24-875: Intercollegiate sports teams of North Carolina Central University Athletic teams representing North Carolina Central University North Carolina Central Eagles [REDACTED] University North Carolina Central University Conference MEAC (primary) NEC (men's & women's golf) NCAA Division I ( FCS ) Athletic director Ingrid Wicker-McCree Location Durham, North Carolina Varsity teams 14 Football stadium O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium Basketball arena McDougald-McLendon Gymnasium Baseball stadium Durham Athletic Park Mascot Eddie Nickname Eagles Colors Maroon and gray Website nccueaglepride .com The North Carolina Central Eagles refer to
48-450: A national historic district . All of the buildings, except for the three residences, are Georgian Revival -style buildings; they have contemporary fireproof construction with steel trusses and brick exterior walls. They include the James E. Shepard Administration Building, Alexander Dunn Hall, Annie Day Shepard Hall, and five institutional buildings built in the late 1930s under the auspices of
72-661: A private institution and opened on July 5, 1910. Woodrow Wilson , the future U.S. president, contributed some private support for the school's founding. The school was sold and reorganized in 1915, becoming the National Training School; it was supported by Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage , a philanthropist of New York who was particularly concerned about education. (She founded the Russell Sage Foundation and made generous bequests to several schools.) The National Training School supported Black teacher development in
96-1360: Is a member of the NC Central University’s first CIAA Tournament Championship Women’s Basketball Team. They were featured on BET Television. She helped lead her team to the first NCAA Tournament appearance in NC Central University’s history. Diedra Solomon is an All CIAA Championship Tournament Player. Q7054443#P856 Look for Q7054443 on one of Misplaced Pages's sister projects : [REDACTED] Wiktionary (dictionary) [REDACTED] Wikibooks (textbooks) [REDACTED] Wikiquote (quotations) [REDACTED] Wikisource (library) [REDACTED] Wikiversity (learning resources) [REDACTED] Commons (media) [REDACTED] Wikivoyage (travel guide) [REDACTED] Wikinews (news source) [REDACTED] Wikidata (linked database) [REDACTED] Wikispecies (species directory) Misplaced Pages does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Q7054443 in Misplaced Pages to check for alternative titles or spellings. You need to log in or create an account and be autoconfirmed to create new articles. Alternatively, you can use
120-524: Is different from Wikidata Commons category link from Wikidata North Carolina Central University North Carolina Central University ( NCCU or NC Central ) is a public historically black university in Durham, North Carolina . Founded by James E. Shepard in affiliation with the Chautauqua movement in 1909, it was supported by private funds from both Northern and Southern philanthropists. It
144-673: Is in the NCCU Athletic Hall of Fame. Dr. LeRoy Walker, emeritus chancellor of NC Central University and the former first black President of the United States Olympic Committee inducted her into the NCCU Athletic HOF. She was the first WNBA Detroit Shock (FA) basketball player from NC Central University. She is a pioneer in sports and a member of the Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society. Diedra Solomon
168-775: The Campus Echo , a bi-weekly newspaper that has been in publication since the school's founding in 1910. The Campus Echo contains articles covering local events, arts and entertainment, and sports among other topics. NCCU sponsors 14 men's and women's sports teams that participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I as a newly readmitted member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference . Athletic teams include football, softball, baseball, basketball, track and field, tennis, volleyball, bowling, and golf. Diedra Solomon
192-531: The Jim Crow era, a time when Black education was underfunded by southern states at both the lower and upper levels. Becoming a state-funded institution in 1923, this school was renamed as Durham State Normal School for Negroes ; normal schools trained teachers for elementary grades. In 1925, reflecting the expansion of its programs to a four-year curriculum with a variety of majors, the General Assembly converted
