“Diabetes and heart disease are the number one killer in this county,” Gerald said. “It is nothing to run into someone who has had a leg or limb removed due to diabetes and the food that they eat.”
A special call meeting of the North Carolina Central University (NCCU) Board of Trustees is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, at 10 a.m., via videoconference call.
Fahey, a third-year student at NCCU School of Law, spent the summer working alongside attorneys handling federal criminal cases in the Federal Public Defender’s Office.
NCCU maintains its No. 13 HBCU ranking in U.S. News’ 2027 Best Colleges report as enrollment tops 10,000, social mobility earns No. 75, and student success continues to grow.
The North Carolina Central University (NCCU) Board of Trustees is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, at 1:30 p.m., at the NCCU Student Center on campus.