ECSU - Ridley Student Center
Elizabeth City, NC
The Elizabeth City State University Student Center is situated between two existing social venues on campus: The Viking’s Den, a campus dining facility, and the fraternity court, a historic gathering point for ECSU alumni and current students. The varied programs throughout the building - the café/dining area, informal lounge, student bookstore, and multi-function spaces - merge together to create one succinct statement of vibrancy and life.
The first floor of the new Student Center building contains student lounges, a small satellite food service area and accompanying seating, a student bookstore, cafe and a small student orientation area. The second floor contains meeting rooms, a small auditorium, a study lounge, and administrative offices. A large central terrace located to the south of the center is treated essentially as the ECSU ‘town square’ and provides a space for outdoor activities and student interaction.