Tryan L. McMickens, Ed.D., is lead co-editor of the first issue of Black College Men’s Mental Health.
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![Shanae Bryant graduate in kitchen](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_320x180/public/2022-05/_NCC1118.jpg?h=e57d4020&itok=i0P7Mbtx)
Hospitality management has always been Shanae Bryant’s passion. On May 6, 2022, she will receive her bachelor’s degree with plans to pursue her MBA and continue to grow and scale her business.
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NCCU will welcome the 60th Mayor of the City of Atlanta and movie association founder and president to address the Spring 2022 graduates.
![Dr. Catherine Edmonds](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_320x180/public/2022-04/Website%20Dr%20Catherine%20Edmonds.jpg?h=8abcec71&itok=fecbLXhj)
NCCU has named Catherine Edmonds, Ed.D., as chief of staff after a competitive, national search. She begins at NCCU on May 1, 2022.
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NCCU graduate student Isabel Gutierrez was recently selected for the Transportation Research Board (TRB)’s 2022 class of Minority Student Fellows.
![Students in a Physics Lab](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_320x180/public/2022-01/Students-Physics-Lab.jpg?h=82f92a78&itok=yqUjJNX8)
Black and Latinx students are underrepresented among candidates seeking doctoral degrees in the United States, but the RISE program at NCCU aims to change that narrative.
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NCCU remembers Dominique McKeithan, a sophomore social work major from Sanford, N.C., passed away unexpectedly in a tragic car accident on April 10, 2022.
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NCCU recognized the academic excellence of its students at the 73rd Annual Honors Convocation in McDougald-McLendon Arena on Friday, April 8, 2022.
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NCCU student London Harper has received the 2022 Student Award for Travel and Mentorship in Non-Animal Toxicology Award from the PETA Science Consortium International e.V.
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Nina Smith, Ph.D., human sciences associate professor, will help the newly-established National African American Child and Family Research Center funded by a $1.8M grant to Morehouse School of Medicine.
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NCCU announced a gift of $1.5 million from Lowe’s Companies, Inc. for the university’s School of Business. The award will name the auditorium in the School of Business’ new facility and a new academic program.
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NCCU announced veteran athletics administrator and university alumnus Dr. Louis “Skip” Perkins as the next Director of Athletics concluding a competitive national search.
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NCCU has joined the Volcker Alliance Next Generation Service Corps (NextGen Service), a ground-breaking initiative that draws diverse, talented young people into government careers.