From the processional entrance to the benediction, the 142nd commencement exercises at NCCU were filled with enthusiasm, cheers, advice, anecdotes and even an astronaut.
In his senior year of high school, Chester Crowder Jr., had a disagreement with a teacher of African American literature. “After the cooling down, he brought me to the side for a one-on-one."
Top accolades include No. 11 HBCU in nation; No. 7 best college for veterans and No. 8 top performer on social mobility among southern regional universities.
University experienced increases in sponsored research (97.4%) and fundraising (8.6%) for 2022-2023, as well as growth in enrollment (5.5%) and housing for fall 2023.
Grant program will study effectiveness of using data science for social justice as a tool to broaden participation of historically marginalized communities in STEM.
Event will feature leading history and African American studies scholars from across the U.S., reflecting on the history of Durham, Duke, NCCU, scholarship in the Jim Crow South and Black historiography.
The latest album by Lenora Helm Hammonds, D.M.A., called “Journeywoman,” concerns the odyssey of an archetypal woman who struggles with birth, death and self-definition.
Program boasts a retention rate of nearly 90% and all participants from the first cohort – class of 2022 - have graduated with the exception of two students who are currently pursuing a second degree from NCCU.
NCCU has experienced significant power and network outages due to the severe storms that descended upon the Triangle area today, Aug. 15. Note campus operational updates for tomorrow, Aug. 16.