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The Elizabeth City State University's Viking Scholars Program is funded by a general assembly appropriation to the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina to be allocated to its constituent institutions for the purpose of establishing pilot programs to recruit new students to enroll in college in future years.  It is designed to provide financial and academic incentives that will encourage socially and financially deprived students to do well in middle school and high school, graduate, and enroll in college.  The target areas consist of ten counties in northeastern North Carolina - (Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Dare, Tyrrell and Washington).

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The First Viking Scholar Is Coming To ECSU!

After many years of working with middle school and high school students, the first Viking Scholar is committed to attend ECSU.

Ms. Evelyn Jenkins, a senior at Manteo High School will enroll at ECSU in the fall and major in Education.  Evelyn believes that ECSU is the University that will prepare her to become an outstanding teacher in the public schools of North Carolina.  

Being a Viking Scholar has enabled her to take advantage of a financial offering at ECSU.  Along with her dedication and hard work, Evelyn is sporting a cool 3.42 GPA.

Created 7/28/2002

Revised 9/11/2003