North Carolina A&T Alumni in the News

It all started for Tylik McMillan ’19 at the dinner table helping his grandmother make preparations for the local NAACP chapter or school board meetings to address issues in the community. Today, he serves as the national director of the youth and college division for the National Action Network, the civil rights organization founded by the Rev. Al Sharpton. “While…

Before the pandemic hit, Tina L. Taylor ’95 spent the majority of her time in South Africa operating two nonprofits: Heritage STEM Camps Foundation, a venture capital STEM boot camp, and Heritage Leadership Academy, a boarding school for girls. Both organizations engineer ideas that impact thousands of minority women and children in the U.S. and Africa by driving community transformation…

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University celebrated its annual Fall Convocation program virtually Thursday, Oct. 29, via Zoom. During the program, Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr. presented the state of the university and welcomed alumni to the “Greatest Homecoming on Earth” virtual celebration. Jelani M. Favors ’97, Ph.D., served as the keynote speaker. An award-winning author and associate professor…

Amid COVID-19, a sorely missed tradition of this year’s homecoming at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will be packing Truist Stadium. For nearly 40 years, Aggies young and old have returned again and again for tailgates, the huge parades and cheering on the Aggies and the Blue & Gold Marching Machine. For many alumni, it is hard to…

Our alumni chapters are the very core of the university’s connection to the Aggie Family and valued contributors toward the goals of the university’s strategic plan, A&T Preeminence: Taking the Momentum to 2023. The leadership and commitment demonstrated by our chapters have proven to be invaluable, not only to our alma mater but to the communities they serve and interact…

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University announced today the inaugural members of the Advisory Council on Alumni Relations, a non-fiduciary, non-governing group that works with the Office of Alumni Relations by providing feedback that enhances programming for alumni engagement. The council consists of up to 15 members appointed by the chancellor. Each member will serve for two years with…

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University welcomes its 2020-22 cohort of new members to the Young Alumni Council (YAC). Members of YAC serves as change agents who understand the mission, vision, and goals of the university by assisting with bridging the gap between the University and young alumni through awareness, connection and involvement. The mission of YAC is to…

The Southern Regional Council and the University of Georgia Libraries has selected author, historian and 1997 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University alumnus Dr. Jelani Favors as the 2020 recipient of the Lillian Smith Book Award for his distinguished work on “Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism.” “I am beyond…

The Aggie M.E.N. (Male Empowerment Network) program is designed to pair minority male freshmen with mentors to be a resource on which to lean, someone that can help with the transition from high school to college, or someone to get a good word of wisdom when necessary.  Aggie M.E.N. believe that the more connected the freshmen are with the campus,…

Good fortune played a part in leading Jazmaine Mayo ’19 to experience a summer abroad – going to London alone and working there for three straight months –serving people who are down on their luck. However, it was Mayo’s education at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and commitment to social work that ultimately made it possible. Mayo found…