The love of food is a conversation that speaks to everyone in different ways. Crissy Faison ‘06, owner of LeanBack Soul Food is a witness that food transcends across generations and empowers communities to prosper. A Chicago Heights, Illinois native, Faison knew immediately she wanted to attend North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University when she traveled to North Carolina for a church convention. She encountered her cousin who spoke highly of the university when she shared with him her goal of attending an historically black college and university (HBCU). “I always knew I wanted to go somewhere far away from home and once I enrolled in North Carolina A&T…

Curtis Walls ‘08 is a man of many talents who has achieved many successes through sports, leadership coaching, philanthropy, art and entrepreneurship. Walls, a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, came to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University with aspirations of becoming a top student-athlete, excelling in academics and on the football field. He was the team captain and played as a wide receiver from 2003-07. In addition, in 2006 he became a member of the Beta Epsilon Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. In 2008, Walls received a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture and was hired immediately as a project landscape architect at Design Workshop based in Aspen,…

According to Insider.com, the odds of a mother conceiving quadruplets naturally are just 1 in 700,000 pregnancies. Aggie couple Gerald Harper ‘89 and Dayna Harper ‘12 defeated those odds with the birth of quadruplets Grant, Gavin, Sydney, and Bailey on March 11, 2023. Gerald and Dayna’s Aggie love story began with love at first sight. The couple met in 2012 in downtown Greensboro and have been inseparable since their first date. The pair share a love for North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University through service to the Raleigh-Wake Alumni Chapter, with Gerald having served as chapter president and Dayna as corresponding secretary. The couple knew they always wanted to…

There is tremendous Aggie Pride in anticipation of the Blue and Gold Marching Machine’s performance at the Tournament of the Roses Parade on January 1, 2024. All of the ensembles are essential to making the Blue and Gold Marching Machine (BGMM) outstanding. A standout section of the band is the drum line, more famously known as Cold Steel. The mighty Cold Steel provides the “rhythmic pulses and cadences for BGMM. Their history goes back decades across the more than 100 years of the marching machine. The drumline has thrilled generations of Aggies, fans, and rival patrons. The original “A. and T. College Marching Band” was formed in 1918 as a…

The Office of Alumni Relations values your health and safety during the Greatest Homecoming on Earth. We encourage you to take advantage of three fitness events throughout the weekend.  Friday, Nov. 3, and Saturday, Nov. 4  Aggie Fitness Boot Camp Instructor: Karen Roberts Time: 6 a.m. Location: Sheraton Greensboro Hotel, Colony BC, 3121 W. Gate City Blvd., Greensboro, N.C.  Friday, Nov. 3  Aggie Fitness – Step/Line Dance Class (SOLD OUT) Instructors: Letasha Williams and Catina Redd Times: 8 – 9 a.m.; 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Location: Sheraton Greensboro Hotel, Augusta Room, 3121 W. Gate City Blvd., Greensboro, N.C.  Friday, Nov. 3  Aggie Fitness Young Alumni Boot Camp Instructors: Randall Ellington, Coach Patrice and Curtis Walls Time: 10 a.m. Location:…

The Greensboro community will see some familiar faces on Saturday, Nov. 4, for the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Homecoming Parade, the Honorable Justice Henry E. Frye Sr. and Shirley T. Frye will take the lead in the parade as grand marshals. The parade will start at Lindsay and Morrow streets at 8 a.m. ET where it will come to an end on Laurel Street. The Fryes graduated from North Carolina A&T in 1953 and went on to become local, state, and national trailblazers, each in their own right. Henry Frye graduated from A&T with the highest honors, majoring in biology and minoring in chemistry. He joined the…

The Blue and Gold Marching Machine (BGMM) has been a driving factor in enrollment at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University for decades. As an iconic staple of Aggieland, the city of Greensboro and the nation, the band attracts millions at the drop of the beat. For 20 years, Kenneth Ruff, Ed.D. ‘90 and ‘93, has been the band director who has been instrumental in the elevation of BGMM. A former member of the band, Ruff was a leader from the very beginning as a North Carolina A&T student. His instrument of choice was the flute, and as he progressed in the Blue and Gold Marching Machine, he became…

Unless it is your discipline, you may overlook that the “A” in A&T stands for “Agricultural.” The study of agriculture is core to our foundation as a land-grant doctoral research university, and a farm is essential for practice. Today, the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Farm stands on 455 acres of land off McConnell Road about three miles from campus. It has hosted international scholars in all fields of agriculture. As some generations of A&T alumni can recall, the farm was smaller and closer to campus. For our very first generations of Aggies, it was even smaller, and even on the campus. The “Agricultural and Technical College For…

One of North Carolina A&T’s oldest alumnus Mr. Nathaniel Hines ’52, celebrated another milestone birthday by turning 103 years on Sept. 28. Hines was born Sept. 28, 1920, to Cicero and Amanda Hines in Bladenboro, North Carolina. Before attending A&T, he enlisted in the U.S. Army on June 11, 1941, during World War II and completed tours of duty in France, Germany, Belgium, and Japan within four and half years. “After I was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army, I read about North Carolina A&T, and my late wife, Lottie, encouraged me to attend,” he said. “I was a non-traditional student, married with two daughters, and I lived in military…

General admission ticket sales for the Aggie Alumni Homecoming Concert featuring R&B Icon, Charlie Wilson, will open on Monday, Sept. 25, at noon ET on Eventbrite.com. The concert will take place on Friday, Nov. 3, in the Guilford Ballroom at The Koury Convention Center. It will include a dinner for all ticket holders that begins at 7:15 p.m., and the show time for the concert is 8:30 p.m.  All tickets are available on a first-come, first served basis.  Please note: An Eventbrite processing fee and state sales tax will be added to all ticket purchases.   Pricing Breakdown with Fees Individual Ticket Price: $200Table Price: $2,000 Service Fee: $7.85Processing Fee:…