From the Desk oF the Provost

PROVOST’S MESSAGE

Dr. Farrah Ward, Provost

Spring 2019

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, research, service, and scholarly endeavors.

I clearly understand the need to invest in faculty development as we provide tools and resources that support and encourage the development of proactive models to address student learning outcomes. As a demonstration of my commitment to support faculty and provide opportunities for growth and collaboration, the mini-grant initiative was launched in Fall 2018. A total of twenty-two faculty members across disciplines received grants to support their research and teaching. I look forward to learning more about the results obtained from their accomplishments in the upcoming months.

As many of you have witnessed, we are seeing significant changes in student demographics at ECSU with the increase in military, transfer and online students. In order to address various learning styles and assist our faculty in adapting and responding to shifting societal needs and student demographics, we will be offering thirty faculty members an opportunity to earn a certificate in Effective College Instruction through the online Quality Matters-certified learning design offered by the Association of 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.

Elizabeth City State UniversityDivision of Academic Affairs

November 27-30Thanksgiving Holiday, Classes Dismissed

December 3Last Day of Class

December 5-9Final Exams, Graduating Seniors

December 5-11Final Exams, Remaining Students

December 14Fall Commencement

UPCOMING EVENTS

Viking Pride!Provost Farrah Ward

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ACADEMIC AFFAIRS: AREAS, DEPARTMENTS, & PROGRAMS

Area of Liberal and Fine ArtsDr. Sharon Raynor, Dean

Department of Social Science & Behavioral Sciences

Dr. Chyna Crawford, Chair

Criminal Justice, Homeland SecurityInterdisciplinary Studies, History

Emergency ManagementSocial Work, Sociology

Department of Language, Literature and Communication

Dr. Adam McKee, Chair

English, Digital Media, Communication Studies

Department of Visual & Performing Arts

Dr. Chris Palestrant, Chair

Graphic Design, Music

Area of Professional Studies and Human PerformanceDr. Joy Smith, Dean

Business and Economics Dr. Ngozi Oriaku, Chair

AccountingBusiness Administration

Dr. Helen M. CaldwellDepartment of Education,

Psychology and Health Dr. Shelia Williams, Chair

Elementary Education, Birth-Kindergarten, KinesiologyPsychology, Special Education

Master of School AdministrationMaster of Education in Elementary

Education

Area of School of Life, Physical Sciences, Mathematics and

Technology Dr. Kuldeep Rawat, Dean

Dr. Herman G. CookeDepartment of Natural Sciences, Pharmacy and Health Professions

Dr. Eyulem Abebe, Chair

Biology, ChemistryPharmaceutical Science, MS Biology

Department Math and Computer Sciences

Dr Kenneth Jones, Chair

Computer Sciences, MathematicsMS Mathematics

Department of TechnologyMr. Orestess Gooden, Chair

Aviation Science, Engineering Technology, Unmanned Aircraft

Military Sciences LTC Judy Anthony, Chair

G.R. Little Library Dr. Juanita Spence, Chair

University Studies Dr.Tarsha Rogers, Chair

Student Success/AdvisingPeer Tutoring

DIVISION OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS ORGANIZATIONAL

STRUCTURE

Dr. Karrie G. Dixon, Chancellor

Dr. Farrah Ward,Provost/Vice Chancellor

LoraAnn BarcliftSenior Executive Assistant

Dr. Coray DavisAssociate Vice Chancellor

Dr. Gloria PayneInterim Associate Vice Chancellor

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area oF LIBERAL AND FINE ARTS

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 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.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Dr. Sharon Raynor, Dean

SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: PRESENTATIONS

Margery Coulson-Clark: “Consequences- Safeguarding Our Youngsters Future.” Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church, February 24.

Glen Bowman: Presented “The 1919 Tercentennial in Elizabeth City: An Example of Community Activism,” to the Elizabeth City AARP Meeting, Knobbs Creek Community Center, Elizabeth City, NC, February 21.

Christopher Palestrant: “The Blues Had a Baby,” ECSU Fine Arts Center, Black History Month Series (one-hour multimedia lecture on the origins of popular music in the 12-bar blues form), February 15.