216-3325: The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference . As of the 2022–23 school year, men's and women's golf compete in the Northeast Conference . [REDACTED] NCCU's O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium home to the MEAC Division I FCS Eagles [REDACTED] NCCU's track and soccer [REDACTED] NCCU's McLendon-McDougald Gymnasium home to the Eagles who are members of NCAA Division I MEAC [REDACTED] McLendon-McDougald Gymnasium Teams [ edit ] Men's sports Women's sports Baseball Basketball Basketball Bowling Cross country Cross country Football Softball Golf Tennis Tennis Track and field Track and field Volleyball † – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor Championships [ edit ] Men's Basketball Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champions (CIAA) 1946, 1950 NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances 1957, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1997 NCAA Division II Regional Champions 1989, 1993 NCAA Division II National Champions 1989 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Champions (MEAC) 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament Champions 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 Football Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champions (CIAA) 1953, 1954, 1956, 1961, 1963, 1980, 2005, 2006 NCAA Division II Playoff Appearances 1988, 2005, 2006 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Champions (MEAC) 1972, 1973, 2014, 2015, 2016 Track and Field Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champions (CIAA) 1964, 1965, 1971 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Champions (MEAC) 1972, 1973, 1974 NAIA National Champions 1972 Men's Tennis Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champions (CIAA) 1957, 1958, 1959, 1964, 1965, 1998 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Champions (MEAC) 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 Women's Volleyball Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champions (CIAA) 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006 NCAA Division II Playoff Appearances 2004, 2005, 2006 Softball Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champions (CIAA) 1998, 1999, 2006 NCAA Division II Playoff Appearances 2006, 2007 Women's Basketball Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champions (CIAA) 1984, 2007 NCAA Division II Playoff Appearances 1984, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007 Women's Cross Country Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champions (CIAA) 2005, 2006 NCAA Division II Regional Champions 2006 Men's Cross Country Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champions (CIAA) 2004 Women's Basketball Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champions (CIAA) 2001 References [ edit ] ^ North Carolina Central University – Our Color Palette (PDF) . Retrieved March 12, 2018 . ^ "Archived copy" . Archived from
240-859: The Public Works Administration . The campus was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. NCCU is a part of the University of North Carolina (UNC) System. The campus is governed by a thirteen-member Board of Trustees: eight elected, four appointed, and the president of the Student Government Association also serves as an ex-officio member. The Board elects its officers annually and meets five times per year. North Carolina Central University has over 130 registered student organizations and 12 honor societies. The students of North Carolina Central University publish
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#1733084704001288-734: The baccalaureate , master's , professional, and doctoral levels. The university is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund . North Carolina Central University was founded by James E. Shepard as the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua for the Colored Race in the Hayti District . Chautauqua was an educational movement that originated in the Northeast. The school was chartered in 1909 as
312-471: The 14 sports teams representing North Carolina Central University (NCCU) in Durham, North Carolina in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, tennis, and track and field; women's sports include bowling, softball, and volleyball; men's sports include baseball and golf. The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of
336-524: The University of North Carolina Board of Governors. However, each campus was led by a separate chancellor and a campus-specific board of trustees. Whiting was succeeded by LeRoy T. Walker as chancellor, followed by Tyronza R. Richmond , Julius L. Chambers (who had previously been director-counsel (chief executive) of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ), James H. Ammons , Charlie Nelms , and Debra Saunders-White in 2013. Saunders-White
