Fall 2002 - Elizabeth City State University

ERSIT
BETH
BETH
ORTH
ETING
ERSIT
LINA
Home of the
Mighty Vikings

ECSU Magazine
ECSU Magazine is published by the
Office of University Relations & Marketing
1704 Weeksville Road
Campus Box 778
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
252.335.3594
FAX: 252.335.3769
E-mail: infoline@mail.ecsu.edu
Managing Editor
Editors
Contributors
Editorial Staff
Marsha McLean
Deborah S. Flippens
Kesha D. Williams
La’ Tanya Afolayan
Terence Boyd
April Emory
Jeanette H. Evans
Rhonda M. Hayes
Mary L. Hill
Barbaina Houston-Black
Melanie L. Peel
Vandalyn M. Ray
Soraya D. Spellman
Barbara B. Sutton
To submit information for ECSU Magazine, e-mail,
fax or send drafted articles to the address listed or
call the office at 252.335.3594. All items submitted
will be edited.
Elizabeth City State University is committed to
equality of educational opportunity and does not
discriminate against applicants, students, or employees
based on race, color, national origin, religion,
gender, age, or disability.
Photo and cover design by
Gordon Kreplin/Ascencion Photography
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Magazine layout and design by
Flowers Printing
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
chancellor’s message
Greetings! We are pleased to bring to you the first
edition of the ECSU Magazine. One of the priorities
and continuous goals at Elizabeth
City State University is to make
qualitative improvements in all
areas of the institution. This new
publication, we believe,
accomplishes that goal. The
ECSU Magazine replaces our
former publication, Campus
Update. While it contains similar
information, it has been enhanced in its look, reader
friendliness, and content diversity. We certainly hope
it appeals to our readers.
The topics covered in this issue show how the
faculty and staff are working diligently to strengthen
ECSU and, subsequently, the students we serve.
Again this year, we will focus on enrollment growth,
private fund raising, academic prestige, and
institutional effectiveness. In addition, we will
broaden our marketing efforts, enhance student
services, and advance our capital improvement plans.
We will keep you up-to-date on our progress toward
these goals and priorities through the publication of
fall and spring issues of the magazine.
As you may know, to be successful, we need the
support of the entire university community, including
our alumni, boards, and friends. Please know that the
ECSU Magazine will be our way of keeping you
involved and informed about what we doing to keep
ECSU in the forefront of higher education institutions.
So as you sit back and relax to read the ECSU
Magazine, jot down your comments and suggestions.
We would certainly welcome your feedback.
Please read and enjoy this inaugural issue! We
look forward to your input and support.
Charles W. Penny, Chair .......................................... 2003
Walter C. Davenport, Vice Chair ............................. 2005
Betty Sugg Meggs, Secretary ................................... 2003
Betty Barr-Randolph ................................................ 2003
Earl M. Brown .......................................................... 2005
Earl T. Brown ............................................................ 2005
H. Kel Landis III ....................................................... 2005
Rev. Henry B. Pickett, Jr. ......................................... 2005
Frank H. Skidmore, Jr. ............................................. 2005
Calvin R. Worsley .................................................... 2005
Frederick L. Yates ..................................................... 2003
*(Open)
Ex Officio Member
Damiyon Sledge ........................................................2003
* Vacancy (1)
ECSU Board of Trustees
2002 - 2003
Fall 2002 Spring 2003
October 12-16
NCATE/DPI Continuing
Accreditation for
Teacher Education
November 2
2:00 pm
HOMECOMING
Football Game
vs. St. Augustine’s College
Roebuck Stadium
November 4-8
International Week
November 17-22
American
Education
Week
December 1
7:30 pm
University Choir
Christmas
Candlelight Concert
Floyd Robinson Auditorium
Fine Arts Complex
December 14
Fall Commencement
January 8-10
8:00 am
Winter Faculty/Staff Institute
K.E. White Graduate Center
January 13
8:30 am
Official Registration
January 20
Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. Day
Classes Dismissed, Offices Closed
9:00 am
MLK March
February 24-March 1
CIAA Tournament
Raleigh, NC
March 5
Founders Day
March 31-April 5
Viking Fest Week
April 9
7:00 pm
Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Spring Concert
Fine Arts Auditorium
April 16
7:30 pm
Collegians Jazz Ensemble
Spring Concert
Fine Arts Auditorium
April 17
Honors Convocation
Fine Arts Auditorium
May 10
Spring Commencement
(See Alumni News and Athletics for
additional events and schedules.)

ELIZ BETH CIT
TE UNI ERSIT
A constituent institution of The University of North Carolina
Elizabeth City, North Carolina • 252.335-3400 • www.ecsu.edu
Quick Facts
Founded: 1891
Enrollment: 2,147
Student-Faculty Ratio: 16:1
Location: Elizabeth City, North Carolina is a waterfront community in
the historic Albemarle region of northeastern North Carolina.
Institutional Classification: Coeducational public university
Degrees Conferred: Bachelor’s and Master’s
Institutional Accreditation:
Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools
Departmental Accreditations:
• Teacher Education – Approved by North Carolina State Board of
Education and accredited by the National Council for the
Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
• Industrial Technology – Accredited by the National Association
of Industrial Technology
School Colors: Royal blue and white
Mascot: Vikings
Athletics Affiliations: NCAA Division II,
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAA)
Points of Pride
U.S. News and World Report America’s Best Colleges:
ECSU ranked #3 in the Top Public Comprehensive Colleges
in the South - 1999, 2001, 2002
Kiplinger’s:
ECSU listed in Top 100 Best Public Colleges in the country
based on value (cost/quality) - 2002
USA Today and NCAA Foundation:
ECSU listed in Top Ten for “Highest Overall Student-Athlete
Graduation Rate-Division II” – 2001
The University of North Carolina System:
• In three of the past four years, ECSU has been number 2 in the
UNC system in 4-year graduation rate.
• ECSU is the safest campus in the UNC system based on the
annual report of campus crime statistics.
ECSU is
proud of its
history and
track record
of helping
students
SUCCEED!
inside. . .
FEATURES
2
3
3
5
• Ebony’s “African-American Men’s Day”:
Chancellor and fraternity represent ECSU in NYC
• ECSU alumnus featured
on CBS Early Show
• The Maynard Outreach Project
• Marshall A. Rauch
Distinguished Professor named
GIVING MATTERS
15
17
18
19
20
23
ATHLETICS
41
42
42
43
• ECSU & your personal financial plans
• ECSU Foundation:
Your key to assisting today’s students
• ECSU Foundation announces
Winifred J. Wood Scholarship Fund
• Clifton Davis Celebrity Golf Classic
• Sponsored Programs, Contracts & Grants
• ECSU Honor Roll of Donors
• ECSU hoops bring in new era
• Vikings baseball coach and players go global
• Lady Vikings Softball 2002 CIAA Champions
• Fall 2002 schedules
BRIEFS
7
8
9
12
• ECSU Jazz Ensemble releases CD
• N.C. Senator Basnight
awarded honorary degree
• ECSU and Halifax Community College
launch partnership
• Chancellor’s Leadership Development
Institute produces new leaders at ECSU
ALUMNI NEWS
29
30
31
32
34
• From the President
• Chapter news updates
• Torchbearers
• Viking Varsity Club
• Homecoming 2002
IN REMEMBRANCE
UPCOMING EVENTS
48 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002

features
Ebony’s
“African-American
Men’s Day”
Chancellor and fraternity
represent ECSU in NYC
Ebony magazine held its
second “African-American
Men’s Day” program in New
York City in June and
welcomed Elizabeth City State
University (ECSU) Chancellor Mickey
L. Burnim and the men of Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity, the Beta Zeta
(student) Chapter at ECSU.
Dr. Burnim joined a panel of
educators and professional men who
discussed key steps youths should
take in preparing for college.
Education was one of four topics
Ebony raised in this program targeting
young African-American males.
Others included the importance of
good health, careers options and
spirituality. Several national media
representatives, film makers, NBA
athletes and entertainers appeared on
2 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002
the program.
The main luncheon event was a
salute to African-American fathers
and sons. Radio celebrity Tom Joyner
and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(posthumously) were among those
honored. Lerone Bennett Jr., Executive
Editor of Ebony Magazine, was the
keynote speaker for the daylong event.
Dr. Burnim said the event was a
successful initiative to motivating
youths.
“It was [done] to be positive and
uplifting and to give the younger
brothers a vision for what they can
become, to see what kind of support
they have,” Burnim said. “It brought a
range of males together, fathers and
grandfathers like myself and some
older. They (Ebony) need to provide
this kind of opportunity to fathers and
sons in other parts of the country, to
provide them similar opportunities.”
Burnim said he enjoyed attending
the event and was very pleased with
the performance of the fraternity
members and the warm reception they
received from the audience.
Approximately 13 members of
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at ECSU
traveled to New York to perform a 20-
minute step show. These young men
caught the eyes of Ebony officials
ECSU Alpha Phi Alpha Beta Zeta Chapter
performed a special presentation step show.
L-R: President Edison O. Jackson, Medgar Evers College; Chancellor
Mickey L. Burnim, ECSU; and Ron Ransom, Associate V.P. Sales,
Prudential Financial participated on panel moderated by Dr. Frederick S.
Humphries, President & CEO, NAFEO (not pictured).
earlier this year by winning a contest
of eight competing sororities and
fraternities at the 2002 Central
Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Basketball Tournament.
The fraternity includes a number of
studious young men who serve the
university diligently. Two examples
include Keith Richardson and
Damiyon Sledge. Richardson served
as Student Government Association
(SGA) President for the 2001-2002
school term and now serves as Mr.
ECSU. Sledge, the 2002-03 SGA
president, is the correspondence
secretary for the ECSU chapter of the
fraternity.
Attending fraternity members
included Gregory Lassiter of Sunbury,
NC; Jonathon Williams of Elizabeth
City; Jonathon Owens of Chesapeake,
VA; Kevin Thomas Elizabeth City;
Willie Gilchrist of Halifax, NC; Randy
Jordan of Elizabeth, City; Chabra
Mercer of Elizabeth City; James Futrell
of Ahoskie, NC; Adrian Roberson of
Newport News, VA; Damiyon Sledge
of Roanoke Rapids, NC; General Irvin
Barrett Greenville, NC. and Keith
Richardson of Rocky Mount, NC.
Their advisor, Kuchumbi Hayden of
Portsmouth, VA, also attended.
CIAA 2003
Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena
Raleigh, North Carolina
February 23 - March 1, 2003
HOTELS
Holiday Inn Highwoods
Raleigh, NC
919-872-3500 (Alumni)
Country Inn and Suites
Raleigh, NC
919-872-5000
Call hotels directly for
reservations.
in remembrance ...
TICKETS
For ticket information,
call the
ECSU Athletics Department
at 252-335-3388.
For further information,
call the
Office of Alumni Relations
at 252-335-3226.
ECSU Board of Trustees Emeritus E. V. Wilkins died June 7. Mr. Wilkins
served as chairman of the board for several years. For his many years of
loyal and dedicated service, a campus building is named in his honor.
Dr. Andrew L. Roberts, former ECSU Assistant Dean, Professor in the
now School of Education and Psychology and Professor Emeritus, died
April 11.
Dr. Charles Pinrose, former Professor in the Department of Music, died
May 29.
Robert Harvey, one of the founders of the Tri-State Alumni Chapter and
the first chairman of the General Alumni Association Life Membership
Committee, died in New Jersey on June 28.
Vernon Levels, father of ECSU First Lady LaVera Levels Burnim, died on
August 14. Funeral services were held in Teague, Texas.
Charlene Stokley Creekmur, staff, died March 2. She worked as an
applications programmer in the Administrative Computing department.
Ian G. Brown, student, died July 8 in a motorcycle accident. He was a
member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
Tia M. Simms, student, died on September 3, 2001 in an automobile
accident. She was a member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority
WORDS OF WISDOM
“
Once we
discover how to
appreciate the
timeless values
in our daily
experiences,
we can enjoy
the best things
in life.
”
- HARRY HEPNER
ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 47

Early Show
2002 - 2003
LADY VIKINGS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME
11/22-23 ECSU Tip-Off Tourney Elizabeth City, NC 6:00 & 8:00
11/26 The Apprentice School Newport News, VA 7:00pm
11/29-30 Catawba Univ. Tournament Salisbury, NC TBA
12/3 Clark-Atlanta University Elizabeth City, NC 5:30pm
12/5 Allen University Columbia, SC 6:00pm
12/7 Johnson C. Smith Univ. Charlotte, NC 5:30pm
12/14 Winston-Salem State Univ. Elizabeth City, NC 5:30pm
1/7 Shaw University Raleigh, NC 5:30pm
CBS’s “The Early Show” spotlighted
ECSU alumnus and former ECSU
Assistant Football Coach Elvin James.
James appeared in recognition of his
selection as USA Today’s
Most Caring Coach in
America. He is the first
coach named for the honor.
James was the first and
only recipient of this
prestigious award in 1996.
At that time, he was Head
Football Coach at
Goldsboro High School in
Goldsboro, North
Carolina. The award has been presented
each year since, however, now it is given to
multiple recipients.
James received the “Most Caring Coach
in America” award because during his
tenure at Goldsboro H.S. he had an
extraordinary reputation for helping his
football players. He helped 85 students
obtain scholarships to attend colleges
nationwide and did so by using 45 days
of his own leave time, $5,000 of his own
money, and by putting approximately
185,000 miles on his own car. Also, he
opened his home to several of his former
players for short periods of time allowing
them to live with him and his family.
Goldsboro H.S. is an inner city school with
a population that is over 99% African
American.
Also known as “Bam Bam,” James is a
native of Beaufort, North Carolina and
currently resides in Goldsboro and has
returned to Goldsboro High School as
Head Football Coach.
ECSU
alumnus
and
former
football
coach
featured
1/11 Virginia State University Norfolk, VA 3:00pm
3rd Annual CIAA Legacy Classic
1/14 Saint Augustine’s College Elizabeth City, NC 5:30pm
1/18 Fayetteville State University Fayetteville, NC 5:30pm
1/21 Allen University Elizabeth City, NC 5:30pm
1/23 Saint Paul’s College Elizabeth City, NC 5:30pm
1/25 Virginia Union University Elizabeth City, NC 5:30pm
1/28 Bowie State University Bowie, MD 5:30pm
1/30 Univ. of District of Columbia Elizabeth City, NC 5:30pm
2/1 Shaw University Elizabeth City, NC 5:30pm
2/4 Livingstone College Elizabeth City, NC 5:30pm
2/8 Saint Paul’s College Lawrenceville, VA 5:30pm
2/11 North Carolina Central Univ. Durham, NC 5:30pm
2/15 Virginia State University Petersburg, VA 5:30pm
2/18 Bowie State University Elizabeth City, NC 5:30pm
2/22 Virginia Union University Richmond, VA 5:30pm
46 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002
THE
Maynard
Outreach
Project
The School of Psychology and
Education at ECSU has successfully
identified nine young North Carolina
men who are the first to participate in
the Maynard Outreach Project. They
will major in education and upon
graduation return to the state’s
northeastern schools to teach. The
students selected are Kevin Leonard
and Damien Silver of Nashville, NC;
Lorenzo Epps III and William Kearney
of Warrenton, NC; Ramond Davis of
Roanoke Rapids, NC; Kenneth
Creighton and Tiyon Simmons of
Edenton, NC; Terrance Jackson of
Plymouth, NC; and Marquiche
Hughes of Camden, NC. Hughes is
already enrolled at ECSU and the
others begin fall 2002.
The Maynard Outreach Project,
coordinated by Dr. Claudie Mackey,
targets high school seniors in the 21
northeastern counties that surround
ECSU to increase the number of
minority males teaching in North
Carolina schools. Earlier this year,
James H. Maynard and his wife
Connie, contributed $200,000 to the
School of Psychology and Education
specifically to assist ECSU in its quest
to address the teacher shortage.
Maynard is chairman and co-founder
of Golden Corral Corporation. The
couple, already linked to ECSU from a
previous scholarship venture that
assists education majors currently
enrolled at the university, extended
their hands of generosity again in
February.
Applicants must meet ECSU
admissions requirements and
graduate in the top half of their
graduating high school class. The
School of Psychology and Education
provides academic enrichment
sessions, mentoring and career
conferences to help these young men
prepare for a career in education.
For more information, contact Dr.
Claudie Mackey, coordinator of the
Maynard Outreach Project,
at 252-335-3479.
features
ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 3

