Tryan L. McMickens, Ed.D., is lead co-editor of the first issue of Black College Men’s Mental Health.
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NCCU's BRITE has been awarded $6.2 million from the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Build Back Better Regional Challenge.
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NCCU is launching a new, online Master of Music program in Jazz Studies in the summer of 2023. It will be the first HBCU in the state with this program and one of only a few in the country.
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NCCU is the first HBCU in the state to be selected as an education partner for Amazon’s Career Choice Program.
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North Carolina Central University (NCCU) has appointed Dr. Deepak Kumar interim associate provost and dean, Research and Sponsored Programs, effective August 18, 2022.
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Famed jazz drummer Greg Hutchinson will perform alongside NCCU percussion professor Thomas E. Taylor at the university’s annual benefit concert on Sunday, Aug. 28.
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The NCCU Rock the Lyceum lecture series returns for the 2022-2023 academic year with Eagle alumnus and actor J. Alphonse Nicholson on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 7 p.m., as part of the university’s Eagle Mania events.
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An estimated 1,296 first-year students have joined North Carolina Central University’s (NCCU) Class of 2026, with an additional 393 transfer students registered for fall classes for the 2022-2023 academic year.
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NCCU Police Department received a call at approximately 11:44 a.m. reporting a possible suspicious device in the School of Nursing building. An all-clear message was issued at 1:55 p.m.
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Grammy and Stellar Award-nominated artist Marcus Anderson ’07, will return to NCCU to celebrate the five-year anniversary of his annual Jazz AND Coffee Escape on July 27-29, 2023.
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Alexandra Valladares, director of Community Collaboration, East Coast Migrant Head Start Program, and 2022-2023 SGA President Manuhe Abebe are the newest members of the NCCU Board of Trustees.
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North Carolina Central University (NCCU) has appointed Jovan Alexander Wilson interim director of University Bands, effective July 22, 2022.