12/28/2020
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College of Engineering
The newly renamed Department of Computational Data Science and Engineering (CDSE) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is changing more than just its name. The updated master’s program, now called Data Science and Engineering, and the updated doctoral program, Computational Data Science and Engineering, both offer new courses and focuses relevant to the future of engineering disciplines.
12/28/2020
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College of Engineering
Mechanical engineering senior, Chelsea Wilson, had an extraordinary finals week at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. In addition to her many rigorous exams, she virtually attended and was named a winner of the Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) initiative conference poster competition.
The C3E recognizes outstanding women leaders and accomplishments in clean energy for the goal of closing the gender gap and increasing the participation, leadership and success of women in clean energy fields.
Seven out of 31 presenters were announced poster winners. For Wilson, this accomplishment confirms that whatever industry or educational path she pursues, she will excel.
12/28/2020
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College of Science and Technology,
Biology
According to a 2018 Pew Research Center analysis, Blacks represented only 9% of employees in STEM-related fields. One study has also shown that Black and Hispanic students either transfer or drop out of these programs at higher rates than white students. Researchers at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University are addressing these challenges by developing an assessment tool to measure historically Black colleges and universities students’ science capital and leverage the information to create strategies that enhance their motivation and retention in STEM.
12/28/2020
The pandemic highlights disparities in access, including access to technology for young students who were thrust into remote learning. In response, leaders at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University established a virtual STEM academy for the summer and academic school year and provided laptops to 60 students at Allen Middle School after receiving a $50,000 COVID-19 relief grant from Verizon.
12/22/2020
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Academic Affairs
In line with its own ongoing commitment to preeminence, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is again exceeding goals outlined in the University of North Carolina System’s strategic plan for 2017-2022.
12/22/2020
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College of Health and Human Sciences
According to the Centers for Disease Control, adults living with diabetes are at an increased risk of experiencing severe illness or complications when exposed to COVID-19. The disease is the seventh leading cause of death in the country and disproportionately affects minority ethnic groups and economically disadvantaged populations. Type 2 diabetes is driven by the obesity crisis. Obesity prevalence is especially pronounced in many Southeastern states, including North Carolina.
The North Carolina Diabetes Research Center (NCDRC), a consortium comprised of Wake Forest University, UNC-Chapel Hill, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and Duke University, hosted a successful virtual workshop for faculty members from academic research institutions in North Carolina and surrounding states during Diabetes Awareness Month. The focus of this year’s workshop was “Addressing Diabetes-related Health Disparities in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” N.C. A&T leads the NCDRC Enrichment Program, which organized the workshop.
12/22/2020
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Cooperative Extension,
4-H and Youth Development
Cooperative Extension at North Carolina A&T State University is one of 12 Extension programs across the country has received funding to launch a leadership development program aimed at youth in underserved urban and rural communities.
12/18/2020
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Alumni,
College of Business and Economics,
Accounting and Finance
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University alumna Kelly Richmond Pope, Ph.D., has been named one of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Accounting for 2020 by The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and CPA Practice Advisor.
12/18/2020
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College of Business and Economics,
Transportation & Supply Chain
Supply chain management students in North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics spent their fall 2020 semester producing analytical solutions for a business challenge posed by Shell Oil Co.
12/18/2020
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College of Health and Human Sciences,
Social Work
A study under way by researchers in North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s College of Health and Human Sciences aims to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in residential care facilities, including nursing homes.
12/18/2020
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College of Business and Economics
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s MBA Program is among the nation’s top 10 for best value in 2021, according to College Consensus.
12/17/2020
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College of Business and Economics,
Transportation & Supply Chain
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics students Kiana Williams and Patrick Stanley presented their research during the Southeast Regional University Transportation Center (UTC) Conference hosted by Florida Atlantic University.
12/17/2020
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College of Health and Human Sciences,
Kinesiology
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s nationally recognized Department of Human Performance and Leisure Studies has been renamed the Department of Kinesiology.
12/17/2020
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College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
Environmental Defense Fund and CAES held a virtual signing ceremony to formalize an internship program that has been operating for three years to develop future environmental leaders.