ECSU faculty honored
for teaching excellence
2002 - 2003
VIKINGS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
Dr. Flora Bryant Brown receives
UNC-system excellence in
teaching award
Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) Professor Flora Bryant Brown of
the Department of Social Sciences recently received the University of North
Carolina Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Dr. Bryant Brown, a history professor who arrived at ECSU in 1990, was
one of 16 professors across the state’s public higher education system to
receive the award. The winners received a commemorative bronze medallion
and a $7,500 cash prize. Brown has been credited with revising the history
curriculum, coordinating the social sciences teacher education program
within the social sciences department; developing online courses and
working as a consultant to the N.C. Museum of History and the Museum of
the Albemarle. She is also known for her supportive response to students
who are academically or personally challenged while pursuing their college
degrees.
The UNC Board of Governors established the awards in 1994 to
underscore the importance of teaching and to reward good teaching across
the university. The board selects tenured faculty members who have taught
at their present institutions at least seven years.
Departmental faculty
receives ECSU
teaching honors
ECSU also recently recognized four
of its professors for their outstanding
work as teachers within their
departments. They are Dr. Kwabena
Boansi (5 years), Social Sciences; Dr.
Harold Ellingsen (3 years), Mathematics
and Computer Science; Dr. Edmond
Koker (18 years), Chemistry and
Physics; and, Dr. Emmanuel
Ngwainmbi (5 years), Language,
Literature and Communication.
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME
11/22-23 Johnson C. Smith Invitational Charlotte, NC TBA
11/26 Mountain State Elizabeth City, NC 7:30pm
12/2 Benedict College Columbia, SC 7:30pm
12/6-7 Walt Baker Classic Salisbury, NC TBA
Catawba College
12/10 Wingate University Elizabeth City, NC 7:00pm
12/14 Winston-Salem State Univ. Elizabeth City, NC 7:30pm
12/19 Univ. District of Columbia Elizabeth City, NC 7:30pm
12/30 Johnson C. Smith University Charlotte, NC 7:30pm
1/2 Mountain State University Beckley, WV 7:30pm
1/7 Shaw University Raleigh, NC 7:30pm
1/11 Virginia State University Norfolk, VA 5:00pm
3 rd Annual CIAA Legacy Classic
1/14 Saint Augustine’s College Elizabeth City, NC 7:30pm
ECSU names interim
Vice Chancellor
for Academic
Affairs
Effective September 1, 2002, Chancellor Mickey L.
Burnim named Dr. Carolyn R. Mahoney, Dean of
the School of Mathematics, Science
and Technology, to serve as Interim
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
while a national search for a permanent
replacement is underway. Dr. Mahoney
replaces Dr. Albert Walker who accepted
the position of President at Bluefield State
College in West Virginia.
In a statement to the university,
Chancellor Burnim said, “We seek to
conduct a smooth transition while we
search for our next Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
Dr. Walker has done a fine job and we congratulate him on
features
his new appointment. We believe that the Division of
Academic Affairs will continue to thrive under the
leadership of Dr. Mahoney. Please give her your full
support and cooperation during this time.”
Dr. Mahoney joined ECSU in August 2000,
to serve as the first Dean of the School of
Mathematics, Science and Technology. Prior to
coming to ECSU she spent 10 years at the new
California State University San Marcos where
she served as one of 12 founding faculty,
Chairperson of the Department of Mathematics,
and Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Mahoney also has served as Program Director in
the Office of Systemic Reform at the National
Science Foundation.
1/18 Fayetteville State University Fayetteville, NC 7:30pm
1/21 Benedict College Elizabeth City, NC 7:30pm
1/23 Saint Paul’s College Elizabeth City, NC 7:30pm
1/25 Virginia Union University Elizabeth City, NC 7:30pm
1/28 Bowie State University Bowie, MD 7:30pm
1/29 Univ. of District of Columbia Washington, DC 7:30pm
2/1 Shaw University Elizabeth City, NC 7:30pm
2/4 Livingstone College Elizabeth City, NC 7:30pm
2/8 Saint Paul’s College Lawrenceville, VA 7:30pm
2/11 North Carolina Central Univ. Durham, NC 7:30pm
2/15 Virginia State University Petersburg, VA 7:30pm
2/18 Bowie State University Elizabeth City, NC 7:30pm
2/22 Virginia Union University Richmond, VA 7:30pm
4 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002
ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 45

2002 VIKINGS VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME
September
8 Univ. District of Columbia Elizabeth City, NC 2:00pm
10 Virginia State University Elizabeth City, NC 6:30pm
13-15 CIAA Round-Up Durham, NC TBA
19 Virginia Union University Richmond, VA 6:30pm
23 Peace College Raleigh, NC 6:30pm
25 Shaw University Elizabeth City, NC 6:00pm
27-29 Mount Olive Tournament Mount Olive, NC TBA
30 Saint Paul’s College Elizabeth City, NC 6:30pm
October
5 Bowie State University Elizabeth City, NC 2:00pm
10 Virginia State University Petersburg, VA 6:30pm
16 Virginia Union University Elizabeth City, NC 6:00pm
18 Univ. District of Columbia Washington, DC 8:00pm
19 Bowie State University Bowie, MD 5:00pm
22 Saint Paul’s College Lawrenceville, VA 6:00pm
24 Peace College Elizabeth City, NC 6:30pm
30 Shaw University Raleigh, NC 6:00pm
November
15-17 CIAA Volleyball Tournament Winston-Salem, NC
2002 VIKINGS CROSS COUNTRY SCHEDULE
LADY VIKINGS BOWLING TEAM SCHEDULE
The Lady Vikings Bowling team will compete against each CIAA
Eastern Division team at three meets, against the CIAA Western
Division teams at the CIAA Roundup, and against the finalists at
the championship games:
October 5-6
DATE MEET LOCATION TIME
September
17 Virginia State University Invitational Petersburg, VA 4:00pm
21 William and Mary Invitational Williamsburg, VA TBA
29 Virginia Union University Richmond, VA TBA
October
5 Norfolk State University Norfolk, VA TBA
24 CIAA Championships Greensboro, NC TBA
@ Bowie State, Bowie, MD
October 19-20
athletics
October 26-27
November 2-3
November 18-19
@ ECSU
44 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002
CIAA Roundup @ Virginia State
(compete against CIAA Western Division teams)
@ Shaw University, Raleigh, NC
CIAA Championship @ Winston-Salem State, NC
Athletics staff
on the move
Addie Griffin, senior women’s
administrator, recently was elected
President of the Senior Woman
Administrators Association and
Women’s Vice President of the CIAA
Basketball Tournament Committee.
April Emory, sports information director,
was recently elected Secretary of the
Black College Sports Information
Directors of America (BCSIDA).
Marshall A. Rauch
Distinguished Professor
Dr. Camellia M. Okpodu
named first
Distinguished
Professor
in Biology
Dr. Camellia M. Okpodu joined Elizabeth City
State University in August 2002 as the first
Marshall A. Rauch Distinguished Professor in
Biology. The position is supported by an initial
endowment of $500,000. Funds for the
endowment were donated by Derick S. Close, a
former member of the UNC Board of Governors
and his sister, Crandall Bowles; funds from a
matching funds program established by the state
legislature in 1985; and funds from the
C.D.Spangler Foundation. The chair is named for
former N.C. state senator Marshall A. Rauch at
the request of Mr. Close and is the second
endowed chair established at the university.
Dr. Okpodu, a North Carolina native, was
formerly chair of the Department of Biological
Sciences at Hampton University in Hampton, VA,
and had been a faculty member there since 1996.
Dr. Okpodu also served as a postdoctoral
research associate in plant molecular biology in
the Department of Plant Pathology at Virginia
Tech. She earned both a B.S. degree in
biochemistry and a doctorate in plant physiology
from North Carolina State University. She is the
author of a laboratory manual in plant
physiology and numerous publications in
scientific journals including the Journal of Plant
Physiology, Analytical Biochemistry, Plant
Physiology & Biochemistry and Biotechniques, to
name a few. Her involvement in curriculum
development has resulted in new courses and
modules for both undergraduate and graduate
students. A strong advocate of outreach
programs, Dr. Okpodu has served as the program
coordinator for the Newport News Public Schools
and Hampton University Center for Excellence in
Research, Teaching and Learning, and for the
Lucille Packard Summer Research Enrichment
Program.
In July of 1999, Okpodu was a guest on the
nationally televised “Oprah Winfrey Show” and
was featured in the episode “Teaching Our
Daughters to Succeed.” Okpodu, who has three
daughters, discussed ways in which young
women can achieve their goals. She is also
featured in How Jane Won, a book about 55
successful women who share their experiences
from being “just girls” to becoming extraordinary
women in today’s society.
Dr. Okpodu holds membership and serves on
national committees of the American Society of
Plant Biology and the American Phytopathology
Society. Her grantsmanship has resulted in
millions of dollars in extramural funds from the
National Institutes of Health, National Science
Foundation and NASA for student programs and
research.
The Department of Biology and Elizabeth City
State University welcome Dr. Camellia M.
Okpodu—Marshall A. Rauch Distinguished
Professor of Biology.
features
ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 5

iefs
accreditations
ECSU reaffirmation of
SACS accreditation
complete
In July, ECSU was notified by the
Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools Commission on Colleges that
all reviews were complete and
Elizabeth City State University’s
accreditation was reaffirmed. No
additional reports or follow-up is
needed.
Elizabeth City State University is
accredited to award degrees at the
baccalaureate and master’s levels.
The next SACS review will take place
in 2011, as reaffirmations are
conducted every 10 years.
ECSU Laboratory
School receives
accreditation
The National Association for the
Education of Young Children
(NAEYC) recently accredited the
ECSU Laboratory School. This
prestigious recognition has been
achieved by only 7% of early
childhood programs nationwide. Dr.
Beverlyn Cain, Director of the Lab
School, is excited about their
progress.
“The heart of NAEYC
accreditation focuses on the child’s
experience,” said Dr. Cain. “The
process carefully considers all aspects
of a program including health and
safety, staffing, staff qualifications,
and physical environment.”
The ECSU Laboratory School is
part of the School of Education and
Psychology. It annually serves
20-25 students between the ages of
three and five years old.
Top graduate
goes to
UNC Chapel
Hill Law
School
Sherri Horner, class of 2002,
was honored as the Bearer
of the Mace at the 134 th
Commencement held in
May, receiving top honors in her graduating class. Ms. Horner will be
attending UNC Chapel Hill Law School this fall.
Groundbreaking for new
physical education/field house
Left to Right: Greg Magee, ECSU Director of Design and Construction; Nathaniel Moore, 1961
alumnus and Viking Varsity Club president; ECSU Chancellor Mickey L. Burnim; Elizabeth City Mayor
John Bell; ECSU Board Member Betty Meggs; Matt Wood, President of ECSU Foundation Board of
Directors and Pasquotank County Commission Chairman; Dr. Edward McLean, ECSU Athletics
Director; Sam Roebuck, ECSU supporter and for whom ECSU Roebuck Stadium is named; and
Henry Rhoulac, 1969 alumnus and Viking Varsity Club Advisory Board member.
Elizabeth City State University recently held a Ground
Breaking Ceremony for the new physical education
building. Chancellor Mickey L. Burnim, Dr. Edward
McLean, Athletics Director, and other ECSU administrators
were on hand to celebrate the occasion.
This new building will house physical education classrooms,
locker rooms, showers, storage, and bathroom facilities and it will be located
within Roebuck Stadium. The project budget is $1,172,300 and was designed
by Applegate Architects, a New Bern, North Carolina firm.
Vikings football picked to
finish 7th in CIAA
Morey, Williams receive pre-season nod
The 2002 CIAA Pre-Season and Predicted
Order of Finish as selected by the CIAA Football
Coaches Association, was released at the annual
CIAA Football Roundup July 25, 2002 in
Petersburg, VA.
The Elizabeth City State University Vikings
were picked to finish 7th out of the 10 CIAA
schools that will compete in 2002. Preceding the
Vikings are the Rams of Winston-Salem State,
2001 Champion Virginia Union, Bowie State,
Fayetteville State, North Carolina Central, and
Virginia State. Johnson C. Smith, Livingstone, and
Saint Augustine’s follow ECSU.
Senior offensive lineman D.J. Morey and
Sophomore Strong Safety Howard Williams, Jr.
were named to the 2002 CIAA Preseason Football
Team. Morey, a native of Camden, NC, helped
lead an offensive line that allowed only six sacks
in 2001, first in the CIAA.
Last season, Morey was named to the All-
CIAA Offensive Team. Williams, Jr. is coming off
an impressive year in which he was named to the
2001 CIAA All-Rookie Defensive Team. An
Elizabeth City native, Williams was third
amongst the Vikings in tackles with 51 total,
along with two fumble recoveries in 2001.
The Vikings opened their season at Kutztown
University August 29th and held their home
opener September 7th against Virginia Union
University.
(See Football Schedule for remaining games.)
2002 VIKINGS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME
2 Saint Augustine’s Elizabeth City, NC 2:00pm
HOMECOMING
athletics
9 Winston-Salem State Winston-Salem, NC 1:00pm
16 CIAA Championship Winston-Salem, NC 1:30
6 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 43
August
29 Kutztown University Kutztown, PA 4:05pm
September
7 Virginia Union Elizabeth City, NC 7:00pm
(Hall of Fame)
14 Fayetteville State Rocky Mount, NC 6:00pm
(Down East Viking Football Classic)
28 North Carolina Central Kinston, NC 6:00 pm
October
5 Johnson C. Smith Elizabeth City, NC 7:00pm
(Youth Outreach)
12 Virginia State Elizabeth City, NC 1:30pm
(High School Day)
19 Bowie State Bowie, MD 1:00pm
26 Livingstone Salisbury, NC 2:00pm
November

