==Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship==
At Elizabeth City State University, innovation and entrepreneurship are slowly being encouraged in a wide range throughout the institution, no matter the specified major. Elizabeth City State University aspires to have students faculty and staff evoke their Entrepreneurial skill set, to set them off after graduation with give back to students in ways to evoke or build their degree in hand, as well as skills entrepreneurial skillset. Skills that can transpire great innovators in their respective fieldsand encourage their creativity. The school of Education and Business has the first implementation of Innovation and Entrepreneurship is well established at the institution , by having a concentration in Business Administration for Management and Entrepreneurship. This bachelor's degree holds courses such as BUAD 322 Entrepreneurship and BUAD 360 Quantitive Methods, which provide undergrads the design thinking space they need in I&E. The school of Science Aviation Health & Technology is a highly funded school that upholds undergraduate programs such as Kinesiology, Avionics, Aviation Management, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, and Computer Networking Engineering Technology. All of which encourage I&E in all aspects of thinking, students and faculty work together on hands-on experience during their time at ECSU, the best form of encouragement that can go a long way in the way our professors in the School of Science Aviation HElath & Technology are influential in their entrepreneurial skillset. Faculty and staff are encouraged to participate and insight in their creativitywhen teaching these courses as well as expand their knowledge by giving it back to their respective students while being on campus. Elizabeth City State University hopes in nurturing innovators by hosting creative thinking workshops that which are held by the Career Development Department, the University Honors Program, Student Government Affairs, and TRIO Student Support Services Program with the aid in of faculty involvement and influence. I&E is a topic that ECSU is working hard to nurture in our campus, with the help of our Chancellor, faculty, and staff influential changes can transpire with our leaders opening doors for the students at Elizabeth City State University.
==Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function==