July - Elizabeth City State University

IN THIS ISSUE
ACE CAMP CELEBRATES 5 YEARS
ACADEMIC SPOTLIGHT
BECTON WELCOMED BY CAMPUS
ACE camp draws high school students
BASEBALL CAMP ATTRACTS YOUTH
for fifth year
KELLAM RECEIVES PILOT LICENSE
SADIE, '98, RELEASES ALBUM
SAVE THE DATE
Summer School isn't the only reason young people are
strolling about campus. For the fifth summer, the Aviation
Science program hosted an Aviation Career Education
(ACE) Academy Program, better known as ACE camp.
ECSU is one of many sites across the nation to hold the
camps that give youths a glimpse into the aviation
industry. The Aviation Science Program at ECSU holds a
coed ACE camp and an all-girls camp for high school
students. Dr. Anthony Sharp, director of the Aviation
Science Program, said there are four sites in North
Carolina but ECSU has a residential component.
Participating students experience campus life while
attending for the week-long camp.
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AUGUST EVENTS
UNIVERSITY NEWS
IDEA (Increasing Diversity and
Chancellor Becton greets ECSU
Enhancing Academia)
students, staff and faculty
August 5 - 9
Grant Writing Fundamentals:
Positioning Your Organization for
Success Webinar
August 13
Summer Sunset Stargaze at Khan
Planetarium
August 15
Graduate Education One-Stop
Orientation
August 17
Classes Begin
August 20
Early on July 1, students,
staff and faculty gathered in
the lobby of the Marion D.
Thorpe Administration
Building to greet Chancellor
Charles Becton, a former NC
Court of Appeals Judge who
also served as interim
chancellor for North Carolina
Central University earlier this
year.
ECSU is one of several
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institutions of higher learning where Becton has worked.
Becton also has taught and lectured at trial advocacy skills
institutes across the U.S. and beyond. Prior to becoming
interim chancellor at NCCU, he was the John Scott
Cansler Lecturer at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law
and a visiting professor of the practice at the Duke
University School of Law. In 2010, he served as the
ALUMNI
EVENTS
Washington County Alumni Chapter
ECSU Freshman Send-Off
Charles Hamilton Houston Chaired Professor of Law at
the NCCU Law School.
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August 2 * Plymouth, NC
Annual Scholarship Gala
August 2 * Marlboro, MD
Family Day and Scholarship Cookout
August 3 * Raleigh, NC
Eva J. Lewis Alumni Chapter
Silver and Gold Banquet
August 10 * Greenville, NC
Hodges Cookout
August 17 * Littleton, NC
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COMPLETE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
VIKING ATHLETICS
Baseball camp draws area youth
ECSU Baseball
Coach Terrance
Whittle shares tips
on America's gamebaseball with area
youths. This years'
baseball camp drew
27 youths from
Pasquotank County
to South Park
Photo appears courtesy of
The Daily Advance
Sports Complex. ECSU and the local Department of
Parks and Recreation collaborated to hold the camp.
PICTURE OF
THE MONTH
ECSU provided instructors for the camp that lasted from
June 24 - June 27 for youths who range in age from seven
to 15. The camp is a comprehensive skills camp which
focuses on the fundamentals of hitting, fielding, catching,
base running and team play. The camp also included daily
lessons which focused on fair play and character
development.
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Members of campus Greek
organizations work together in
community service. Photo by
islickemdown on Instagram.
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DONOR
SPOTLIGHT
STAND-OUT VIKINGS
Kellam receives commercial pilot license
Thank you to the following donors
who gave over $500 during July.
Rochester A. Baker
Cleveland A. Blount
Barbara Dildy Bryant
Comerica Bank
Ernest Hall
Robert E Harvey Tri-State Alumni Chapter
John W. Jordan
Harold E Mitchell
It's understatement to say that
Corey Kellam, an aviation
science student from
Chesapeake, Virginia, is going
places. The list of U.S. cities
visited will surely increase
now that he's earned his
commercial pilot license.
Ronald C. Richardson
Back in the fall of 2011, Kellam
Sanofi-Aventis U.S. Charitable Trust
was one of two students flying
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in the cockpit when the
second ECSU airplane arrived in time for a Homecoming
display. He was on site (Elizabeth City Regional Airport)
about ways of giving. To discuss making
when the first Cessna Skyhawk arrived in 2010. Over the
a gift to ECSU, please contact the Office
years he completed his aviation science courses and
of Institutional Advancement at
252.335.3223.
continued accumulating flight hours as he moved toward
this latest feat-a commercial pilot license. He is the first
aviation science student to reach that goal. Before this
month, he held a private license, which is a general,
aviation license. The commercial license allows pilots to
transport people or property for hire so Kellam is eager to
share the friendly skies with passengers.
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ALUMNI NEWS
India Sadie, '98, releases debut album
By Margaret Fisher, Kinston Free Press
Kinston native India Sadie
made her singing debut at the
Kinston-Community Council for
the Arts as a high school
student singing Mariah Carey's
"Hero."
Now living in Hollywood, Calif.,
the 36-year-old has returned
briefly to Kinston to introduce her first CD, IndiJAH, and
sign autographs.
Two of the songs on her CD - "All My Life" and
"Flashback" - were recorded by her brother-in-law,
Frederick Teach, a music producer in Kinston for about 30
years and former owner of Sounds Unlimited, once a
music store.
"I wrote all the lyrics to all the songs," Sadie said. "...
These are the first copies to be released to the public."
Under the category of world music, Sadie's songs are
considered "futuristic" sounding and a combination of pop
and classical reggae, she said.
"I just incorporated my own style," she said, adding her
inspiration comes from Carey, Gwen Stefani, Whitney
Houston and reggae artists.
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Reprinted from Kinston.com, Kinston Free Press
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