies. Professional development activities included attending workshops on developing mathematics pathways and improving diversity in sciences. Faculty in the department of mathematics and computer science will be developing a proposal to seek funding to implement math pathways program at ECSU. While faculty members were engaged in multitude of activities to enhance student experience at ECSU, the students in the area of LPSMT were equally engaged in undergraduate and graduate research, working towards earning industry certification, receiving scholarships, presenting at conferences, and securing internships and admission to graduate degree programs.
SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: PRESENTATIONS
Dr. AkbarEslami and Dr. Akbar Eslami: Sustainability Research through Momen Mohammad (student): Made a presentation at the HBCU/ Diversity.” January 7-9, 2019 at “Structural Design Optimization: MI outreach initiative at Jet the BigTen Conference Center in Numerical and Simulation Propulsion laboratory and gave a Rosemont, IL. Approaches,” Accepted for presentation, Los Angeles, CA. Proceedings of the 2019 American Dr. Lin Chen: Society for Engineering Education Dr. Akbar Eslami: How Can We Find Out Errors in (ASEE) Annual Conference and Attended NSF- funded workshop Protein Structures, Southwestern Exposition, June 2019, Tampa, FL. was selected and attended as a University, February 7, 2019. participant in the series entitled “Germinating Transformative Energy 9 Rawat, K.S., Mangham, R., SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: PUBLICATIONS and Gooden, O.D., “Impact of Engineering Design-Focused Allagan, J. A., Voloshin, V., Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Summer Academy Experience on F-WORM Colorings of some Journal of the North Carolina Interest Towards STEM Learning 2-trees: Partition vectors, Ars Academy of Science, 134(3), 2019, and Careers,” in Proceedings of Mathematica Contemporanea, pp. 1–6 (*ECSU students) American Society for Engineering” 16(2019), 173-182. Education (ASEE) Annual Teferedegn, E.Y., Tesfaye, D., Allagan, J. A., Bobga, B., Cropper, Abebe, E. and Un, C. 2019. Conference, June 16-19, 2019, M., Hilton, Johnson. P., Lehel J., Amylotrophic Lateral Sclerosis- Tampa, FL. Leonard, D., Refinements on Hall’s Like Motor Impairment in Prion Conditions, Australasian Journal of Diseases. Neuroscience & Medicine, Combinatorics, 73(1) (2019), 42-70. 10, 15-29. Link to paper: https://doi. org/10.4236/nm.2019.101002 Prime Difference Champion with Scott Funkhouser, Dan Goldston, Wilfrida Decraemer, Ursula Dipendra & Jharna Sengupta Eisendle-Flöckner, and Eyualem in Discrete Mathematics & Abebe. 2019. Chapter 9. Phylum Applications by Springer. Nematoda. In: Thorp and Rogers, Freshwater Invertebrates, Volume IV. Jessica Goninan*, Jeremiah Keys to Palaearctic Fauna, Elsevier Lancaster*, and Eyualem Abebe. Publishers. https://www.elsevier.com/ 2019. Nematode community books/thorp-and-covichs-freshwater- structure and biodiversity in relation invertebrates/thorp/978-0-12-385024-9 to submerged aquatic vegetation at
COLLABORATION
Dr. Eyualem Abebe and Dr. Dr. Gary Harmon - Served as a Roberto Frontera-Suau, in science fair judge at Elizabeth City the department of Natural Middle School. Sciences invited all seniors to Six faculty from the Department have an Informational Session on of Natural Sciences, Pharmacy and Graduation Package for Fall 2019 Health Professions (Eyualem Abebe, graduation. The meeting was on Jinchun Yuan, Harry Bass, Shirin February 05, 2019 and 12 students Siddiqui, Sheryl Bradford) and attended the meeting. Dean Rawat met with six members of the community, among others Dr. Akbar Elahi -Mentored two Phyllis Bosomworth, Mark Powell, students in the LSAMP program Rodney Johnson and Nita Coleman (Ashley Daniel, Kiana Chitty). and discussed regional algal bloom and water quality concerns as Dr. Akbar Elahi - Served as mentor primarily spearheaded by the to two students presenting at NSF- Albemarle Resource Conservation ERN Conference (Alton Turner, and Development Council, and how Jeffrey Smith). departmental faculty expertise could help monitor regional environmental Dr. Akbar Elahi - Served as faculty and water quality. Mentor for VESTEMIC Program. 10 STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
