North Carolina Central University

North Carolina Central University
Motto	Truth and Service
Established	1910
Type	Public, HBCU
Chancellor	Charlie Nelms
Students	8,500
Location	Durham, North Carolina, United States
Campus	Urban
Former names	National Religious Training School and Chautauqua National Training School Durham State Normal School North Carolina College for Negroes North Carolina College at Durham
Colors	Maroon and Gray
Nickname	Eagle
Athletics	NCAA Division I
Affiliations	MEAC
Website	www.nccu.edu

North Carolina Central University
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic District
Location:	Bounded by Lawson St., Alston Ave., Nelson, and Fayette Sts., Durham, North Carolina
Coordinates:	35°42′15″N 78°54′25″W / 35.70417°N 78.90694°W / 35.70417; -78.90694
Built/Founded:	1928
Architect:	Atwood & Nash; Public Works Administration
Architectural style(s):	Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival
Governing body:	State
MPS:	Durham MRA
Added to NRHP:	March 28, 1986
NRHP Reference#:	86000676 [1]

North Carolina Central University is a comprehensive university offering programs at the baccalaureate, master’s, professional and selected doctoral levels. It is the nation’s first public liberal arts institution founded for African-Americans.^{[citation needed]}

History

North Carolina Central University was founded by Dr. James E. Shepard as the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua. It was chartered in 1909 as a private institution and opened on July 5, 1910. The school was sold and reorganized in 1915, becoming the National Training School, and supported by the wife of Russell Sage of New York. It became a taxpayer-funded institution in 1923, and was renamed Durham State Normal School. In 1925, it was renamed the North Carolina College for Negroes, the nation’s only state-supported liberal arts college for black students.^[2] Shepard lobbied the North Carolina General Assembly for support of college; when traveling to lobby the legislature, Shepard traveled by car since the train to Raleigh was divided into segregated sections.^[2] Its first four-year college class graduated in 1929.

The college was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools as an “A” class institution in 1937 and was admitted to membership in 1957. Graduate courses in the School of Arts and Sciences in 1939, in the School of Law in 1940, and the School of Library Science in 1941. In 1947, the General Assembly changed the name of the institution to North Carolina College at Durham.

On October 6, 1947, Shepard, the founder and president, died, and was succeeded in 1948 by Dr. Alfonso Elder. Elder remained with the institution until he retired September 1, 1963. Dr. Samuel P. Massie was appointed as the third president on August 9, 1963, and resigned on February 1, 1966. On July 1, 1967, Dr. Albert N. Whiting assumed his duties as president until his retirement June 30, 1983.

The 1969 General Assembly established the institution as one of the State’s regional universities, and the name was changed to North Carolina Central University. Since 1972, NCCU has been a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system. On July 1, 1972, the state’s four-year colleges and universities were joined to become The Consolidated University of North Carolina, with 16 individual campuses, headed by a single president and governed by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors.

Whiting was succeeded by Dr. LeRoy T. Walker as chancellor, followed by Dr. Tyronza R. Richmond, Dr. Donna J. Benson, Julius L. Chambers (who had previously been director-counsel (chief executive) of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund), James H. Ammons, and on August 1, 2007, Charlie Nelms.

Academics

The most popular areas of study are criminal justice, business administration, nursing, biology, political science, and psychology.^{[citation needed]}

Rankings

• US News and World Reports #10 HBCU
• US News and World Reports #1 Public HBCU
• US News and World Reports #1 HBCU in the state of North Carolina
• US News and World Reports #55 Masters level University

Graduate Studies

North Carolina Central offers 36 masters degrees and 1 professional degree.

• Biology
  • Biology, Secondary Education

• Counselor Education
  • Community Agency Counseling
  • Career Counseling
  • School Counseling

• Chemistry
  • Chemistry, Secondary Education

• Criminal Justice
  • Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement

• Education
  • Elementary Ed (K-6)
  • Middle Grades (6-8)
  • English Education (9-12)
  • Mathematics Education (9-12)
• Educational Technology
• English
• Earth Sciences
• History
  • History, Secondary Education
• Human Sciences
  • Family and Consumer Sciences
  • Human Sciences with Licensure
• Information Sciences
• Information Sciences and Curriculum and Instruction (Elementary and Middle Grades)
• Jazz Studies
• Joint Juris Doctor/ Master of Library Science JD/MLS
• Joint Master of Business Administration/ Juris Doctor JD/MBA JDMBA
• Joint Master of Business Administration/ Master of Information Science MBA/MIS
• Mathematics
• Master of Arts in Teaching Special Education
• Master of Business Administration
• Master of Library Science
• Master of Information Science
• Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Master of School Administration
• Middle Grades (6-9)
• Physical Education
  • Physical Education (K-12)
  • Physical Education (with licensure)
  • Physical Education and Recreation
  • Adapted Phys Ed
  • P.E., with Licensure
  • P.E., K-12
• Physics
• Psychology
  • Clinical Track
  • General Experimental Track
• Public Administration
  • Executive Master of Public Admin
  • Recreation Administration
• Sociology
• Social Work
• Special Ed.
  • Visually Handicapped
  • Behavior/Emotionally Handicapped
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Mentally Handicapped
  • Orientation & Mobility

Colleges

• College of Behavioral & Social Sciences
• College of Liberal Arts
• College of Science & Technology

Schools

• School of Business
• School of Education
• School of Law
• School of Library & Information Sciences
• School of Nursing

Research Institutes at NCCU

• Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute
• Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise

Additional programs

• Continuing Education
• Evening & Weekend Degree Program

Location

North Carolina Central University is located in Durham, N.C.

• North Carolina Central University is at coordinates 35°58′35″N 78°54′03″W / 35.97645°N 78.90092°W / 35.97645; -78.90092 (North Carolina Central University)Coordinates: 35°58′35″N 78°54′03″W / 35.97645°N 78.90092°W / 35.97645; -78.90092 (North Carolina Central University)

Notable alumni

Controversy

Issues concerning degree accreditation

In 2008, it was disclosed that the university had, since 2004, been operating a small satellite campus at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, whose pastor, Bishop Eddie L. Long, is a member of the University Board of Trustees.^[4][5] The accreditor refused to recognize the degrees awarded to the 25 students who attended the program.^[6][7]

Student activities

Student organizations

North Carolina Central University has 130 registered student organizations and 12 honor societies.

Athletics

NCCU sponsors fourteen men’s and women’s sports teams that participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I as a newly readmitted member of the MEAC. Athletic teams include football, softball, baseball, basketball, track and field, tennis, volleyball, bowling, and golf.

Rivals

• North Carolina A&T State University
• Winston-Salem State University
• Duke University: This is the newest rivalry. In what appears an attempt to patch the relationship between the two universities, strained by the 2006 Duke University lacrosse case, they played the first annual Bull City Gridiron Classic in September 2009.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: North Carolina Central University

• Official website
• Alumni Association
• Student newspaper
• Marching band website
• Official athletics website

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