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First-Year Experience

Every new NC A&T student comes to campus with a unique combination of gifts and an enormous potential for personal and intellectual growth. The Office of New Student Programs exists to help you make a successful transition from high school, community college, or wherever you have arrived from.

This office connects with students in person as well as through Facebook and Twitter, and the New Student Orientation will give you an opportunity to meet with your academic advisor, register for courses, meet new friends, form relationships with faculty members, and more.

To succeed at NC A&T, you must be willing to learn from faculty, seek and accept assistance from advisors, and engage the other members of the University community. The value of your education is precisely what you make it, but we are here to support your growth in every way we can. NC A&T welcomes diversity and curiosity, encourages professionalism and responsibility, builds upon your ingenuity and integrity, and develops the leader in you.

NADINE JANSEN FIRST A&T STUDENT GOLDWATER SCHOLARWhile girls her age cluttered high school hallways, 16-year-old Nadine Jansen was logged into her aggie access portal, reviewing her collegiate schedule for the first day of classes at North Carolina A&T State University.

LUSTER-TEASLEY RECEIVES UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARDDr. Stephanie Luster-Teasley is the magic that happens when passion and purpose collide.

EMMANUEL JOHNSON FIRST STUDENT FULBRIGHT AWARDEEAt 22 years old, Emmanuel Johnson stands before us drenched in the makings of the “American Dream.”

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The College of Engineering ranks No. 1 for the number of degrees awarded to African Americans
U.S. News and World Report ranks the COE in the top third of the Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
N.C. A&T is the home of the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center (ERC)
SAES brought in more than $20 million in research grant funding
The School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (SAES) is the largest among the nation’s HBCUs
F.D. Bluford Library is one of the region's premier research libraries
The Master of Science in Information (MSIT) Online Program is ranked No. 7 by U.S. News & World Report

A&T had ninety-eight student athletes earn a cumulative 3.0 grade point average or higher for the 2011-2012 academic year
Freshmen Janay Ferrell placed seventh at the Robert Shumke HBCU Classic
Track and Field sprinter Jarrell Elliott qualified for the Olympic trials
Aggie baseball player Xavier Macklin was drafted in the 12th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft
Aggies will host the 2013 Junior National Olympics
N.C. A&T long jumper Shakia Forbes became the first Aggie female to earn All-American honors in a field event
North Carolina A&T has had 16 players drafted to the major leagues

The College of Arts and Sciences awards one-third of the university’s degrees each year
University Choir has performed for President Obama at the White House
The Music Program has been fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music since 1991
A&T Jazz Ensemble released its first professional CD - Jazz Preeminence
Theatre program to perform at the regionally acclaimed "Center Stage Theatre" in Baltimore, Maryland
A&T Lyceum Series brings provocative, culturally diverse programming to the campus and community
Travis W. Alexander has been named National Conductor for the 105 Voices Of History National Concert Choir