Douglas Jackson: Trumpet and Jazz Clinic D.H Conley HS, Greenville, NC. February 14, 3:45 - 5: 00 pm

Melissa Stuckey: “Meet Me in Boley, Oklahoma: The Professional Historian, the Nonprofit Organization, and the Black Town,” Mapping Black Towns Symposium, Institute for African American Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Clarence Goss: Undergraduate Research Week 2019 presented hands-on demonstration of traditional and digital media of art making tools and technology. Participating high school students had the opportunity to view work created by ECSU graphic design students using tools and media

such as charcoal, watercolor paint, graphite, and the Apple pencil on the iPad. Students also had the opportunity to play a traditional trivia board game designed and created by him, along with a digital version of the same game. Eric Luchian: Research Week 2019 presented paper, “Erroneous Features in Freehand Sketching: Opportunities to Generate Visual Analogies.” Vaughan Center and Jimmy R. Jenkins Sr. Science Center, Concurrent Sessions for High School Students / Arts and Graphic Design at ECSU, March 4.

Valencia Thevenin: 4/15 Orchestra Spring Concert, in collaboration with Dr. Walter Swan, Dr. Benjamin Robichaux, and Dr. Rachel. Gragson.

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SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: PUBLICATIONS

Eric Luchian: “Erroneous Features in Freehand Sketching: Opportunities to Generate Visual Analogies” for publication in the DeMset 2019: Design and Modeling in Science, Education, and Technology Conference Proceedings - Orlando, Florida, USA

Dorothy Kersha-Aerga: “An Examination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) as a Policy Bedrock and Therapy for the Challenge of Unauthorized Children Arrivals” accepted on 2/15/19 for publication by the Journal of the North Carolina Justice Academy.

Eric Weil: Please Stay was produced by Rogers Street Theatre in Gloucester, Mass. from Feb 23-24.

“Eleven Ways to the See the War.” Finalist for the Poet Laureate Award of the North Carolina Poetry Society

Glen Bowman: March 17 Wrote 500-word column for The Daily Advance on the Harlem Renaissance, entitled “Hughes, other ‘Renaissance’ figures, Visited EC”

Chyna Crawford: Submitted White Paper Requesting State Appropriations for Crime 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.

Goodson, Russ Haddad, Kingsley Nwala) March 4 Nora Hartlaub: Selected for feature article in the upcoming edition of Milepost (a quarterly cultural publication on the Outer Banks) for the OBX ART TRUCK and photo and short article entitled “Learning Through Art” included in The Daily Advance

Christopher Palestrant: Authored original, researched program notes: REBEL Baroque Ensemble concert, Feldman Concert Series.

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Kelis Alexander (Graphic Design), sophomore received a paid summer internship with Skie’s Art Lounge in Elizabeth City, NC.

Alexis Galloway (Graphic Design), sophomore received a paid summer internship with The Mount Church-Elizabeth City as a media assistant.

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” competition.

Eyricka Johnson (History) was selected to participate in the HBCU/MIHE Summer Internship Program at the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Nora Hartlaub, adjuct Art instructor orchestrated the opportunity for a student to shadow a professional in his desired field of PR and Marketing. This Art Appreciation student will be visiting the PR and Marketing Manager of the Aquarium on Roanoke Island on Friday, April 12 to further his understanding of what a position like this entails.

Tykira Beasley (Graphic Design/Computer Science), junior received paid internships from Ally Financial in Charlotte, NC, and participanted in the The Pitch 2019! Competition in Durham, NC.

Deon’tre Shepard (Graphic Design), junior received a paid summer internship with the Martin County Arts Councils in Williamston, NC.

STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Two History major students, Kristonia Beatty and Kameron Iriarte have been accepted to the Digital African American History seminar at the Center for African American Urban Studies and the Economy (CAUSE) and the Graduate Program of the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University

GRADUATE SCHOOLINTERNSHIPS

HONORS

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school oF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES & HUMAN PERFORMANCE

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 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.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Dr. Joy Smith, Dean

SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: PRESENTATIONS

Dr. Joy Smith: Presented “Taking Problem-Based Learning Online: Lessons from Entrepreneurship” at the 2019 Lilly Teaching for Active and Engaged Learning conference in San Diego, February 28-March 2, 2019. She also presented “Let’s try this again” at the Management and Organizational Behavior Teaching Society Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC in June 2018.

