North Carolina A&T Alumni in the News

With the rise of the natural hair movement among Black women in the 2000s, Vecoya G. Banks ‘09 created Love the Hair You Wear (LTHYW), a movement that helps women of color embrace their natural hair in a safe space.  Launched in 2015, LTHYW is designed to help Black women fall in love with their natural hair roots, increase their…

The annual North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Alumni Homecoming has a headliner this year that guarantees to “Woo Woo” Aggies. On Friday, Oct. 28, The Foundation for N.C. A&T State University, Inc. is rolling out the golden carpet with Grammy-nominated, R&B singer Jeffrey Osborne and special guest, Loose Ends. The Aggie Alumni Homecoming Concert will offer a dinner…

This weekend, many people in the city of Greensboro, N.C. are looking for ways to celebrate Juneteenth. On June 19, 1865, it marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and the last remaining slaves learned they were free. Now a federal holiday, there are many ways for Aggies and friends to celebrate the culture of African American…

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…

Growing up in Jacksonville, N.C., Jason Keith ‘01 saw firsthand the power of community service through his father, the late James Keith Jr. ‘67, who served in the military and supported his community faithfully. Today, Keith is a successful criminal law attorney, serial entrepreneur, community organizer, and the founder of a nonprofit in Greensboro, North Carolina. “My father always had…

On February 1, 2002, it was a mild morning in Greensboro, North Carolina, when a large crowd gathered outside Dudley Memorial Hall in the historic district of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.  All were present for the 52nd-anniversary commemoration of February 1, 1960, the start of the Greensboro Sit-In Movement that transformed America. For a moment, all eyes…

The N.C. A&T Office of Alumni Relations and Department of Athletics will host a hybrid town hall on Thursday, February 24, at 7 p.m. ET to cover the university’s move to the Colonial Athletic Association. All alumni are invited to participate via Zoom, Facebook Live or in-person on the campus of North Carolina A&T.   (Please note: The in-person event will be limited to 80 people and face…

On Tuesday, Jan. 25, the N.C. Department of Insurance honored Keith Mangum ‘04, a former Guilford County Sheriff Deputy, for his heroic act of saving two people on the same day. The ceremony took place at the Student Center on the campus of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.  What appeared to be a normal day on Nov. 19,…

It was 90 years ago in January and February 1932 when Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta established the first sorority chapters on the campus of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Establishing sorority chapters at the time was no small feat. The charter students of both sorority chapters were part of the first generation of women to be enrolled at…

A native of Waldorf, Maryland, Monique “Nik” Manning ‘08 has been an entertainer since she was a child from singing and dancing to being “the hostess with the mostest.”  Since 2016, Manning has built her digital lifestyle brand, Lizeeangel solely off her unique personality. It has catapulted her to a billboard in New York’s Times Square for the SAMA Tea…