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by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman January 29, 2024 Princeville, North Carolina, was established in 1865. The oldest Black-chartered town in America, Princeville, N.C., is seeking solutions to its ongoing flooding issues. Princeville has endured nine natural disasters, including hurricanes and floods, since its establishment in 1865. Although originally established as Freedom Hill, the town was renamed Princeville […]
BALTIMORE — The U.S. Marshal’s Office is looking for a Maryland man suspected of shooting and killing a district court judge, and the wanted man may have ties to North Carolina. Pedro Manuel Argote, 49, allegedly shot Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson, 52, in the judge’s driveway in Hagerstown, Maryland, Thursday night while the victim’s […]
EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Sept. 26, 2023) – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has announced its newest cohort of Cheatham-White Scholarship recipients, representing some of the highest-achieving students among members of the class of 2027. The 15 scholars hail from North Carolina, with the others from Georgia, Texas, Virginia, Michigan and New Jersey. “The […]
EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Sept. 18, 2023) – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s ascent continues this fall in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges 2024” issue, which recognized it as one of the 25 “most innovative” universities in America. The widely referenced annual guide to America’s leading higher education institutions, released today, also […]
EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (April 24, 2023) – F.D. Bluford Library at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will showcase rare films that have been digitized during a screening Thursday, April 27. The event – which coincides with National Library Week, observed April 23-29 this year – will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. […]
EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (April 19, 2023) – “Our Blues Make Us Gold,” a multi-part documentary focused on North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University from filmmakers Ashley Shantè and Brandon Gerard, is the recipient of a $100,000 grant from the Black Experience on Xfinity that will allow for enhancement and completion of the project, officials […]
EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Jan. 24, 2023) – The Center for Accounting Diversity at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has awarded 2022-23 HBCU Graduate Accounting Fellowships to 15 scholars who are continuing their graduate accounting education. Each scholar received $15,000 for tuition and Uniform Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Examination preparation and fees. The Association […]
Viral video of North Carolina police taking a Black college student out of class in handcuffs as classmates looked on in horror raised questions if law enforcement intervention was necessary and outraged others as the arrest unfolded at a historically Black institution. The incident, which unfolded Wednesday inside a classroom at Winston-Salem State University following […]
EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Oct. 4, 2022) – Kalynda C. Smith, Ph.D., of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s John R. and Kathy R. Hairston College of Health and Human Sciences, has received a four-year $545,686 grant to study the impact social media has on the health of Black women. The National Institutes of Health […]
EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Sept. 16, 2022) – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will kick-off the 2022-23 edition of the Chancellor’s Speaker Series in a big way, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 6 p.m., in Harrison Auditorium. The university will welcome actor, director and producer Tracee Ellis Ross, along with moderator, 1998 alumna Dr. Nicole Rankins […]
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