Drs. Kacey DiGiacinto and Scott Bradshaw:Presented “Sustainability, climate change beliefs, ecocentrism, and physical activity: Driving between

classes”during undergraduate research week and at the Association for Psychological Science Conference in Washington, DC in May 2019.

Dr. Kulwinder Kaur-Walker:Served as keynote speaker at International Women’s Day in March 2019.

Dr. Boung Kang: Attended the April 2019 SHAPE (Society of Health and Physical Educators) National Convention and participated NASPE workshop, and made two research presentations.

Dr. Lloyd Mitchell: Presented “Integrating Culture and the Tenure Process” and “Opportunities for American Indians in Homeland Security” at the American Indian Science and Engineering Society Leadership Conference, Cherokee, NC, 21 March 2019.

Dr. Kacey DiGiacinto: Presented Introduction to the health. Moves. Minds.TM Service-Learning Program, which she co-authored with Y. Taji-Farouki, J. Deutsch, and B. Hersman, at the April 2019 SHAPE America Convention in Tampa, FL. She also presented

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SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: PUBLICATIONS

Kingsley Nwala: “The determinants of economic growth: An empirical investigation of North Carolina.” (International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Vol. 8(5), 26-34).

Boung Kang : Research paper accepted on International Journal of Health Sciences | ISSN 2372-5060 (Print) 2372-5079 (Online) | DOI: 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.

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.

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Asta Gudmundsdottir, Ikisha Brothers, Shirley Parker, Maria Knight, Penelope Royal and Heather Collins were inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma business honor society. The DBE also recognized Christopher Tilley, Ikisha Brothers and Penelope Royal as outstanding seniors, Brandon Joyner, Maria Knight and Deanna Byrum as outstanding juniors and Pele’ Rankin and William Holmes as outstanding sophomores in Business Administration. It also recognized Asta Gudmundsdottir and Kalayzia Bell as outstanding juniors in Accounting and Marcus Henry and Jaiquiera Braswell as outstanding sophomores in Accounting.

Thirty-one business and accounting students undertook internships between Summer 2018 and Spring 2019. The students are: Xavier Alarcon, Zhiasia Bazemore, Robert Boone, Shanice Clinton, Heather Collins, Catherine Cunningham, Willis Dennis, William Fogg, Carmen Guilford, Jamar Harrell, Natalie Hemingway, Sydney Hill, Charles Hockaday, Nikia Lamb, Colin Mateer, Vance Maxey, Cordero McWilliams, Derrick Moore, Jerisa Oatis, Jackson Perry, Paula Raulerson, Yeisia Reed, Penelope Royal, Nathan Squire, Christopher Tilley, Jonathan Turnage, Noah Tuttle, Lamarie Walker, Laquisha Williams, Kyrell Wright and Jamaal Yarde. These internships represented 4650 hours of internship work in the community.

Twenty-four students undertook student teaching assignments and community agency internshps They are: Drew Baccus, Jennifer Berry, Shanae Christian, Timothy Coward, Tishay Greene, Christina Greschak, Keajia Hagans, Meshawn Hall, Loretta Honablew, Brittany Lassiter, Joshua Laverty, Bracy Martin, Allison McCarraher, Shaneika Mcmillan, Shamira Moore, Sharon Nixon, Cassandra Pierce, Samuel Ownley, Tasia Pugh, Tiponya Sanderlin, Carlie Spear, Britney Spence, Nyshiema Stallings, Amy Williams. Each student teacher contributes 75 classroom days.

Fifteen students undertook twenty-two Public Health and Sanitation internships. They are: Corey

STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

INTERNSHIPS

HONORS

Cherry, Reuben France, Ki-jana Harris, Brittney Jones-Wiley, James Roe, Deabrie Smith, Ashante Spruill. Three students did two internships: Kelly Brewer, Keechelle Johnson, Noah Gunter, Deairrius Payne, Brandon Sparrow, and D’asya Wilson. Dejah Roberts completed three internships in Public Health and Sanitation.