Vikings baseball coach
and players
go global
Head coach travels
to South Africa
The players weren’t the only ones to travel
internationally this summer. Head Coach Terrance
Whittle traveled to Johannesburg, South Africa to
serve as an Envoy Coach on behalf of Major League
Baseball International. Coach Whittle worked in
conjunction with the South African Baseball
Federation (SABF) to help introduce the game of
baseball to underdeveloped areas in Johannesburg.
He worked with both national and junior national
team members and assist the SABF with forming
baseball leagues.
2002
CIAA
Champions
compete at
NCAA
Division II
athletics
Indiana (PA) University 14-3.
Regional
42 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002
Baseball players go
abroad
Four members of the Elizabeth City State
University baseball team were busy this summer,
showcasing their skills in different parts of the
world. Jesse Jones, Robert Kravitz, Bobby Byrum,
and Brad Privott participated as members of the
USA Baseball Team of USA Athletes International.
Currituck, NC native Jesse Jones and Windsor,
NC natives Robert Kravitz and Bobby Byrum
participated in the German Baseball Open July
19-29, 2002 in Regensburg, Germany. Jones, a
senior shortstop, participated for the second
consecutive year traveling again to Amsterdam.
Kravitz a senior catcher and Byrum a junior
pitcher participated for the first time.
Brad Privott, also a native of Currituck, NC,
traveled to Townsville, Australia to compete in
the Down Under Games July 22-August 4, 2002.
This was the senior pitcher’s second year with
USA Baseball. Last year, he went to Germany.
Lady Vikings Softball
Fighting their way out of the
losers bracket on the final day last
April, the Elizabeth City State
University Lady Vikings became
the 2002 Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Association Softball
Champions.
This is the first CIAA Softball
Championship in ECSU history!
The Lady Vikings beat the
previously undefeated Lady
Golden Bulls of Johnson C. Smith
University 4-3 in the opener of the
championship round, forcing a do-or-die
contest, and it would be the Lady Vikings
staying alive with the 7-2 triumph.
The win also ensured that the Lady
Vikings (21-9) would advance to the NCAA
Division II Regional as the CIAA’s first
automatic bid qualifier. Held at
Bloomsburg (PA) University, the Lady
Vikings fell to the hosts 12-1 and to
All in all, it was one of the best seasons
in history. Freshman pitcher Lisa Harris,
senior short-stop Raquita Washington, and
senior third baseman Tavheisha Walton
were named to the 2002 CIAA Softball All-
Tournament Team. Walton was named
tournament MVP. Head Softball Coach
Janie Cofield was selected CIAA Coach of
the Year.
A
dazzling spring concert saluting
Benny Goodman and fellow jazz
legends Dizzy Gillespie and
Lionel Hampton wasn’t enough. The
Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) 22-piece jazz
ensemble took the next step and recorded many of their
selections on a CD touting the music that won those artist
generations of fans. The ensemble
recorded their CD on campus in the
Floyd Robinson Auditorium of the
Fine Arts Center.
Vince Corozine, an ECSU professor
of music and director of the ensemble,
said the CD was two years in the
making. Throughout the school year,
students and a few community musicians , who are also
public school music teachers , gathered weekly to rehearse
for jazz ensemble performances and to
prepare for the recording. Having
students and teachers work together
on challenging assignments such
as swing jazz recordings is a
lesson in itself.
Their repertoire includes
Two years in the making
ECSU Jazz Ensemble
releases CD
“This is the training
ground for young
musicians ...”
selections from Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Miles
Davis, Herbie Hancock, Dizzy Gillespie and Horace
Silver. Corozine said the goal is to have students share
through performance the cultural and aesthetic
experience of great composers. These selections display
various periods and styles of jazz.
“We want to build a standard of musical taste
within the ensemble; to develop an interest and an
appreciation for jazz and improvisation,” Corozine said.
“This is the training ground for young musicians planning
careers in music education or professional performance.”
The Jazz Ensemble included
trumpet players Jeff Au; Marcus
James; Danielle Turner; Saxophone
Cedric booth; Nick Goehring; Wade Johnson; Rachel
Kirksey; Joplin Brock; Rhythm Section, Adam Nixon
(guitar); Dennis Figgs (piano) Chris Whitehurst (drums);
Lee Waterfield (Bass) and vocalist Mandy Futrell
For more information or to obtain a copy, contact Mr.
Vince Corozine at 252-335-3377.
THE FOLLOWING SELECTIONS ARE ON THE CD:
Girl From Ipanema ............................................................. Jobim/Berry
Georgia on My Mind .......................................................... Carmichael/Taylor
Take the A-Train ................................................................. Strayhorn/Barduhn
A Night in Tunisia.............................................................. Gillespie/Sweeney
Harlem Nocturne................................................................ Hagen/Berry
Satin Doll ........................................................................... Strayhorn/Barduhn
Stormy Weather .................................................................. Arlen/Noak
The Preacher ....................................................................... Silver/Edmondson
briefs
Over the Rainbow ............................................................ Arlen/ Wolpe
Malaguena .......................................................................... Lecuona/Kerchner
Gospel John ......................................................................... Steinberg/Clark
Watermelon Man ................................................................ Hancock/Nowak
ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 7

N.C. Senator Basnight
awarded honorary degree
North Carolina State Senator
Marc Basnight was the
keynote speaker at ECSU’s
134th Commencement on
May 11. It was the perfect
opportunity to honor Senator
Basnight for his untiring
efforts and years of support
for Elizabeth City State
University by conferring
him with an honorary
degree.
Basnight, President Pro Tempore
for the N.C. Senate, is serving his
ninth term in office. He began his
legislative duty in 1984 only to
become the longest serving Senate
President Pro Tempore in state history.
Basnight represents North
Carolina’s Senate District 1, a
northeastern corner which includes
Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare,
Hyde, Pasquotank, Perquimans,
Tyrrell and parts of Beaufort, Bertie
and Washington counties.
This coastal region was his birthplace.
Senator Basnight’s
accomplishments are numerous. He
has been credited with playing an
instrumental role in the passage of a
$3.1 billion higher education bond
package in 2000 to help universities
and community colleges with their
most critical building needs so they
could address enrollment growth.
Only a few years ago, he worked
diligently to make it possible for ECSU
to receive the funding needed to
complete the Fine Arts building.
He has always taken a strong
stance on education. Basnight fought
for an overhaul of the state’s public
school system and supported calls for
a system of incentives and
accountability. He pushed to expand
the former Gov. Jim Hunt’s Smart Start
early childhood initiative in the state’s
100 counties. Most recently, he has
diligently pressed to bring a school of
pharmacy to Elizabeth City State
University and this northeastern
corner of the state.
“Senator Basnight has been an
asset to the entire state of North
Carolina,” stated Chancellor Mickey
L. Burnim. “What he has done and
continues to do for northeastern North
Carolina and particularly Elizabeth
City State University has not gone
unnoticed. We wanted to recognize
him with this honorary degree for his
tireless efforts.”
athletics
ECSU hoops
Shawn Walker, ECSU alumnus (’94), is
the new Head Coach of the Vikings
Basketball team.
Having served as Head Coach of the
Lady Vikings during the 2001-2002 season,
Assistant Coach for the Vikings during 1996-97,
and a basketball player from 1991-94, Walker is
no stranger to the ECSU intercollegiate athletics
program. Most recently, under Walker’s
leadership, the Lady Vikings finished the season
at 14-13, second place in the CIAA Eastern
Division.
Prior to his most recent stint with ECSU,
Walker served as the Head Men’s Basketball
bring in
new era
Walker named ECSU Vikings
Head Basketball Coach
Coach at Voorhees College in Demark, SC. While
at Voorhees, he won two EIAC Championships
(1998,1999), competed in the NAIA National
Tournament (1999) and was named EIAC Coach
of the Year in 1998 and 2000. He also served as a
graduate assistant at Slippery Rock (PA)
University where he received a Master’s in
Athletics Administration in 1998.
Walker, a native of Roper, NC, and a secondgeneration
Viking, graduated with honors from
ECSU in 1994 with two degrees, one in Biology
and the other in Health/Physical Education. He
was also an All-CIAA selection for the Vikings in
1993 and 1994.
Two new degrees
available this fall
Communications Studies and Aviation Science are two
new bachelor’s degree programs available to ECSU students
starting this fall. Communication Studies is in the
department of Language, Literature and Communication in
the School of Arts and Humanities and Aviation Science is
in the Technology Department in the School of Mathematics,
Science and Technology.
briefs
With the addition of these two new degree programs,
ECSU now offers 34 baccalaureate degrees.
8 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002
Batchelor named
ECSU Lady Vikings
Head Basketball Coach
Fred Batchelor, II is the new
Head Coach of the Lady
Vikings Basketball team.
Batchelor joins the ECSU
coaching staff after serving as
Head Women’s Basketball Coach for
two years at State University of New
York (SUNY) at Buffalo. While at
Buffalo State, he also had two stints as
an Assistant Men’s Coach (1994-1996
and 1998-1999) and served as the
Interim Head Men’s Coach (1999-
2000). From 1996-1998, Batchelor was
an Assistant Men’s Coach at SUNY
University at Buffalo.
Coach Batchelor received his B.A.
in Religious Education from Valley
Forge Christian College in
Phoenixville, PA and his M.S. in
Multidisciplinary Studies from SUNY
Buffalo State.
ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 41

ECSU MAGAZINE
READER REPLY/
INFORMATION UPDATE
Attention Alumni!
Name: __________________________________________________________ Class of: ____________________
Address: ____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
alumni news
Phone: _____________________________________ Email: __________________________________________
40 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002
Readers: For feedback or to provide updated information, please fill out this form (or make a copy) and
mail it to ECSU University Relations and Marketing, 1704 Weeksville Road, Elizabeth City, North
Carolina 27909-7806 or fax it to 252/335-3769. You may also contact us via email at
infoline@mail.ecsu.edu.
Name: _________________________________________________________________________
Affiliation: _____________________________________________________________________
(Example: alumnus, friend, supporter, employee, etc.)
Address: ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Phone: ________________________________________________________________________
Email: _________________________________________________________________________
Comments/Feedback: ___________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
We welcome your comments and feedback!
Change
of Address
Requested
If your address or the address of someone you
know has changed, submit a change of address to:
Elizabeth City State University
Office of Alumni Relations
Campus Box 977
1704 Weeksville Road
Elizabeth City, NC 27909-7806
Contact Information
Barbaina Houston-Black
252.335.3226
877.687.2476 (Toll Free)
Mary L. Hill
252.335.33329
Fax: 252.335.3542
www.ecsu.edu
Viking Voice Exchange “Alumni”
SUMMER
Summer School
2002 enjoys
significant growth
Summer School 2002 at Elizabeth
City State University had one of its
largest enrollments ever. With 753
students, enrollment was up from 694
students in 2001 and 563 in 2000.
Dr. Ali Khan, director, stated, “We
took a couple of approaches. We
changed the brochure and gave it a
new look with information that
students particularly ask about, like
housing, financial aid and parking.
We also had more evening classes for
students that were working so that
they could come after 4 or 5 o’clock
and take some classes.”
Another indicator of growth was
that an increased number of faculty
were on staff this summer. With the
steady year-to-year growth, Dr. Kahn
is considering two five-week summer
sessions next year.
ECSU and Halifax
Community College
launch partnership
SCHOOL
McNair Scholars
program holds
award ceremony
The 7 th Annual McNair Scholars
Summer Research Symposium and
Awards Ceremony was recently held
at Elizabeth City State University
(ECSU) to recognize eight student
research teams, their mentors and
instructors.
The topics for the research teams
ranged from the study of naturally
occurring purple colored bacterium in
a stream on campus to the study of
social work techniques and their
impact in managed health care
settings. Dr. Cheryl Lewis, Director of
the Ronald E. McNair
Postbaccalaureate Achievement
Program at ECSU, congratulated and
presented awards to the students for
their intensive research projects and
the public presentations made at the
July 26th ceremony.
ECSU and Halifax Community College have
formed a partnership to address the shortage of
teachers in this region. The two institutions have
joined forces to offer a curriculum for students to earn
a B.S. degree in elementary education. Plans are to
offers courses on-site at Halifax Community College in Weldon, NC. Courses will be taught
by faculty from both institutions.
The issue of staffing in public schools has been compounded further due to new federal
regulations stating that newly-hired teacher assistants must meet new postsecondary
requirements, and those already in the professional fields must meet the same requirements
by 2006.
The key planners of this partnership have included from Halifax Community College,
Dr. Laura Buffaloe, Evelyn Kientz, Terry Wheeler, Dee Amason and B.T. Brown. From ECSU,
the delegation included Dr. Albert Walker, Dr. Charles Cherry, and Dr. Daniel Green from
the UNC Office of the President.
For more information, call ECSU Division of Academic Affairs at 252/335-3291.
Ronald McNair Scholar Program
Director, Dr. V. Cortez Henderson of
The University of Arkansas, Pine
Bluff, spoke at the ceremony and
encouraged ECSU students to
continue seeking answers to questions
raised in their summer research
projects.
Seven ECSU faculty and staff
members accepted awards for their
contributions to the eight research
projects presented at the ceremony.
They include Dr. Michael Winrow, Dr.
Howard Price, Dr. Nwojo Agwu, Dr.
Scott Bradshaw, Ms. Brenda Norman,
Dr. Hirendra Banerjee and Dr. Akbar
Eslami.
The Ronald McNair
Postbaccalaureate Achievement
Program is a national initiative
named after Dr. Ronald Erwin McNair,
a renowned laser physicist and
astronaut, who died in the 1986
explosion of the USS Challenger Space
Shuttle.
Seated from left: ECSU Chancellor
Mickey L. Burnim, HCC President, Dr.
Ted H. Gasper, Jr., and Senator Frank
Balance. Standing left to right: Emmett
N. Kimbrough, superintendent of Weldon
City Schools, John G. Parker,
superintendent of Roanoke Rapids
Graded Schools, Mary D. McDuffie,
superintendent of Northampton County
Schools, and Dr. Willie Gilchrist,
superintendent of Halifax County
Schools and ECSU alumnus.
briefs
ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 9

WHO’S NEW
AT
ECSU
Staff
Institutional Advancement
La’Tanya Afolayan, Director,
Major & Planned Gifts
Bettie Lyons, Research Assistant
Student Affairs
Warren H. Basket,
Director of Housing & Residence Life
Enrollment Management,
Planning, Research & Outreach
Barbara Holley,
Processing Assistant - Financial Aid
Aileen Whidbee,
Processing Assistant (Admissions)
James Whitley,
Small Business Specialist - SBTDC
University Relations & Marketing
Michele Johnson Brown,
Programming Assistant - WRVS-FM Radio
Rhonda Hayes, Office Assistant
Athletics
Fred Batchelor, II,
Instructor/Head Women’s Basketball Coach
Jeremy “Tremayne” Henry,
Lecturer/Assistant Football Coach
Stacy Sage, Head Athletic Trainer
Shawn Walker,
Lecturer/Head Men’s Basketball Coach
Marcus White, Lecturer/Assistant Football Coach
Information Technology/University Computing
Abdual Hoggard, Application Programmer
Business & Finance
Luevern Cheson, Housekeeping
Linda Dewald, Housekeeping
Lance Taylor, Housekeeping
Daryl Wood, Housekeeping
Academic Affairs
Dr. Bonita T. Ewers,
Interim Associate Vice Chancellor
Loretta Powers,
Information Technology Consultant -
Virtual College
School of Arts and Humanities
Language, Literature & Communication
Dr. Joseph Lisowski, Associate Professor
Dr. John Luton, Associate Professor
Ida Muldrow, Assistant Professor
Music
Amelia Harris-Horne, Assistant Professor
Dr. Penny Kwiatkowski, Assistant Professor
Social Sciences
Marie Billie, Visiting Assistant Professor
Dr. Margery Coulson-Clark, Associate Professor
Rebecca Seaman, Associate Professor
School of Business & Economics
Dr. Joe Barrett, Assistant Professor
Harvey Beasley, Lecturer
Joyce Green, Visiting Assistant Professor
Dr. Freda McBride, Associate Professor
School of Education & Psychology
Dr. Saundra Copeland, Assistant Professor
Dr. Linda Lisowski, Associate Professor
Terry Mitchell, Diagnostic Testing Coordinator
Anne White,
Associate Professor/Middle School Education
School of Mathematics, Science &
Technology Biology
Dr. Camellia Okpodu,
Marshall A. Rauch Distinguished Professor
Chemistry & Physics
Dr. Lei Zhang, Visiting Assistant Professor
Elizabeth City State University
GENERAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
“Alumni Building on a Firm Foundation”
Name ________________________________________________________________________________
Address_______________________________________________________________________________
City ____________________ State _____________ ZipCode ______________________
Telephone No. ______________ Home ( )_____________ Work ( ) __________ Ext. __________
E-mail ________________________ FAX __________________________________________________
Type of Membership: ❑ Regular/Associate $30
Prior year Alumni Chapter member: ❑ Yes
❑
❑ No If yes Chapter Name ____________________
Did you attend ECSU ❑ Yes ❑ No If yes, what year did you attend __________________________
Did you graduate? ❑ Yes
❑ Single Life $400
Couple Life $720
❑ No If no, what year did you last attend___________________________
Major ____________________________________ Degree earned ________________________________
*If you are interested in joining a chapter, organizing a chapter, or need additional information regarding membership, please contact
briefs
Geological, Environmental & Marine Sciences
Dr. Karen Fischer, Assistant Professor
John White, Visiting Assistant Professor
Liz Noble, Project Coordinator
Math and Computer Science
Dr. Jamiiru Luttamaguzi, Assistant Professor
Antonio Rook, Instructor
Technology
Dr. Howard Price, Visiting Associate Professor
DR. JEANETTE EVANS, CHAIRPERSON TELEPHONE: (252) 335.3618
ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY
1704 WEEKSVILLE ROAD
ELIZABETH CITY, NC 27909 FAX: (252) 335.3731
EMAIL: JHEVANS@MAIL.ECSU.EDU
news
PLEASE MAIL APPLICATION TO:
Campus Box 791 • ECSU, Elizabeth City, NC 27909
10 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002
alumni
ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 39

