North Carolina Central University News June 30, 2014 NCCU and Durham Tech Sign MOU for Triangle Region's First Residential, Dual Enrollment Initiative North Carolina Central University (NCCU<http://www.nccu.edu/index.cfm>) and Durham Technical Community College (Durham Tech<http://www.durhamtech.edu/>) have created a formal partnership that will offer the first residential, dual enrollment, transfer admissions program in the Triangle region of North Carolina. On June 30, NCCU Chancellor Debra Saunders-White and Durham Tech President William G. Ingram signed a memorandum of understanding for the new initiative, called the Eagle Connect Program. Eagle Connect is a residential academic transfer program that includes targeted academic advising, student support services, and a student-life component designed to help students meet the academic requirements for transferring to NCCU. Housed in the Office of Enrollment Management under the Division of Academic Affairs, Eagle Connect allows students to live on NCCU's campus, which is located half a mile from Durham Tech, and take advantage of the university's campus resources and activities while making progress in their intended major during their first and second years at Durham Tech. Eagle Connect is designed similarly to Hoosier Link, a guaranteed admissions program with Indiana University Bloomington and Ivy Tech Community College. NCCU and Durham Tech have had several articulation agreements and study tracks in place over the years for programs of study including nursing, accounting, criminal justice, public administration and biology with a concentration in pharmaceutical science. Additionally, both institutions' minority male programs, Centennial Scholars Program<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2uHVD3V8oE&list=UUzhzd9p9BXS7CfU9Y84mPEQ> at NCCU and Durham Tech's Visions Leadership Initiative<http://www.durhamtech.edu/organizations/visions/>, have collaborated together on a number of programs. For more information about the Eagle Connect Program, please contact Ms. Denettia Shaw, Assistant Director of Transfer Services, Eagle Connect Coordinator, at 919-530-6687 or dshaw9@nccu.edu<mailto:dshaw9@nccu.edu> at NCCU, or Ms. Kara Battle, Associate Dean, ASUT (Associate of Science University Transfer) at Durham Tech, at battlek@durhamtech.edu<mailto:battlek@durhamtech.edu> or 919-536-7200, ext. 8002. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-702-5854 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Register now http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/2014meeting-form.html for the October 26-28, 2014 HBCU Library Alliance 6th Membership Meeting in Atlanta GA!