Dekendrick Murray

Dekendrick Murray serves as the executive director for Student Access and Success at North Carolina Central University. In his role, Dekendrick provides oversight, visionary, and strategic leadership for initiatives for first-generation, low-income, and students with a documented disability.

Dekendrick oversees the following departments/programmatic areas: First-Generation Student Success, TRIO Student Acce[SSS] Program, Student Accessibility Services, Graham High TRIO Upward Bound Program, and Person County TRIO Upward Bound Program.

Dekendrick is a strong advocate for student success, is a 4x TRIO program alumnus (Educational Talent Search, Upward Bound, Upward Bound Regional Institute, and Ronald E. McNair Scholars), and co-founded a national biological science conference (iDigTRIO) to support the exposure and connection of underrepresented students to STEM-related careers and graduate-level programs. He also co-founded the National TRIO Student Access and Success Conference here at NCCU, which focuses on student development and engagement for TRIO Scholars of all ages.

Dekendrick holds a Bachelor of Science in Family, Youth and Community Sciences from the University of Florida, a Master of Science in Instructional Leadership and Organizational Development from Jacksonville University, and is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Education (Ed.D.) in Community Care and Counseling at Liberty University.

Above all, Dekendrick values his faith in God, family and preparing the next generation to be productive and influential members of society. He is married to his college sweetheart, and they have one child.