North Carolina Central University Roxboro-Person Alumni Chapter

08/14/2023

Thank you for supporting our annual fish fry!!! It would not have been a success without you!!

06/17/2023

See members for pre-sale tickets
Tickets will also be available on-site at first come, first serve.
Proceeds will go towards our scholarship funds.

06/17/2023

Celebrating Juneteenth
Stop by to see us.

09/05/2022

Due to scheduling conflict, this event will be rescheduled for a later date.

08/22/2022

Tickets are available for $30 including dinner.
Contact an alumni member or respond below for tickets.

08/20/2021

Come enjoy Dr. Woods sing and play some of his favorite tunes! The program proceeds will benefit NCCU scholarship fundraising.

05/01/2021

NCCU Attorney Spotlight: Erika Johnson

Erika is an assistant district attorney in Durham working on the Special Victims team. Most of her prosecutorial experience is in domestic violence while her current caseload consists of domestic violence and child victims (abuse and sexual assault).

She found her way to Durham in 2010 when she left her hometown of Baltimore, MD to attend North Carolina Central University. Erika is a double Eagle as she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 2014 and Juris Doctor in 2017 from NCCU. While in law school, Erika interned with the Person (and then Caswell) County District Attorney’s Office. She joined the North Carolina Bar as a licensed attorney in August 2017 and started working at the Durham County District Attorney’s Office in March 2018.

She has always been committed to fighting social injustice and credits this as her reason for becoming involved in law. Erika is not new to civic engagement as she undertook many projects while earning her political science degree. At NCCU she was elected to serve as president of the Alpha Chi chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. during her junior & senior year.

In her short time as a prosecutor, Erika has held multiple positions to include jail court, Drug Treatment Court, Domestic Violence, Special Victims, and being a representative from the DA's Office for various organizations advocating for victims.

Erika's husband, Dwayne, is an Assistant Principal for Person County Schools. Together they have two children, Erik and Lola, who are the joys in their lives. Their family currently resides in Burlington, NC.

03/09/2021

Celebrating NCCU Women for International Women's Month

Lenora Z Helm Hammonds

Associate Professor, Jazz Studies/Director, Vocal Jazz Ensemble

Professionally known as Lenora Zenzalai Helm, Lenora Zenzalai (ZenZAYLay) Helm, she has also contributed to the music industry as a jazz clinician and vocal musicianship coach, with six solo recordings. Lenora’s CD, I Love Myself When I’m Laughing, was listed on Independent Ears, 30 recommended 2012 Record Releases.? Her seventh release, For the Love of Big Band is slated for release fall 2019.

A recognized force in music education, Lenora Helm Hammonds currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Music and Jazz Studies Program for the College of Arts and Sciences at North Carolina University (NCCU). In this role, she developed and implemented curricula for graduate and undergraduate courses in vocal jazz, advises for graduate capstone projects, and mentors research projects for annual symposiums. Professor Helm Hammonds further contributes to her community as Director of NCCU's Vocal Jazz Ensemble, compromising twelve to sixteen voices and rhythm section, and NCCU Resolution, a vocal subset group. Under her direction, NCCU's Vocal Jazz Ensemble received the Best Choir 2018-19 award from HBCU Digest. At NCCU, one of Professor Helm Hammonds' most notable achievements was creating the inaugural Teaching Artist Certificate Program to train teaching artists in becoming global change agents. Her work has garnered her such accolades as 'voice of her generation' by Jazziz Magazine and receipt of the 2018 Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award.

02/09/2021