Tryan L. McMickens, Ed.D., is lead co-editor of the first issue of Black College Men’s Mental Health.
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![Dean Browne Lewis](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_320x180/public/2022-06/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-03%20at%207.48.31%20AM.png?h=e777accc&itok=mD3WYIgi)
North Carolina Central University remembers the life and legacy of accomplished legal scholar, attorney, author and School of Law dean, Browne C. Lewis.
![Dr. Johnny Hill](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_320x180/public/2022-05/%2Aalumnus%20for%20web_edit2_hill.jpg?h=8abcec71&itok=IiYY_VPs)
North Carolina Central University has named Johnny Bernard Hill, Ph.D., director of Corporate and Foundation Engagement, effective May 2, 2022.
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The North Carolina Central University administration invites members of the university community to express their opinion on the matter of renaming the Angus M. McLean Residence Hall.
![Stephen Fusi, chief brand officer](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_320x180/public/2022-05/Stephen%20Fusi.jpg?h=96205955&itok=q_Q9wG6N)
North Carolina Central University has appointed Stephen W. Fusi as chief brand officer after a competitive, national search. He began his new role at NCCU on May 9, 2022.
![Female Juris Doctor Recipient](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_320x180/public/2022-05/20220507-NCCU-Graduation-24.jpg?h=6f3285a6&itok=T9_1MnXe)
To the cheers of their families and friends, some 450 graduate and law students at NCCU received master’s and Juris Doctor degrees on Saturday morning, May 7, 2022.
![Undergraduate Ceremony](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_320x180/public/2022-05/Commencement%20May%207%202022-176.jpg?h=18160db0&itok=A65daOfL)
Chancellor Akinleye hailed the Spring 2022 graduates as a “distinct class,” noting that they “matriculated and graduated at a time like no other – when a global pandemic interrupted and uprooted our lives.”
![NCCU-RTI Ribbon Cutting](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_320x180/public/2022-05/RTI-CARES_resize%20small.jpg?h=9ba6e69e&itok=ng79UKjt)
NCCU and RTI International hosted a ribbon cutting to celebrate the launch of the NCCU-RTI Center for Applied Research in Environmental Sciences (CARES) and an accompanying shared lab space on RTI’s campus.
![Graduate Olesia Headen in lab](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_320x180/public/2022-05/NCCU5675%20%281%29.jpg?h=05130931&itok=MvuXE_Jw)
When Olesia Headen arrived at North Carolina Central University in fall 2019, she had already earned an associate’s degree in science education.
![Graduate Taylor Dorsey Flowers in front of Dent Human Sciences Building](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_320x180/public/2022-05/NCCU5701.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=inn_C5tp)
Community service has always been important to Taylor Dorsey-Flowers, a Durham, N.C., native and co-founder of the nonprofit organization GROWTH NC.
![Nursing Graduate Sheriff Mansaray in front of Eagle General Hospital](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_320x180/public/2022-05/Sheriff%20Mansaray.jpg?h=41bd4cb3&itok=2N9dBqPO)
For Sheriff Mansaray, ’22, the injustices he witnessed within the healthcare system in his home country of Sierra Leone in West Africa, inspired his dream to become a nurse.
![graduate Christie Smith in front of School of Education](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_320x180/public/2022-05/_NCC1504.jpg?h=745d2148&itok=flMZJ09P)
On May 7, Christie Smith will be the first graduate of the visual impairment master’s program with a concentration in assistive technology for individuals with visual impairments.
![NCCU Law Student Frederick Serrano-Jimenez](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_320x180/public/2022-05/_NCC1214.jpg?h=1af7acae&itok=knoA-oJl)
Frederick Serrano-Jimenez always wanted to go to law school but it was during a gap year after obtaining his bachelor’s degree when he decided he should enroll sooner rather than later.