At NCCU’s 145th Commencement Exercises, speakers urged 1,011 graduates to stand up, stand out, and stand on purpose - ready to lead with truth, grit and grace in a world that urgently needs their voices.
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“She is a driven individual,” Thompson said. “Nineteen and about to graduate. Hard working and focused.”
Baccus hasn’t just survived college, she has thrived. She has kept up a 3.6 GPA at NCCU, been awarded six scholarships and is a member or officer in several honor societies and organizations.
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North Carolina Central University Chancellor Dr. Johnson O. Akinleye has been appointed to the NCAA Division I Presidential Forum. His term begins immediately and runs through Aug. 31, 2024.
NCCU has a limited supply of all three COVID-19 vaccines: Moderna and Pfizer (two-dose) and Johnson & Johnson (one-dose). Appointments and walk-in visits are available for NCCU students, faculty and staff.
NCCU cleared over $10 million in outstanding tuition and fees and waived costs for its summer session for more than 5,200 students.
NCCU Textiles and Apparel Program is getting a $100,000 boost from clothier The Gap and its partner, Icon 360, a non-profit subsidiary of Harlem’s Fashion Row.
NCCU Department of Music student Jawan Davidson was awarded a $10,000 scholarship by the Recording Academy’s Black Music Collective and Amazon Music’s Your Future Is Now initiative.
NCCU remembers beloved Eagle Ciara Gee, 20, a junior kinesiology major, who passed away on Sunday, July 18, 2021, in a tragic car accident.
NCCU assistant professor and director of dance Kristi Vincent Johnson, Ed.D., has been named a North Carolina Campus Compact Engaged Faculty Scholar and is the first scholar representing an HBCU.
NCCU remembers Sa'id Abdul-Salaam, who served as a university operator for more than 15 years, and passed away on July 1.
Johnny Green Jr., ’99, has been named president and general manager of CBS News and Television Stations’ local businesses in the New York City news market.
NCCU Board of Trustees has added three new members to serve four-year terms following appointments by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors and the North Carolina General Assembly.
Equality in education was never taken for granted by African Americans in Eastern North Carolina. An award-winning article explores how a Black man became school board chair in 1969 in Northampton County.
NCCU formally broke ground June 30, 2021, on a 76,608-square-foot School of Business building that will double as a visually striking gateway to the university campus.