REORGANIZATION OF ACADEMIC PROGRAM TO POSITION N.C. A&T FOR PREEMINENCE
The academic reorganization at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will position the institution to award degrees that support careers of the future, meet the objectives of A&T Preeminence 2020 and increase its competitiveness in the global marketplace.
THREE NEW COLLEGES EMERGE FROM REORGANIZATION
Today’s college students are expected to graduate from their respective institutions poised to meet challenges and create innovative solutions to complex problems in the global marketplace. To ensure graduates of North Carolina A&T State University are prepared, the university has reorganized its academic enterprise.
Academic Reorganization FAQs
What is an academic reorganization? Why is an academic reorganization important? How will each college and school be affected? When will changes go into effect? Click here for the answers to these and other frequently asked questions about the academic reorganization at North Carolina A&T State University.
Dr. Abdellah Ahmidouch has been appointed interim dean for the new College of Science and Technology. Ahmidouch joined N.C. A&T in 1998, after completing a postdoctoral research associate position at Kent State University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has served as a professor and chairman of physics at A&T.
Ahmidouch has over 25 years of experience in conducting research at the forefront of physics. A highly cited physicist, he holds a Ph.D. in experimental nuclear physics from the University of Geneva-Switzerland and an M.S. in physics from the University of Grenoble-France.
Dr. Lenora Campbell has been appointed interim dean for the new College of Health and Human Sciences. Prior to joining A&T, Campbell was an associate dean and professor in the Division of Nursing at Winston-Salem State University. Additionally, she was an associate professor in the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Appointed by Kathryn Sebelius, former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, to the Health Resource and Service Administration, Campbell’s research focuses on the health and well-being of children and grandparents in custodial grandparent families. She received a BSN from Florida A&M University, MSN from the University of Maryland and a Ph.D. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Dr. Anthony Graham has been appointed dean of the reorganized College of Education. Graham held the position as interim dean of the former School of Education during the 2015-16 academic year. In 2010, he was appointed chairman of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Within five years, he was promoted to interim associate dean of graduate programs.
Graham received a Ph.D. in curriculum and teaching with a cognate in multicultural education and a master’s degree in secondary English education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His bachelor’s degree in English is from the University at North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Dr. Gloria Jones-Johnson has been appointed interim dean for the new College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, effective Aug. 12. Jones-Johnson formerly served as a professor of sociology at Iowa State University, specializing in social psychology, social inequality, research methods, and work and occupations. While at Iowa State University, Jones-Johnson served as director of the Women’s and Gender Studies program and director of graduate education for the Department of Sociology.
Jones-Johnson received a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, an M.A. from Bowling Green State University and a B.A. from Talladega College.
AUG 12 | 9 a.m.
Faculty and Staff Institute
Location: Harrison Auditorium
AUG 12 | 5 p.m.
Deadline to submit information
for the first regular issue of
The Aggie Report
AUG 13
New Student Orientation
Contact: Office of New Student
Programs, 336-256-2212
AUG 13 | 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
Residence halls open for new students
AUG 13–20
2016 Welcome Week
AUG 14 | 1–5 p.m.
Residence halls open for continuing students
AUG 17
Classes begin
AUG 18 | 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
Student Center Open House
Location: Moore Gym
AUG 23 | 11:59 p.m.
Deadline to add course (including tuition
waivers), switch course sections and
drop course (and receive financial credit)
AUG 30 |
Last day to receive book allowance
AUG 31
2015-16 campus parking permits expire
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