Elizabeth City State University Partnership

In September of 1995, Emily Spong Elementary was placed into a partnership with Elizabeth City State University who was establishing a regional Network Resource and Training Site (NRTS) at ECSU to serve the Northeastern Region of North Carolina and Eastern Virginia Region. The NRTS at ECSU provides network training for the staff at Emily Spong and facilitate HBCU/MI network opportunities in research and education for Math, Science, Engineering and Technology (MSET) faculty and students: and for the teachers of predomminantly minority-attended elementary and secondary schools in ECSU's region.





Emily Spong Elementary staff receiving network training at ECSU


Other Schools Involved In The Program


Five elementary and secondary school programs will be included in training and networking activities of the NRTS at ECSU. Douglas Park Earth and Space Elementary School, I.C. Norcom High School and the Talent Search Program. ECSU Talent Search Program currently has dial-up modem access to the Internet though ECSU's "alpha.ecsu.edu" node. Their service will be upgraded to a dedicated line to Lane Hall which houses this program. All other schools currently have dedicated lines by which they can access the Internet. Each school/program have need for computer hardware and are in dire need of training.

Norfolk State University will assume primary responsiblity for mentoring Douglas Park Earth and Science Elementary School. Hampton University will assume primary responsibility for mentoring Emily Spong Earth and Science Elementary School and Norcom High School. Elizabeth City State University will assume primary responsibility for mentoring the staff and 1000 students in the Talent Search Program.


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