NCCU News

Michael Newby Named Director of Development for NCCU School of Business

Michael Newby will cultivate and steward potential major gift donors with a focus on increasing the pipeline of significant gift prospects for the philanthropic support of the School of Business.

Former North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson Appointed NCCU School of Law Dean

Patricia Timmons-Goodson, retired North Carolina Supreme Court associate justice, will assume the School of Law dean position on July 1, 2023.

Special Call Meeting of NCCU Board of Trustees, May 10

A special call meeting of the North Carolina Central University (NCCU) Board of Trustees Executive/Personnel Committee is scheduled for Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at 2:30 p.m. via virtual conference call.

Message from the Chancellor: Fallen Eagle Devin Butts

NCCU remembers Devin Butts, student-athlete and member of the NCCU men’s basketball team, who passed away on Friday, May 5.

NCCU Awards Nearly 1,000 Degrees to Spring 2023 graduates

Renowned civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump told NCCU graduates on May 6 that their degrees come with expectations, including fighting against injustice and racial oppression, and speaking for the voiceless.

Message from the Chancellor: Kian Brown '06, '21

NCCU remembers Fallen Eagle Kian Brown, national vice president of the NCCU Alumni Association Inc., who passed away on May 2, 2023. 

Attorney, Political Analyst and Civil Rights Activist Bakari T. Sellers to Deliver the Hooding Ceremony Address to NCCU Law Graduates

Attorney, Political Analyst and Civil Rights Activist Bakari T. Sellers Delivers Hooding Ceremony

NCCU Professor Darlene Eberhardt-Burke honored by UNC Board of Governors for Excellence in Teaching

Darlene Eberhardt-Burke, Ph.D., has been named one of 17 faculty members in the University of North Carolina (UNC) System to receive the 2023 Awards for Excellence in Teaching.  

Legal Eagle among youngest to graduate in NCCU Law School history

At the age of 22, Brittany Reaves has made history as being one of the youngest students to ever graduate from the law school, earning degrees from the joint juris doctor/ Master of Arts in History program.

NCCU Graduate Makes History as First Eagle to Pursue Neuroscience Ph.D. at Yale

Netanya Dennis, a chemistry and psychology double major, will be the first Eagle to begin Yale University’s Ph.D. program in interdepartmental neuroscience in fall 2023.

Mass Communication Graduate Crushes Reporter Goal

With a week left to the grand finale of the NCCU spring semester, mass communication major Victoria Cooper-Thompson has already achieved her goal of becoming a news reporter before earning her degree.

North Carolina Central University Board of Trustees Meeting on April 26

The NCCU Board of Trustees is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at 9 a.m., in the Emma Marable Conference Room, Main Floor, of the William Jones Building on campus.