12/16/2020
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College of Health and Human Sciences
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has received $1 million in scholarship funds from TikTok as a continuation of the social media company’s Health Heroes Relief Fund.
12/15/2020
A gift of $45 million will enhance student success, develop already strong academic programs and expand A&T's potential for impact for decades to come.
12/09/2020
ESPN Events will host a virtual watch party of the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Aggies’ 2019 Celebration Bowl football championship game Thursday, Dec. 10, from 8 to 11 p.m. The game against the Alcorn State University Braves will re-air simultaneously on ESPNU.
12/09/2020
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College of Engineering
The College of Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University received a $3-million investment from Dominion Energy Foundation to increase student workforce readiness in the power and energy sectors.
12/07/2020
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Academic Affairs,
Student Affairs
N.C. A&T will premiere a video celebration of fall 2020 graduates, Saturday, Dec. 12, noon, via YouTube and Facebook Live.
11/30/2020
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Admissions
Recruitment and transfer articulation just got a little bit easier as the Office of Admissions at N.C. A&T launched its online Transfer Credit Articulation Tool.
11/30/2020
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Research and Economic Development
To identify strategies for enhancing the undergraduate research enterprise, the University of North Carolina (UNC) System has awarded $35,000 to a team of researchers from N.C. A&T, Winston-Salem State University and Fayetteville State University.
11/24/2020
When President Ronald Reagan designated November as National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month in 1983, fewer than two million Americans were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease at the time. Today, that number has soared to nearly six million people. This month aims to increase the general public’s understanding of the disease, the impact it has on the person directly affected and their caretakers, and highlight potential care options and best practices.
The Center for Outreach in Alzheimer’s, Aging and Community Health (COAACH) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is dedicated to providing support to African Americans and other vulnerable communities living with Alzheimer’s and related dementias, along with educating them, their families and caregivers.
11/23/2020
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Business and Finance
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will be featured during Capital One’s "The Match: Champions for Change" premier golf event, presented by Turner Sports.
11/23/2020
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College of Business and Economics
Preliminary results of a study under way by researchers in North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics show the impact COVID-19 is having on the Piedmont Triad economy.
11/18/2020
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Research and Economic Development
Dow announced today it is investing more than $5 million in historically Black colleges and universities, including North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, for programming, partnership and support to enhance the Black STEM talent pipeline.
11/18/2020
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College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences,
Journalism & Mass Communication English
The Department of English will host a virtual program, “Claiming/Reclaiming Peace” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18. The discussion will feature Jaki Shelton Green, The North Carolina Poet Laureate; CJ Suitt, Chapel Hill Poet Laureate; and Ta’Mia King, Aggie Poet Laureate. The program will be an evening of conversation centered on intergenerational perspectives on social justice and creative arts.
11/18/2020
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Academic Affairs
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has been chosen for the Fulbright HBCU Virtual Event for International Education Week 2020, set for Wednesday, Nov. 18, from 4 to 5:30 p.m.
11/13/2020
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College of Business and Economics
Huan Li, Ph.D., and Arim Park, Ph.D., of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics, have received a $10,000 grant from The FinTech Center at Morgan State University for their research in blockchain and sustainability.
11/13/2020
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College of Business and Economics,
College of Science and Technology
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has established a five-year partnership with Arch Mortgage Insurance Co. (Arch MI) to provide scholarship support, internship and fellowship opportunities to students in the Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics and the College of Science and Technology (COST).
11/11/2020
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University announced Li-Shyung “Lily” Hwang, Ed.D., has been named director of institutional research in the Office of Strategic Planning and Institutional Effectiveness (OSPIE), effective Nov. 16.
11/10/2020
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Academic Affairs
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) will host a virtual Fall Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium, “Transforming Undergraduate Research,” on Wednesday, Nov. 11, from noon to 2 p.m.
11/09/2020
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Academic Affairs
Forty new and newly-appointed administrators and faculty members representing an array of distinguished educational experience joined North Carolina Technical and Agricultural State University this academic year.
11/09/2020
N.C. A&T Board of Trustees will hold committee and full board meetings November 12-13.
