From the BOG meetings on the campus of East Carolina University:

Board of Governor members have named Willie Gilchrist as the ninth chancellor of Elizabeth City State University during a late afternoon meeting today. Gilchrist, a former BOG member himself, has served as interim chancellor since August. The interim tag is removed immediately, according to UNC President Erskine Bowles.

Gilchrist, an ECSU graduate, said he would focus on teacher education and making sure that Elizabeth City State is affordable. He also talked about building a bond between to ECSU and ECU to educate students in northeast North Carolina.  

“I can’t hardly wait,” Gilchrist said.