Enrollment soars 8.13%; Strategic growth seen in online programs, adult learners and military-affiliated students, positioning NCCU as a state leader in higher education
NCCU is partnering with the Innovation Project to offer over $1.5 million in scholarships, empowering future leaders through its online Master of School Administration program.
“It’s not the amount that they give,” said Susan Hester, vice chancellor of Institutional Advancement. “It’s that they are getting re-engaged with their institution.”
NCCU alumna Hellena Huntley Tidwell and her sons, William DeVane Tidwell and Damion Lamar Tidwell, made the largest single contribution to create the university’s first named academic program.
NCCU is one of four recipients of the inaugural Getty Images Photo Archive Grant for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), which aims to preserve and amplify the visual history of HBCUs.
Environmental Earth and Geospatial Sciences assistant professor Christopher Zarzar, Ph.D., has received a three-year, $250,000 water quality research grant in collaboration with two other N.C. universities.
In partnership with NC State’s College of Education, NCCU's School of Education will enhance an educator mentoring initiative to support future teachers of color and bilingual teachers.
NCCU School of Law’s Technology Law and Policy Center and the Duke Center on Law and Technology partnered to host the Legal Design Derby Virtual Solutions Showcase to highlight student teams.
Approximately 757 North Carolina Central University (NCCU) graduates received their degrees on Dec. 11, 2021, during the university’s 138th Commencement Exercises.