11/09/2020
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College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
The University Galleries at North Carolina A&T will host a virtual program, “The Black Aesthetic: Imagery and Race in Art,” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11. The discussion will feature renowned visual artist Radcliffe Bailey and author Angela Ray will moderate the discussion.
11/03/2020
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Research and Economic Development
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University visiting scholar Sandra K. Johnson, Ph.D., has been featured in Inc.’s Female Founders 100: The Top 100 Women Entrepreneurs of 2020.
10/30/2020
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Alumni,
Students
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University celebrated its annual Fall Convocation program virtually Thursday, Oct. 29, via Zoom. During the program, Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr. presented the state of the university and welcomed alumni to the “Greatest Homecoming on Earth” virtual celebration.
10/23/2020
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College of Education,
Educator Preparation
The College of Education at N.C. A&T and WSSU College of Arts, Sciences, Business and Education will hosted a collaborative town hall addressing the mirrored implications of racial trauma and systematic oppression on educator and educator preparation programs.
10/22/2020
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College of Health and Human Sciences
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and Cone Health are among 10 organizations receiving $25,000 for new or ongoing work to address nursing’s role in building health equity and well-being and promoting a culture of heath.
10/19/2020
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Chancellor’s Speaker Series
N.C. A&T will host indie recording artist and activist Chance the Rapper as the featured speaker for the last installment of the fall Chancellor’s Speaker Series – The Power of Your Vote. The virtual event will take place Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 6 p.m. via www.ncatchancellorsspeakerseries.com.
10/18/2020
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Admissions
Prospective students from North Carolina high schools and community colleges can apply to N.C. A&T free of charge Oct. 19 – 30, 2020.
10/18/2020
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Chancellor’s Speaker Series
North Carolina Agricultural Technical State University hosted indie recording artist and activist, Chance the Rapper, Oct. 28, for the fall Chancellor’s Speaker Series – The Power of Your Vote.
10/16/2020
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Research and Economic Development
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is being considered as the first of five universities in a consortium to be established by the U.S. Space Force.
10/16/2020
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College of Engineering
Janelle C. Mason, a North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University computer science Ph.D. candidate, recently interviewed 2019 Abel Prize winner, Karen Uhlenbeck, Ph.D., as part of the eighth Heidelberg Laureate Forum. The once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, which Mason shared with Jacqueline Godoy Mesquita, Ph.D., a professor of mathematics at the University of Brasília in Brazil, resulted in a humbling and well-deserved experience.
10/15/2020
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Cooperative Extension,
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
Sanjun Gu, Ph.D., horticulture specialist with Cooperative Extension at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, will be honored with this year’s 1890 Institutions Regional Excellence in Extension Award for expansion of horticulture science to all communities.
10/12/2020
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Employees,
Students
In October, Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr. hosted three separate forums for faculty, staff and students. Links to the recorded forums can be found below.
10/12/2020
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College of Health and Human Sciences
This year has been rife with tensions and tragedies around race and social justice. Between protests for justice, and the health disparities laid bare by COVID-19, the need to address health and healthcare-related inequalities cannot be overstated. The College of Health and Human Sciences is answering this call by hosting in a two-day virtual symposium on Nov. 12 and Nov. 13 for A&T faculty, staff and students, faith communities in Guilford, Rockingham and Alamance counties, partners at Cone Health and NC Action Coalition, and community members. The goal of this year’s symposium is to generate a robust discussion on prevention, health behaviors, healthcare experiences and best practices for moving forward.
10/09/2020
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Alumni
There’s great news for alumni and friends of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. The “Greatest Homecoming on Earth” Virtual Edition is scheduled to take place Oct. 29-31.
10/01/2020
N.C. A&T is entering a new, multi-year partnership with Carrier, a leading global provider of healthy, safe and sustainable building and cold chain solutions, that will help A&T students gain valuable skills, as well as prepare them for future careers at Carrier through development and mentorship.
09/30/2020
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Joint School of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a five-year $7.5 million renewal grant to support the ongoing work of the Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor (SENIC) program, benefitting in part research at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN).
09/30/2020
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College of Engineering
Hyoshin “John” Park, Ph.D., assistant professor of computational data science and engineering (CDSE) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, was recently awarded a patent to solve traffic congestion using optimized relocation and placement of portable sensors.
