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Hospitality management has always been Shanae Bryant’s passion. On May 6, 2022, she will receive her bachelor’s degree with plans to pursue her MBA and continue to grow and scale her business.

Julie Horvath, Ph.D., research associate professor of biological and biomedical sciences, is studying rhesus macaque monkeys to learn how a myriad of factors affect human health.

Dr. Siobahn Day Grady, assistant professor of information sciences, and her father Sherwin Thomas Day are the first father-daughter duo to endow a scholarship at NCCU.

Two NCCU English professors have been awarded a two-year, $98,420 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities that will enable the duo to digitize the university’s history.

Findings published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences show how severe weather may affect the health and aging process in rhesus macaques.

NCCU is among seven institutions of higher learning and 12 community groups that have been awarded a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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.

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.

A conference room in the NCCU School of Law was dedicated on Nov. 10, 2021, to recognize a significant university supporter The Honorable A. Leon Stanback, Jr.

Joseph M. Green, Ph.D., dean of NCCU’s University College has been named to the board of trustees for the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.

Senior commercial executive David Schmoock will join the NCCU School of Business faculty as its first executive-in-residence. Schmoock has 20 years of experience in the technology sector leading global teams.

Leonardo Williams, ’05,’15, was recently elected to the Ward III Durham City Council seat. Williams hopes to translate first-hand entrepreneurial experience into positive change for Durham.