Jaida Ellis and Genesis McClain were part of the team put together by Dr. Kulwinder Kaur-Walker that was selected for summer 2019 for the DHS Minority Summer Research Program. The program runs from mid-May to first week of August at Coastal Resilience Center ODU site.

Sophomore Pele Rankin won third place nationally out of over 560 students in the HBCU Business Dean’s Roundtable Annual Stock Pick competition.

Juan Pablo Fabian, an American Indian Programs student, was accepted as ECSU’s first student invited to attend the American Indian Science and Leadership Institute, 20 to 21 March 2019, in Cherokee, NC.

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area oF LIFE, PHYSICAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS, & TECHNOLOGY

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 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.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Dr. Kuldeep Rawat, Dean

SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: PRESENTATIONS

Dr. AkbarEslami and Momen Mohammad (student): “Structural Design Optimization: Numerical and Simulation Approaches,” Accepted for Proceedings of the 2019 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exposition, June 2019, Tampa, FL.

Dr. Akbar Eslami:Made a presentation at the HBCU/MI outreach initiative at Jet Propulsion laboratory and gave a presentation, Los Angeles, CA.

Dr. Akbar Eslami:Attended NSF- funded workshop was selected and attended as a participant in the series entitled “Germinating Transformative Energy

Sustainability Research through Diversity.” January 7-9, 2019 at the BigTen Conference Center in Rosemont, IL.

Dr. Lin Chen: How Can We Find Out Errors in Protein Structures, Southwestern University, February 7, 2019.

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SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: PUBLICATIONS

Allagan, J. A., Voloshin, V., F-WORM Colorings of some 2-trees: Partition vectors, Ars Mathematica Contemporanea, 16(2019), 173-182.

Allagan, J. A., Bobga, B., Cropper, M., Hilton, Johnson. P., Lehel J., Leonard, D., Refinements on Hall’s Conditions, Australasian Journal of Combinatorics, 73(1) (2019), 42-70.

Prime Difference Champion with Scott Funkhouser, Dan Goldston, Dipendra & Jharna Sengupta in Discrete Mathematics & Applications by Springer.

Jessica Goninan*, Jeremiah Lancaster*, and Eyualem Abebe. 2019. Nematode community structure and biodiversity in relation to submerged aquatic vegetation at

Currituck Sound, North Carolina. Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science, 134(3), 2019, pp. 1–6 (*ECSU students)

Teferedegn, E.Y., Tesfaye, D., Abebe, E. and Un, C. 2019. Amylotrophic Lateral Sclerosis-Like Motor Impairment in Prion Diseases. Neuroscience & Medicine, 10, 15-29. Link to paper: https://doi.org/10.4236/nm.2019.101002

Wilfrida Decraemer, Ursula Eisendle-Flöckner, and Eyualem Abebe. 2019. Chapter 9. Phylum Nematoda. In: Thorp and Rogers, Freshwater Invertebrates, Volume IV. Keys to Palaearctic Fauna, Elsevier Publishers. https://www.elsevier.com/books/thorp-and-covichs-freshwater- invertebrates/thorp/978-0-12-385024-9

COLLABORATION

Dr. Eyualem Abebe and Dr. Roberto Frontera-Suau, in the department of Natural Sciences invited all seniors to have an Informational Session on Graduation Package for Fall 2019 graduation. The meeting was on February 05, 2019 and 12 students attended the meeting.

Dr. Akbar Elahi -Mentored two students in the LSAMP program (Ashley Daniel, Kiana Chitty).

Dr. Akbar Elahi - Served as mentor to two students presenting at NSF-ERN Conference (Alton Turner, Jeffrey Smith).

Dr. Akbar Elahi - Served as faculty Mentor for VESTEMIC Program.

Rawat, K.S., Mangham, R., and Gooden, O.D., “Impact of Engineering Design-Focused Summer Academy Experience on Interest Towards STEM Learning and Careers,” in Proceedings of American Society for Engineering”Education (ASEE) Annual Conference, June 16-19, 2019, Tampa, FL.

