NCCU News

First MBA Hospitality Management Graduate Remains Hopeful for Opportunities Beyond Graduation

The recent transition many students have had to make from in-person learning to online instruction was challenging for many, but not for recent NCCU School of Business graduate John Riggs.

NCCU Art Museum to Feature Work of Zimbabwean Graphic Designer

Work by Zimbabwean graphic designer Chaz Maviyane-Davies will be featured at the NCCU Art Museum, as part of the museum’s spring exhibition for the 2021-2022 season. 

NCCU Teaching Artist Certificate Program and N.C. Arts Council Launch Spring 2022 Teaching Artist Tuesday Series

The NCCU Teaching Artist Certificate Program, in partnership with the North Carolina Arts Council, will launch its free online workshop series for the spring 2022 season.

NCCU Department of Music Earns National Accreditation

NCCU Department of Music has earned accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Music.

NCCU Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Grant for Digital Humanities Initiative

Two NCCU English professors have been awarded a two-year, $98,420 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities that will enable the duo to digitize the university’s history.

New Study Finds Survivors of Weather-Related Disasters May Age at Accelerated Rates

Findings published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences show how severe weather may affect the health and aging process in rhesus macaques.

PNC Commits $2 Million to Advance Black Entrepreneurship in North Carolina; NCCU One of Five HBCUs to Receive Grant Funding

The PNC Foundation is awarding more than $2 million to NCCU and four other HBCUs in North Carolina to establish the PNC North Carolina HBCU Initiative.

NCCU Awarded National Science Foundation Grant to Establish Environmental Justice Hub

NCCU is among seven institutions of higher learning and 12 community groups that have been awarded a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

North Carolina Central University Celebrates Black History Month

NCCU will host a series of virtual events in commemoration of Black History Month. All events are free and open to the public.

Adverse Weather Alert: NCCU To Return to Normal Operations at 11 a.m. Today, Jan. 29

North Carolina Central University will return to normal operations at 11 a.m. today, Jan. 29.

NCCU Alumna Trustee and Family Gift $500,000 to Name Accounting Program in New School of Business

NCCU alumna Hellena Huntley Tidwell and her sons, William DeVane Tidwell and Damion Lamar Tidwell, made the largest single contribution to create the university’s first named academic program.

NCCU Awarded Grant to Monitor Water Quality 

Environmental Earth and Geospatial Sciences assistant professor Christopher Zarzar, Ph.D., has received a three-year, $250,000 water quality research grant in collaboration with two other N.C. universities.