Greetings Alumni, I’m Dr. Jenard D. Moore, Class of ‘12, and I currently serve as the Black Male Initiative Director for the Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics. I’m reaching out because I need your help, and more importantly, your presence is essential!  Do you remember the first time you learned to tie a tie? Can you still recall the person who gave you your first one? We want you to experience this full-circle moment by attending the Exceptional Males in Business (EMB) 2nd Annual Ignite & Empower Symposium on September 27-28, 2024. Even more, we’re asking you to purchase a tie and personally gift it to a student during the symposium!  This is legacy in action. Many students may not yet own…

On Saturday, September 7, 2024, one of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s longest held rivalries will resume for the first time in 10 years. The “Battle of I-40″ also known as the “Aggie-Ram Classic” will once again pit Winston-Salem State University’s Rams vs. The North Carolina A&T Aggies. These games touch on some unique periods in our histories and shared institutional legacies to reflect on before the 2024 match. Eighty years ago, the nation was at war, and a significant number of male students were in the U.S. Armed Services. None of that was enough to disrupt the CIAA football season. On October 7, 1944, the A&T Aggies…

For generations Aggies have attended North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University for the rich culture of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), the diversity and inclusion, and the family dynamic. Jordan Page ‘08 and his family are a true example of the Aggie Legacy of generations who have matriculated through North Carolina A&T to pursue higher education. His entire immediate family with the exception of his father, graduated from the university; his mother, Renita Carter Page ‘94, brothers, Jeffrey Page ‘01 and Philip Page ‘07, and sister, Stephani Page ‘05 and 08. “North Carolina A&T was a no brainer to attend because of my family’s love for the school…

On August 3, Angelica Smith ’14 competed in the Petite USA Pageant in Chicago, Illinois, where she emerged victorious among contestants from across the country. Remarkably, this was Smith’s first pageant experience, and she won the national title by exemplifying grace, style, and elegance. Smith expressed her joy on social media, stating, “One of the best parts about this experience is being able to represent HBCUs. Being part of an HBCU community has profoundly shaped who I am today.” As Ms. Petite USA, Smith is committed to promoting her platform, “Stature Does Not Determine Strength,” within the HBCU community and across the United States. She aims to encourage individuals to…

From 1939 to 1973, there was a fondly remembered cafe on East Market Street across from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s campus. Among the many businesses that populated the area, this place was considered a landmark and a go-to place for generations of Aggies. Beyond the juicy hamburgers and famous fried bologna sandwiches, this place was more meaningful for the man who ran it faithfully with good conversations, friendliness, and a grease-stained apron – that man was “Boss” Webster. Boss was much more than a cook to students of North Carolina A&T and Bennett College. He was an institution. Many students over the years had assumed that there…

The North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Office of Alumni Relations would like to recap the unforgettable moments we shared during the Alumni Reunion Weekend for the Golden Class of 1974 and Silver Class of 1999. Aggies traveled as far as Portugal, Spain, Albany, New York, Chicago, Milwaukee, Dallas, Texas, Los Angeles, and San Diego, California to North Carolina to convene during May 9-12, 2024. Most importantly, this year’s Alumni Reunion Weekend had groundbreaking attendance with the Golden Class of 1974 with 100 class members and the Silver Class of 1999 with 191 class members.  The weekend kicked off on Friday, May 10, with the Society of Golden Aggies Luncheon that…

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 says, “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.” The marriage of the Rev. Nelson Johnson ’86 and Joyce H. Johnson ’90 has stood the test of time, lasting for nearly 55 years. Their impactful story was featured in Essence Magazine’s January-February 2024 edition on Black Love. The Johnsons are the founders and co-executive directors of the Beloved Community Center in Greensboro, North Carolina, a community-based, grassroots organization rooted in the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of seeking racial and economic justice, democracy and a beloved community. They…

For generations of Aggies, there is one name that fully embodied the right combination of music, stage, glamour, theater, and worldwide fame. That Aggie alumna was international opera star, Margaret Tynes ‘41, who passed on March 7, 2024, at the age of 104. As far as it is known to the university archives, she was not only the eldest living alumna and the eldest Miss A&T, but possibly the last living Aggie to have attended the university before 1940. She was an international star with an incredible voice, living in Italy, and with beginnings as a little girl in America’s segregated south, her life was compared to a fairy tale…

In the fall of 1984, freshman and sophomores, Lamont Christian ‘87, Charles “Shon” Yancey ‘94, Michael Humphrey ‘87, Gerald Tharrington ‘89, Darrell McNeil ‘17, and Stephanie Simon ‘87 would embark on what we now call the greatest percussionists of all time – Cold Steel. In the December 2023 N.C. A&T Alumni Times, Bluford Library Archives reported the first official mention of Cold Steel that was in printed form in 1993. The editorial team of the N.C. A&T Alumni Times met with the original members of Cold Steel to learn more about the origin story. In the fall of 1983, Lamont Christian was a freshman at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical…

Siobahn Day Grady ‘18, Ph.D., stands on the shoulders of hidden figures – women of color who worked in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and never acknowledged for their significant contributions to society. A passionate professor, speaker, author and role model to women and girls interested in STEM education, Grady was the first woman to complete her doctoral degree in computer science at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Grady, a native of Hillsborough, North Carolina, grew up influenced by her parents’ passion for technology. In elementary school, she fell in love with mathematics and science. When she decided to attend college, she wanted to attend a historically…