360-5966: The Year Defensive Player of the Year Coach of the Year Rookie of the Year Women's basketball Player of the Year Coach of the Year Men's soccer Coach of the Year Women's soccer v t e College sports teams in North Carolina NCAA Division I Appalachian State Campbell Charlotte Davidson Duke East Carolina Elon Gardner–Webb High Point NC State North Carolina North Carolina A&T North Carolina Central Queens UNC Asheville UNC Greensboro UNC Wilmington Wake Forest Western Carolina NCAA Division II Barton Belmont Abbey Catawba Chowan Elizabeth City State Fayetteville State Johnson C. Smith Lees–McRae Lenoir–Rhyne Livingstone Mars Hill Mount Olive St. Augustine's Shaw UNC Pembroke Wingate Winston–Salem State NCAA Division III Brevard Greensboro Guilford Meredith Methodist North Carolina Wesleyan Pfeiffer Salem Warren Wilson William Peace NAIA Montreat St. Andrews NJCAA Division I Brunswick Cape Fear Guilford Tech Lenoir Louisburg Pitt Roanoke-Chowan Rockingham Surry Wake Tech Wilkes NCCAA Divisions I and II Carolina v t e Sports teams based in North Carolina Australian rules football USAFL / EAFL North Carolina Tigers [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Baseball IL Charlotte Knights Durham Bulls SAL Asheville Tourists Greensboro Grasshoppers Winston-Salem Dash CL Carolina Mudcats Fayetteville Woodpeckers Hickory Crawdads Kannapolis Cannon Ballers ALPB Gastonia Ghost Peppers High Point Rockers FL Down East Bird Dawgs ApL Burlington Sock Puppets CPL Asheboro ZooKeepers Boone Bigfoots Forest City Owls Greenville Yard Gnomes High Point-Thomasville HiToms Holly Springs Salamanders Morehead City Marlins Wilmington Sharks Wilson Tobs TSL Edenton Steamers PremCL Outer Banks Scallywags Basketball NBA Charlotte Hornets G League Greensboro Swarm Esports CDL Carolina Royal Ravens Football NFL Carolina Panthers NAL Carolina Cobras WFA Carolina Phoenix USWFL Carolina Queens Fayetteville Fierce Hockey NHL Carolina Hurricanes AHL Charlotte Checkers ECHL Greensboro ECHL team SPHL Fayetteville Marksmen FPHL Carolina Thunderbirds Motorsport Extreme E Legacy Formula 1 Cadillac Formula 1 Haas F1 Team NASCAR 23XI AM Beard Front Row Hendrick Joe Gibbs JTG Daugherty Kaulig Legacy Live Fast Richard Childress RFK Rick Ware Spire Stewart–Haas Team AmeriVet Team Penske Trackhouse Wood Brothers MotoGP Trackhouse Roller derby WFTDA Blue Ridge Rollergirls Cape Fear Roller Girls Carolina Roller Derby Charlotte Roller Derby Fayetteville Roller Derby Greensboro Roller Derby Rugby MLR Anthem Rugby Carolina CGU Charlotte Rugby Club Soccer MLS Charlotte FC NWSL North Carolina Courage USLS Carolina Ascent FC USLC North Carolina FC MLSNP Carolina Core FC Crown Legacy FC USL1 Charlotte Independence USL2 Asheville City SC Charlotte Eagles North Carolina FC U23 North Carolina Fusion U23 Tobacco Road FC Wake FC WPSL Asheville City SC Carolina Rapids Charlotte Lady Eagles Lake Norman SC Eclipse Oak City United NPSL Appalachian FC Ultimate UFA Carolina Flyers College athletics ( NCAA Division I ) FBS Appalachian State Mountaineers Charlotte 49ers Duke Blue Devils East Carolina Pirates North Carolina Tar Heels NC State Wolfpack Wake Forest Demon Deacons FCS Campbell Camels Davidson Wildcats Elon Phoenix Gardner-Webb Bulldogs North Carolina A&T Aggies North Carolina Central Eagles Western Carolina Catamounts Non-football High Point Panthers Queens Royals UNC Asheville Bulldogs UNC Greensboro Spartans UNC Wilmington Seahawks See also Sports in North Carolina List of sports venues in North Carolina Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North_Carolina_Central_Eagles&oldid=1226660819 " Category : North Carolina Central Eagles Hidden categories: CS1 maint: archived copy as title Articles with short description Short description
384-531: The institution as one of the State's regional universities, and the name was changed to North Carolina Central University . Since 1972, NCCU has been a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system. On July 1, 1972, the state's four-year colleges and universities were joined to become The Consolidated University of North Carolina, with 16 individual campuses headed by a single president and governed by
408-469: The institution into the North Carolina College for Negroes, dedicating it to the offering of liberal arts education and the preparation of teachers and principals of secondary schools. It was the nation's first state-supported liberal arts college for black students. To avoid the state Jim Crow system of segregated passenger cars on trains, Shepard insisted on traveling to Raleigh by car to lobby
432-549: The legislature. The college's first four-year class graduated in 1929. The college was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools as an "A" class institution in 1937 and was admitted to membership in that association in 1957. Graduate courses in the School of Arts and Sciences were added in 1939, in the School of Law in 1940, and in the School of Library Science in 1941. A "race relations conference"
