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.”
More than 7,000 alumni who graduated in years ending in ’4 and ’9 celebrated their class reunions during Homecoming and demonstrated support with contributions that totaled more than $2.2 million.
NCCU researchers have found evidence that prenatal exposure to cannabinoids, the active compounds in marijuana, heightens the risk of developmental abnormalities normally associated with fetal alcohol syndrome.
NCCU concluded the 2018-19 academic year with $33.1 million in grants and other outside funding sources for research, the second-highest funding total in university history.
NCCU instructor and drummer Thomas E. Taylor and New York percussionist/educator Alvin R. Atkinson Jr. will join the impressive gathering of jazz drummers performing on Aug. 25.
Forty-one middle-school students from Durham, Wake, Edgecombe, Halifax and Nash counties explored the world of science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) during the STEAM Summer Camp at NCCU.
NCCU and NC State University have formed a partnership to boost drug discovery research, increasing opportunities for development of marketable products at both institutions.
The Men’s Achievement Center, Community Central, and Campus Recreation will host “Mac Day Out” on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, to distribute food to McDougald Terrace and surrounding communities