Dr. Gary Harmon - Served as a science fair judge at Elizabeth City Middle School.

Six faculty from the Department of Natural Sciences, Pharmacy and Health Professions (Eyualem Abebe, Jinchun Yuan, Harry Bass, Shirin Siddiqui, Sheryl Bradford) and Dean Rawat met with six members of the community, among others Phyllis Bosomworth, Mark Powell, Rodney Johnson and Nita Coleman and discussed regional algal bloom and water quality concerns as primarily spearheaded by the Albemarle Resource Conservation and Development Council, and how departmental faculty expertise could help monitor regional environmental and water quality.

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4 students received NCDOT Scholarships: Clayton Brand, Brandon Cowan, and Braxton Robertson, Jeffrey Smith.

Jonathan Lopez attended and presented at the Transportation Research Board Fellowship conference in Washington DC.

Alex Phifer attended the Transportation Research Board Fellowship conference in Washington DC.

Brenna Daniels selected as a team member on the ECSU Honda Quiz Bowl team. Will be going to Nationals in April to represent ECSU.

Drs. Banerjee and Dr. Jeffrey Rousch took three MARC students to the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. Indianapolis, IN. November 2018: Beaumont Thomason, Mitchell Sheep, and Kayla Johnston

Tien M Tran and Tylor McCoy for summer internship programs. They were accepted for NAVY summer internship program.

Kalen Laymon, and Aviation Science major – Norfolk International Airport

Briana Rountree, Aviation Science – NCDOT UAS Raleigh NC

Zakary Stewart, Aviation Science - Elizabeth City Regional Airport

Bryana Williams, Aviation Science – NCDOT Ashville NC Airport / Airport Operations Specialist

Rafael Monsanto, Aviation Science – Southwest Airlines/Flight Line Operations Raleigh/Durham Intl Airport

Weston Smith, Aviation Science/UAS - US DHS USCG CSPI Training

Valeria Pacheco, Aviation Science - NCDOT Fayetteville NC Airport

Adrian Pickett, Aviation Science - US DoD Army ROTC Leadership Training

STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Kevin Benton and Maenecia Cole have been accepted to the MS in Mathematics Program for Spring 2019.

GRADUATE SCHOOL

INTERNSHIPS

HONORS

Tien Tran (research student), “Designing a 3D Printed Robotic Arm with Educational Applications,” accepted for 2019 The Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM, February 21-23, Washington D.C. He received the travel award to attend the conference as well.

Engineering Technology majors, Amy Walsh and Tien M Tran (research students), “Space Solar Power and Cyber Security in Modern Spacecraft Operations,” accepted for 2019 ERN Conference in STEM, February 21-23, Washington D.C. they received the travel award to attend the conference as well.

Matthew Hill (Math major, rising Junior) presented some data analysis results (A Multivariate Regression Analysis of Hospital Stays in a Nosocomial Infection Control Data) at Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference, Feb 22, 2019, in DC.

A student - Kayla Johnston- presented a poster: “A Study of Differential Gene Expression by Tumor-Associated Macrophages (TAM) in the Tumor Microenvironment (TME)”

Jalyn Garner, Aviation Science – US DoD Army ROTC Leadership Training

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ECSU is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina System.

Elizabeth City State University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award degrees at the 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.

ACCREDITATIONS

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, they will develop a mission, vision and strategic plan for 2020-2025.

STRATEGIC PLAN

M Coulson-Clark, Editor and ChairEbere Oriaku, Co- ChairClarence Goss, Jr.Malcolm DcostaNurhak Tuncer ByramliKimberly SmithBenjamin RobichauxAkbar Eslami

EDITORIAL BOARDThis Newsletter is the beginning of many communications as the Viking ship continues to sail into the future. Faculty members who shared their teaching, research and service endeavors in Spring 2019 made this edition possible. This volume by no means encompasses ALL of the faculty members’ accomplishments. There is much to report. Thus, we encourage your ongoing participation in future publications.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY