Former Echo editor keynotes convocation
At N.C.Central University’s 61st convocation, Ernie Suggs, a reporter with the Atlanta Journal Consititution, described the Campus Echo as an “incubator” that propelled him into a successful career in journalism.
Echo teams up with Kiva.org to help others
It began as a news story and ended up as an ongoing project at the Campus Echo. And now, through micro lender Kiva, Campus Echo staffers have loaned money to individuals in Peru, Cambodia and Kenya. Kiva is an organization that connects people through small loans to alleviate poverty. The microcredit organization uses local development groups to administer $100 to $3,000 loans to entrepreneurs in the Third World.
Alumni dedicate potrait of Mary Townes
What students call the “Science Complex” is actually called the Mary Townes Science Complex. In honor of the late Mary M. Townes, former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and biology professor, a portrait was created in her honor.
18 NCCU students shed 169 pounds in Greatest Loser contest
After eight weeks of battling the bulge N.C. Central University’s Greatest Loser has been found. And the winners walked off with their share of $1,000. A prize donated by Sodexo, the food management service that operates W.G. Pearson LoserCafeteria.
N.C Central University and Sodexho, the corporation contracted to prepare food in W.G. Pearson Cafeteria, have joined forces to help students maintain healthier eating habits. The Balanced Way Program offers meals prepared with a proper balance of nutrients — carbohydrates, lean proteins, and healthy fats — as well as proper portions so you can look and feel your best throughout the school year.
Students get blisters for a good cause
Cutting down trees, maintaining trails, creating fish habitats in southern Virginia and clearing out mold, planting trees, rebuilding a baseball field in New Orleans doesn’t sound like your typical spring break, does it? But for 15 N.C. Central University students, that was exactly how they spent their spring break.
Panel examines importance of language learning
The time is long past when students can get by in this world as monolinguals — as speakers, that is, of just one language. That was the message provided at “One Hundred Years of Teaching and Learning World Languages at NCCU and Other Current Issues,” a panel discussion held March 17.
White students at NCCU discuss their HBCU experiences
Blacks are known as a minority to the mainstream population, but at N.C. Central University, they are the majority, and whites are the minority. And without even trying, they stand out.
With Presidents Day just behind us, the question must be asked: Are students still hopeful? Are Eagles still talking politics? What, if anything, has changed in a year? President Barack Obama was sworn in January 20, 2009. On Presidents Day 2009, his approval rating was 64 percent, according to Gallup polls.
Shirley Temple James-Holliday pushed students, faculty to take activist stance
Shirley Temple James-Holliday, the 1956 editor of the Campus Echo newspaper, recently dusted off her memories of Chuck Berry, B. B. King and Billie Holiday to share with present-day Eagles.
UNC System students ask General Assembly to keep tuition funds on campus
If the N.C. General Assembly gets its way, the money raised from next fall’s systemwide tuition increase will not end up at UNC campuses. It will end up instead in North Carolina’s general fund. And that’s got students from all 16 UNC universities up in arms.
Haiti has local ties to NCCU
Two first-generation Haitian Americans with ties to N.C. Central University are struggling to come to grips with the scope of the tragedy.
VITA offers tax preparation
It’s almost that time of year again — tax time — and N. C. Central University’s Law School is offering free assistance to students, staff and the Durham community. Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, or VITA, is a program organized by the Internal Revenue Service to help individual have their tax returns prepared at no cost.