Student recruitment initiative
The Office of Alumni
Relations recognizes the
outstanding achievements
in student recruitment.
We challenge all chapters
to compete with other
universities in recruiting
students to your
Alma Mater.
General Alumni
Association Officers
2002-2004
Dr. Paul Norman,
President
Carol Heyward,
1st Vice President
Mary Cates,
2nd Vice President
Jessie Riddick,
Recording Secretary
Edith Williams,
Corresponding Secretary
Sandra Gibson,
Parliamentarian
Rochelle Vann,
Chaplain
James R. Spence,
Sergeant-at-Arms
Board of Directors
Patricia Harris, Chair
Alonza Harrell
Shirley Jones
Dr. Curtis Bryan
Elaine Hopkins
Estela Simons
Julius Walker
Norman Cherry
Nathaniel Moore
38 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002
Eva J. Lewis: Held College Fair on November 10, 2001.
J.T. Doles: Held High School and Community College Reception.
Roanoke Chowan: Held their annual High School Reception on
November 15, 2001
Kinston-Lenior: February 2, 2002, held their annual luncheon and
invited Students from high schools and middle schools.
Pennisula: February 12, 2002, sponsored their annual high school
reception.
Raleigh-Durham-Wake: February 16, 2002, sponsor a bus trip bring
students to Winter Homecoming.
Washington DC Metro: February 16, 2002, brought two buses of
students Winter Homecoming.
Evelyn A Johnson: February 16, 2002, Brought students to Winter
Homecoming
Bertie County: February 9th 2002, brought the Knight of the Round
Table Youth Group to tour the campus and attend the basketball
game.
Richmond Metro: February 24, 2002 Church service and recruitment
fair.
Elizabeth City Chapter: in February, March, April , May and June
sponsored a church service and recruitment reception.
Washington County: April 24, 2002 held a high School recepton
Cape Fear: on april 2002 held a ceremony to award a scholarhip to a
student from the Fayettevill area.
Roanoke Missionary Baptist Conference: On May 22, 2002 , Director
of Alumni Relations spoke with the group about student recruitment
and Scholarships.
Calling all published authors!
Have you published in the last year? Send a copy* to the Office of
Alumni Relations and we will note it in the next issue of the
magazine. Articles should be sent to:
Elizabeth City State University
Office of Alumni Relations
Campus Box 977 • 1704 Weeksville Road
Elizabeth City, NC 27909-7806
alumni
news
*All submitted copies become the property of the Office of Alumni Relations
on the move
staff
Sherry Figgs, a contract and grant
accountant in Accounting,
recently became a Certified Public
Accountant (CPA), earning all
rights and privileges designated
by the North Carolina Board of
Certified Public Accountant
Examiners. Figgs is a graduate of Northeastern High
School in Elizabeth City and East Carolina University
where she earned bachelor and master of science
degrees in Accounting.
• Brutus Jackson, Director of Career Services, recently
received the North Carolina Association of Colleges and
Employers (NCACE) Outstanding Professional Award
for 2002. NCACE is a professional development
organization of college and university Career
Development/Service Officers that partners with
corporate Human Resources/Recruitment professionals.
From left to right, Dr. George Jackson, Dean of the Walter R. Davis
School of Business and Economics; Michael Bailey, V.P. Human
Resources, Southern Bank and Trust Co.; Jean Sims, adjunct faculty
and ECSU Human Resources Director; Dr. Ebere Oriaku, faculty
• The Walter R. Davis School of Business and Economics at
Elizabeth City State University named Dr. Ebere Oriaku as
the Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Member and Ms. Jean
Sims as the Outstanding Adjunct Faculty for 2001-02.
They received awards sponsored by Southern Bank and
Trust Company of eastern North Carolina.
• Dr. Gloria J. Knight, chair (Department of Music),
published the article “Prospective Music Educators
Attending Professional Conferences,” in the April 2002
edition of Teaching Music. She was also elected to the
office of Member-at Large for the North Carolina Music
Educators Association (NCMEA).
• Jean Sims, Director of Human Resources, and Donna
James-Whidbee, Staff Development Coordinator, were
recently awarded “Certified Trainer” status from the
Development Dimensions International, Inc. (DDI). DDI
is an international organization with over thirty years of
training and program development experience. Sims and
James-Whidbee’s facilitator certifications will allow them
to present over 50 DDI programs which include topics,
such as Preparing Others to Succeed, Helping Others Adapt
to Change, Leading Your Team to Optimal Performance and
Components of Effective Leadership, to name a few. Sims
and James-Whidbee also received Certificates of Merit for
completing a seminar hosted by the American
Management Association (AMA) on techniques for
creating comprehensive training strategies, improving
training programs, measuring training impact (behavior
changes on the job), and recognizing key principles of
adult learning.
• Paula Bowe, benefits coordinator for Human Resources,
accepted a Certificate of Appreciation on behalf of the
university during the University of North Carolina
Benefits Network meeting. The NCFlex Program
recognized ECSU for having a 24% participation increase
over the previous year (2001). The percentage of
employees participating in the NCFlex program for 2002
is 76%.
• Vincent Corozine (Department of Music) published the
book Arranging Music for the Real World, Melbay
Publications, 219 pps. (February 2002)
• Christopher Palestrant (Department of Music) presented
an original music composition, “Aubade,” for the College
Music Society during the Annual National Conference in
Santa Fe, NM.
• Dr. James McClenon (Department of Social Sciences)
published the book Wondrous Healing: Shamanism,
Human Evolution, (DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois
University Press).
• Dr. Ronald Blackmon, Dr.Gary Harmon, and Moses
McDaniel (Department of Biology) published an article
“Sodium butyrate-induced changes in antioxidant enzymes of
rapid-cycling Brassicas,” in volume 34 of the Gene Families
and Isozymes Bulletin.
• Dr. Thomas J. Rossbach (Department of Geological,
Environmental and Marine Sciences) presented the paper
briefs
“Variation in the Genus Spinatrypa (Brachiopoda
Atrypindina): Teratology, Hypertrophism or Speciation?”
at the joint meeting of the North-Central and
Southeastern Sections of the Geological Society of
American in Lexington, KY.
faculty
ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 11

Chancellor’s Leadership
Development Institute
produces
new leaders
at ECSU
Chancellor Mickey L. Burnim recently congratulated
the first group of graduates from his ECSU Leadership
Development Institute. The group of employees attended
four-hour sessions throughout the 2001-2002 academic
year concluding their studies in August 2002. Participants
included ECSU faculty, staff, and administrators.
The institute, initiated and taught by Chancellor
Burnim, is designed to develop employees who desire to
strengthen their leadership skills and broaden their
knowledge of the university’s vision, goals, objectives and
values. The program covered perspectives on leadership,
critical thinking skills, shared vision, and dealing with
change. Graduates receive certificates and become part of
a talent pool from which leaders are drawn for future
campus positions.
The second leadership institute began September 2002.
• Dr. Ronald Blackmon,
Interim Dean-School of Mathematics, Science & Technology
• Laura Cross, Institutional Advancement
• Selma Davis, Staff-Business & Economics
• Scott Hale, Business & Finance
• Dr. Jean Holt, Student Life
• Benjamin Hunter, Facilities Management
• Dr. Ali Khan,
Faculty Senate Chairperson, Faculty-Chemistry & Physics
• Ruth Lewis, Staff-Student Affairs
• Deidre Moore, Admissions & Recruitment
• Dr. Emmanuel Ngwainmbi,
Faculty-Language, Literature & Communication
• Dr. Alex Ogwu, Faculty-Business & Economics
• Dr. Francisco San Juan,
Chairperson-Geological, Environmental & Marine Sciences
• Doraine Spence, Business & Finance
• Patricia Stoddard, Financial Aid
• Beatheia Weeks, Residence Life
briefs
• Derrick Wilkins, Academic Computing & End-User Support
• Lewellyn Wills, Facilities Management
Congratulations
to the first
Leadership
Development
Institute
graduates
12 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002
alumni
60’s Decade Reunion
A Decade Reunion Celebration
Homecoming 2002
Born in a discussion among Chancellor Mickey L. Burnim,
Claudie J. Mackey, Class of 1965, and Shirley Murphy Turnage,
Class of 1967, the idea to bring the 60’s alumni together in fun
and celebration began to take on real meaning during
Homecoming 2001. Anxious to fast forward this idea, Shirley
shared their vision with Jeanette Hawkins Evans, Class of 1963,
who suggested that the idea be broadened to include fund
raising.
To that end, Shirley and Jeanette invited class representatives
to a meeting to discuss their interest in being involved in the
planning of the university and General Alumni Association’s
first decade reunion effort. There was widespread support and
the fun began. After days of brainstorming, research, and
analysis, the 60’s Decade Reunion Committee decided on its
reunion activities, which will include a kick-off banquet on
October 31, 2002, and set its fund-raising goal of $250, 000.
Knowing that individual effort, class pride, and tenacity drive
the 60’s alumni, the committee established a spirit of friendly
competition among the classes to see which class would raise
the greatest amount toward the reunion goal.
As this decade reunion campaign comes to a close, the
organizers are making a Mighty Viking appeal to 60’s alumni to
contribute to this worthwhile endeavor. They want the 60’s
alumni – and all alumni – to know that a gift to ECSU is an
investment in the success of future Viking leaders and the
university.
REUNION 2002
If you are a member of a class ending in 7 or 2, contact
the Office of Alumni Relations at 252.335.3226 or
335.3329 or e-mail us at:
• bmhouston-black@mail.ecsu.edu
(Barbaina Houston-Black)
• mlhill2@mail.ecsu.edu
(Mary Hill)
60’s Decade Reunion
HOMECOMING
October 31 – November 3, 2002
~Participate and Give Generously~
For more information, contact:
Jeanette Hawkins Evans
(252) 335-3618
or
Shirley Murphy Turnage
(301) 809-9039
Visit 60’s Reunion Web Site:
www.ecsu.edu/reunions/60s/index/cfm
news
ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 37

MUSIC
NEWS
TALK
36 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002
SPORTS
MUSIC
• Gospel
• Contemporary Jazz
• NRP Jazz:
Jazz Set
Jazz from Lincoln Center
Jazz Profiles, Jazz from the Kennedy Center
Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz
• Locally-produced “C.B. Jones Jazz Excursion”
• Late Night Urban Contemporary
• Classic R&B
• Reggae
NEWS
• All Things Considered (NPR)
• State and Local News
TALK/PUBLIC AFFAIRS
• The Tavis Smiley Show (NPR)
• PowerPoint
• Issues and Answers
• In Black America
• Like It Is
SPORTS
• ECSU Sports Broadcasts
• The Black College Sports Report
S U P P O R T
SuccessFest 2002
WRVS BI-ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Oct. 27-Nov. 1, 2002
CONTACT
VS-FM 89.9 FM
Public Radio for Northeastern North Carolina
and Southeastern Virginia
252-335-3515
800-868-4491
Student
news
Honors Program
enriches students’
experiences
“There’s no substitute
for the value of students
seeing different
standards of living ...”
Left to right: Arthur H. Keeney, III, President and CEO of The East
Carolina Bank; Dixie Armstrong, Dr. Charles Cherry, Dean of ECSU
School of Education and Psychology. Back row, left to right: Dr.
Claudie Mackey, professor in ECSU School of Education and
Psychology; and G. Paul Carr, ECSU Institutional Advancement.
For many years, the ECSU Honors Program has
helped students travel abroad and enhance
lessons taught in classrooms. This summer, that
tradition continued with 13 students traveling
internationally.
Honor students qualify by earning a 3.0 or better grade
point average, having record of an impeccable, mature
character, and by submitting an essay. Dr. Carol Jones,
director of the Honors Program and an avid traveler
herself, offers a travel seminar to the selected students to
ease them into international travel.
The Honors Program spends approximately $50,000 to
pay for transportation, lodging, and the cost of courses
they take. Regular destinations include Scotland,
England, Ghana, Italy, Australia and New Zealand,
lasting anywhere from four to six weeks. Students divide
their time between foreign classrooms and designated
sites that enhance the classroom discussions.
“There is no substitute for the value of students seeing
different standards of living,” Jones said. “On foreign
soil, students fully grasp the concepts boldfaced in their
textbooks.”
Jones admits the trips are not just good for students
who take the trips, but those who hear accounts of the
trips the following semester. The wonder of traveling
abroad is infused into the student body. Jones continues,
“These are honors type experiences where the region is
the text. Certainly it broadens [their] horizons and the
need for global understanding and global tolerance.”
ECSU student receives
scholarship from the
East Carolina Bank
Dixie Armstrong, a junior majoring in elementary
education at ECSU, recently received a $300 scholarship from
The East Carolina Bank.
Armstrong is a Tyrrell County resident who earned an
Associate Degree of Arts at the College of the Albemarle before
transferring to ECSU. After raising three children with
husband, Terry, and years of farming, she returned to college.
Armstrong, an honor student in the ECSU School of
Education and Psychology, plans to return to Tyrrell County
and teach elementary school after graduation. ECSU
education
briefs
professors say Armstrong’s eventual graduation
will help them meet their need to train more teachers and
return them to rural schools.
ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 13

Community
outreach
INCLUDING 60’S REUNION ACTIVITIES
events
ECSU Community
Development holds
computer classes
Seven students are celebrating their new found
computer literacy after completing a summer
computer class held at Herrington Village
Apartments in Elizabeth City.
The ECSU Office of Community Development
collaborates with Herrington Village to offer the
basic skills courses as a public service. The students
earned continuing education credits through ECSU,
as well as certificates.
Morris Autry, director of the Community
Development Program, secured a grant from
Housing and Urban Development that subsidizes
the nominal fee that students pay.
briefs
Front row (left to right): Devonna Quattlebaum, Pasquotank
Elementary; Molly Harris, P.W. Moore Elementary; Katie Bateman,
Weeskville Elementary. Back row (left to right): Breanna Campbell,
J.C. Sawyer Elementary; Vanessa Beasley, Sheep-Harney
Elementary; Jordan Bostillo, Northside Elementary.
Front row, left to right: instructor Sandra Hendricks; students Mollie
Beasely and Loretta White; Back row, left to right: students Dr. T.V.
Beasley and Wilhelma Cooper; Dr. Demetra Tyner, Director of ECSU
Weekend College and Continuing Education; students J. R. Spence
and Emma Spence. (Not pictured: student Valeria Vaughan.)
Where in the world is technology?
14 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002
Technology Expo
salutes winners
ECSU salutes the winners of its art contest held during
the spring 2002 Technology Expo. Fifth grade students
from the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank County schools
competed for a digital camera and $100 savings bonds.
ECSU’s Virtual College and the Academic Computing
department organized the contest. Approximately 150
students posted their work at the expo. “Where in the
world is technology?” was the theme for the contest. Each
participant was allowed to submit one drawing.
Ms. Alumni and Court 2001
Alumni Dinner
Saturday, Nov. 2, 5 pm or
immediately following the game
The Office of Alumni Relations will sponsor a fish dinner
for all alumni in the Bedell Hall. Don’t miss it!
(Compliments Office of Alumni Relations)
The Concert/After Party
Saturday, Nov. 2, 8:00 pm
It’s showtime at the Fine Arts Center! The Dells will walk
us down memory lane with songs from the 60’s. There
will be fabulous door prizes and the drawing for the 60’s
Decade Reunion Raffle. After the concert, there will be an
after party in the K. E. White Center for a memorable
evening of 60’s “oldies but goodies.” Music will be
provided by DJ Greg Sampson. Scrumptious late-night
hors d’oeuvres will be served.
Attire: Dressy Casual
Prayer Breakfast
Sunday, Nov. 3, 9 am to 10:30 am
Join Chancellor and Mrs. Mickey L. Burnim and several of
the 60’s spiritual leaders. Don’t miss this time of spiritual
rejoicing!
HOTEL RESERVATIONS
Contact directly the hotel or motel of your choice in
making reservations. The rates listed do not include
applicable taxes. Please note: The Hampton Inn will
serve as the 60’s Reunion Headquarters Hotel and rooms
will be reserved on a first come, first serve basis. One
name must be given for each room requested. Multiple
rooms will not be held under a single name.
Hampton Inn
60’s Reunion Headquarters Hotel
402 Halstead Blvd. • Elizabeth City, NC 27909
(252) 333-1800
Rates: Thursday, October 31
King $75 Two beds $85 Executive $110
Friday, November 1
King$100 Two beds $110 Executive $125
Saturday, November 2
King $100 Two beds $110 Executive $125
Reservation Code: 60’s Reunion
Note: Fifty percent (50%) of the total is due at the time
the reservation is made and the balance 30 days prior to
the arrival date. Cancellation is 72 hours prior to the
arrival date to receive a refund.
Traveler’s Motel
US Hwy. 17 N. • Elizabeth City, NC 27909
(252) 338-5451
Rates: Single - $65.00 • King - $75.00
Microtel Inn & Suites Comfort Suites
848 Halstead Blvd. 1550 Crossways Boulevard
Elizabeth City, NC 27909 Chesapeake, VA 23320
(252) 331-7751 (800) 221-2222 or
Rates: Single - $65.95 (757) 420-1600
Double - $85.95 Rates:Thurs., Oct. 31-$89.00
Suite - $99.95 Friday, November 1, $69.00
Reservation Code: Viking
Quality Inn
Courtyard Marriott
522 S. Hughes Blvd 1562 Crossways Boulevard
Elizabeth City, NC 27909 Chesapeake, VA 23320
(252) 338-3951 (800) 321-2211 or
Rates: $85.00 (757) 420-1700
Rates: $83.00 (Thurs.-Sat.)
Reservation Code: Viking
**Comfort Suite and Courtyard Marriott are approximately
40 minutes from Elizabeth City. The Office of Alumni
Relations will arrange transportation to and from ECSU
should the need arise.
alumni news
ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 35

