NCCU News

Grand Opening of the Academic Success Center: A New Era of Excellence

The center will provide collaborative study spaces, peer tutoring, a language learning lab and TSI Tools workshops.

2025 MLK Day of Service: NCCU and BlueCross BlueShield NC Serve with Purpose

Volunteers from the university and Durham communities will team up to prepare meal packages, diapers, and create blankets and reading mats.

(Left to right) William H. Brown, professor of education, Helen G. Edmonds, dean of graduate studies, Mr. William Jones, university business manager. All three served on interim committee that managed the university after the death of James E. Shepard.

85th Anniversary of Graduate Program in History

The department has been quite successful at preparing its students to complete doctorates elsewhere.

Shepard statue with NCCU and Retool your School logos

Vote NCCU in the 2023 Home Depot Retool Your School Contest

Help the North Carolina Central University (NCCU) Eagles win a grant of up to $150,000 for campus improvements in the 2023 Home Depot Retool Your School (RYS) contest.

NCCU School of Law to host Social Justice and Racial Equity Institute Launch Gala, April 15

Irving Joyner, legendary civil rights lawyer and NCCU law professor, will serve as the keynote speaker for the Social Justice and Racial Equity Institute gala on April 15..

Jazz Ensemble in front of black background at Jack Rudin Jazz Championship Awards

NCCU’s Jazz Ensemble places first at prestigious Jack Rudin Jazz Championship

The NCCU Jazz Ensemble recently won first place and five individual awards at the prestigious Jack Rudin Jazz Championship held in New York City.

Dr. Rachelle Gold standing in front of flowers

NCCU Receives First Mellon Foundation Grant

Led by Dr. Rachelle Gold, associate professor of English, the $500,000 project will explore the contributions of NCCU alumnae in the U.S.

North Carolina Central University Board of Trustees Meeting on Feb. 21

The NCCU Board of Trustees are scheduled to meet on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, at 9 a.m., in the Emma Marable Conference Room, Main Floor, of the William Jones Building on campus.

NCCU Football Team Honored by N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper and State Legislators

Gov. Cooper proclaimed Feb. 15 as a day in recognition of the 2022 HBCU National Football Champions.

NCCU receives $1.1 million Department of Education grant to train educators to work with special-needs students

Thirty-two teacher candidates will earn a teaching license in a special education-adapted or general curriculum, and training to improve outcomes of students who have high-intensity needs in the classroom.

NCCU Piloting New Student Dialogue Program to Build Bridges Across Difference

NCCU is participating in the pilot NC Student Dialogue Ambassadors program to help students practice and build skills to find common ground for action on major public challenges.

Dean April Dawson to the North Carolina Task Force for Racial Equity

Congrats to Dean April Dawson on her appointment to the North Carolina Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice by Gov. Roy Cooper.

NCCU Department of Mass Communication Students Receive Awards in Broadcast News Association Competition

Students received the Best Student News Brief and Best Student Feature Reporting awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas on Nov. 12, 2022.

2023 Black History Month Events at NCCU

NCCU will pay homage to influential Black activists and historians with free lectures and a film screening during Black History Month.

NCCU Mass Communication Department to Offer Digital Filmmaking Concentration

North Carolina Central University’s Department of Mass Communication will introduce a new digital filmmaking concentration in fall 2023.