N.C. A&T Alumnus Deese Encourages Capital Campaign Contributions

02/24/2020 University Advancement

Newsroom Menu

EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Feb. 24, 2020) – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University alumnus Willie A. Deese ’77 has begun a series of letters designed to push the university’s capital campaign, The Power of Do, past its goal of raising more than $100 million by Dec. 31, 2020.

The campaign total currently stands at $89 million, surpassing the original goal of $85 million.

The first letter by Deese, who serves as co-chair of the campaign with Royall Mack, can be found online.

Latest News

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Board of Trustees Chair Gina L. Loften, holding a program in her right hand, waves with her left hand toward the Gina L. Loften Cyber Defense & Artificial Intelligence Lab where the sign with its name is on the wall while standing outside the lab

State-of-the-Art Cyber Defense and AI Lab Named for Loften ‘90

11/13/2025 in University Advancement, Alumni, College of Engineering

Image of university clock tower with a setting sun

N.C. A&T Board of Trustees to Hold Full Meeting Nov. 13-14

11/10/2025

A crowd of students wearing robes, mortarboards with tassels and regalia, with one wearing glasses and holding a lace fan to the right side of his face, are pictured during the spring 2025 graduate commencement ceremony

The Graduate College to Host Fall 2025 Three-Minute Thesis Competition Finals

11/07/2025

Trending News

State-of-the-Art Cyber Defense and AI Lab Named for Loften ‘90

11/13/2025 in University Advancement, Alumni, College of Engineering

The university has named its new state-of the-art cyber defense and artificial intelligence lab for Board of Trustees Chair Gina L. Loften ‘90.

N.C. A&T Board of Trustees to Hold Full Meeting Nov. 13-14

11/10/2025

The Graduate College to Host Fall 2025 Three-Minute Thesis Competition Finals

11/07/2025

The Graduate College will present the final round of its Fall 2025 Three-Minute Thesis Competition on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 3 p.m. in the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering Auditorium.

Students Avery Love and Alexis Spence, 2025 Astronaut Scholars

Two N.C. A&T Students Selected as 2025 Astronaut Scholars

11/07/2025 in Honors College

Two North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University students, Avery Love and Alexis Spence, have been named 2025 Astronaut Scholars by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF). Each will receive up to $15,000 in financial support from the nonprofit organization, which recognizes high-achieving junior and senior undergraduates pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

View All News