North Carolina A&T Alumni in the News

In the fall semester, Aggies look forward to Football season, and besides Homecoming, the most anticipated battle on the field is the Aggie-Eagle Classic. For over a century, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and North Carolina Central University in Durham have been close allies, as well as rivals. Situated only 55 miles apart, the game, generations of Aggie faculty and staff are North Carolina Central alumni, and many Central faculty and staff are “Aggie Born and Bred.” Many families boast of having alumni from both HBCUs…

The Honors College kindly invites you to join the Distinguished Scholarships Application Review Committee for the Class of 2028. Application readers are an integral part of our selection process and we believe our alumni can assist in selecting the best and brightest candidates because that’s what Aggies Do! The Honors College oversees three (3) full ride scholarship enrichment programs to…

United Way of Greater Greensboro (UWGG) announced that Frank McCain Jr. ‘87 has been named president and CEO, effective on Aug. 21, and will lead the organization’s strategy to end local poverty.  Earlier in his career with United Way, McCain served for more than 10 years as vice president of Community Investment and Impact. In this role, McCain was responsible…

Samuel Harrison ’70 had his first experience with racial tension when he was a freshman at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. He found himself in the middle of a protest after a well-known African American pastor had moved into a predominately white neighborhood. Harrison and his friends were out exploring Greensboro as college students and found themselves among…

Established in 2011, the Charles H. Moore Legacy Society was created to recognize and to thank the individuals who have invested in North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s future through a planned gift. On Sept. 8, the society will induct 16 honorees who have made a commitment to the university during a ceremony at the North Carolina A&T Farm…

The N.C. A&T Office of Alumni Reunion would like to recap the unforgettable moments we shared during the Alumni Reunion Weekend for the Golden Class of 1973 and Silver Class of 1998. This was the largest reunion weekend with nearly 400 participants that traveled as far as from Los Angeles, California, Phoenix, Arizona, Chicago, Illinois to North Carolina that convened…

Noble Hall is one of the grand brick buildings on the historic north district of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Its foundation was laid in 1922 and was completed in 1923, Noble was originally the “Agricultural Building” and has been the home to our outstanding School of Nursing for 70 years! All of A&T’s historic buildings constructed prior…

On April 14, 1933, the Alpha Nu Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated was established at the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina. It was the 36th chapter, and the first of four chapters established that year by the growing brotherhood. The charter members of the Alpha Nu Chapter were Vincent A. Burgess, William W. Capeheart, James E. Charlton,…

Willie A. Deese ‘77, a champion for North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and a retired pharmaceutical executive, received the Distinguished Citizenship Award from the North Carolina Chamber on March 22. The award was presented to Deese at the 81st Annual Meeting in Raleigh, N.C. that convened business leaders across the state. Deese is a highly successful senior executive…

Gwendolyn Highsmith-Quick, Ph.D., CPA ‘76 – affectionately known as “HQ” – is currently an associate professor in the Department of Accounting and Finance at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University since 1986. She will retire from Aggieland on June 30, 2023, with 38 years of service. Highsmith-Quick, a native of Wallace, North Carolina, the oldest of five children and…