
News and Notes: October 2024
Would you like to learn more about N.C. A&T State University?
Founded in 1891 in Greensboro, North Carolina, N.C. A&T is the nation’s largest historically Black university and a premier 1890 land-grant doctoral research institution. Home to more than 14,000 students, A&T is nationally recognized as the top public HBCU in the country and the number one producer of Black graduates in engineering and agriculture. With over $2.4 billion in annual economic impact, the university combines rigorous academics, pioneering research, and a vibrant campus culture to prepare the next generation of global leaders.
Read more CAES News

New agreements will help graduates of the sustainable agriculture program at Central Carolina Community College transfer credits and pursue bachelor’s degrees in agricultural education at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

DeShawn Blanding ’19: Ready to lead
Agribusiness major DeShawn Blanding, who graduated Dec. 14, is already a national leader.
As Southern region vice president of the National FFA (formerly Future Farmers of America) in 2016-17, he traveled the country, visiting FFA chapters, hosting state and local conventions, and meeting FFA members. His election as a national FFA officer made him one of only six African Americans to achieve that distinction, and the first from a HBCU.

Spring 2025 Graduates Told: “Chase Your Passion”
Spring 2025 Commencements, held at First Horizon Coliseum at the Greensboro Complex on May 9 for the Graduate College and May 10 for undergraduates, brought two major “firsts” to the university:

October News & Notes
Alumni featured on vet school website
Chandler and Chelsea Drumgoole ’19. Photo courtesy of NC State ...
No results found.








