About
Us
Mission Statement | History
| Location | Why
Choose Us? | Administrative
Officers | Press Releases |
Student Handbook | Accreditation & Memberships
Mission Statement
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is a public, comprehensive, land-grant university committed to fulfilling its fundamental purposes through exemplary undergraduate and graduate instruction, scholarly and creative research, and effective public service. The university offers programs at the baccalaureate, masters and doctoral levels with emphasis on engineering, science, technology, literature and other academic areas.
As one of North Carolina's three engineering colleges, the University offers Ph.D. programs in engineering. Basic and applied research are conducted by faculty in university centers of excellence, in interinstitutional relationships, and through significant involvement with several public and private agencies. The university also conducts major research through engineering, transportation, and its extension programs in agriculture.
The purpose of the University is to provide an intellectual setting where students in higher education may find a sense of identification, belonging, responsibility, and achievement that will prepare them for roles of leadership and service in the communities where they will live and work. In this sense, the University serves as a laboratory for the development of excellence in teaching, research and public service.
History
- Established in 1891 as Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes.
- Temporarily Located in Raleigh until moved to Greensboro in 1893.
- Name changed to Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina in 1915.
- Master's Program began in 1939. Designated a regional university in 1967 and merged into the University of North Carolina System in 1972.
- Doctoral program began in 1993.
Location
Downtown Greensboro, North Carolina (city population: 224,000; Guilford County population: 421,000), a major city in the piedmont region, serving as a trade and business center.
Why Choose Us?
Welcome to North Carolina A&T State University's online
Virtual Campus. Since NC A&T has more than 100 years of experience opening
new doors for students who might otherwise have been closed out, it's exciting
and fitting that this campus is among the vanguard of universities using the
Internet to break down today's barriers to higher education.
For students whose circumstances won't allow traditional access to our outstanding
bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs, our online courses offer
a new way to gain the edge an NC A&T education gives students in today's
extremely competitive work world.
Whether you're just finishing high school, making a career change or finally getting around to making an old dream for a college education come true, you're in the right place. Through online courses - the latest demonstration of our commitment to continuing education and distance learning - we invite you to join the ever-growing number of traditional and non-traditional students NC A&T has successfully served.
Administrative Officers
Officers
Stanley F. Battle - Chancellor
Alton Thompson - Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Vijay Verma - Vice Chancellor for Information Technology
Mark Kiel - Vice Chancellor for Development and University Relations
Robert Pompey, Jr. - Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance
Narayanaswamy Radhakrishman - Interim Vice Chancellor for Research
Sullivan Welborne - Interim Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Dr. Dorothy C. Browne - Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Research and
Public Health
Camille Kluttz-Leach - Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Legal Affairs
Deans
Benjamin Uwakweh - School of Technology
Michael A Plater - College of Arts and Sciences
Quiester Craig - School of Business and Economics
Patricia Chamings - School of Nursing
William Craft (Interim) - Graduate School
Joseph Monroe - College of Engineering
Donald McDowell (interim) - School of Agriculture
Dr. Ceola Baber - School of Education
Doris Mitchell - Library Services
Accreditation and Memberships
| Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology |
| American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business |
| American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education |
| American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers |
| American Association of Colleges of Nursing |
| American Chemical Society |
| American College Public Relations Association |
| American Council for Construction Education |
| American Council on Education |
| American Driver and Traffic Safety Education Association |
| American Home Economics Association |
| American Library Association |
| American Personnel and Guidance Association |
| American Public Welfare Association |
| Associated Schools of Construction |
| Association of American Colleges |
| Association of Collegiate Deans and Registrars |
| Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture |
| Association of College Unions International |
| Association of Educational Communications and Technology |
| College Language Association |
| Council on Social Work Education |
| International Association of Technology Education |
| Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board |
| National Association of Business Teacher Education |
| National Association of College and University Business Officers |
| National Association of College and University Food Service |
| National Association of Industrial Technology |
| National Association of Schools of Music |
| National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges |
| National Association of Student Personnel Administrators |
| National Association of Schools of Theater |
| National Commission on Accrediting |
| National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education |
| National Institutional Teacher Placement Association |
| National League for Nursing |
| North Carolina Association of Colleges and Universities |
| North Carolina Department of Public Instruction |
| North Carolina League of Nursing |
| North Carolina Library Association |
| Southeastern Library Association |
| Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
| SREB Council on Collegiate Education for Nursing |
| The Council of Graduate Schools |