INTERNSHIPS Tien M Tran and Tylor McCoy for Jalyn Garner, Aviation Science – Tien Tran (research student), summer internship programs. They US DoD Army ROTC Leadership “Designing a 3D Printed Robotic were accepted for NAVY summer Training Arm with Educational Applications,” internship program. HONORS accepted for 2019 The Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Kalen Laymon, and Aviation Science 4 students received NCDOT Conference in STEM, February 21- major – Norfolk International Scholarships: Clayton Brand, 23, Washington D.C. He received Airport Brandon Cowan, and Braxton the travel award to attend the Robertson, Jeffrey Smith. Briana Rountree, Aviation Science – conference as well. NCDOT UAS Raleigh NC Jonathan Lopez attended and Engineering Technology majors, presented at the Transportation Zakary Stewart, Aviation Science - Amy Walsh and Tien M Tran Research Board Fellowship Elizabeth City Regional Airport (research students), “Space Solar conference in Washington DC. Power and Cyber Security in Bryana Williams, Aviation Science Modern Spacecraft Operations,” – NCDOT Ashville NC Airport / Alex Phifer attended the accepted for 2019 ERN Conference Airport Operations Specialist Transportation Research Board in STEM, February 21-23, Fellowship conference in Washington D.C. they received the Rafael Monsanto, Aviation Science Washington DC. travel award to attend the conference – Southwest Airlines/Flight Line as well. Operations Raleigh/Durham Intl Brenna Daniels selected as a team Airport member on the ECSU Honda Matthew Hill (Math major, rising Quiz Bowl team. Will be going Weston Smith, Aviation Science/ Junior) presented some data analysis to Nationals in April to represent results (A Multivariate Regression UAS - US DHS USCG CSPI ECSU. Training Analysis of Hospital Stays in a Nosocomial Infection Control Data) Drs. Banerjee and Dr. Jeffrey Rousch Valeria Pacheco, Aviation Science - at Emerging Researchers National NCDOT Fayetteville NC Airport took three MARC students to (ERN) Conference, Feb 22, 2019, the Annual Biomedical Research in DC. Adrian Pickett, Aviation Science - Conference for Minority Students. US DoD Army ROTC Leadership Indianapolis, IN. November 2018: A student - Kayla Johnston- Training Beaumont Thomason, Mitchell presented a poster: “A Study of Sheep, and Kayla Johnston Differential Gene Expression by Tumor-Associated Macrophages (TAM) in the Tumor Microenvironment (TME)”
GRADUATE SCHOOL Kevin Benton and Maenecia Cole have been accepted to the MS in Mathematics Program for Spring 2019.
11 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Newsletter is the beginning of many communications as the Viking EDITORIAL BOARD ship continues to sail into the future. Faculty members who shared their M Coulson-Clark, Editor and Chair teaching, research and service endeavors in Spring 2019 made this edition Ebere Oriaku, Co- Chair possible. This volume by no means encompasses ALL of the faculty members’ Clarence Goss, Jr. accomplishments. There is much to report. Thus, we encourage your ongoing Malcolm Dcosta participation in future publications. Nurhak Tuncer Byramli Kimberly Smith Benjamin Robichaux STRATEGIC PLAN Akbar Eslami The Hill Group, a strategic planning consulting group is currently conducting SWOT analysis to determine ECSU’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. They have met with the faculty, staff, students, alumni and community stakeholders for listening sessions. After these listening sessions, 1704 Weeksville Road they will develop a mission, vision and strategic plan for 2020-2025. Elizabeth City, NC 27909 252.335.3400 www.ecsu.edu ACCREDITATIONS ECSU is a constituent Elizabeth City State University is accredited by the Southern Association institution of the University of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award degrees at the of North Carolina System. baccalaureate and master’s levels.
Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4501 for questions about the accreditation of ECSU.