N.C. A&T Announces Second February One Scholars Cohort

EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Sept. 22, 2022) – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State College has introduced its second cohort of February One Students. These 15 academically proficient first-year undergraduates are following the trail of management and repair the A&T 4 started as Aggie freshmen.

Eight students are from North Carolina, two are from Georgia, two are from South Carolina, and the remaining three are from California, New Jersey and Ohio. They boast a median GPA of 4.1 and ranked within the high 15% of their graduating highschool class.

Eligibility necessities embrace a minimal weighted 3.75 cumulative GPA and demonstrated distinctive traits of management and repair. College students additionally should maintain a minimal scholastic rating of 1270 on the SAT or 27 on the ACT.

“February One Students are change brokers with the expertise and ambition to remodel our society,” stated Margaret I. Kanipes, Ph.D., N.C. A&T Honors Program director. “Right here at A&T, they are going to develop into geared up with the data and expertise and empowered with the assist they should pursue their targets in service to our world neighborhood.”

“These college students in our second cohort of February One Students are among the many most civic-minded in our campus neighborhood,” stated Interim Provost and Government Vice Chancellor for Tutorial Affairs Tonya Smith-Jackson, Ph.D. “They proceed our college’s legacy of management by way of their tutorial efficiency and neighborhood engagement, creating into professionals who will change our world for the higher.”

The scholarship program is known as for the day in 1960 when A&T freshmen Ezell Blair Jr. (Jibreel Khazan), Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil and David Richmond energized a nationwide sit-in motion by refusing to go away a segregated lunch counter in downtown Greensboro with out being served. The A&T 4 are celebrated yearly on the college’s Feb. 1 celebration and honored in quite a few methods throughout the college.

The scholarship is a completely funded four-year award that covers the prices of tuition, associated charges, housing, meals, and participation in College Honors Program actions and enrichment yearly for 5 freshman every from the School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, the School of Training and the John R. and Kathy R. Hairston School of Well being and Human Sciences. The three faculties partnered to ascertain this system utilizing a portion of philanthropist MacKenzie Scott’s historic $45 million contribution to the college.

This 12 months’s students are listed under in alphabetical order:

• Jasmine Bell, daughter of Sherritta Bell and Norman Bell, is from Charlotte, North Carolina, and a graduate of Cato Center School of Excessive Faculty. She is finding out journalism with a focus in public relations and minoring in English and entrepreneurship. She aspires to be a restaurant proprietor and creator who positively highlights folks of coloration.
• Ahmad Blair, son of Daybreak Blair and Forshee’ Blair, is from Gastonia, North Carolina, and a graduate of Highland Faculty of Know-how. He’s finding out political science and journalism. He desires to develop into an appellate lawyer and political journalist to assist defend and inform the tales of the wrongfully accused.
• Renia Butts, daughter of Rosalyn and Edwin Butts, is from Cincinnati and a graduate of Walnut Hills Excessive Faculty. She is finding out elementary schooling and wishes a minor in historical past. She desires to be an elementary trainer and supply illustration for younger black youngsters in public faculties.  
• Charity Carrasquillo, daughter of Charlotte and Frank Carrasquillo, is from Los Angeles and a graduate of Alliance Judy Ivie Burton Know-how Academy Excessive Faculty. She is finding out political science with a double minor in legal justice and entrepreneurship. She desires to attend regulation faculty, particularly at Columbia College, to develop into a civil rights lawyer primarily for minorities and prolong her follow in her personal regulation agency.
• Kayla Chiles, daughter of Kendrick Chiles and Wendy Chiles, Pharm.D, is from Columbia, South Carolina, and a graduate of Blythewood Excessive Faculty. She is finding out psychology and plans to develop into a medical psychologist and advocate for psychological well being within the Black neighborhood. 
• Brandon Faulk, son of Willie Faulk and Alison Faulk, is from Conway, South Carolina, and a graduate of Horry County Colleges Early School Excessive Faculty. He’s finding out historical past, secondary schooling with a minor in English. His profession objective is to develop into a highschool historical past trainer, then a principal, and encourage college students to go above and past.
• Kenya Freeman, daughter of Carmen Byrd and Eric Freeman, is from Atlanta and a graduate of Decatur Excessive Faculty. She is finding out elementary schooling. Her ardour for educating stems from having influential academics in her early years of faculty. She believes educating somebody is probably the most highly effective present you can provide. 
• Jayden Corridor-Ingram, son of Tasha Corridor-Powell and Lawrence Ingram, is from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and a graduate of Simon G. Atkins Excessive Faculty. He’s finding out speech on a pre-physician assistant monitor. His profession objective is to develop into a doctor assistant specializing in neonatology.
• Amaya Jeffers, daughter of Alvin Jeffers and Kenya Jeffers, is from Charlotte and a graduate of Harper Center School Excessive Faculty. She is finding out elementary schooling and needs to develop into an elementary faculty trainer and develop into a task mannequin for kids. 
• Aidan Palmer, son of Paul Palmer and Stephanie Palmer, is from Charlotte and a graduate of Mallard Creek Excessive Faculty. He’s finding out liberal research (pre-law) with a minor in political science. He desires to develop into an immigration, medical malpractice, company, or juvenile protection lawyer to supply correct illustration to those that want it.
• Kasadi Richardson, daughter of Felicia Richardson and James Richardson, is from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and a graduate of Northern Nash Excessive Faculty. She is finding out elementary schooling. She desires to develop into a trainer and supply all college students with fairness, entry and advocacy. 
• Kayden Skeete, daughter of Mark Skeete and Dr. Karen Dudley-Skeete, is from Atlanta and a graduate of Atlanta Worldwide Faculty. She is finding out kinesiology with a focus in train science. Her profession objective is to develop into a pediatric sports activities medication doctor to supply care to youngsters in underprivileged communities and reduce disparities in well being care. 
• Christian Smith, son of Nikki Jordan and Charles Smith, is from Murfreesboro, North Carolina, and a graduate of Hertford County Early School Excessive Faculty and Roanoke Chowan Neighborhood School. He’s finding out kinesiology with a focus in train science. His profession objective is to develop into a sports activities medication doctor or doctor assistant, or to work with athletes sooner or later.
• Ryan Smith, son of Kelli Pack Smith and Anthony Smith, M.D., is from Greenville, North Carolina, and a graduate of The Oakwood Faculty. He’s finding out psychology with a minor in math. He plans to develop into both a medical psychologist or a sports activities psychologist.
• Kawama Wilson, daughter of Ama Wilson and David Wilson, is from Newark, New Jersey, and a graduate of North Star Academy Washington Park Excessive Faculty. She is finding out elementary schooling. Her profession objective is to be an incredible trainer and, finally, a principal.