Aggie alumnus Michael Regan ’98, the current Secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, is President Joe Biden's choice to head the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

The presidents and chancellors of the nation’s 1890 Universities are celebrating the 130th anniversary of the federal legislation that designated them as land-grant institutions. The Morrill Act of 1890 established a land-grant university system of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in states where African Americans were banned from accessing a public higher education. 

Misty Blue-Terry, Ph.D., has been named as Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T’s new assistant administrator for Youth, Families and Communities. She will begin the position this month.