09/28/2020
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Chancellor’s Speaker Series
Actress and activist Amanda Seales served as the featured speaker for the second installment of the N.C. A&T fall Chancellor’s Speaker Series, “The Power of Your Voice,” Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020.
09/25/2020
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Alumni
The National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame Foundation (NBCAHOF) will host its annual hall of fame induction ceremony virtually at 6:45 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25. Among this year’s stellar class of honorees representing North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University are Congresswoman Alma Adams ’68 in the government and law category and Leroy Thornton Edwards ‘72, CEO of The Edwards Company in the business category.
09/18/2020
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College of Engineering
A team of undergraduate, graduate and faculty researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University won a highly competitive $449,052 grant from the Department of the Navy’s HBCU/MI program to collaborate with the Navy on improving radio frequency (RF) communication systems. The research will use gallium nitride (GaN) device technology to create smaller and more efficient solid state-based RF amplifiers.
09/18/2020
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Academic Affairs
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Tonya Smith-Jackson has received the 2020 Diversity and Inclusion Award from the Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) Society International.
09/18/2020
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Athletics
Five athletic programs at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University received recognition this summer for their academic accomplishments.
09/17/2020
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Research and Economic Development
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University announced Salil Desai, Ph.D., a Distinguished Professor of industrial and systems engineering, has been selected as director of the Center of Excellence in Product Design and Advanced Manufacturing.
09/17/2020
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Research and Economic Development
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University announced Hossein Sarrafzadeh, Ph.D., a Distinguished Professor of computer science, has been selected as director of the Center of Excellence in Cybersecurity Research, Education and Outreach (CREO).
09/17/2020
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Business and Finance,
Alumni
On the heels of the recently closed 2020 fiscal year in which North Carolina A&T raised a record $18.1 million, the university has now surpassed its $100-million fundraising campaign goal.
09/17/2020
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College of Engineering,
College of Science and Technology
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University joins IBM’s newly established collaboration today with 13 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to equip students pursuing quantum computing careers. The IBM-HBCU Quantum Center is a multi-year investment, and A&T’s proven strengths in ground-breaking STEM research and academic rigor resulted in the university’s selection and designation as one of five HBCU leading quantum research centers in the partnership.
09/15/2020
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Alumni
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University announced today the inaugural members of the Advisory Council on Alumni Relations, a non-fiduciary, non-governing group that works with the Office of Alumni Relations by providing feedback that enhances programming for alumni engagement.
09/15/2020
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Research and Economic Development
Grant proposals recently submitted by three of the Centers of Excellence at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University have received funding.
09/14/2020
Cree, Inc. and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University today announced that Cree will donate a total of $4 million over the next five years as part of the global leader in silicon carbide technology’s ongoing, long-term commitment to enriching the communities it serves and calls home.
09/14/2020
Coming on the heels of Money magazine’s ranking of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University as the no. 1 historically black university (HBCU) in America, the new U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges 2021 issue is out today, continuing the drumbeat of good news this fall for A&T.
09/13/2020
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Chancellor’s Speaker Series
Continuing a three-part series, N.C. A&T will host the Chancellor’s Speaker Series, “The Power of Your Voice,” Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, at 6 p.m. The virtual event will feature actress and activist Amanda Seales, moderated by Pandora senior sales executive and alumna Kelly Mayfield, via ncatchancellorsspeakerseries.com.
09/11/2020
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Research and Economic Development
North Carolina Technical and Agricultural State University has been chosen to pursue the prestigious Innovation and Economic Prosperity (IEP) designation from the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and its Commission on Economic and Community Engagement.
09/10/2020
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College of Engineering
Oluchi Chukwunyere, a senior computer science student at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, has been selected as a 2020 Astronaut Scholar, becoming the university’s first recipient since 2008.
09/09/2020
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University received $1 million from Bank of America through the bank’s $1-billion commitment over the next four years to advance racial equality and economic opportunity.
