North Carolina Central University (NCCU) is a comprehensive university offering programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It is the nation's first public liberal arts institution founded for African Americans. North Carolina Central University was chartered in 1909 and opened its doors to students in 1910 as the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua. The University maintains a strong liberal arts tradition and a commitment to academic excellence in a diverse educational and cultural environment. It seeks to encourage intellectual curiosity and to enhance the academic and professional skills of its students and faculty. It became a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina in 1972.

North Carolina Central University has plans to expand its participation in North Carolina’s Environmental Sustainability Initiative by:

• Developing student groups to publicize and initiate campus-wide awareness of environmental sustainability issues.
• Reducing the generation of liquid and solid hazardous waste.
• Recycling plastics, glass and metals through art studios for potential new art forms.
• Conducting a waste stream analysis and developing plans to minimize waste going to the landfill.
• Improving steam distribution infrastructure to increase energy efficiencies and conservation.
• Enhancing the existing campus-wide recycling program of cardboard, paper and aluminum products.

Contact: Ed Eng
(919) 530-7244