giving matters
INCLUDING 60’S REUNION ACTIVITIES
events
ECSU &
your personal
financial plans
Sports Hall of Fame Banquet
Friday, Nov. 1, 7 pm to 9 pm
Attend this banquet and you will hear
some of the most amazing stories from
the honorees and their mentors. This
year, we will learn more about the
athletic feats of Bruce Carmichael,
Valerie Crocker, Dwight Taylor, and
Atlas Davis, the 2002 ECSU Sports
Hall of Fame inductees.
Attire: Dressy Casual.
Mr./Ms. Alumni
Coronation/Alumni Icebreaker
Friday, Nov. 1, 10 pm to 2 am
This event will showcase the
contestants for Mr./Ms. Alumni and
the new king or queen will be
crowned. Following a brief formal
ceremony, alumni and friends will
spend the rest of the evening enjoying
friendly conversation and dancing to
60’s music provided by The Good life
Band, a red hot band from Norfolk
(VA). There will be prizes for the
most creative 60’s attire.
Sports Hall of Fame 2001
Tailgating
Saturday, Nov. 2, 7:30 am to 5 pm
Several tents will be set up inside
Roebuck Stadium for tailgating
parties. Tents will be provided;
individual classes will be responsible
for providing food and fun.
Attire: Sports Casual
The Parade
Saturday, Nov. 2, 10 am to 11:30 am
The 2002 Homecoming Parade will
display a 60’s theme. Prominent
alumni will serve as Grand Marshals.
All parade participants will be asked
to acknowledge the 60’s as a decade of
progress in the design of their floats
and other parade entries. Come out to
see the unparalleled performance of
the Alumni Band and more!
alumni news
34 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002
Homecoming Parade 2001
The Game
Saturday, Nov. 2, 2 pm
Don’t miss the gridiron contest
between the ECSU Vikings and St.
Augustine’s College. The main
attraction for alumni and fans, this
game will show the Vikings football
team at its best. Also, the ECSU
Marching Band and cheerleaders will
keep the fans pumped up for a Mighty
Vikings win.
The above example is merely one of
a number of ways to make, what is
commonly referred to as, a planned gift
to ECSU. These vehicles can, depending
on your circumstances, help you to
accomplish your financial planning
objectives.
• You may realize a substantial tax
advantage through a partnership
with ECSU.
• You can be immortal at ECSU.
• You can secure the future of a
loved one by working together
with ECSU.
• You can do all of this while helping
to secure the future of ECSU.
A fifty-five year old woman purchased $20,000 worth of securities in 1993.
Despite the downturn in the stock market over the last two years, in September
2002, this stock is worth $93,000. In other words, the appreciated value of the
stock is $73,000. Unfortunately, this nine-year-old investment is currently
paying a zero dividend.
The woman has several problems. Her income has recently been reduced,
due in large part to slack sales for the company where she works as a result of
a sluggish economy. She needs the money that was invested in 1993 to
supplement her reduced income. If she sells stocks with an appreciated value
of $73,000, she will be stuck with an enormous payment to the Internal Revenue
Service in capital gains taxes. What can she do?
She can contribute the entire $93,000 in securities to the Elizabeth City
State University Foundation in the form of a Charitable Remainder Annuity
Trust. That trust will be held apart from all other monies and will generate an
ongoing income stream for her until the day she dies. She can even structure
the trust contract to cover the life of her spouse.
Now, she has solved the problem of her need for more income, she has
avoided capital gains taxes, she can stretch her charitable deduction with the
IRS for the gift over several years (so she will pay less immediate income
tax), and she will help secure the future of Elizabeth City State University.
The Office of Major and Planned
Gifts at ECSU is available to assist you
in accomplishing your goals. Here are
a few of the more significant ways that
we can assist you:
• Monetary Gifts: Cash gifts are the
simplest way of offering support to
Elizabeth City State University. Your gift
may be designated to the program or
fund of your choice. The university can
process gifts made by check, bank draft
or with a major credit card. Employees
of ECSU may elect to participate in a
payroll deduction program. In addition,
many employers offer a matching gift
program, allowing you to double or even
triple your gift to ECSU. Contact your
human resources office for information
about your company’s program.
• Securities: Gifts of shares in public
companies, such as stocks, bonds and
mutual funds that have appreciated in
value provide excellent tax savings for
donors. Your trust officer or broker
should contact the Director of Major and
Planned Gifts to determine the process
for making this kind of charitable gift.
You may notify the ECSU Foundation
by separate letter regarding the
designation of your planned gift.
ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 15

izabeth Cit
ECSU
your
personal
financial
plans
• Charitable Lead Trusts: This option
involves the income from a personal
asset. That income is paid to ECSU for
a predetermined number of years. At
the end of that period of time
(designated by the donor), the asset is
transferred to your designated
beneficiary(ies). The charitable lead
trust permits the transfer of assets to
heirs with reduced gift and estate tax
consequences. During the time that
your asset is held by the University, you
also enjoy a charitable tax deduction.
• Charitable Remainder Trusts: This
type of trust makes payments, either a
fixed amount or a percentage of the
trust principal, to whomever the donor
designates. The donor may claim a
charitable income tax deduction and
may not have to pay any capital gains
tax. Elizabeth City State university
will receive the remainder of the funds
at the end of the trust term.
• Life Insurance: Donors can make
Elizabeth City State University the
owner and beneficiary of a life insurance
policy and receive an income tax
charitable deduction for the surrender
value of the policy. The insurance
company will provide a simple form
with which to make the transfer.
• Real Estate: The appreciated growth
of real estate makes it an attractive option
for a planned gift. In many cases, high
appreciation value leads to higher
capital gains taxes on the sale of real
estate. Gifts of real estate can eliminate
high capital gains taxes, broker’s
commission fees, attorney’s fees and
other sales costs.
• Bequests: You may designate a
portion of your estate to Elizabeth City
State University in your will.
• Artwork, Antiques, Books and other
valuables: All collectible items,
original paintings and sculpture may
be donated to the University. An
appraisal should accompany your gift.
As with any financial decision, we
recommend that you consult with an
attorney, tax consultant or financial
planner. We welcome the opportunity
to discuss all possibilities and options
with you. Feel free to contact La’Tanya
Afolayan, Director of Major and
Planned Gifts, Office of Institutional
Advancement at 252-335-3966 or via e-
mail at: ldafolayan@mail.ecsu.edu.
Please forward all correspondence
to: Office of Institutional
Advancement, Elizabeth City State
University, Campus Box 978, Elizabeth
City, NC 27909.
Do you have a will?
Viking Varsity Club
THE OFFICIAL SUPPORT ORGANIZATION FOR ECSU ATHLETICS
My gift to Viking Varsity Club
MATCHED BY MY COMPANY?
q Yes (please send form)
q Form included
q No
$ _____________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Name
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Contact Name (If corporate membership)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mailing Address
Email Address
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
City State Zip
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Telephone (home)
Telephone (business)
Important: Please indicate your preferred mailing address. The address you list will be used for all mailing and record
purposes. Please use this mailing address on all correspondence.
Are you an ECSU Graduate? ____________________________ Class? ______________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Business
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Title
Alumni Association Member? ________________________________________________________________________
Varsity-lettered Athlete?________________________ In which sport? ______________________________________
All gifts are deposited into the ECSU Foundation Athletic Fund for the university’s athletic grant-in-aid program
and to provide unrestricted support for the ECSU Athletic Program.
Make checks or money order payable to the Elizabeth City State University Foundation and mail it, along with this form, to:
Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina present $50,000 check to ECSU.
giving matters
ECSU Foundation
izabeth Cit
Campus Box 978
izabeth Cit
th Carol
ECSU Foundation
alumni news
16 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002
ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 33

Viking Varsity Club
ECSU
foundation
Your key to assisting today’s students
THE OFFICIAL SUPPORT ORGANIZATION FOR ECSU ATHLETICS
PURPOSE
The Viking Varsity Club, composed of Elizabeth City State
University alumni, businesses, and other friends of
intercollegiate athletic, was established to create greater
interest in and financial support for varsity ECSU
athletics. Members of the Viking Varsity Club make
possible scholarship support for student athletes which
include five men’s and seven women’s teams.
The Primary Mission of the Viking Varsity Club is to
strengthen financial support for athletic programs.
The Secondary Mission of the Viking Varsity Club is to
generate School spirit, increase attendance at sporting
events, and build overall enthusiasm for the ECSU
Athletic Department.
CHARTER MEMBERSHIP: To become a charter member
of the Viking Varsity Club, the annual dues of $1,000 must
be paid by July 2002. All charter members will have their
name inscribed on the wall of the new field house.
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
VIKINGS PRIDE
($900 or more)
• Membership Card/Decal
• Invitation to all sports Banquets
• Access to Stadium room and Parking
• On list for Priority purchasing of Down East Classic
Tickets
• On list for Priority seating of CIAA Tickets (2)
• Name Listed on Program
• Newsletter
• Discount on Football and Basketball Season (2)
• Free Tickets (2) to Hospitality room at Basketball Games
• Priority purchasing of Winter Homecoming Tickets (2)
• Access VIP Seating
VIKINGS LOYAL
($500 to $899)
• Membership Card/Decal
• Invitation to all Sports Banquets
• Free tickets (2) to Hospitality room at Basketball Games
• On list for purchasing of Down East Classic Tickets (2)
• On list for purchase of CIAA Tickets (2)
• Newsletter
• Access to Stadium Room and Parking
• Name Listed on Program
VIKINGS BLUE
($300 to $499)
• Membership Card/Decal
• Access to all Sports Banquets
• Newsletter
• On list for Priority Purchasing of Down East Classic
Ticket (1)
• Name Listed in Program
VIKINGS WHITE
($100 to $299)
• Membership Card/Decal • Newsletter
• Name Listed in Program
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Members of the Viking Varsity Club maintain their active
membership by virtue of annual contributions over the course of a fiscal
year (from July 1, through June 30). Active membership is withdrawn
if membership contributions are not maintained. A name will be taken
off the membership list if one full year passes after the year in which the
member made their last contribution. Only active members can serve as
officers of the club at a national or local level.
The Viking Varsity Club has the following
officers and board members:
•President •Vice President •Treasurer •Secretary
•Local Club Presidents •Ex-Officio Members (2)
National officers are elected by the national membership in good standing
(active members). Local clubs are also encouraged to hold elections among
their active membership. The two ex-officio members that sit as officers
are the chancellor (or his/her designee) and the athletic director (or his/
her designee).
alumni news
32 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002
ECSU Foundation Board Members (left to right): Kennis Wilkins,
Matt Wood, Chairman, and Robert Vaughan present $7,360.00 check,
proceeds from Clifton Davis 2001 Celebrity Golf Clasic, to Elizabeth
City Boys and Giirls Club with the help of ECSU cheerleaders.
ECSU Foundation
Board of Directors
Matt Wood, Chair
Willie Mae Jones Johnson, Vice Chair
Janice Cole, Secretary
Dennis Melville, Treasurer
Ulysses Bell
Mickey L. Burnim
Clifton Davis
Jimmie Dixon, Jr.
Peeples Harrison
Willis Langley
Paul Norman, General Alumni Association President
Abdul Sm Rasheed
Billie J. Reid
Mitchell St. Clair
David Twiddy
Robert Vaughan
Kennis Wilkins
Caught between the proverbial rock and a hard
place, a new student at ECSU begins to despair
— she does not have enough money to attend the
university in the fall. She had worked while in
high school and worked in the summer, but family
obligations stood in the way of her plans to save
money for room and board and tuition at ECSU.
Before completely giving way to her despair, she
turns to the ECSU Financial Aid Office. They tell
her that she was eligible to receive support from a
scholarship fund that resides within the Elizabeth
City State University Foundation. She should not
worry — she can attend class in the fall.
Scholarship support is one of the many ways that
the ECSU Foundation helps people.
The ECSU Foundation exists to assist Elizabeth
City State University in fulfilling its mission to meet
the needs of the students and citizens of the state.
This is accomplished by providing funds to support
increased opportunities for students to enroll at ECSU,
and to support the growth and development of faculty
and university-sponsored programs. The Foundation
is an IRS designated 501(c)(3) organization.
Contributions to the Foundation are tax-deductible as
provided by law.
The Foundation serves as a conduit between
people and organizations that want to partner with
ECSU and its students. There are many ways to assist
ECSU and its students by making charitable
contributions to the ECSU Foundation. The simplest is
by writing a check to the ECSU Foundation. You can
restrict your gift for scholarships or for support of a
specific school or department within the university.
To create a scholarship or other endowed fund at
ECSU requires a minimum contribution of $5,000.
Contributions can continue to be accepted and the
giving
matters
amount of growth for the fund can be limitless. To make
a contribution for any purpose, please contact the ECSU
Foundation, P.O. Box 1467, Elizabeth City, NC 27906-
1467, or call 252-225-3224.
ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 17

ECSU Foundation
announces
Winifred J. Wood
Scholarship Fund
“
I am happy to have this
opportunity to provide
needed support for students
who want to come to ECSU
and to provide our university
with an additional tool to
improve the lives of young
people and the communities
in our area.
”
- Winnie Wood
The Elizabeth City State University Foundation
recently received a significant donation to
establish the Winifred J. Wood Scholarship Fund
for Northern Albemarle. This scholarship fund
is for students with a minimum 3.0 cumulative high
school grade point average who enroll at ECSU and
carry a minimum course load of 12 credit hours per
semester. It will be used to attract and retain top high
school students from one of the four counties served by
the Northern Albemarle Community Foundation:
Camden, Gates, Pasquotank, and Perquimans.
Winnie Wood, the benefactor for this scholarship
fund, is the first president of the Board of Directors of the
Northern Albemarle Community Foundation. Her
foundation’s mission is to enable and encourage
residents and friends of Camden, Gates, Pasquotank,
and Perquimans counties to make significant and
lasting gifts that benefit their communities. Mrs. Wood is
also a member of the Board of Trustees of the College of
the Albemarle Foundation and the Board of Directors of
the North Carolina Community Development Initiative.
Over the years she has served on boards and committees
throughout northeastern North Carolina.
“I am happy to have this opportunity to provide
needed support for students who want to come to ECSU
and to provide our university with an additional tool to
improve the lives of young people and the communities
in our area,” Wood said.
The ECSU Foundation’s mission is to seek external
funding in support of the Elizabeth City State University
mission. Scholarships for deserving students are one of
the primary purposes for fundraising by the
Foundation. For more information, call (252) 335-3250.
2002 NAFEO
Distinguished
Alumni
Three ECSU Alumni were recognized as
distinguished alumni at the 2002 NAFEO
conference. Congratulations to:
Lillian Bias Abron (‘42): Retired educator,
principal and administrator and
community leader, Raleigh (NC)
Dr. Johnny G. Reid (‘89): Dentist in private
practice, Crozet (VA)
Julius Walker, Jr. (67): Superintendent of
Schools, Washington County (NC) and
community leader
Moses McDaniel (‘96): Received a M.S. in Biology
from North Carolina Central University (Durham) in
December 2001. He is a Research Associate in the ECSU
Biotechnology program.
Florence Turner Myrick (‘95): Co-authored a research
paper on a potent inhibitor of drug-resistant HIV-1
isolates in volume 29 of the Journal of Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndromes. Florence is employed as a
research scientist at Triangle Pharmaceuticals in
Durham (NC).
Sam James (‘87), NASA scientist, was featured in a
segment of NASA’s “Why? Files: on PBS Stations.” The
television program was one of a series of instructional
programs produced by the Langley Research Center
Office of Education. At. Langley, James is responsible
for making scaled airplane models for the U.S.
Department of Defense and the airplane industry. He
specializes in creating unique “wind tunnel” models
and large-scale aircraft.
Dennis Deloatch (’73) is the new interim
superintendent of Hertford County Schools. Deloatch
replaced Dr. Steve Stone, an associate member of the
Roanoke-Chowan Alumni Chapter.
Earl Norfleet (‘73) was named Gates County Schools’
(NC) Principal of the Year for 2001-2002. He currently
serves as principal of Central Middle School in
Gatesville.
Eva S. Brown (’77) was named Gates County Schools’
Teacher of the Year for 2001-2002. She teaches 5 th grade
science and math at Gatesville Elementary School.
Lola Scales Boone (‘79) published a novel, Murdered
Dreams.
Delores Locke McClain (‘70) was the recipient of the
2001 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics
and Science Teaching (PAEMST), the nation’s highest
award for science and mathematics teachers. She is
currently chair/mathematics teacher at Hines Junior
High School in Washington, D.C. The National Science
Foundation (NSF) awarded McClain a $7,500 grant.
Daphne Dixon (‘87), public school teacher and
certified EMS worker in Cove City (NC), worked as a
volunteer for the Word Trade Center rescue effort on
September 11, 2001. She was in Jersey City (NJ) visiting
her sister during the time of the attack and quickly
rendered her services. She worked as a triage volunteer
at Liberty State Park where most of the victims were
being treated.
Jeanette Kain-Hones (’73) completed the National
Board Certification for teachers in 2001.
Tim Bellamy (’81) was promoted to recruiter for the
Greensboro Police Department.
giving matters
18 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002
alumni
news
ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 31

