GREENSBORO – As a result of quality academic programs and the success of graduates moving into great jobs and graduate schools, applications to North Carolina A&T State University have grown dramatically for six or seven years. And in the fall of 2014, A&T emerged as that nation’s largest Historically Black College or University (HBCU).1 Enrollment… READ MORE
Cheatham-White Scholarships at NCCU, NC A&T
DURHAM – Starting in fall 2018, NC Central University and NC A&T State University will offer elite, Morehead-Cain-style merit scholarships to their very best students. In 2016, the NC General Assembly created the four-year scholarships and named them for Henry Cheatham and George White, African-Americans who represented North Carolina in Congress from 1889-93 and 1897-1901,… READ MORE
“Igniting the spirit of inquiry” at NC A&T
GREENSBORO – Dr. Salil Desai researches things most of us struggle to comprehend: How to deposit nano-scale droplets. Bio-chemical sensors. Regenerative tissue engineering. Desai established NC A&T State University’s Integrated Nano and Bio Manufacturing Laboratory. He is creating new paths for drug delivery and was a key member of a team that developed a “bioprinter”… READ MORE
VIDEO: “Teachers who … put us on a different path”
GREENSBORO – It’s no secret – enrollment in teacher education has declined markedly across North Carolina’s public universities over the past five years. Yet nearly all of us can name a teacher who made a difference in our lives. “I think we can all go back in our early years and pick out two or… READ MORE
VIDEO: Don Flow: “The most important institution in the state.”
WINSTON-SALEM – Auto dealer Don Flow is a graduate of the University of Virginia. And he stepped down this year as Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Wake Forest University. But Flow doesn’t mince words in the accompanying video about the importance of the University of North Carolina system. “The University of North Carolina… READ MORE
NC A&T: “The jobs of the future”
GREENSBORO – The Piedmont Triad region’s future is in technology, telecommunications, electronics, information technology, transportation and nanoscience, according to North Carolina A&T State University Chancellor Harold Martin. “We have core programs in those areas that are critical to the future of this region – and in my mind, critical to the state,” Martin says in… READ MORE
A&T biomaterials: “As strong as steel bolts”
NC A&T State University Chancellor Harold Martin speaks from experience – it’s no fun carrying steel bolts inside you long after broken bones have healed. But with help from the National Science Foundation, biomaterials researchers at A&T have developed new materials to bond fractures that then degrade and disappear when their work is done. “We’ve… READ MORE
VIDEO: A&T Chancellor: Demand for Engineers
GREENSBORO – As voters consider the $2 billion Connect NC bond referendum on the ballot March 15, Chancellor Harold Martin of N.C. A&T State University, discusses the demand for engineers and the need for a new Engineering Building at A&T. “We underproduce, across the board, engineers in our nation,” Martin says in the accompanying video…. READ MORE
HOUSE BONDS: $900M for Universities, $300M for Community Colleges
RALEIGH (Aug. 4, 2015) – A bond proposal unveiled Monday by state House leaders improves on a plan offered by Gov. Pat McCrory, devoting more than $900 million in bonds to University projects and $300 million to community college projects. House Speaker Tim Moore said the proposal – which would be put to voters in… READ MORE
NC Senate budget less friendly to Universities
RALEIGH (Jun. 18, 2015) – The $21.5 billion state budget approved this week by the NC Senate would provide for additional students and address long-postponed maintenance of University buildings. But the Senate’s operating budget for universities remains less generous than the one approved last month by the state House. Negotiators from both chambers will now… READ MORE