09/08/2020
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College of Engineering
An interdisciplinary research team at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has received $550,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a Testbed of Connected Autonomous MicroTransit Vehicles. This funding is in addition to the $235,000 contribution from A&T’s College of Engineering (COE), Downtown Greensboro Incorporated (DGI) and North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), for an overall investment of $785,000.
09/08/2020
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Human Resources,
Employees
Christina K. Brogdon, a senior management executive with more than 16 years of experience in the higher education industry, has been named vice chancellor for Human Resources at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, officials announced today.
09/07/2020
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College of Health and Human Sciences
A research team in the College of Health and Human Sciences (CHHS) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has won a $300,000 planning grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to bring citizen science to the A&T community.
09/04/2020
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Admissions
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is off to a strong start of the 2020-21 school year, with a new census marking its fifth consecutive year of record enrollment and new rankings from Money magazine’s “Best Colleges” edition that rate A&T the No. 1 historically black college or university in America.
09/03/2020
Money magazine’s “Best Colleges in America” rankings for 2020 show North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is the No. 1 historically Black college or university in the country.
09/02/2020
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University announced Stephanie Luster-Teasley ‘ 96, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, has been chosen to serve as the university’s interim vice provost for undergraduate education.
08/31/2020
This year, land-grant institutions, including North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, will celebrate the 130th anniversary of the Morrill Act of 1890, which established a land-grant university system of HBCUs in states where African Americans were banned from accessing a public higher education.
08/31/2020
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College of Science and Technology
Checo J. Rorie, Ph.D., interim chair of the Department of Biology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, along with professors at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) and UNC-Chapel Hill, created The Biology of Cancer: Exploring the Role of Race, Class, and Socioeconomics in the Underserved and the Underrepresented, a semester-long course that primarily introduces HBCU students to cancer research, treatment and public health topics. The live webinar series is free and open to any major as well as the general public and will feature presentations from cancer biologists, physicians and other public health experts and specialists.
08/26/2020
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Chancellor’s Speaker Series
Following nearly 45 minutes in a master class with journalism and mass communication students at N.C. A&T, veteran news anchor Don Lemon pivoted to “The Power of Privilege,” a virtual conversation with moderator/alumna Destiny-Simone Ramjohn. Neither event disappointed.
08/20/2020
N.C. A&T will hold a special called meeting.
08/19/2020
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Employees,
Students
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University leaders are asking students and employees to double down on the three Ws – washing hands, waiting while socially distanced and wearing face masks – to keep campus healthy as in person and online instruction begins with the launch of the school year today.
08/19/2020
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Employees,
Students
As North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University opens the 2020-21 school year today, school leaders have released the results of a new analysis that reveals a statewide economic impact of nearly $1.5 billion.
08/17/2020
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Chancellor’s Speaker Series
The Chancellor’s Speaker Series at N.C. A&T will hold its first of a three-part series for the semester. The initial conversation, “The Power of Privilege,” will feature veteran news anchor and correspondent, Don Lemon, moderated by alumna and sociologist, Destiny-Simone Ramjohn, Ph.D. The virtual event will take place, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, at 6 p.m., via ncatchancellorsspeakerseries.com.
08/12/2020
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College of Science and Technology
Evidence of global warming continues to accumulate, including some of the hottest weather on record and increases in greenhouse gas accumulation and carbon dioxide concentration, according to the international 2019 State of the Climate report, released worldwide today.
08/06/2020
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College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
A multi-university team that includes two faculty members from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has won a five-year, $10 million grant from the USDA to research the sustainability of antibiotic-restricted poultry production.
08/04/2020
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College of Science and Technology,
Applied Engineering Technology
Aixi Zhou, Ph.D., P.E., chair of the Department of Applied Engineering Technology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, has been named a 2020 Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) Fellow. Zhou, an SFPE member since 2008, was selected along with only eight other members in recognition of their achievements in the field and outstanding contributions to society. Since its inception in 1950, the international organization has named only 322 fellows out of its 4,700 members.
07/30/2020
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College of Health and Human Sciences
Lenora R. Campbell, Ph.D., dean of the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University College of Health and Human Sciences (CHHS), has been named a member of the newly established Andrea Harris Social, Economic, Environmental, and Health Equity Task Force.
