N.C. A&T kicks off 125th
Anniversary of Second Morrill Act Celebration
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N.C.
A&T kicks off 125th Anniversary of Second Morrill Act
Celebration by Laurie Gengenbach
One hundred twenty five years ago, educational history was
made when the U.S. Congress passed the Second Morrill Act of
1890, authorizing the establishment of land-grant universities
to serve African Americans in the then-segregated Southern and
border states. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State
University is joining the nation’s other 18 historically black
land-grant universities in organizing a slate of events to
celebrate 125 years of providing access to all citizens through
education, research, and Cooperative
Extension
outreach. N.C. A&T Celebrates 125th Anniversary of Second
Morrill Act. A lecture on the legacy of achievement by these 19
historically black institutions, and North Carolina A&T State
University’s place in that pantheon, kicks off a celebration of
the 125th anniversary of this legislation. “125 Years! The
1890 Universities Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” a lecture
by Dr. M. Ray McKinnie, an associate dean in the School of
Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, is scheduled for 6-7
p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 17, in the Academic Classroom Building, Room
101, on the N.C. A&T campus. A&T graphic & Photo: An
early biology laboratory at what was then Agricultural and
Mechanical College, Greensboro (around 1899). From the Library
of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington.
Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at
the Paris Exposition of 1900. |
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The 2013 Triangle Business Journal rankings
ranked North Carolina
Agricultural and Technical State University fifth overall,
2nd in UNC System, in overall highest
starting salaries for graduates of
all North Carolina universities. |
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NC A&T is
consistently 3rd in Sponsored
Research Funding since 2005 among the 14 Higher Education
constituent Institutions in the UNC System.
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125 Year of Providing
Access and Enhancing Opportunities |
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N.C.
A& T State University is where a Sharecropper's Son received the
foundation to touch the face of God # |
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The
Completive Edge:
North Carolina A&T State
University is again
expanding its graduate-level
cybersecurity program.
David Arneke
"Job opportunities are
abundant; the White House
cites estimates of the
demand for cybersecurity
workers growing 12 times
faster than the overall job
market"
N.C. A&T will work with 12
other historically black
colleges and universities
and two national
laboratories to dramatically
grow the workforce of
professionals, researchers
and academics prepared to
lead the nation’s defense
against cyber attacks.
The
project will be funded by
the federal
Cybersecurity Workforce
Pipeline Consortium,
a program to spark interest
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in
cybersecurity in students from elementary school to graduate
school. The $25 million, five-year program is sponsored by the
U.S. Department of Energy and its
National Nuclear Security
Administration.
A&T will be
involved at the master’s and doctorate levels. Graduates from
the other colleges and universities will study and conduct
research at A&T. Research will focus on cyber-identity
protection and privacy in addition to cybersecurity in general.
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N.C. A&T RESEARCHERS TARGET
MORE EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF ADVANCED BIOFUELS
An
interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers at North Carolina
Agricultural and Technical State University has launched a five-year
project to make the production of advanced biofuels more efficient
and affordable.
The
NSF CREST Bioenergy Center’s goal is to make biomass a more viable
source of renewable energy by developing the basic science and
technology that will make energy conversions more efficient and
costs more affordable. The center is conducting fundamental research
toward the development of advanced thermochemical biomass conversion
technology to produce liquid transportation fuels and hydrogen. The
$5 million project is funded by the National Science Foundation’s
Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST)
program. “Biobased industries present tremendous opportunities for
agriculture and energy independence, but to be sustainable, they
must rely on non-food sources, and therefore, they present major
technical and logistical challenges which require coordination
between government, private industry and research institutions,”
says center director Dr. Abolghasem Shahbazi, an A&T professor of
biological engineering in the School of Agriculture and
Environmental Sciences.
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Community Engagement:
National Black HIV/Aids Awareness Day |
NC
A&T participated in National Black HIV/Aids Awareness Day on
February 7, 2015, marking the 15th year for National Black
HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) - a national HIV testing and
Treatment community mobilization initiative targeted at Black in
the United States and the Diaspora. The NBHAAD founded in 1999
as a national response to the growing HIV and AIDA epidemic in
African American Communities leverages a national platform to
educate, bring awareness, and mobilize the African American
community. |
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NBHAAD has four key focus areas which encourage
people to: get educated about HIV and AIDS; get involved
in community prevention efforts; get tested to know their status;
and get treated to receive the continuum of care needed to live with
HIV/AIDS. Contact Ms. Brandy Baldwin
besafe1415@gmail.com
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FIRST
TECH Challenge (FLL) State Championship Tournament
North Carolina A&T State University’s College of Engineering
will host the FIRST TECH Challenge FLL) State Championship ceremony will begin at 10:45 a.m.
in Corbett Sports Center. Over 32 teams of middle and high
school students grades 7-12, from across the state will compete
using a sports model. Tournament Saturday, February 14, 2015.
The opening
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# NC A&T & NASA Photo |
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