2021 Ultimate Homecoming Experience
Get ready for the return of the Ultimate Homecoming Experience, Oct. 31 – Nov. 6, with multiple events for students, faculty and staff, alumni and friends!
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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.
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MEAC Sports
Cat Tarvin Named NCCU Head Softball Coach
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NC Central Alumni Start Scholarship to Honor SID
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.
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 110 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
Chisom Ezenwenyi and Philomena Onasanya
NCCU Biomedical and Biological Sciences students Chisom Ezenwenyi and Philomena Onasanya were named American Heart Association HBCU Scholars, a program that aims to close the gap in health disparities by supporting scholars seeking careers in biomedical and health sciences.
Candace Bailey, Ph.D.
NCCU Music Professor Candace Bailey, Ph.D., has received a Fulbright Specialist Program award from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Ibrahim Cissé, Ph.D.
NCCU alumnus Ibrahim Cissé, Ph.D., ’04 was named one of 25 MacArthur Foundation ‘Genius’ Fellows in the Class of 2021. The MacArthur Fellows Program honors talented individuals who “have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.”
NC Central News
North Carolina Central University (NCCU) will host the 2021 Ultimate Homecoming Experience, which includes week-long festivities from Sunday, Oct. 31 to Saturday, Nov. 6.
Noted historian Crystal Sanders, Ph.D., associate professor of history at Penn State University, will give the keynote address at the 31st annual Earlie E. Thorpe Memorial Lecture.
The School of Education has introduced a new program to increase minority male representation in education. The Marathon Teaching Institute aims to further assist with developing more diverse educators.
Upcoming Events
Oct
21
NCCU’s Cybersecurity Lab and School of Law Technology Law and Policy Center are coming together in October to raise awareness of Cybersecurity Month.
Oct
24
Dr. Crystal Sanders, associate professor of history at Penn State University, will provide the key note for the Dept. of History's 31st Annual Earlie E.
Oct
31
Save the date for the return of NCCU's Ultimate Homecoming Experience, Oct. 31 to Nov. 6, 2021.