NCCU News

NCCU Theater Dazzles at National Theater Conference

NCCU's talented performers swept the competition, claiming first place in five categories.

A New Era Takes Flight: Dr. Karrie Dixon Installed as NCCU Chancellor

Peter Hans, president of the UNC System, said Dixon is a “leader who can cast a wide net for talent and support and can forge alliances to accomplish great things.”

NCCU Launches Strategic Planning Survey to Shape 2025–2030 Vision

Your voice matters. Share your input in NCCU’s 2025–2030 Strategic Planning Survey by April 23 and help guide our next chapter. Visit https://bit.ly/NCCUStrategicPlan.

Special Call Meeting of NCCU Board of Trustees, May 13

A special call meeting of the NCCU Board of Trustees is scheduled for May 13, 2024, at 4 p.m., via video conference call.

Public Meeting for NCCU Chancellor Search Committee, May 13

The committee will meet on Monday, May 13, 2024, in Room 2315 of the NCCU Nursing Building on campus Durham.

From NCCU to Harvard Medical School, Alumna Succeeds as Pediatric Anesthesiologist

In the summer after her freshman year at North Carolina Central University (NCCU), Annika Webb attended a recruitment fair for medical schools in North Carolina.

Balasubramani Karuppusamy near community garden

From India to North Carolina: Fulbright Scholar Teaches and Explores Different Culture

Karuppusamy was born and raised in Tamil Nadu in southern India. His parents were subsistence farmers. It wasn’t profitable and when Karuppusamy was in fifth grade . . .

Graduating “Eagles” of NCCU Leave the Nest

The 143rd commencement exercises at NCCU were filled with both big and small moments.

NCCU Law Celebrates Legacy Graduates Amber Creft and Christina Lee

School of Law is proud to announce its legacy graduates, Amber Creft and Christina Lee.

Dr. Arwin D. Smallwood Named NCCU College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities Dean

Smallwood will begin his appointment, effective June 1, 2024.

Message from the Chancellor: Fallen Eagle Professor Kenneth Campbell

NCCU remembers Kenneth Campbell, '17, an assistant professor in the mass communication department, who passed away on April 19.

Law School Grad Helps Youth through Sports, Court and Nonprofit

For Stephens-York, who will graduate from the School of Law at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) on May 4, helping young people has manifested in several ways.

Languages come Easy to Graduating Senior

Languages have always come easy to Yearwood. She’s practiced Albanian with an Albanian friend, learned a bit of Igbo – a language spoken in Nigeria – studied Italian for a semester and learned some Swahili.

Message from the Chancellor: Fallen Eagle Myles Gresham

NCCU remembers Mr. Myles Gresham, a senior business administration major, who passed away on Thursday, April 25.

Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to deliver the keynote address at NCCU School of Law Hooding Ceremony

Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who served as the 83rd Attorney General of the United States from 2015 to 2017, will address the Juris Doctor candidates of NCCU School of Law on Friday, May 3.