All Hail the Class of 2020!
Members of the fall class of 2020 pushed beyond this semester’s challenges to earn their degrees. The Eagle family is excited to commemorate their accomplishments virtually at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5.
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COVID-19 Testing Program Reaches Nine N.C. Counties
NCCU created the Advanced Center for COVID-19 Related Disparities, or ACCORD, to facilitate COVID-19 testing in underserved communities and identify barriers to testing and an upcoming vaccination.
Coronavirus Informational Updates
NCCU is monitoring developments related to Coronavirus 2019, or COVID-19, closely. Learn important information about how the university is responding, review preventative measures and view resources from local, state, national and international agencies.
Tour NCCU Virtually Today
Experience the sloping hills and verdant green of North Carolina Central University. Discover special places on campus—including our classrooms, laboratories, residence halls and more. Our virtual tour is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and can be accessed from the comfort of your home.
For more than a century, NC Central has prepared students to transform communities.
We made the commitment as the nation's first public liberal arts institution for African American students. We sustain it as a future-focused modern university.
NCCU Now: An Eagle Tradition
Take a closer look at our campus via the pages of NCCU Now magazine. We’ll introduce you to our outstanding students, faculty, and staff who are making a difference in the world and turn the spotlight on alumni, including an interview with Ferguson, Mo., Police Chief Jason Armstrong.
Top-Ranked Programs and World-Class Faculty
As one of the nation’s preeminent community-engaged universities, we have produced leaders who are in touch with the world around them for more than 109 years. Students can discover NCCU’s competitive educational opportunities and graduate positioned for success in a number of industries.
Leading the Way
Johnson O. Akinleye, Ph.D., was elected as the 12th Chancellor of North Carolina Central University on June 26, 2017. Through his leadership, Dr. Akinleye has worked to expand the university’s academic partnerships, including new agreements with community colleges, and introduced to the campus a robust online, distance-education program (NCCU Online), K-12 initiatives, and a security strategy to increase safety for campus constituents.
Our Community
Zaniya Caine
NCCU junior business major Zaniya Caine has been named as a 2020 HBCU Competitiveness Scholar by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, a program that recognizes outstanding student performance in higher education.
Racheal Brooks, Ph.D.
NCCU Office of e-Learning Coordinator Racheal Brooks, Ph.D., was awarded the 2019 Directors’ Award for Exceptional Service Representing Higher Education during the virtual Quality Matters Conference.
Tressie McMillian Cottom, Ph.D.
Tressie McMillian Cottom, Ph.D., ’09, has been named as one of 21 MacArthur Foundation ‘Genius Fellows.’ The MacArthur Fellows Program is noted as “intended to encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations.”
NC Central News
NCCU and UNC Pembroke are partnering with the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina to fill a health care gap for residents.
BBRI researchers will be examining the most efficient ways to get new knowledge from research into the care plans of patients.
North Carolina Central University (NCCU) will host its 136th Commencement Ceremony virtually on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, beginning at 1 p.m. EST.
Upcoming Events
Dec
05
NCCU will honor Fall 2020 graduates during the university’s 136th Annual Commencement Ceremony.
Jan
11
Classes begin for the 2021 Spring semester.