North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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North Carolina A&T State University
Image:Logo NCAT w158.gif
Motto:Mens et Manus
(Mind and Hands)
Established1891
Type:Public Land Grant University
Chancellor:Stanley F. Battle
Faculty:813
Students:11,103
Undergraduates:9,735
Postgraduates:1,368
LocationGreensboro, NC, USA
Campus:Urban
188 acre (0.8 km²) main campus,
567 acre (2.3 km²) farm
Nickname:Aggies
Website:http://www.ncat.edu

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) is a historically black college and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina System. It is a land-grant university located in Greensboro, North Carolina. Founded in 1891, NC A&T now (fall 2005) enrolls 11,103 students from across the United States and 33 foreign countries[citation needed]. NC A&T is the largest historically black university in North Carolina.

NC A&T is one of the nation's leading producer of African American engineers with both B.S. and PhD degrees. It is also is the nation's top producer of minorities with degrees (as a whole) in science, mathematics, engineering and technology. NC A&T is also a leading producer of minority certified public accountants, landscape architects, and veterinarians. NC A&T offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral level programs in engineering, all fully accredited by ABET, the nation’s foremost engineering accrediting body. The School of Business and Economics is also fully accredited in all undergraduate accounting and business programs by AACSB International. NC A&T is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund.

The school colors are blue and gold. The school athletic teams are called the "Aggies". The School's Marching Band is known as The Blue & Gold Marching Machine. On the A&T seal are the words "mens et manus" (minds and hands), reflecting on A&T's early focus on agriculture and technical skills.

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[edit] History

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Greensboro four statue in front of Dudley Hall

The North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (A&T) was established as a “mechanical college” for the “Colored Race” by an act of the General Assembly of North Carolina, ratified March 9, 1891.[citation needed] The act read in part: "That the leading objective of the college shall be to teach practical agriculture and the mechanic arts and such learning as related thereto, not excluding academic and classical instruction." This college was established along with North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical College, now known as North Carolina State University, but due to segregation laws, whites and blacks could not attend college together.

Due to the separation, the College operated in Raleigh (at the private Shaw University) until 1893 when it moved to the city of Greensboro, which donated $11,000 in cash and 14 acres (57,000 m²) of land for its campus. The original course of study of A&T included languages and literature, mathematics, business, agriculture and military science. Female students were a part of the college from 1893 until 1901, but were not enrolled again until 1928. In 1915, the name of the College became the Negro Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina by act of the NC General Assembly. In 1967, the name of the College was changed to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

[edit] Presidents & Chancellors

  1. John O. Crosby 1892-1896
  2. James B. Dudley 1896-1925
  3. Ferdinand D. Bluford 1925-1955
  4. Warmoth T. Gibbs 1955-1960
  5. Samuel D. Proctor 1960-1964
  6. Lewis C. Dowdy 1964-1980 (Dowdy was inaugurated on April 10, 1964 as the university's 6th president and reappointed chancellor in July 1972, thus making him the first chancellor of the university.)
  7. Cleon F. Thompson 1980-1981
  8. Edward B. Fort 1981-1999
  9. James C. Renick 1999-2006
  10. Lloyd V. Hackley 2006-2007
  11. Stanley F. Battle 2007-Current

[edit] Distinguished alumni

[edit] External links

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