456-4278: The original on 2013-03-26 . Retrieved 2013-03-02 . {{ cite web }} : CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link ) ^ "NEC & MEAC Announce Three-Sport Associate Member Partnership" (Press release). Northeast Conference. July 12, 2022 . Retrieved July 12, 2022 . External links [ edit ] [REDACTED] Wikimedia Commons has media related to North Carolina Central University athletics . Official website [REDACTED] v t e North Carolina Central University Academics Colleges & schools College of Arts and Sciences College of Behavioral & Social Sciences School of Business School of Education School of Law School of Library & Information Sciences School of Nursing School of Graduate Studies University College People Julian S. Carr Debra Saunders-White Misc. University of North Carolina Athletics Sports Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) North Carolina Central Eagles Football Men's basketball Women's basketball North Carolina A&T Rivalry Winston-Salem State Rivalry Facilities O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium McLendon–McDougald Gymnasium People Jerry Mack LeVelle Moton Campus North Carolina Central University Historic District Student life Campus Echo Marching Sound Machine Notable alumni Links to related articles v t e Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Full members Coppin State Eagles Delaware State Hornets Howard Bison Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks Morgan State Bears Norfolk State Spartans North Carolina Central Eagles South Carolina State Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs [REDACTED] Associate members North Carolina A&T Aggies UAB Blazers (both in bowling) v t e Northeast Conference Full members Central Connecticut Blue Devils Chicago State Cougars Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Le Moyne Dolphins LIU Sharks Mercyhurst Lakers Saint Francis Red Flash Stonehill Skyhawks Wagner Seahawks [REDACTED] Baseball associates Coppin State Eagles Delaware State Hornets Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks Norfolk State Spartans Bowling associates Duquesne Dukes Monmouth Hawks Niagara Purple Eagles Field hockey associates Fairfield Stags Merrimack Warriors Rider Broncs Sacred Heart Pioneers Football associates Duquesne Dukes Robert Morris Colonials Golf associates Binghamton Bearcats (men) Delaware State Hornets (women) Howard Bison (men and women) Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks (men and women) North Carolina Central Eagles (men and women) Men's lacrosse associates Cleveland State Vikings Detroit Mercy Titans Robert Morris Colonials VMI Keydets Women's lacrosse associates Delaware State Hornets Howard Bison Soccer associates Delaware State Hornets (women) Howard Bison ( men and women) Swimming & diving associate Howard Bison (men and women) Tennis associate Binghamton Bearcats (men and women) Men's volleyball associates Daemen Wildcats D'Youville Saints Manhattan Jaspers (joining in 2025) Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks (joining in 2025) Championships and awards Baseball Men's basketball Player of
480-462: The university's academic partnerships, including new agreements with community colleges, as well as introduced a robust online, distance-education program, NCCU Online. He also created K-12 initiatives and implemented a security strategy to increase safety for campus constituents. The campus is located about a mile south of downtown Durham, North Carolina and about three miles east of Duke University . Eleven buildings built before 1940 are included in
504-446: Was appointed as the president on August 9, 1963, and resigned on February 1, 1966. On July 1, 1967, Albert N. Whiting assumed the presidency. He served as president and chancellor of the institution. Among the significant developments during his service was the creation of NCCU School of Business. Programs in public administration and criminal justice were also launched. Whiting retired June 30, 1983. The 1969 General Assembly designated
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#1733084704001528-621: Was held at the college in July 1944. In 1947, the General Assembly changed the name of the institution to North Carolina College at Durham . On October 6, 1947, Shepard, the founder and president, died. He was succeeded in 1948 by Alfonso Elder . At the time of Elder's election he was serving as head of the Graduate Department of Education and had formerly been dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Elder retired September 1, 1963. Samuel P. Massie
552-469: Was made part of the state system in 1923, when it first received state funding and was renamed as Durham State Normal School . It added graduate classes in arts and sciences and professional schools in law and library science in the late 1930s and 1940s. In 1969 the legislature designated this a regional university and renamed it as North Carolina Central University. It has been part of the University of North Carolina system since 1972 and offers programs at
576-525: Was the first woman to hold the office on a permanent basis (Donna Benson was the first woman to serve as interim chancellor of the university). Saunders-White took a leave of absence in 2016, then provost, Johnson O. Akinleye , was appointed as acting chancellor. Following her death in November 2016, Akinleye became interim chancellor. Johnson O. Akinleye was elected as the 12th chancellor of NCCU on June 26, 2017. In this position, Akinleye has worked to expand
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