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For the past 10 years, HBCUs and their high school counterparts have met on a football field in Durham to prove their mettle. The high schools compete – including the Durham rivalry of Hillside High versus Southern High – and the universities show them the level they can reach. On Sunday, the 10th Annual Adrian Carroll Battle of the Bands [...]

On Thursday, Oct. 18th, One Stop Early Voting begins in North Carolina. That means unless you plan to cast your ballots on Election Day, Nov.6th, you’ll have between the 18thof October and the third of November to do so early. As always, this newspaper will make recommendations about the candidates we endorse for public office. Of course, we hope that [...]

The NCCU community notes with sadness the passing of Ruth Russell Williams, 78, an acclaimed North Carolina folk artist. A resident of Henderson, she died Friday at Durham Regional Hospital. Her work was showcased at the NCCU Art Museum in a 2009 exhibit, “Ruth Russell Williams: Master Storyteller.” When the exhibit opened, Museum Director Kenneth Rodgers described Ms. Williams as [...]

N.C. Central University has suspended the drum line of its Marching Sound Machine band while it investigates hazing allegations. The suspension went into effect on Monday, and it means members of the drum line are not allowed to participate in any band-related activities until further notice. Drum lines in marching bands at historically black colleges and universities such as NCCU [...]

Three North Carolina Central University students are participating this summer in the EarthScope project, a vast nationwide effort aimed at developing a broad understanding of the formation and structure of the North American continent. The NCCU students — Philip Martin, James Howard and Thomas Horne — are seeking suitable locations in North Carolina and southern Virginia for 25 USArray seismic [...]

The Department of Political Science at North Carolina Central University has received a sub-grant of $120,000 through the United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation (UNCFSP) and the U.S. Department of Education to administer and facilitate a Global Entrepreneurship Initiative. The goal of this initiative is to develop and implement supportive resources and technologies that will integrate theory and practice [...]

North Carolina Central University Chancellor Charlie Nelms will retire from his position effective August 6, 2012. Nelms began at NCCU in August 2007. An interim chancellor will be appointed by University of North Carolina General Administration. Highlights of Nelms’ accomplishments include: Developing and implementing a campus-wide Quality Service Initiative (QSI), which has received national recognition from the College and University [...]

North Carolina Central University (NCCU) announces a grant of $1.5 million from the North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation for science and math student scholarships and program enhancements. The grant will assist NCCU in its efforts to increase the number of women and minority students who graduate with a STEM (science, technology, engineering or mathematics) degree and pursue STEM careers. The funding [...]

The Tau Sigma National Honor Society was established at Auburn University in 1999. The society is exclusively for  transfer students who have obtained at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale after transferring into a bachelor’s degree program. The society now has chapters at 94 colleges and universities across the United States. Recently the Gamma Chi chapter [...]

The Corporation for National and Public Service has named North Carolina Central University a national finalist for its 2012 President’s Award, which recognizes colleges and universities around the country for their volunteer efforts in the community. The corporation, which has administered the honor roll program since 2006, evaluated 642 schools for their service performance. Of that total, 513 were named [...]

N.C. Central has parted ways with 16-year women’s basketball coach Joli Robinson after a 3-27 season, her fifth straight losing campaign. NCCU won just one conference game in its return to full NCAA Division I and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference status. That left the Lady Eagles in last place at 1-16, 3-27 overall. NCCU athletics director Ingrid Wicker-McCree announced Monday that [...]

N.C. Central University is exploring an alternative way of financing a new student union, in hope that would speed up construction of the proposed facility. “The construction of a new student union building remains a top university priority,” said Zack Abegunrin, the associate vice chancellor of facilities management. “Moving the project ahead as a self-liquidating project will allow the campus [...]

A North Carolina Central University basketball player was arrested Thursday after Durham County deputies found marijuana and thousands of dollars of cash in his apartment. Deputies searched 5308 Penrith Drive, Apt. F, and found 84 grams of marijuana, $12,008 in cash and drug paraphernalia, authorities said. Landon Christopher Clement, 23, and Kalifa Fletcher, 20, were each charged with possession with [...]

DURHAM, NC— Stewart Fulbright, a trailblazing black educator who piloted a bomber during World War II as one of the Tuskegee Airmen and later served as the first dean of the North Carolina Central University School of Business, has died, He was 92. His son, Edward, says Fulbright died in Durham, N.C., on New Year’s Day after a short illness. [...]

The public is invited to a dedication Saturday for the fourth Habitat for Humanity home built by volunteers from North Carolina Central University. The keys to the newest Eagle Habitat home will be given to Yopond Helms and her family during a noon celebration at the house at 814 Colfax St., Durham. About 340 students have worked on the house [...]

Looking to build on its success from the 2008 presidential election, the Institute for Civic Engagement and Social Change at North Carolina Central University is creating a statewide network of students dedicated to voter empowerment in the 2012 election and beyond. The Student Engagement and Empowerment Network (SEEN), made up of students from 10 historically black colleges and universities in [...]

North Carolina Central University received final approval today from the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to introduce a doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) program in integrated biosciences. The university will now begin recruiting students to enter the program in fall 2012, and would award its degrees four years later. They would be the first Ph.D.s awarded by the university [...]

North Carolina Central University Chancellor Charlie Nelms will cut ribbons Wednesday on two new buildings that stand as testament to the significant growth happening across campus. Chidley North Residence Hall will be officially unveiled at 11 a.m., and a ceremony for the yet-to-be-named nursing building will follow at 11:30 a.m. Both facilities opened Aug. 22, but the formal openings were [...]