Every four years, Andre Johnson ‘97 provides an opportunity of a lifetime for high school students interested in pursuing a career in architectural engineering. His firm, Andre Johnson Architect, offers two students a scholarship to participate in a program that allows them to shadow professionals in the company for their senior year in high school and a paid summer internship over a span of four years while they are enrolled in college. At the end of the program, students have a potential opportunity to gain full employment with the firm.  “I decided to start the scholarship program at my company because I wanted to increase diversity in the field of architecture,”…

The North Carolina A&T State University Alumni Association, Inc. provides the opportunity annually for incoming freshmen to receive full financial assistance that includes tuition, room and board and books through the National Alumni Scholarship Program. The scholarship awards the best and brightest students who exemplify the excellence of Aggie Pride. The National Alumni Scholarship has afforded students like Kamaria Bush and Delanee-Alexis Coley the opportunity to experience and thrive in higher education without the financial burden. Kamaria BushKamaria Bush is a senior biology and pre-medical student and a native of Chicago, Illinois. Since receiving her acceptance into the program, Bush has become the president of Thrive Women’s Empowerment Organization, a…

Women’s History month was declared as the month of March in 1987 by the United States Congress. The month is dedicated to the study, observance, celebration and commemoration of the contributions of women to American history, culture, and society. Since early graduates like Frances T. Grimes, the first female graduate in 1901, and Sophia M. Parker, the first female department head in 1897, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is no stranger to trailblazing women who have been catalysts for change and beacons of achievement. Sandra D. HughesSandra Hughes ‘69 earned her bachelor’s degree in English education from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. She went on to…

On Feb. 2, 1960, Sandy Royster ’64, who at the time was the Freshmen Class treasurer, was sitting in his biology class when Franklin McCain shared with him what happened on the day before. He had shared with his classmates that himself, Ezell Blair, Jr. (Jibreel Khazan), Joseph McNeil and David Richmond walked downtown and “sat – in” at the whites–only lunch counter at Woolworth’s. The four had refused to leave when denied service and stayed until the store closed. “I remember Franklin saying, ‘if we can’t sit at their lunch counter, then we want to occupy every seat at the counter,’ he then proceeded to ask other students to…

This article is based on the experiences of Mr. Pollard Stanford ’61 in honor of his brothers Lorenzo ’61 and Carl Stanford ‘ 63. In the late 1950s and 60s, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University athletics were at an all-time high of winning championships for the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA).  It was a very familiar euphoric feeling that Aggies feel today with the university’s current athletic success. For the Stanford brothers, Pollard ‘61, Lorenzo ‘61 and Carl ’63, they were a powerful dynamic to Aggie football, being the first three siblings to play a collegiate sport at the same time in the CIAA in 1960.  “Today when…

  H.J. Russell & Company (Russell), one of the largest minority-owned real estate development and construction services firms in the United States, announces the promotion of Curtis Wilson ’91 from Director of Program Management/Project Controls to the Vice President of Transportation & Infrastructure within the Program Management Division. In his new role, Wilson will lead and direct the program management of transportation and infrastructure-related projects, helping to achieve strategic goals, ensuring program strategies are developed, and documenting and implementing projects in full compliance with owners’ expectations and Russell’s overall objectives, using all of the attributes of ‘The Russell Way’ including on time and within budget. “As a company, we benefit…

On behalf of the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Alumni Association, Inc., we would like to wish Mrs. Julia S. Brooks a Happy 95th Birthday, and Mrs. Sallie Pendergraft a Happy 100th Birthday.   Mrs. Julia S. Brooks is well-known for her service and commitment in the North Carolina A&T State University Alumni Association, Inc. and becoming the first female national president in 1969. She was born in Pender County, North Carolina on November 15, 1918, and she is the 12th of 14 children born to Henry and Rena Shiver. She obtained her bachelor’s degree of science from North Carolina A&T State University in 1944 and her master’s degree…

Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope, CPA ’96, an expert in white collar crimes and an associate professor at DePaul University, can now add to her resume that she is an award-winning filmmaker. On July 10, 2018, her first film, “All the Queen’s Horses,” a documentary on one of the biggest fraud cases in American history, debuted on Netflix. “As a professor that teaches forensic accounting, creating this film was an easy transition because I used it as a technique to teach others about fraud,” said Pope. “The one thing people can learn about fraud is that anybody can do it and we are all vulnerable to it.” “All The Queens Horses”…

Ryan Major ’08, has been an entrepreneur for more than five years and the road to entrepreneurship has not been an easy one, but the process has been all worth it. He is the founder and president of Triangle Business Systems, located in his hometown of Durham, North Carolina, where he has grown his business to be one of the largest authorized Xerox dealers in the United States. In 2008, Major graduated from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University with a bachelor’s degree in marketing, and his first job out of college was a sales and marketing position with Caterpillar in Peoria, Illinois. While working at the company, he…

In today’s society where so many negative statistics are facing African American males, Rictor Craig ’03 has made it his life’s mission to empower and educate boys of color. A former teacher and principal, he is now the founding director of instruction at Statesmen College Preparatory Academy for Boys located in Washington, D.C. “Working in education for more than 15 years, I noticed early on in my profession that boys of color are undervalued in the school system and I knew that I had to be intentional on how I reached my students,” said Craig. Since graduating from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in 2003, Craig, a native…