To ensure that North Carolina A&T State University remains current and relevant, the university’s mission statement has been updated to reflect an emphasis in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines, a continued commitment to excellence, and our goal of fostering of economic competitiveness that prepares students for the global society in which we live.

Below is the updated statement approved by the UNC Board of Governors on February 21, 2014.

MISSION STATEMENT
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is an 1890 land-grant doctoral research university dedicated to learning, discovery, and community engagement. The University provides a wide range of educational opportunities from bachelor’s to doctoral degrees in both traditional and online environments. With an emphasis on preeminence in STEM and a commitment to excellence in all its educational, research, and outreach programs, North Carolina A&T fosters a climate of economic competitiveness that prepares students for the global society.

The new statement is now being used to guide the planning and execution of programs. It is replacing the old mission statement on web pages and in A&T Preeminence 2020 publications online. The new statement should be used in all future reports, proposals and other printed materials.

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has received approval from the University of North Carolina General Administration to change the name of its Master of Science in Management Program (M.S.M.) to the Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), effective fall semester of 2014.

This change is significant because M.B.A. programs are the signature graduate programs for business schools. Therefore, the renaming of the M.S.M. program to M.B.A. will enhance the visibility of graduate programs in the School of Business and Economics.

The M.B.A. program will continue to offer prospective students opportunities to focus on concentrations in accounting, human resources management and supply chain systems. In the near future the M.B.A. will also offer more interdisciplinary opportunities to individuals with STEM backgrounds.

“… This M.B.A. program will prepare more qualified and highly marketable employees who understand the business process,” said Joe B. Whitehead Jr., provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs.

According to a North Carolina Department of Commerce-Labor and Economic Analysis Division report, employment in professional and business services will experience the highest growth rate of all sectors between 2010 and 2020. The university’s goal is to build a highly competitive M.B.A. program with core courses that continue to provide traditional business and management concepts that are very responsive to current workforce needs.

“Our goal is to create an M.B.A. graduate who is adept in a specific area of concentration but who can also apply interdisciplinary knowledge within a management system,” added Whitehead.

For more information, contact The Graduate School at 336-285-2366 or the School of Business and Economics, 336-334-7632.

U.S. News &World Report ranks North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s graduate online computer information technology program among the top online degree programs for veterans.

The 2014 Best Online Programs for Veterans ranking, released May 20, includes schools that were first numerically ranked in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2014 Best Online Programs ranking. Additional factors that were considered in the ranking of the program include veterans-focused initiatives.

“I am extremely excited to see the hard work and strategic planning that is taking place on our campus being recognized on a national level,” said Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr. “We are committed to producing excellence and will stay focused on preeminence.”

The university’s distance learning computer systems program is ranked at No. 4 on the best computer information technology programs list and as the No. 15 best online graduate programs in U.S. News & World Report’s 2015 best online graduate programs list.

To be ranked, an online degree program had to report participation in four key programs that offer educational benefits to people with military service. The rankings methodology requires programs to belong to institutions that are certified for the GI Bill. They must also belong to schools participating in the Yellow Ribbon Program or public institutions that charge in-state tuition for all out-of-state veterans. The Best Online Programs for Veterans are also affiliated with schools that are members of the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) Consortium and offer at least once course in the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) catalog.

To view the rankings, click here.