Chapter news
updates
news
and
events
from
area
chapters
Roanoke-Chowan: Honored in
January 2002, by the Hertford County
(NC) Public Schools, at the 4 th Annual
“Continuing the Dream” celebration
commemorating Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.,
the Roanoke-Chowan chapter was
recognized for bring people together and
for providing the leadership needed to
form cooperative, harmonious,
community-strengthening bonds of
friendship and love.
Richmond Metro: Held a Blue &
White Gala on June 1 to raise
scholarship funds for students at ECSU
and Fayetteville State University.
Raleigh/Durham/Wake: Sponsored a
very successful picnic on June 22.
Special recognition goes to Tony
Lassiter, Paul Norman, and the entire
chapter that has a membership of 65!
This chapter also hosted a Scholarship
Extravaganza and awarded three $1,000
scholarships to the Mickey and LaVera
Burnim Scholarship, the General
Alumni Association, and to entering
freshman Eric Peeple, respectively.
J.T. Doles: Hosted a scholarship
dinner on June 22 honoring Halifax
County (NC) Superintendent Willie
Gilchrist (’73). Guest speaker was Dr.
Jimmy Jenkins (’65), President of
Edward Waters College in Jacksonville
(FL) and former Chancellor of ECSU.
Robert Harvey Tri-State: Hosted a
scholarship luncheon June 29. Special
recognition goes to Ella Ivory, Margaret
Sharpe and the entire chapter for a job
well done!
Washington DC Metro: Hosted an
eloquent evening at the LaFountaine
Blue April 20. Approximately 400
alumni and friends attended the event,
which included a silent auction and
door prizes. The Bill Clark Ensemble
provided the entertainment.
Kinston-Lenoir: Hosted a scholarship
luncheon February 2. Chapter president
Mrs. Martha Thompson (’43) recognized
future and potential Vikings.
Rocky Mount-Wilson: Mr. Nathaniel
Grant, Jr. (‘68) hosted the fourth annual
Grant’s Barbecue in Wilson (NC).
Proceeds will go to the ECSU Foundation
Scholarship Fund.
Greater Triad: Presented two $200
scholarships to incoming freshmen
Jamal Willis and Cory Richardson. The
chapter also donated $100 to the Urban
Ministry.
Peninsula: Hosted the 2 nd Annual
Scholarship Dinner and Gala June 8 in
Hampton (VA). The event recognized
seven recruited students who are to
attend ECSU fall 2002 and Miss ECSU
2002. Several ECSU chapters supported
the event, including E.A. Johnson,
Elizabeth City, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Tri-
State and Virginia Beach. Chapter
member Karla Crump and the band “As
One” provided entertainment. Special
recognition goes to Margaret M. Jones,
president, and the chapter for a
successful event.
New York: Hosted the Alumni
Summer Workshop, July 2001, in
Secausus (NJ). The workshop included
informative sessions and activities on
recruitment efforts, financial awards
and providing personal support.
Portsmouth: Hosted an Appreciation
Banquet for outgoing president
Napoleon Byrd November 2001. Mr.
Byrd provided leadership to the
Portsmouth chapter for over 20 years.
Additionally, he served as Mid-Atlantic
Regional Director and provided many
years of untiring support to ECSU.
alumni news
30 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002
It was an event like no other in northeastern
North Carolina. National and local celebrities,
alumni, and friends teed off on the course at
The Sound Golf Links at Albemarle Plantation
in Hertford (NC) for the 7th Annual Clifton Davis
Celebrity Golf Classic On September 20-22, the
classic brought people together from all walks of
life for a common cause—to provide enrichment
opportunities for local youth and resources for
higher education.
Rick Durren, Jr., the chairman of the Clifton Davis
Celebrity Golf Classic and general manager of Biggs
GM/Pontiac in Elizabeth City, has been involved
in the event since its inception. “This fundraiser
brings the city and the university together as one,”
said Durren. “I think we’ve done a great job of
bringing people together, as well as benefiting the
Boys and Girls Club and the ECSU Foundation.”
Proceeds from the classic over the years have
generated approximately $200,000 for the ECSU
Foundation Scholarship Fund and the Elizabeth
City Boys and Girls Club. “We hope that
alumni, friends and the entire community
will continue to support these two worthy
and important causes for years to come,”
said Terence Boyd, Executive Director of
the ECSU Foundation and Vice Chancellor
for Institutional Advancement. “Whether
you are a seasoned golfer, beginner or
merely someone who wishes to support
the Boys and Girls Club and the ECSU
Foundation, the classic is a wonderful
way to make a difference in the lives of our
youth.”
Patricia Gibbs, coordinator of the
Celebrity Golf Classic and Director of
Sponsored Programs, Contracts and
Grants, spearheaded the steering
committee again this year. Participation
and sponsorships met the foundation’s
expectations due to their diligent efforts.
For information regarding participation
and sponsorship opportunities for next
year’s event, contact Ms. Gibbs at (252)
335-3120 or the ECSU Foundation office at
(252) 335-3225.
Two-day Golf Tournament
at The Sound Golf Links
at Albemarle Plantation
Art Clinic
at the Boys and Girls Club,
hosted by celebrity artist
Danny Maltzman
2002 EVENTS INCLUDED
ECSU
Foundation
makes a
hole-in-one
for area
youth
giving
Pre-Tournament
matters
Rap Session
with Celebrities
for students from H.L. Trigg
Community School
Golfing Demonstration
for children from the Boys
and Girls Club at the ECSU
driving range
Celebrity Pairings Party
at Mulligan’s on the waterfront
Gala/Auction
at K.E. White Center
Awards Presentation Closing
Ceremony and Barbecue
ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 19

The Office of Sponsored Programs, Contracts and Grants
(SPCG) at ECSU conducts an aggressive and comprehensive
program to support the university’s mission of teaching, research
and community outreach. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002,
faculty and staff submitted 55 proposals requesting more than $21
million and were awarded more than $7 million in funding. Of
the 48 programs funded, 15 were continuations and 22 were new
proposals.
Proposal Writers in Demand
Sponsored Programs,
Contracts Grants
The Office of Sponsored Programs is especially interested in
recruiting new and developing proposal writers. To accomplish
this, Sponsored Programs offers mini-grant writing workshops to
faculty, staff, students and community partners to enhance writing
skills. In addition, a Faculty Mentors Program that provides
assistance to grant writers was implemented in the fall of 2001.
Seasoned proposal writers provided on-on-one guidance to assist
new writers in researching, acquiring guidelines, writing and
submitting proposals to foundations, federal, state ad local
agencies for external funding.
Agency Expo
Dr. Linda Hayden
recognized as
Top Achiever
&
YEAR
IN
REVIEW
In February 2002, SPCG held an Agency Expo
on campus. ECSU, NASA, and NCI cosponsored
the event.
More than 150 participants were able to
network with federal, state, and private
foundations to gain inside knowledge of funding
opport-unities and take advance of grant writing
workshops. To culminate the event, an awards
banquet was held. This event recognized faculty
and staff for their success in acquiring grant
funds.
Dr. Linda Hayden (School of Mathematics,
Science and Technology) received the prestigious
Chancellor’s Award for overall achievement in
the grant-writing arena.
Chancellor Mickey L. Burnim
and Dr. Linda Hayden
giving matters
alumni news
Vision 2002: The light of a new day
Better days
are ahead
Dear As President Alumni,
of the General Alumni Association
(GAA), I am honored and elated to have this
opportunity to serve you this year. I pledge to give all
that I have so that I can lead us to a position of which
we will all be proud. I will give a minimum of 100%
and will ask each alum to do the same.
The General Alumni Association has embarked
upon a strategic course that will position and enable us
to provide even greater support for our alma mater.
Today we know there are many challenges that the
association faces, including fundraising, membership
concerns, and student recruitment obstacles. A plan
has already been developed to address the shortcoming
and challenges of the association. The plan speaks to a
need to involve ECSU students and younger alumni,
increase communication to its members, increase the
association’s visibility, provide training to its leaders
and lay members alike, and lastly, provide an
atmosphere that is conducive to young and older alumni
where we can network with each other. These challenges
only serve as opportunities for us to address through
our strategic plan.
As your leader, I am committed to make a difference
in the life of the association; however, I cannot do this
alone. Your support is key and essential. We must
move forward from this point. Failure is not an option.
We must not rest or dwell on the past, but position
ourselves to be the best we can be.
FROM THE PRESIDENT ...
If we are going to work for ECSU, let’s work smarter.
As a team working together, we can continue to assist
with student enrollment growth, increase association
membership, and increase financial contributions to
ECSU. Some of you have already made a difference in
the life of your alma mater and your support is
appreciated; however, there is a need for greater
participation. For too long, a few of us have being
carrying the load for over 10,000 graduates of this
school. Let’s do the math! Is it fair? I realize that most
of you are busy. But, are we too busy to make a difference
when it really counts? The support and sacrifice that
you make today in a young person’s life will result in
positive dividends in years to come. I am thankful and
appreciative of the support that I have received as a
student at ECSU. What about you?
It is a new day in the General Alumni Association. I
challenge members of the GAA to make a difference.
The “New Day” is personified by the ideas and
suggestions that you have in order to move the
association forward. Your input is welcome.
Let’s work together to build a stronger alumni
association. I look forward to working with the board,
chapter presidents, officers, committee chairpersons,
and members. Remember, I am only a phone call or e-
mail away from addressing your concerns. Keep me
posted and informed.
In the Viking Spirit,
Paul Andrew Norman, Ed.D.
President
General Alumni Association
20 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002
ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 29

Jesse M. Majette ‘63
Jimmie L. Manley ‘63
William Matthews ‘66
Carolyn McCloud ‘68
Janie Melton ‘63
Lossie P. Mills ‘64
Barbara Mitchell ‘66
Cecil M. Mitchell ‘66
Annie W. Mobley ‘65
Leonard E. Mobley ‘65
Nathaniel Moore ‘62
Jessie A. Moore ‘67
Gwendolyn Moore ‘69
Izila Mouring ‘69
Harold Murrill ‘69
Frank Neal ‘65
Joyce P. Nowell ‘62
Ethel Bailey Odens ‘67
Irene Bullock Overton ‘63
P. Woodson Pearson ‘63
Alfred Leon Pearson ‘64
Bernice D. Peele ‘69
Ruby L. Perkins ‘65
Dorothy Peterson ‘63
Mary H. Pickett ‘60
Henry B. Pickett, Jr. ‘61
Linda D. Pierce ‘68
Lloyd T. Porter ‘64
Jesse Lee Powell ‘68
Jethro Pugh ‘65
Janet Ransom ‘67
Ralph Ransom ‘68
Maxine Reid ‘68
Johnny G. Reid ‘69
H. C. Reid Jr. ‘65
Henry B. Rhoulac ‘69
John W. Richardson ‘67
Vonda Riley ‘65
Bobby Riley ‘66
Lula Roberts ‘61
Eddie J. Roberts ‘67
Paul Robertson ‘68
Jackie Robertson ‘69
John Robinson ‘66
Albert Rodgers ‘63
David Rogers ‘62
Mary Settle ‘66
William Settle ‘68
Phyllis Sexton ‘67
Joe Shambley ‘62
Evelyn S. Shaw ‘66
Doris Shepherd ‘60
giving matters
Lionel K. Shropshire ‘66
Barbara Shropshire ‘65
28 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002
Charles Singleton ‘68
Leonard A. Slade, Jr. ‘63
Phillip Smith ‘61
Frederick E. Smith ‘66
Bettie R. Smith ‘67
Lula B. Speller ‘67
Cassie Swimpson ‘62
James E. Swimpson ‘62
David T. Trotman ‘63
Mildred T. Trotman ‘64
Kenneth E. Turnage ‘63
Shirley M. Turnage ‘67
Sunny Stewart Vick ‘63
Julius Walker, Jr. ‘65
Lindell Wallace ‘63
Ruby Vincent Ward ‘67
Juanita H. White ‘60
Argle Whitfield ‘65
Alise Williams ‘63
Celeste A. Williams ‘64
Leroy Williams ‘65
Jethro C. Williams ‘67
Carolyn Williams ‘69
Charles J. Wynn, Sr. ‘67
70’s Decade Class
Robert L. Backus ‘76
Randy Bell ‘72
Carolyn J. Bizzell ‘73
Lindsay Carmon ‘71
Alfred L. Carter ‘70
Carolyn Cooper ‘71
Sandra S. Copeland ‘71
Robert L. Copeland ‘72
Emily M. Cross ‘71
Gertrude Cox ‘71
Angela Daughety ‘74
Eddie Davis, III ‘71
Wilbert Davis, Jr. ‘75
Anita Edwards ‘73
Willie J. Gilchrist ‘73
Gilbertin Griffin ‘78
Marion H. Harrell ‘71
Carol Heyward ‘71
Gerald K. Hill ‘71
Elton & Balinda Hollowell ‘74
Lubertha James ‘76
Leonard F. Jarvis ‘73
Alma F. Jenkins ‘75
Washington Johnson ‘71
Lavern Jones ‘76
Vivian Key ‘73
Eulice Langford ‘72
Deloris Lawson ‘71
Elois B. Maske ‘71
Ernestine W. Megginson ‘71
Johnnie K. Melton ‘79
Vernon Miller ‘79
Charles Moore ‘71
Glendell C. Moore ‘76
Hubert Moorer ‘71
Bettie J. Parker ‘71
Ethel Parker ‘71
Clifford Eugene Patterson ‘71
Howard L. Price ‘71
Lillian E. Purington ‘70
Earnell Purington ‘70
Charles Rascoe ‘72
Billie J. Reid ‘70
Richard Reid ‘71
William Sawyer ‘71
Ervin C. Simons ‘71
Debra Stokley ‘77
Shirley Weaver Taylor ‘71
Beverly Ann Taylor ‘71
Carl Taylor ‘71
Isolene A. Taylor ‘71
J. Demeatrious Teel ‘71
Carl Turner ‘71
Demetra Tyner ‘71
Gwendolyn Weaver ‘71
Kennis & Brenda Wilkins ‘76
Jewel E. Williams ‘71
James Young, Jr. ‘71
80’s Decade Class
Patrick A. Andrews ‘87
Scotty E. Arnold ‘88
Dwayne A. Aydlett ‘87
Sam Beamon ‘85
Charlenzo V. Belcher ‘83
Barbaina Houston-Black ‘80
Melody Brackett ‘88
Zelene Bunch ‘84
Sandra T. Graham ‘84
Tammye V. Hill ‘86
Elizabeth Linney ‘87
Lorri A. Perkins ‘89
Anthony Price ‘81
Mable Riddick ‘89
Shelton V. Spence ‘80
Mary Swain ‘84
Vickie B. Tillett ‘87
Derrick Wilkins ‘88
Terry Williams ‘82
90’s Decade Class
Jeanie Billups ‘95
Paula G. Bowe ‘94
Nekesha D. Ferebee ‘97
Dennis Scott Perry ‘91
Alisha M. R. Sessoms ‘98
Fred Sessoms ‘98
Barbara Shannon ‘94
Doraine Spence ‘91
Cheryl Sutton ‘93
Queenie Turner ‘93
grants $$ grants
$The Underground Railroad
Video Project for the
Public Schools (TURPS)
ECSU, in collaboration with Center for
Educational Technologies (CET) at Wheeling
Jesuit University and the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA), received a
planning grant to study for the preparation of a
proposal involving The Underground Railroad
Video Project for the Public Schools (TURPS).
Dr. William Porter (Department of Geological,
Environmental and Marine Sciences), the
Project Director, conducted a two-day
conference at the Portsmouth Renaissance
Hotel in Portsmouth, VA to consider details of
proposal construction. In attendance at the
conference were officials from NASA, CET and
ECSU as well as teachers and administration
from the Bertie County Schools, who will be
responsible for implementing the project. The
centerpiece of the project is to improve the
curriculum in the nation’s public schools based
on science, pedagogy, and technology inherent
in the video. The video documents the
movements of slaves from the South to the
North along strategic routes in their attempt to
escape confinement.
$
Erasing the Digital Divide
ECSU received a $12,346 grant from the USDA
Challenge Grant Program through Virginia
State University (Petersburg). The proposal
“Advancement of Technology: Erasing the
Digital Divide-Mid Atlantic Region” will be
used for faculty development activities.
Virginia Tech (Blacksburg) is the lead
university. Dr. Ali Khan (Department of
Physical Sciences) is the Project Director.
$
$
Doubling minority graduates in
the fields of science,
mathematics, engineering, and
technology (SMET)
ECSU is part of a consortium charged with
doubling the number of minority graduates in
the fields of science, mathematics, engineering,
and technology (SMET). Virginia Union
University (Richmond) is the recipient of a $3.3
million grant from the National Science
Foundation to increase the number of African
American, Hispanic, and Native Americans in
technological education and enterprise.
Virginia Union University, under the National
Science Foundation’s Louis Stokes Alliances
for Minority Participation (NSFLSAMP), will
lead the consortium of six other institutions
over the next five years. Other partner
institutions include Fisk, James Madison,
Virginia Tech and Johnson C. Smith
Universities and St. Augustine’s College.
Jointly, these institutions had 374 students to
graduate with SMET degrees in 2000. The
consortium seeks to double that number in the
next five years. ECSU will receive $450,000 for
the next five years to aid in accomplishing this
goal. Dr. Ali Khan (Department of Physical
Sciences) is the ECSU Project Director.
Summer
Transportation Institute
ECSU conducted its fourth Summer
Transportation Institute for four weeks in June.
The goal of the institute was to create
awareness and stimulate interest in secondary
school students to take full advantage of the
opportunities that exist in the transportation
industry. The institute, funded by the Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA), exposed
students to new ventures such as highway
design transportation of people and cargo,
laws, regulations, safety requirements and
careers in the transportation industry. The
mathematical and computer-aided design skills
needed for the highly technical positions in the
transportation environment were emphasized
in this Institute. Dr. Ellis E. Lawrence
(Department of Technology) was the Project
Director.
$
Housing Counseling
ECSU was awarded $26,145 for a Housing
Counseling program by the U. S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development to provide
comprehensive housing counseling services to
assist homebuyers, homeowners, and tenants
in meeting housing needs and resolving
housing problems. Housing Counseling
services, including fair housing related
workshops and seminars, will be available to
community residents in Pasquotank,
Perquimans, Chowan, Currituck, Gates and
Camden counties. Morris Autry, ECSU Director
of the Community Development office, is the
giving
Project Director.
matters
ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 21