07/24/2020
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Student Affairs
N.C. A&T recently received designation as a First-gen Forward institution as part of The Center for First-generation Student Success 2020-21 cohort of First-gen Forward Institutions.
07/23/2020
The N.C. A&T Board of Trustees will hold a Special Called Meeting.
07/23/2020
The N.C. A&T Athletics Conference Assessment Committee will hold a meeting.
07/22/2020
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College of Science and Technology
To learn more about the impact service learning, course-based research experiences (SL-CURE) can have on students, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $238,214 to researchers in the College of Science and Technology (CoST) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. The funding will support a collaborative research project across multiple institutions to study a hybrid course designed to influence students from various disciplines and their perceptions, interests and motivations to pursue careers in STEM and research.
07/16/2020
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Athletics
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), which counts North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University among its 11 members, announced today the suspension of all sports for the fall 2020 semester as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
07/13/2020
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College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
A study led by Jianmei Yu, Ph.D., a research associate professor in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, evaluated whether the protease treatment of peanuts will have an impact on the oxidative stability during storage. Yu’s previous study showed this treatment was more effective than others in reducing the allergen content of peanuts.
07/07/2020
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College of Health and Human Sciences,
Nursing
Thanks to a $3.25 million award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), students in the School of Nursing at North Carolina Technical and Agricultural State University will have the opportunity to receive full scholarships over the next five years.
07/07/2020
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College of Health and Human Sciences
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $200,000 grant to an interdisciplinary team at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University to study the psychosocial determinants of successful remote learning among students from N.C. A&T and other public HBCUs. The faculty team consists of investigators with complementary expertise: lead principal investigator Adrienne Aiken Morgan, Ph.D. (psychology), Anna Lee, Ph.D. (psychology), Stephanie Teixeira-Poit, Ph.D. (social work and sociology), Jeannette Wade, Ph.D. (social work and sociology), Smriti Shrestha, Ph.D. (statistician, nursing), and Christopher Doss, Ph.D. (electrical and computer engineering).
07/06/2020
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College of Engineering
Stephanie Luster-Teasley, Ph.D., chair of the civil architectural and environmental engineering department at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, received awards from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and Michigan State University (MSU), where she earned her M.S. in chemical engineering and Ph.D. in environmental engineering. Luster-Teasley, an N.C. &T alumna, won the ASEE Environmental Division Service Award and was recognized by MSU with the 2020 Civil and Environmental Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award.
07/02/2020
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The Graduate College
N.C. A&T is now offering certificate programs in Cybersecurity and Data Analytics.
06/29/2020
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Employees
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University general counsel for legal affairs Melissa J. Holloway, J.D., has received the national 2019-20 National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA) Distinguished Service Award.
06/22/2020
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Students
Thirteen students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University have been selected as interns this summer at Fortune 500 companies in the state through the North Carolina Governor’s HBCU Internship Program.
06/22/2020
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College of Science and Technology
Solomon Bililign, Ph.D., a professor of physics at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, is the chair of a nine-person international committee for a three-day workshop on Pilot Design for Air Quality in Africa, which will be held at the University of Maryland College Park this fall. Experts from the U.S., Ethiopia and Europe will develop research methodology to better measure and understand sources and chemistry of pollutants in emerging African megacities like Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
06/22/2020
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Academic Affairs
The Office of Undergraduate Research and the ADVANCE Institutional Transformation (IT) project at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University developed a two-part online workshop series for approximately 25 N.C. A&T and Elizabeth City State University faculty members. The series, “CURE-M: A Novel Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) Institute with Culturally Responsive Mentor CRM) Training,” was funded by a UNC System Undergraduate Research Program grant.
06/19/2020
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Academic Affairs,
Student Affairs,
Business and Finance,
Students
The UNC System Board of Governors determined to hold tuition and mandatory fees at current rates, while the university's Board of Trustees expanded that directive to also maintain current housing, dining and other non-mandatory fees.
06/18/2020
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Student Affairs,
Alumni,
Athletics
In response to health and safety concerns relating to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, N.C. A&T will forgo all in-person homecoming activities for the 2020-21 academic year with the exception of the football game this fall.
