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After military service and building a business, 56-year-old veteran David Williams Jr. is chasing a dream deferred: earning his degree and finding renewed purpose at NCCU.
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Enrollment soars 7.17%; Strategic growth seen in online programs, adult learners and military-affiliated students, positioning NCCU as a state leader in higher education
“It’s not the amount that they give,” said Susan Hester, vice chancellor of Institutional Advancement. “It’s that they are getting re-engaged with their institution.”
His 30-minute film is titled “RHD: Hidden Diagnosis.” RHD stands for right hemisphere (brain) damage. It follows a group of stroke survivors who interact with speech-language pathology students at NCCU.
Everett enrolled at NCCU out of a desire to attend a historically Black university and for its music program – she is a vocal performance major.
“If I take your identity, then I am you,” said Deanne Cranford-Wesley, Ph.D., assistant professor and director of the Cyber Security Lab at North Carolina Central University (NCCU).
The program was ranked No. 2 in the nation on the 2024 Forbes Advisor List, and it was the only HBCU to be included.
A new bachelor’s degree program in formulations and packaging science will start at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) in fall 2025.
The exhibition will showcase 36 powerful works by North Carolina artist James ‘Mike’ Bennett through Oct. 17, 2024.
An estimated 1,918 first-year students will attend NCCU as the Class of 2028 this fall, plus 296 transfer students and 18 second-degree students.
Lily Chen, a nursing department lecturer, stressed the importance of parental support and community-driven solutions for the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities.
NCCU is experiencing power outages and transitioning to Condition 2 (Suspended Operations) today, Aug. 8
From military to chaplaincy, next steps for Brandon Evans ’18 appear to be Chicago followed by a United States embassy.