Elizabeth City State University was selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Global Learning and Observations to benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program. This world-wide program brings together 112 international universities along with their students, teachers, scientist and citizens to promote science and learning about the environment.

Northeastern North Carolina and Southeastern Virginia, primary and secondary school will benefit from a variety of science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs. University and community college science and education majors with have opportunities to participate in local, regional, and national workshops, conferences, distance learning programs, and other unique activities.

The collaborative partners are the NASA’s National GLOBE Office and Langley Research Center’s Science Directorate, North Carolina Space Grant Office, and ECSU's Computational Mathematics and Computations Office and its STEM Academy. ECSU' s leading representatives are Dr. Linda Hayden and Dr. Timothy Goodale.