Tag: Students
Legacy of Empowerment: Antoine Alston Celebrates 25 Years in Aggieland
Twenty-five years an Aggie, 49 years circling the Earth. A myriad of academic and professional accomplishments as a modern cornerstone to the nation’s largest historically Black college and university. To Antoine Alston, Ph.D., North Carolina A&T is more than a place: it’s a calling.
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Summit Encourages Black Students to Pursue Health Care Careers
Persistent falsehoods, like “Black people’s skin is thicker than white people’s,” are why more African Americans are needed in the medical field, state Sen. Natalie Murdock told students gathered at the Inspiring Futures Summit at N.C. Agricultural and Technical State University.
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Why are HBCUs Important? Students Offer Breadth of Reasons
What makes historically Black Universities and colleges important?
That was the heart of a discussion among students from N.C. Agricultural and Technical State University, Bennett College and Winston-Salem State University at a Feb. 24 symposium in A&T’s Deese Ballroom. The event was sponsored by the North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus Foundation, N.C. A&T C.H.I.L.D. Up student club and Amazon.
CAES Senior Robinson is Two-Time Astronaut Scholar
In 2023, Breyana Robinson was the first student from the College of Agriculture and Animal Sciences to receive the prestigious Astronaut Scholarship. One year later, Robinson has done it again.
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N.C. A&T MANRRS Students Receive Awards from National Chapter
Twelve members of N.C. A&T’s MANRRS (Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences) student chapter received national recognition, scholarship and internship opportunities from the organization’s national chapter.
Read MoreFive CAES Students Awarded University’s Highest Scholarships
Five first-year students, representing diverse fields in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, have received two of N.C. A&T’s highest honors: the Dowdy Scholarship and the Cheatham-White Scholarship.
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The Right Fit: Fashion Program Helps Students Dress for Success at Annual Event
Career Services volunteer Kelly Jones helps computer science senior Jaylen Walker select blazers...
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CAES Senior’s Initiative Wins Grant for Med School Tour
Make those connections. That’s the advice Charles-Anthony Woodfork, a senior American Heart Association HBCU scholar who is studying food and nutritional science, gives to his fellow Aggie students.
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CAES Junior’s Sustainable Styles Draw the Spotlight on Social Media, on Campus
Deconstructing and reconstructing fashions comes naturally to Collin Semien, and his reconstructions have caught the attention of fellow students and social media. One of his wearable creations gained more than 34,000 views on TikTok.
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Fall 2024 Graduates Challenged to Excel During Ceremonies
Seventy-seven undergraduate and 23 master’s and doctoral candidates left the First Horizon Coliseum with degrees in hand during two ceremonies held Dec. 13-14.
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Hurricane Helene Recovery Effort a Marathon, Not a Sprint
Less than a month after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina in late September, students got the chance to ask questions of the leader of a nonprofit working directly with the affected residents.
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Hands-on Work at University Farm Drew First-Gen Student to N.C. A&T
McNair Scholar Beloved Nicholson, an animal science major from Syracuse, worked with many animals...
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