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 to promote economic growth and innovation through policy, social entrepreneurship and business enterprise.

NCCU, through the Department of Political Science, will administer and manage the initiative in partnership with UNCFSP. The partnership will bring together four other minority-serving institutions, small businesses, nonprofit organizations and other stakeholders to seize overlooked opportunities, and to invent new approaches and create sustainable solutions with positive economic impact.

Dr. Emmanuel O. Oritsejafor, interim chair of the Department of Political Science, will be the primary investigator on the project.

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  1. NCCU (NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY) IS ATTRACTING A LOT GLOBAL AWARDS AND ATTENTION FOR ITS ACADEMIC WORK ON CAMPUS. THE UNCF GLOBAL
    ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARD IS A TESTAMENT OF HOW GRANT AWARDEES SEE THE
    UNIVERSITY. OTHER GLOBAL ATTRACTION AWARDS CAME FROM WELLPOINTS (WLP)
    SUBSIDIARY BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD FOR IT NURSING PROGRAM. WELLPOINT
    HEALTH NETWORK IS A GLOBAL HEALTH CARE COMPANY WHICH ALSO HAS TIES TO
    KAISER FOUNDATION . GLASXO (GSK), IBM (IBM) AND THE GATES FOUNDATION (MSFT)
    HAVE CONTRIBUTED AS A GLOBAL ACADEMIC SPONSOR TO NCCU ACADEMIC PROGRAMS. HISTORICALLY MECHANICS&FARMERS BANK (MFBP) HAS BEEN A GENEROUS CONTRIBUTOR TO THE UNIVERSITY. AND BETWEEN THE TWO (UNIVERSITY AND THE BANK) NCCU HAS BEEN A GREAT PART OF M&F BANK’S “BLACK
    WALL STREET INAUGARATION OF DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA’S “PARRISH STREET”
    DOWNTOWN. AND THE SCHOOL IS THE FIRST HBCU UNIVERSITY TO RECEIVE THE HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE GRANT. LOOK FOR THESE COMPANIES ALONG
    WITH M&F BANK TO BE GREAT SPONSORS OF HBCU SCHOOLS, SUPPORTING UNITED
    NEGRO COLLEGE FUND IN THEIR EFFORTS TO RECOGNIZE TOP HBCU’S.

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