North Carolina A&T University

North Carolina A&T University is location in Greensboro, NC. It was founded in 1891 by the North Carolina General Assembly. The citizen of Greensboro gave the college fourteen acres of land and eleven thousand dollars to begin. The school started on August 30, 1890, it was started at Shaw University with four teachers and thirty seven students. The first schools at NC A&T were agriculture, english, mathematics and horticulture. Today, there are six schools; School of Agriculture and Enviromental Science, School of business and Economics, College of Engineering, College of Arts and Science, School of Education and School of Technology. The A&T mean agriculture and technology. They have a blue and gold marching machine which is the marching band. The school has a nickname of Aggies. The first school newspaper was called The Register. Ellis Cobb was the first governor to visit the school in 1894. Enrollment was only for the boys. In 1928, girls were allowed to attend NC A&T. The first Masters degree was given to Roy Elloy Hall. Rev. Jessie Jackson attend NC A&T adn is a famous student. Four NC A&T freshman initiated the lunch counter Sit-In demonstration in 1960. Dr. Ronald McNair an NC A&T alumni an U.S. astronaut was killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion. In 1994 the first PhD Candidates were enrolled in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.
The student body consists of 51% women, 93% African American, 1% Asian American and 1% International. NC A&T is a public university.
Some sutdent activities include, band, chorus, drama, and student government. The university also competes in collegiate and intramural sports such as football, baseball, swimming and track.
NC A&T has contributated much to the development of the city of Greensboro as well as the African American community. The university will continue to provide us with some of the countries brightest minds in agriculture, mathematics and horticulture

Caitlyn P.