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St. Aug’s $70M deal denied

Currently, SAU’s academic accreditation is under probationary status, pending further review by SACSCOC at an appeals hearing scheduled for the end of this month. Without accreditation, SAU cannot obtain student financial aid from the federal government.

Bennett College announced today (Jan. 15) that Suzanne Walsh will be stepping down from her role as President, effective June 30, 2025. Appointed in 2019, President Walsh led the College through an …

Mo Green Swearing In

On New Year’s Day (Jan. 1), former Guilford County Schools’ Superintendent Maurice “Mo” Green was sworn in as the new N.C. Superintendent of Public Instruction at Haynes-Inman …

An energized N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper enthusiastically praised his administration’s achievements in traditional public education — increases in teacher pay, higher graduation rates, …

The board of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) voted Tuesday (Dec. 10) to remove embattled HBCU St. Augustine’s University (SAU) in Raleigh from its membership.

Just before the Thanksgiving holiday, SAU announced that it would lease some of the property it owns to 50 Plus 1 Sports, a Florida-based mixed use and sports venue development company, “to tackle its financial challenges head-on.”

Bike for Kids Give-away

Thunderous cheers, screams and shouts of unrestrained joy shook UNCG’S Fleming Gymnasium when 1,800 Guilford County Schools’ third grade students learned they would receive a new bicycle …

Suzanne Walsh, President of Bennett College expressed her pride in the students for taking the lead in advocating for themselves.

Annually, community and civic leaders visit Guilford County Schools (GCS), serving as Principals for a Day. Throughout Guilford County elementary, middle and high schools, more than 100 participants …

Thunderous applause welcomed James R. Martin II, the new chancellor of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, at the annual Faculty/Staff Institute preceding the beginning of the …

The Governor attended the Governor’s School West at Greensboro College. Visiting several classrooms and speaking to an assembly of nearly 400 of the state’s top academic students, N.C. …

The Fryes, who met while undergraduates at N.C. A&T, graduated from the university in 1953 and married in 1956.

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University announced, on June 21, its 13th chancellor will be Dr. James R. Martin II.

As nearly 70,000 students settle into the new academic year at Guilford County Schools, so are 18 new principals across all grade levels from Kindergarten to high school. Some of the new …

The 2023-2024 academic year for Early and Middle College high schools and extended-year elementary schools in the Guilford County Schools (GCS) began this week. Eager students arrived on …

The annual Careers on Wheels program rolled into Rankin Elementary School to the delight of students, who touched a variety of trucks, vans and first responder vehicles during an on-campus field trip …

NCA&TSU’s Commencement

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University awarded nearly 1,500 undergraduate degrees, more than 300 master’s degrees and almost 60 doctoral degrees – as well as about 50 degrees …

Color Farm Media, the team behind the documentary film “The Big Payback,” will be partnering with HBCUs to hold a series of National Reparations Debates, inspired by the historic 1965 James …

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