I T ’ S E A S Y Here are some simple rules for ways to give:
Gifts with no stipulation as to purpose or use are
unrestricted. Restricted gifts are those given for a
specific purpose designated by the donor.
A gift may be expendable — immediately usable
for current purposes. Or, it may be retained,
perhaps as an endowment gift to be invested and
held permanently for the income derived.
Besides monetary gifts, the ECSU Foundation also
receives gifts such as:
Marketable Property – Securities, real property,
and saleable personal property;
Gifts-in-Kind – Gifts to be used in the form in
which they are given; art objects, books, equipment,
etc.;
Rights and Insurance – Royalties, copyrights,
trademark rights and insurance policies, naming
Elizabeth City State University Foundation as a
beneficiary (the Foundation holds strong preference
for becoming the owner of life insurance
policies);
Gifts-in-Trust – agreeing to hold and manage
principal resources given by the donor in exchange
for the dividend income for life, after which this
income will be used by the ECSU Foundation
according to the wishes of the donor.
SPECIAL HANDING FOR SELECT GIFTS
Memorial Gifts – The families of students and other
individuals make gifts “in memory of” or “in honor
of” persons by name. When received by the ECSU
Foundation, these funds will be used as unrestricted
income. Non-specified memorial gifts of $5,000 or
more are deemed significant contributions; donor
wishes for use of these funds will be examined with
the Executive Director of the Foundation, Foundation
Chairperson, Chief Fiscal Officer of the university (or
his/her designee) prior to deposit.
Planned Gifts – Gifts can be made for current tax
benefits with future benefit going to the ECSU Foundation.
(See article in this publication on ECSU and
Your Personal Financial Plans.)
An individual who makes a contribution to ECSU or the ECSU
Foundation may have their gifts credited to any number of different
constituency groups. According to the Council for Aid to Education
(CAE) and the Council for the Advancement and Support of
Education (CASE), the following constituency categories are
Where
appropriate for use on all public contribution’s reports:
• Under Individuals – Alumni, parents, others
• Under Organizations – Foundations, corporations, religious,
fundraising consortia, others.
gifts
To avoid double counting contributions, individuals or
organizations that qualify under more than one constituency group
must be listed only once. Primary listing of a donor is according to
the order that each constituency group is listed (In other words,
are
Alumni is the primary group for individuals and Foundations is the
primary group for organizations.)
For distinctive purposes within the ECSU Institutional
Advancement office or the ECSU Foundation, other constituency
giving matters
groups may be regarded as having primacy (in response to requests
counted
from specific constituent groups). For example, an individual may
have a private foundation; they may also be an alumnus or alumna
who sits on the ECSU Foundation Board. For a special report to the
ECSU Foundation, they may be listed as an ECSU Foundation Board
22 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002
giving
member instead of an alumnus/alumna or a member of another
constituent group.
The Fitness Warehouse of EC, LLC.
Town of Winton
Carl Turner ‘71
Demetra Tyner ‘71
Gerald E. Tyree
John O. Vann
Visions(Glynis Powell)
Brenda C. Walker
Nancy Palmer Wardropper
Gwendolyn Weaver ‘71
Helen M. Wheeler
Trevelyn E. Williams
Herfue O. Williams
Jethro C. Williams ‘67
Carolyn Williams ‘69
Jewel E. Williams ‘71
Leronia Witherspoon
Kathleen W. Wright
Matthew B. York
James Young, Jr. ‘71
Alumni who have contributed to
ECSU or the ECSU Foundation
from 7/1/2001 – 6/30/2002
by Decade Class
20’s Decade Class
Mary Inez White Sayles Estate ‘26
30’s Decade Class
Alfred B. Spellman, Sr. ‘35
Chester S. Askew ‘39
40’s Decade Class
Clara Jones ‘40
Williams Honeyblue ‘41
Evelyn R. Coleman ‘46
Elessie R. Desboine ‘42
Mary A. Douglas ‘42
Mary Felton ‘46
Dorothy A. Joyner ‘47
Naomi C. Lomax ‘45
Ruth Harvey Moore ‘49
Edna G. Randolph ‘45
Dollie M. Speight ‘49
William E. Stanton, Sr. ‘44
Susan Vann ‘49
matters
50’s Decade Class
Byrtle H. Mitchell ‘50
Wilhelmina S. Amado ‘57
Dennis H. Askew, Jr. ‘59
Melvin Boyd ‘58
Marie Cooper ‘58
Marie Dunne ‘58
Viola B. Elam ‘52
Bettie T. Francis ‘54
Nancy G. Joyner ‘53
Shirley M. McGalliaria ‘57
Ruth P. Overton ‘54
Elaine Perry ‘54
George W. Pierce ‘54
Raymond Reddrick ‘55
Mary E. Sharpe ‘57
Estella Simons ‘55
Dorothy L. Smith ‘55
Emma Spence ‘53
Randolph F. Tootle ‘58
Bennie L. Williams, Sr. ‘52
60’s Decade Class
Ziner Alexander ‘66
Vivian Armstrong ‘67
Minnie Trovene Artis ‘63
Lillie Atkinson ‘65
Randolph J. Barnes ‘62
Mildred W. Battle ‘67
Bell Group, Inc.(Ulysses Bell ‘65)
LeRoy Brickhouse ‘67
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Britt ‘62
Trumilla J. Britt ‘63
Curtis E. Bryan ‘60
Bertha Bryant ‘67
Joseph Buggs ‘61
Ruben Buggs ‘65
Gwendolyn Buggs ‘65
Carolyn Buggs ‘67
Mamie M. Burse ‘63
Cheryl Riddick Canton ‘69
Mary L. Cates ‘61
Martha P. Chamblee ‘61
Charles D. Cherry ‘63
Irving Coggins, Jr ‘69
Ralph Cole ‘62
Joyce Cole ‘65
Julia Congleton-Bryant ‘63
Clara L. Cox ‘63
Gertrude A. Cox ‘71
Margaret Davie ‘62
Charles C. Davis ‘65
Catherine G. Dildy ‘63
Patricia Eckles ‘69
Pretlo S. Edmonds ‘62
Ethel G. Meekins ‘65
Jasper D. Evans ‘63
Jeanette H. Evans ‘63
Howard Evans ‘63
Charles B. Evans ‘65
Thomas Evans ‘68
Jasper Evans (35 th Reunion)
Joyce Felton ‘68
Henry Felton ‘69
Carl Fennell ‘67
Geneva Fennell ‘67
Annie W. Fields ‘63
Phillip T. Flood ‘65
Norris Francis ‘64
Will Francis ‘65
Ervin Francis ‘67
Carol Francis ‘69
Joseph E. Freeman ‘64
Doris Froneberger‘63
Doris J. Fuller ‘67
Milton Gainey ‘62
Wilma S. Gainey’63
Sudie Gatling ‘60
James A. Gatling ‘60
Oliver George ‘62
Ralph Glover ‘61
Mary R. Glover ‘67
Richard M. Gore ‘64
Nathaniel Grant, Jr. ‘68
Earnest A. Green ‘68
Alvin C. Griffin ‘65
Theodosia B. Griffin ‘66
James E. Griffin ‘66
Willie M. Hagans ‘67
Ina L. Hager ‘63
R. F. Hager ‘63
Mamie S. Hall ‘64
E. Alphonzo Harrell ‘60
Loisteen E. Harrell ‘63
Janice Harrison-Peace ‘65
John T. Hazel ‘66
Susie S. Hodges ‘65
Benny Hodges ‘67
Barbara B. Hoggard ‘62
Ernest M. Holley ‘64
Phillippa Holley ‘65
Marcell E. Hooks ‘68
Mildred Hopkins ‘63
Samuel Hubbard ‘63
Ella H. Ivory ‘65
Barbara W. Jackson ‘60
James H. Jackson ‘65
Peggy L. Jeffries ‘67
Gloria Faye Johnson ‘65
Willie Mae Jones Johnson ‘66
Margaret Jones ‘63
Horace R. Jones ‘64
Marjorie H. Jones ‘68
John W. Jordan ‘63
Willie Lamb‘67
Leevon Lansden ‘67
Barbara Lee ‘64
Maryella W. Leigh ‘67
Matthew & Lucy Lewis ‘64
Herbert A. Littlejohn ‘64
Joyce E. Long ‘65
Al C. Lucas ‘63
Claudie J. Mackey ‘65
Lenora Jarvis Mackey ‘66
ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 27

