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EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Oct. 9, 2025) — North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has announced its 2025 cohort of Lewis and Elizabeth Dowdy Scholars – 20 academically gifted first-year students who have joined the Aggie family as members of the class of 2029. This group of high-achieving students representing North Carolina, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Texas and Virginia enter the university with an impressive average GPA of 4.21, demonstrating both

EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (March 17, 2025) — Research by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University undergraduate students Kyla Holton and Jayden Seay, along with junior political science Honors College student Keon Jordan, is shedding new light on the role historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have played in shaping social justice movements. Jordan, who co-authored and proofread the in-progress paper, contributed to the research's thorough analysis

EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Feb. 13, 2025) – Two North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University undergraduate students have been selected as 2024 Astronaut Scholars. This scholarship is awarded annually to undergraduates in their junior and senior years who demonstrate high academic achievement and are pursuing STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) degrees. Honors College students Breyana Robinson and Kennedy West each received up to $15,000 for eligi

Khelsei Dorsett-Wilson, left, and Charles-Anthony Woodfork EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Aug. 8, 2024) – The White House Initiative (WHI) on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) has selected North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University students Khelsei Dorsett-Wilson and Charles-Anthony Woodfork as 2024 HBCU Competitiveness Scholars. “As high-achieving North Carolina A&T students, Khelsei and Charles-Anthony are advancing the human condition through the

EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Jan. 23, 2024) – Three North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University undergraduate students have been selected as 2023 Astronaut Scholars, an elite scholarship awarded annually to the nation’s most academically accomplished students pursuing STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) degrees. N.C. A&T is the first historically Black university (HBCU) to have more than one Astronaut Scholarship available in an application cycle.

EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (May 12, 2023) – Arianna Mackey has been named North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s first Marshall-Motley Scholars Program (MMSP) recipient. Launched by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) in January 2021 in the aftermath of 2020’s racial injustice protests, MMSP is a groundbreaking pipeline program that endows the South with the next generation of civil rights lawyers trained to provide legal advocacy of unparalleled excellence in

EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (June 10, 2022) – The White House Initiative (WHI) on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) has selected North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University students Sullivan G. Anderson and Tiera A. Henderson as 2022 HBCU Competitiveness Scholars. Anderson and Henderson are among 86 students who were chosen from 56 HBCUs nationwide to receive the initiative’s highest honor based on academic achievements, campus leadership, civic en

EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Aug. 5, 2021) – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University alumnae Malique Brunner ’19, ’20 and Joanna Martinez ’20 are finalists and Anderlyn Smith ’21 is an alternate for the 2021-22 Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant. This is the first time North Carolina A&T has had more than one endorsed candidate advance past the semifinalist stage for the Fulbright Program grant. It is also the first time more than one endorsed Aggie has been ch

EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Feb. 11, 2021) – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has five semifinalists in this year’s Fulbright Program grant cycle – Jasmine Armstrong, Nasya Blackwell, Malique Brunner, Joanna Martinez and Anderlyn Smith. This is the N.C. A&T’s largest group of semifinalists since at least 2018. “We are elated that so many of A&T’s Fulbright Program grant applicants have been recognized nationally and will move forward to be considered by t

EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (May 15, 2020) – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University juniors Brenda Caldwell and Joanna Martinez have been selected for the 2020 Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Junior Summer Institute. This marks the first time two Aggies have been chosen for the program in the same year. “Congratulations to Brenda and Joanna for this remarkable achievement,” said Margaret I. Kanipes, Ph.D., North Carolina A&T Honors Program directo

EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (March 12, 2020) – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University political science student Brenda Caldwell is following the example her grandparents, the late Brenda and Johnny Hodge, set for her while she was growing up in Greensboro. As she nears the end of her junior year, Caldwell continues to receive recognition for the impact she is having on the campus and the outside community. Caldwell has been named a 2020 finalist for the Truman S

Kailyn Price is NC A&T's Third PPIA JSI Fellow Kailyn Price, a senior biology student and Dowdy Scholar from Huntersville, NC, was selected in spring 2019 as NC A&T State University's third Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Junior Summer Institute (JSI) recipient and the first recipient from NC A&T since 2000. She participated in the summer 2019 program at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. The PPIA JSI program is ri