Leading NC A&T, A Top HBCU In The Country

WUNC | By Will Michaels,

Frank Stasio

Published December 8, 2015 at 12:03 PM EST

Harold Martin is the chancellor of his alma mater, North Carolina A&T University.

Harold Martinis the first former student ofNorth Carolina A&T State Universityto lead his alma mater.

During Martin's tenure, the school gained the distinction as one of the top universities for land grant scholarships in the country and third in the UNC system in sponsored research funding.

In November, Martin was added to this year's Ebony Power 100 list, a collection of the most powerful African-Americans in the country. A conversation with North Carolina AT&T Chancellor Harold Martin

Host Frank Stasio talks with Martin about his life and work, and the state of higher education.

Will Michaels

Will Michaels started his professional radio career at WUNC.

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Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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