Nikki Davis-Green C’98 President, president@nccualumni.org
Chevella Thomas C’82, C’04 & C’06 Treasurer, treasurer@nccualumni.org
Talika Buster C’00 – Secretary, secretary@nccualumni.org
Region I: Vice President Dwayne Houston C’94 – rvpregionone@nccualumni.org
Assistant VP, Michael Crowder 00’ (Baltimore Chapter)
Secretary, Gwendolyn Gilliam-Price 82’ (Baltimore Chapter)
Treasurer, Darwin Mills 91’ (Hampton Roads Chapter)
Includes: Virginia; Metro District of Columbia area; Baltimore, Maryland; Delaware; New York; New Jersey; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New England States (Boston) – New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts
Region II: (Interim) Sandra Bryant Willis, C’78 – rvpregiontwo@nccualumni.org
Includes: Indiana Chapter; Chicago, Illinois; Texas Chapter; Detroit, Michigan; Los Angeles, California; St.Louis Metropolitan Area, Missouri
Region III: Vice President: Leslie Baldwin (Charlotte), RVP – rvpregionthree@nccualumni.org
Darian Street Hoover (Winston Salem), Assistant VP
Karen Davis Recording Corresponding Secretary
Abosede Copeland Assistant Secretary/Treasurer
Maryland Jones Treasurer
Includes: Alamance County/Burlington, NC; Charlotte, NC; Columbia Metro, SC; Greater Atlanta, GA; Greensboro, NC; South Ft Lauderdale/Miami, Florida; Winston-Salem, NC; Orange County, NC; Sandhills, NC/SC
Region IV: Vice President: Jonathan Leach C’04 – rvpregionfour@nccualumni.org
Stephanie Wilson-Jones C’04, Region Assistant Vice President
Curtis Forbes C’71, Assistant Secretary
Grace Wilson C’74, Assistant Treasurer Vacant
Parliamentarian
Includes: Cape Fear Area Alumni, Durham, NC, Elizabeth City Area, Fayetteville, NC; Goldsboro-Wayne County, NC: Halifax-Northampton County, NC; Nash-Edgecombe County, NC; Nursing Alumni; Pitt County/Greenville, NC; Raleigh-Wake County, NC; Roxboro-Person County, NC; Sampson County, NC; Wilson County, NC
This history of the North Carolina Central University Alumni is marked by friendship, fellowship, continual growth and fierce school pride. North Carolina Central University, a state-supported liberal arts institution, was chartered in 1909 as a private institution and opened to students on July 10, 1910. It was founded by Dr. James E. Shepard. From the beginning, when it was known as the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua, it’s purpose has been the development in young men and women of the character and sound academic training requisite for real service to the nation. To this end, the training of all students has been entrusted to the most capable teachers available.
In 1915 the school was sold and reorganized, then becoming the National Training School. During this period of its history, Mrs. Russell Sage of New York was a generous benefactor of the school.
In 1923 the General Assembly of North Carolina appropriated funds for the purchase and maintenance of the school; thus in that year it became a publicly-supported institution, and was renamed Durham State Normal School. Two years later, the General Assembly converted 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. North Carolina College for Negroes became the nation’s first state-supported liberal arts college for African-American students.
At its 1927 session, the General Assembly began a program of expansion of the college plant to conform to the needs of an enlarged academic program. The interest of the Honorable Angus W. McLean, the Governor of North Carolina, and his belief in the institution aided greatly in the promotion of this program. State appropriations were supplemented by a generous gift from B. N. Duke, and contributions from citizens of Durham in 1929. The 1930’s afforded federal grants and State appropriations for a new program of physical expansion and improvement of educational facilities; this program continued until the beginning of World War II.
Little is known about the first alumni meeting or chapter, but the NCCU Alumni Association was founded in 1925, committed to supporting the University, our students and alumni.
The NCCU Alumni Association became a tax-exempt nonprofit organization in October 1972.
The following is a list of all Presidents of the North Carolina Central Alumni Association:
President | Class | Term |
Richard L. McDougald* | 1918 | 1925-1927 |
Dr. James M. Hubbard* | 1915 | 1927-1929 |
Richard L. McDougald* | 1918 | 1929-1936 |
George A. Harper* | 1929 | 1936-1937 |
Dr. James M. Hubbard* | 1915 | 1937-1939 |
Irwin R. Holmes* | 1934 | 1940-1942 |
Asa T. Spaulding, Sr* | 1925 | 1944-1951 |
James T. Taylor* | 1917 | 1951-1954 |
Irwin R. Holmes* | 1934 | 1954-1956 |
Thomas E. Malone* | 1948 | 1956-1957 |
William W. Marsh, II | 1953 | 1957-1961 |
George S. Nixon* | 1953 | 1961-1964 |
Charles H. Strayhorne* | 1956 | 1964-1966 |
Moses C. Burt, Jr.* | 1953 | 1966-1967 |
Henry M. Michaux, Jr. | 1952 | 1967-1970 |
William P. Evans* | 1962 | 1970-1971 |
Lawrence G. Cooper, Jr.* | 1954 | 1971-1977 |
Roger R. Gregory* | 1971 | 1977-1982 |
Dora E. Carrington* | 1959 | 1982-1986 |
Peggy M. Ward | 1976 | 1986-1988 |
David L. Avery | 1963 | 1988-1992 |
Ronald H. Gantt* | 1973 | 1992-1994 |
Roger R. Gregory* | 1971 | 1994-1998 |
Kay Thompson Thomas | 1966 | 1998-2002 |
Melvin F. White | 1970 | 2002-2006 |
Richard D. Smith | 1981 | 2006-2010 |
Tania B. Davis | 1994 | 2010-2014 |
Calvin Kearney | 1971 | 2014-2015 |
David L. Avery | 1963 | 2015-2016 |
Samuel E. Cooper | 1980 | 2016-2020 |
Tomeika A. Bowden | 2000 | 2020-2024 |
Andre Vann | 2024 | 2024-2025 |
Nikki Davis-Green | 2025 | 2025-2026 |
* deceased
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The NCCU Alumni Association fulfills its mission through committees which are open to all active NCCU alumni who would like to get involved in the work we do to support the University, students and each other.
More information is coming soon. Check back periodically.
Individuals seeking to join a committee should email info@nccualumni.org.
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