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Leading communications at America's leading historically Black university, the nation's no. 1 producer of African American STEM grads.

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Aggies packed Carolina Theatre today to catch the Greensboro premiere party for โ€œOur Blues Make Us Gold,โ€ an #NCAT biopic by From A2B Studios. The event marked the first time the new directorโ€™s cut of the doc has been shown.

The film now goes on a summer tour to Durham, CLT & ATL. #AggiesDO

07.06.2025 22:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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An enthusiastic crowd filled a screening room in a lovely East Greensboro estate Saturday for a screening of โ€œOur Blues Make Us Gold,โ€ the #NCAT doc now streaming on Comcast Xfinity.

If you havenโ€™t seen, go to any of the Xfinity platforms and stream it tonight. Itโ€™s a beautiful love letter to A&T.

22.03.2025 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

More reporting -- NBC News:

"A notice of court order violation filed Saturday said [Customs and Border Protection] 'had actual notice of this Courtโ€™s order and willfully disobeyed this Courtโ€™s order.' It requested an order to return Alawie to Mass. immediately."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

17.03.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Brown University Professor and Doctor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judgeโ€™s Order Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.

How is it possible that a Brown U. professor with a valid visa, specializing in an area in which the U.S. has a pronounced shortage and with no blemishes on her record is deported, against a court order explicitly blocking her expulsion?

Higher ed should be outraged.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...

17.03.2025 13:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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#NCAT Chancellor James R. Martin II hosted NC Senate Pres. Pro Tem Phil Berger at the University Farm Monday to discuss A&T agricultural, extension & legislative priorities.

With General Assembly in session, time is at a premium. We appreciate Sen. Berger spending some of his in Aggieland. #HBCU

04.03.2025 15:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bueller? Bueller?

26.02.2025 22:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy Birthday, Brad!

26.02.2025 21:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Where is the fight? What has happened to journalism?

26.02.2025 16:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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With exponential results, Aggie M.E.N. is actively confronting the drop in university enrollment and retention rates among Black male students.

NBC Newsโ€™ Zinhle Essamuah discuss the programโ€™s massive impact on encouraging continued education for Black men at A&T.

www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

25.02.2025 22:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Paging Roberta Kaplan and Evan Wolfson.

25.02.2025 22:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Programs working to drive up Black college enrollment Enrollment and retention rates are down for Black men at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs. NBC Newsโ€™ Zinhle Essamuah looks at how North Carolina A&T State University is trying to...

#NCAT is doing the work to turn around the declining number of Black males attending and graduating from college.

NBC Newsโ€™ Zinhle Essamuah takes an in-depth look at our Aggie M.E.N. program and the impact it is having at America's largest #HBCU. #AggiesLead
www.nbcnews.com/now/video/pr...

25.02.2025 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And Senators who invited this by not standing up to reject even one of his nominees just stared at their shoes.

19.02.2025 03:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was there last weekend, and the cashier told me new member cards are up FOUR-FOLD over a year ago. They def attribute it to their diversity position.

THANK YOUR LOCAL COSTCO. They did what far too few seem able to do today - the right thing.

16.02.2025 22:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Assistant Professor at A&T Sparks Viral HillmanTok Movement ${_EscapeTool.xml($currentPage.metadata.summary)}

Leah Barlow, Ph.D., assistant professor of liberal studies at N.C. A&T, began her spring Introduction to African American History class with a TikTok video introducing herself and outlining the course.
The video was intended just for her students, but it sparked a phenomenon that became HillmanTok.

10.02.2025 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Sometimes you have to prioritize yourself. Your mental health and well-being matters!

Join us for "Protecting My Peace" with a great panel including Miles Brown, Marsai Martin and Marcus Scribner along with moderator, alumna Kimberly Jackson. www.ncat.edu/news/2025/02...

03.02.2025 15:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Welker, the panel and guests talked about spending philosophy, foreign aid - even the, ahem, โ€œTrump doctrine.โ€ ๐Ÿ™„

But they hardly touched on the fact that what this administration is doing to the federal government is ILLEGAL.

Without that as the starting point, we are no longer a nation of laws.

09.02.2025 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Meet the Press is apparently now where admin officials can go to filibuster, deflect and avoid with no one laying a glove on them.

Welkerโ€™s interest seems to be only getting through a set of question, not actually uncovering facts or truth.

That Waltz interview was absolute garbage.

09.02.2025 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thanks for your outstanding leadership, Gov. Pritzker!

08.02.2025 22:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

God bless you.

07.02.2025 12:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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On top of the lies

โ€œHe made me do a great coachโ€

07.02.2025 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If I never see/hear/read anything else about Justin Baldoni or Blake Lively, it wonโ€™t make up for the pointless tidal wave of uninteresting, repetitive BS weโ€™ve all endured for what seems like 30 years.

04.02.2025 00:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Where is #AFSCME? Are we just standing by while DOE officials are fired for attending work-assigned trainings?

Is no one going to fight this madness?

02.02.2025 23:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man is standing in front of a sign that says costco forever . ALT: a man is standing in front of a sign that says costco forever .

Anyone else at COSTCO? At mine, the new membership card line is far out the door.

Appearances suggest COSTCOโ€™s stand for DEIB in its workforce and customer base are notably energizing its business.

These families, couples and individuals could shop anywhere.

They choose COSTCO.

02.02.2025 19:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a group of people sitting in front of a blue background that says happy black history month ALT: a group of people sitting in front of a blue background that says happy black history month

65 years ago, 4 freshmen teens from North Carolina A&T sat down at a whites-only lunch counter and refused to leave.

That launched a sit-in movement led by Southern Black youth. It broke the back of segregation in restaurants and other public services across the South.

Happy Black History Month ๐Ÿ”ฅ

02.02.2025 02:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Please report in. Iโ€™m watching the Godfather.

02.02.2025 00:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œhouse of Senateโ€ ๐Ÿคช

30.01.2025 21:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Rescue teams in dinghies have been combing the Potomac.

NTSB is there en masse.

30.01.2025 03:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Blackhawk appears to fly directly into the jet with no effort to divert.

It unavoidably brings to mind the second jet flying into Tower II.

30.01.2025 03:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Dozens and dozens of emergency vehicles line the Potomac

Capacity on the jet: 50 to 100.

Helicopter capacity: Up to 15.

30.01.2025 03:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

American Airlines regional jet (capacity ~60) and Blackhawk helicopter collide, and both go down in the Potomac.

Rescue/recovery efforts in hyperdrive but hobbled by lack of ice breaker in the vicinity.

Developing โ€ฆ.

30.01.2025 02:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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