Swimme & Son Building Contractors
Joe Taylor
Vickey B. Tillett ‘87
Henry H. Tolbert
Tom Currier Corporation DBA-Mail
Boxes
Queenie Turner ‘93
Claudia C. Twiford
Susan Vann ‘49
Vann’s Place II
W. W. Owens and Sons Moving and
Storage, Inc
Walson Funeral Home
Roy Robert Wade
Nancy Palmer Wardroper
Aleric Wheeler
Velma Williams
Celeste A. Williams ‘64
Leroy Williams ‘65
Terry Williams ‘82
Mr. & Mrs. Bennie L. William, Sr. ‘52
Edethia L. Wright
Members Under $100
Ronald Anderson
Patrick A. Andrews ‘87
Minnie Trovene Artis ‘63
Ester Askew
Dwayne A. Aydlett ‘87
Bailey, King & Associates
W. Edwyn Baird
Alice Ballance
Barbecue Barn
Mildred W. Battle ‘67
Jeanie Billups ‘95
Marian Bivens
Carolyn J. Bizzell ‘73
Ruth Harvey Bowen
Melody Brackett ‘88
Ervin H. Brother
Lorraine W. Brown
Ralph Burns
Lindsay Carmon ‘71
Central Insurance Agency
Eric Chamblee
Alice Clark
William C. Clark
Evelyn R. Coleman ‘46
Committee to Elect Frank W. Ballance, Jr.
Carolyn Cooper ‘71
Sandra S. Copeland ’71
Robert L. Copeland ‘72
giving matters
Vicent S. Corozine
James Earl Cox
26 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002
Emily M. Cross ‘71
Vernice S. Dabney
Angela Daughety ‘74
Wilbert Davis, Jr. ‘75
ECSU Department of Social Sciences
Linda Dickson
Richard Durren, Jr.
Frankie A. Eaves
Viola B. Elam ‘52
Portia English
Joseph Evans
Woodrow Felton
Joyce Felton ‘68
Henry Felton ‘69
Geneva Fennell ‘67
Nekesha D. Ferebee ‘97
Tenekquala L. Ferguson
Michael E. Gale
Gardner-Harrell Development
Gilliam Funeral Home
Mary R. Glover ‘67
Sandra T. Graham ‘84
H. V. Brown Schoolmasters
Agnes M. Hall
Jo Ann Hall
Hardy Moving & Storage
William H. Harrell
Eleanor L. Harris
Linda Hayden
Herman Hallet Daniels Properties
Dorothy Hill
Tammye V. Hill ‘86
Wade Hobgood
Barbara B. Hoggard ‘62
Deborah J. Howard
Hughes Oil Company
Alice Hughley
Horace B. Hussey
Sylvia M. Jacobs
Sharon Jane Felton-James
Matthew Jarmond, Jr.
John R. Jordan, Jr.
Roger Jones
Josephine J. Jones
Lealer P. Johnson
Elsie W. Jordan
Harvey M. Kearney
Malinda Keys
Keystone Barber & Beauty
Wendy King
K-Mart
Frank H. Kosak
Deloris Lawson ‘71
Curtis B. Leak
Juantia LeBarron
Dangun Lee
Katie L. Lee
Marvin Littlejohn
Susie N. Littlejohn
Leonzo D. Lynch
M. E. Enterprises, Inc.
Suzanne H. MacMorris
Magic Spray Car Wash Inc.
Mail Boxes, Etc.
Elois B. Maske ‘71
Janie M. Melton ‘63
Johnnie K. Melton ‘79
Annie C. Miller
Lossie P. Mills ‘64
Vivian P. Mitchell
Byrtle H. Mitchell ‘50
Cecil M. Mitchell ‘66
James Travis Monney
Ruth Harvey Moore
Vivien M. Morris
Morris Funeral Home
Harold Murrill ‘69
National Cash Advance
Douglas J. Newsome
Olive Branch Baptist Church
Irene Bullock-Overton ‘63
Bettie J. Parker ‘71
Icelean D. Payton
John E. Pellam
Lorri A. Perkins ‘89
Dennis Scott Perry ‘91
Anthony Price ‘81
Barbara L. Purnell
Edna G. Randolph ‘45
Johnnie G. Reid, Jr.
Richard Reid ‘71
Mary E. Riddick
Lula Roberts ‘61
Paul R. Robertson
Cynthia Sawyer
William Sawyer ‘71
William A. Shepard, M.D.
Estella Simons ‘55
Ervin C. Simons ‘71
Ravi Sinha
Sky Enterprise, Inc.
Pattie Smith
Cynthia M. Smith
Edna A. Smith
Frederick E. Smith ‘66
Dollie M. Speight
Lula B. Speller
Doraine Spence ‘91
Mar Speller
Debra Stokley ‘77
William Steve Stone
Otis Strozier
Mary Swain ‘80
T. J.’s Hobbies, Inc
Martha R. Taylor
Shirley Weaver Taylor ‘71
Beverly Ann Taylor ‘71
Carl Taylor ‘71
Isolene A. Taylor ‘71
J. Demeatrious Teel ‘71
This listing includes the names of
donors who made their contributions
to ECSU or the ECSU Foundation
between 7/1/2001 and 6/30/2002.
ECSU and the ECSU Foundation
gratefully acknowledge all gifts in
support of the ECSU mission.
Hugh Cale Founder’s Society –
$100,000 or More
James H. & Connie M. Maynard
Dr. Peter W. Moore Society -
$50,000 – $99,999
North Carolina Association of
Insurance Agents, Inc.
Dr. John H. Bias Society –
25,000 – 49,999
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Lorimer & Margaret Midgett Trust
Dr. Harold L. Trigg Society -
$10,000 - $24,999
AETNA Financial Services
Daily Advance
FDY Sodexho
Charles & Carolyn Mahoney
Quality Inn
G. Matt & Holly Cook Wood
Winifred J. Wood
Dr. Sidney D. Williams Society -
$5,000 - $9,999
Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc.
Arzo Burnim
Billie J. Reid State Farm Insurance Co.
Mary A. Douglas ‘42
ECSU General Alumni Association, Inc.
Earhart Foundation
IBM International Foundation
Willie Mae Jones Johnson
The Kroger Company Foundation
Moroch & Associates, Inc.
RBC Centura Banks Inc.
giving matters
Mary Inez White Sayles Estate ‘26
Frank White
Frank H. Skidmore, Jr.
The East Carolina Bank
Dr. Walter Nathaniel Ridley Society -
$2,500 - $4,999
Ajac Foods (KFC of EC)
Biggs Pontiac-Buick-Cadillac-
Oldsmobile-GMC Trucks
Bruce and Anna Biggs
Earl M. Brown’67
LaVera L. Burnim
Mickey L. Burnim
Don V. Ruck Product
Dover Foundation, Inc.
Jeanette H. Evans ‘63
Emmanuel D. Harris
Charlie H. Jordan
Linda-Spitzer Naylor
NC Legislative Black Caucus
Foundation
Prudential Foundation
State Farm Companies Foundation
St. Stephens Missionary Baptist Church
Shirley M. Turnage ‘67
Wachovia Bank N.A.
Chancellor’s Society - $1,000 - $2,499
Albemarle Hospital
Albemarle Mini Warehouse
Ziner Alexander ‘66
Alltel
Barbaina Houston-Black ‘80
David & Phyllis Bosomworth
Earl T. Brown
Mellonee Burnim
Helen M. Caldwell
Charles D. Cherry ‘63
Walter C. Davenport
ECSU Championship Team
ECSU Sports Hall of Fame
Thomas Evans ‘68
First Carolina (Hampton Inn)
Frank W. Ballance, Jr. Association, P.A.
H. Richard Gardner
Willie J. Gilchrist ‘73
Ina L. Hager ‘63
Loisteen E. Harrell ‘63
Harris & Associates, L. L. C
M. Peebles Harrison
Billy Hines
William Honeyblue ‘41
ICBC Broadcast Holdings-NY, Inc.
Gloria Faye Johnson ‘65
Clara Jones ‘40
Kramer’s Garage
H. Kel Landis
Willis & Clara Langley ‘70
Gregory H. Magee
Jenny McIntosh
Marsha McLean
Roger McLean
Mid-Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling
Company, Inc.
NC Community Development,
Initiative, Inc.
PSNC Energy
Betty Barr-Randolph
Floyd L. Robinson
Sonja W. Hibbard, CPA
John N. Smith
The Tom Joyner Foundation, Inc.
The Trey Whitfield Foundation, Inc.
Southern Bank Foundation
Southside Boys & Girls Club Inc.
Alfred B. Spellman, Sr. ‘35
Dr. Claudie Mackie ‘65
Sprint
Mitchell St.Clair
William E. Stanton, Sr. ‘44
Ish Sud
Louise Sutton
Robert Vaughan
Whitehurst Sand Company
Tilton Whitehurst
Kennis & Brenda Wilkins ‘74
Derrick Wilkins ‘88
Deans’ Golden Circle - $500 - $999
Albemarle Propane, Inc.
Back Swamp Church of Christ
Steven B. Beals
Randy Bell ‘72
Bertie County Alumni Chapter-ECSU
Blackwater Training Center, Inc.
Trumilla T. Britt’60
Zelene Bunch ‘84
C.S.T. Products
Mary L. Cates ‘61
Martha P. Chamblee ‘61
Janice Cole
Ralph Cole ‘62
Compustar Computers, LTD
Marvis M. Conley
John Cooper ‘58
Crossroads
Wauna L. Dooms
Eastern Carolina Cardiovascular, PA
ECSU Local Alumni Chapter
ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 23

Enigma Entertainment
Jasper Evans 35 th Reunion’63
Carl Fennell ‘67
Charles Foster
Bettie T. Francis ‘54
Doris Froneberger ‘63
Wilma S. Gainey ‘63
Gateway Bank & Trust Co.
James A. & Sudie G. Gatling ‘60
Ralph Glover ‘61
Nathaniel Grant, Jr. ‘68
Theodosia B. Griffin ‘66
James E. Griffin ‘66
John T. Hazel ‘66
Gerald K. Hill ‘71
Tim Hobbs
Samuel Hubbard ‘63
George Jackson
Margaret M. Jones ‘63
Horace R. Jones ‘64
Marjorie H. Jones ‘68
Barbara Lee ‘64
Matthew & Lucy Lewis ‘64
Local Alumni Chapter-ECSU
Naomi C. Lomax ‘45
Jesse M. Majette ‘63
Barbara A Masonis
Ethel G. Meekins’65
Betty S. Meggs
Mail Boxes Etc.1516
Dennis Melville
Minuteman Press
Mitchell Insurance Agency
Nathaniel Moore ‘62
“N” Time Music
N. Cheng. CPA, PC
Northeastern Schoolmasters
Raymond F. Paris, Jr.
Pell Paper Box Company, Inc.
Charles W. Penny
Pepsi Bottling Ventures, LLC
Henry B. Pickett, Jr. ‘61
Mary H. Pickett ‘60
Ramco Management Corporation
Henry B. Rhoulac ‘69
Bobby Riley ‘66
Paul & Jackie Robertson ‘68
Senior Matrons Social Literary & Art Club
Evelyn S. Shaw ‘66
Leonard A. Slade, Jr.‘63
Emma Spence ‘53
Salvage D. Stith
giving matters
Sharon M. Tanner
Randolph F. Tootle ‘58
24 ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002
giving
Mildred T. Trotman ‘64
Trysher Inc. DBA-Mail Boxes ETC
Albert L.Walker
Wesley Peachtree GRP CPAS
Calvin R. Worsley
Professor’s Silver Circle - $250 - $499
Vivian Armstrong ‘67
Randolph J. Barnes ‘62
Beaufort County Alumni Chapter-ECSU
Bell Group, Inc. (Ulysses Bell)
Terence M. Boyd
LeRoy Brickhouse ‘67
Trumilla J. Britt ‘63
Curtis E. Bryan ‘60
Bertha Bryant ‘67
Julia Congleton-Bryant ‘63
Joseph Buggs ‘61
Ruben Buggs ‘65
Gwendolyn Buggs ‘65
Carolyn Buggs ‘67
Mamie M. Burse ‘63
James E. Caldwell
Cheryl Riddick Canton ‘69
Margery Couslon Clark
Joyce Cole ‘65
Edwin Corder
Clara L. Cox ‘63
Margaret Davie ‘62
Charles C. Davis ‘65
Catherine G. Dildy ‘63
Vernell F. Eason
Patricia Eckles ‘69
Elizabeth City Boys & Girls Club
Pretlo S. Edmonds ‘62
Carolyn F. Edward
Howard Evans
Jasper D. Evans ‘63
Charles B. Evans ‘65
F. S. Taylor & Associates
Beatrice Ferebee
Floyd C. Ferebee
Joyce E. Ferebee
Tommy & Ethel F. Ferebee
Lewis Ferebee
Josephine Ferebee
Willis Ferebee, Jr.
Annie W. Fields ‘63
First Citizens Bank
Thomas Fils
Norris Francis ‘64
Will Francis ‘65
Ervin Francis ‘67
Carol Francis ‘69
Joseph E. Freeman ‘64
Doris J. Fuller ‘67
Milton Gainey ‘62
Oliver George ‘62
Earnest A. Green ‘68
Alvin C. Griffin ‘65
Bob Gulledge
H&R Block
Willie M. Hagans ‘67
Roscoe F. Hager, Sr. ‘63
E. Alphonzo Harrell ‘60
Janice Harrison-Peace ‘65
Anne Hedgebeth
Carol Heyward ‘71
Susie S. Hodges ‘65
Benny Hodges ‘67
Ernest M. Holley ‘64
Phillippa Holley ‘65
Marcell E. Hooks ‘68
Mildred Hopkins ‘68
Hutchins Allen & Company, P.A.
Ella M. Ivory ‘63
Barbara W. Jackson ‘60
James H. Jackson ‘65
Lubertha James ‘76
Peggy L. Jeffries ‘67
Jo Von Fashions
Lavern Jones ‘76
John W. Jordan ‘63
Willie Lamb ‘67
Leevon Lansden ‘67
Maryella W. Leigh ‘67
Levels Family
Herbert A. Littlejohn ‘64
Al C. Lucas ‘63
Lenora Jarvis Mackey ‘66
Jimmie L. Manley ‘63
Edward J. Masonis
Carolyn McCloud ‘68
Edward McLean
Millennia Community Bank
Leonard E. Mobley ‘65
Annie W. Mobley ‘63
Izila Mouring ‘69
Ernest Murphrey
Frank Neal ‘65
Joyce P. Nowell ‘62
Ruth P. Overton ‘54
Ethel Parker ‘71
P. Woodson Pearson ‘63
Alfred L. Pearson ‘64
Anonymous
Ruby L. Perkins ‘65
Jesse Lee Powell ‘68
Jethro Pugh ‘65
Janet Ransom ‘67
Ralph Ransom ‘68
Charles Rascoe ‘72
H. C. Reid, Jr. ‘65
William Rich
John W. Richardson ‘67
Richmond Metro Alumni Chapter
Eddie J. Roberts ‘67
Jackie Robertson ‘69
John Robinson ‘66
Albert Rodgers ‘63
David Rogers ‘62
Alice Mills Sadler
Mary Settle ‘66
William Settle ‘68
Phyllis Sexton ‘67
Joe Shambley ‘62
Doris Shepherd ‘60
Barbara Shrophire’65
Lionel K. Shropshire ‘66
Charles Singleton ‘68
Phillip Smith ‘61
Shelton V. Spence ‘80
Cassie Swimpson ‘62
James E. Swimpson ‘62
The Crosby Fund
The Ruffin Group
Marvin Trotman ‘62
David T. Trotman ‘63
Kenneth E. Turnage ‘63
Sunny Sewart Vick ‘63
Bettie R. Smith ‘67
Julius Walker, Jr. ‘65
Lindell Wallace ‘63
Ruby Vincent Ward ‘67
Paul T. Washlesky
Juanita H. White ‘60
Alise Williams ‘63
Charles J. Wynn, Sr. ‘67
Frederick Yates
Century Club - $100 - $249
Cynthia H. Alderman
Alliance Nissan
Wilhelmina A. Amado ‘57
Susie Armstrong
Scotty E. Arnold ‘88
Chester S. Askew ‘39
Dennis H. Askew, Jr. ‘59
Lillie Atkinson ‘65
Morris Autry
BB & B Construction Co., Inc.
Robert L. Backus ‘76
Janice Baker
Leonard Ballou
Christopher E. Banks
David H. Bead, Jr.
Sam Beamon ‘85
Charlenzo V. Belcher ‘83
Velma Blackmon
Ronald Blackmon
Nettie L Blakeley
James Blount
matters
Paula G. Bowe “94
Jean B. Bowen
Melvin Boyd ‘58
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Britt ‘62
Anthony Brown
Peggy B. Brown
Ken Burgess
Ruby Burnim
C & K Associates, Inc.
C. C. Cameron
Alicia Jenkins Campbell
G. Paul Carr
Janelle Carter
Alfred L. Carter ‘70
City of Elizabeth City
William Clark
Irving Coggins, Jr. ‘69
Columbia Metropolitan Airport
Gertrude A. Cox ‘71
Levin Culpepper
Eddie Davis, III ‘71
Joshua Dawson
Elessie R. Des Boine ‘42
Edge Restaurant Group, Inc.
Anita Edwards ‘73
Mary Felton ‘46
Ralph E. Fennell
First Class Travel
First Internet Travel, Inc.
First Union
Phillip T. Flood ‘65
Deborah Fontaine
Carl & Mary Franklin
William C. Friday
G. Wendell Spivey Attorney at Law
James A. Gatling ‘60
Richard M. Gore ‘64
Cornelius Goodwin
Gilbertine Griffin ‘78
Griggs Lumber Product Company Inc.
Mamie S. Hall ‘64
Marion H. Harrell ‘71
Helen A. Harris
H. Bernetta Hayes
James Hedgbeth
Elton & Balinda Hollowell ‘74
Hornthal, Riley, Ellis and Maland LLP
Leonard F. Jarvis ‘73
Alma F. Jenkins ‘75
John H. Bias Alumni Chapter ECSU
Carolyn Johnson
Washington Johnson ‘71
Dorothy A. Joyner ‘47
Nancy G. Joyner ‘53
Vivian Key ‘73
Wendy A. King
Eulice Langford ‘72
James Leather
Eliabeth Linney ‘87
Joyce E. Long ‘65
James R. Lucas
Mail Boxes Etc. (Eva Russell)
Vinod Manglik
Manson Mortuary
J. Kevin Martino
Geneva Matthews
William Matthews ‘66
John J. Mudra, Jr.
Gerald McCants
Shirley M. McGalliaria ‘57
Willis B. McLeod
McPherson Auto Supply, Inc.
Vernon L. Miller
Barbara Mitchell ‘66
Ruth Harvey Moore ‘49
Jessie A. Moore ‘67
Gwendolyn Moore ‘69
Charles M. Moore ‘71
Glendell C. Moore ‘76
Hubert Moorer ‘71
William F. Myers
Roger C. Myrick
Geneva S. Nixon
Louis E. Newsome
Paul Norman ‘81
Ethel Bailey Odens ‘67
P. C. & J. Inc. (Mail Boxes Etc.)
Clifford Eugene Patterson ‘71
Bernice D. Peele ‘69
Elaine Perry ‘54
Dorothy Peterson ‘63
Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
Linda D. Pierce ‘68
Pierce Construction
George W. Pierce ‘54
Valerie M. Pittman
Lloyd T. Porter ‘64
Howard L. Price ‘71
Anthony R. Prichett
Lillian E. Purington ‘70
Earnell Purington ‘70
Rascoe Poole, Jr.
Raymond Reddrick ‘55
Maxine Reid ‘68
Johnny G. Reid ‘69
Mable Riddick ‘89
Vonda Riley ‘65
Elliott Robinson
John T. Rowland
Gordon S. Roylance
Alisha M. R. Sessoms ‘98
Fred Sessoms ‘68
Barbara Shannon ‘94
Mary E. Sharpe ‘57
Dorothy L. Smith ‘55
Stuart M. Squires
Star Services, Inc.
Tommy T. Steward
Carlton & Edna Stewart
Tony M. Stewart
Inez Sutton ‘61
Cheryl Sutton ‘93
ECSU MAGAZINE FALL 2002 25