NCCU votes to move to Division I
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From News & Observer Published: Nov 15, 2005 05:11 PM
Modified: Nov 15, 2005 05:11 PM
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NCCU votes to move to Division I
http://www.nccu.edu/campus/athletics
By Rachel Carter, Staff Writer
The North Carolina Central University Trustee Student Relations Committee voted unanimously today to propose that the school move to Division I.
The full board must approve the measure and will meet to discuss the matter on Wednesday at 9 a.m.
Committee chairman Glenn Thomas of Fayetteville said it would pass the full board.
NCCU is now in the Division II CIAA. The school is interested in joining the Division I MEAC
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NCCU prepares for touchdown on Division I move
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BY PAUL BONNER, The Herald-Sun
November 15, 2005 10:14 pm
http://www.herald-sun.com/sports/nccentral
DURHAM -- An N.C. Central University trustee committee approved moving the university's sports programs up to NCAA Division I competition Tuesday.
The recommendation goes today to the full board of trustees, who are expected to approve a formal application to join the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
They also will consider undergraduate tuition and fee increases totaling $300 and 10 percent higher food service charges next school year.
Although NCCU was a founding member of the MEAC in the 1970s, it soon switched to the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, which plays at the Division II-A level. Football for NCCU in the MEAC would be at the AA level.
The trustees had been operating under a deadline of Dec. 1 to apply this year. A recent guideline change would have allowed them to do so by June 1, said Trustee Glenn Adams, who chaired the Trustee-Student Relations Committee.
"But we want to go ahead," since the trustees and others have given the issue ample consideration, Adams said. On student government Trustee Renee Clark's motion, the move was approved unanimously by a voice vote of the committee's five members. Athletics Director Bill Hayes made a fist in victory as he left the meeting hall.
But the easy part for Hayes will end with today's formal vote, Adams said after Tuesday's meeting. Then the four- to five-year process begins, in which NCCU meets Division I criteria in upgraded facilities, athletics scholarships and two additional intercollegiate sports, which are likely to be baseball and women's golf.
NCCU Chancellor James H. Ammons said the long process seems to be nearing a well-deliberated determination.
"We did all the things necessary to answer any concerns the board members had," he said. "I'm happy to be at this point. We've gone all over the country, meeting with alumni and meeting with local constituents as well."
Adams said that in Fayetteville, where he lives, an alumnus walked up to him in the grocery store.
"He just said, 'It's time to go,' " Adams said. On campus, too, "I think there's an excitement," he said.
It doesn't hurt that NCCU had a 10-1 season in football this year, won the CIAA title and will play in the NCAA Division II tournament at home Saturday, against the University of North Alabama.
But the Division I quest has been going on in a formal way for three years, Adams noted.
"This decision was on the horizon," he said.
In other business Tuesday, the trustees' Finance Committee approved a tuition increase of $200 a year for undergraduates and increases in general fees for athletics, technology and health services totaling $100. A new technology support fee for nursing students will cost $100, and a graduate student application fee will increase from $30 to $40.
Half the money raised from the tuition increase will go toward faculty raises and the other half to need-based financial aid.
"Unfortunately, it's necessary for us to make progress in addressing salary issues in the faculty," Ammons said.
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From News & Observer Published: Nov 16, 2005 12:30 AM
Modified: Nov 16, 2005 05:19 AM
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N.C. Central recommends move to D-I
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Rachel Carter, Staff Writer
A key N.C. Central committee voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend the school move to Division I, and the school's trustees are expected to approve the move today.
Trustee Glenn Adams said he expects the school's trustees to approve the move at a 9 a.m. meeting. The move would break the school's long ties to Division II CIAA.
On Tuesday, the measure passed the Trustee-Student Relations Committee without dissent. Adams, who is from Fayetteville, chairs that committee.
The committee recommended that the school begin the process of moving to Division I and look to join the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
The committee had four options in front of it: go Division I and try to join the MEAC; go Division I and try to join the Southwestern Athletic Conference; stay in Division II and seek national stature; or not act on any proposal.
Ten minutes into the meeting, Adams asked for a recommendation. Renee Clark, the student body president, nominated the MEAC plan. It was seconded and passed without dissent.
The full 13-member board will meet today in the Emma Marable Conference Room in the William Jones Building on campus.
If the trustees vote to move to Division I, the school must submit a formal application to the NCAA by June 1 -- the date had previously been Dec. 1 but the NCAA changed the deadline -- to begin the five-year reclassification process.
"I think making the vote tomorrow is the easy part," Adams said. "Then we've got to put it all in place to try to compete at that level, fund that level. The challenge starts tomorrow."
Chancellor James Ammons has wanted to move to Division I and said he agreed with the committee's recommendation. The school was a charter member of the MEAC in 1971 but left in 1980 to rejoin the CIAA.
In September, consultant Andrew Fellingham told the committee that, based on 2004 expenses, moving to the MEAC would require an annual athletics budget of $5.4 million.
In 2004, NCCU spent $2.228 million on athletics. N.C. Central plans to increase student fees and look to hike other revenue streams.
MEAC commissioner Dennis Thomas said he couldn't comment on the Eagles' plans.
"I wish them well in their endeavor to move toward Division I," Thomas said, noting that N.C. Central hasn't submitted an application to join the MEAC at this point.
(Staff writer Jaymes Powell Jr. contributed to this report.)
Staff writer Rachel Carter can be reached at 829-8953 or rcarter@newsobserver.com
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From The News & Observer Published: Nov 16, 2005 10:25 AM
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Modified: Nov 16, 2005 10:54 AM
N.C. Central votes to move to D-I
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From Staff Reports
The N.C. Central board of trustees voted today to move to the NCAA Division I and apply for readmission into the MEAC.
The move will break the school's long ties to Division II CIAA.
On Tuesday, the measure passed the Trustee-Student Relations Committee without dissent. Adams, who is from Fayetteville, chairs that committee.
The committee recommended that the school begin the process of moving to Division I and look to join the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
The committee had four options in front of it: go Division I and try to join the MEAC; go Division I and try to join the Southwestern Athletic Conference; stay in Division II and seek national stature; or not act on any proposal.
The school must submit a formal application to the NCAA by June 1 -- the date had previously been Dec. 1 but the NCAA changed the deadline -- to begin the five-year reclassification process.
Chancellor James Ammons has wanted to move to Division I and said he agreed with the committee's recommendation. The school was a charter member of the MEAC in 1971 but left in 1980 to rejoin the CIAA.
In September, consultant Andrew Fellingham told the committee that, based on 2004 expenses, moving to the MEAC would require an annual athletics budget of $5.4 million.
In 2004, NCCU spent $2.228 million on athletics. N.C. Central plans to increase student fees and look to hike other revenue streams.
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An NCAA Athlete wrote:thats D1-AA that's not ::points to Siggy:: DIVISION 1-A
see the 2nd posted article wrote:DURHAM -- An N.C. Central University trustee committee approved moving the university's sports programs up to NCAA Division I competition Tuesday. -and- Although NCCU was a founding member of the MEAC in the 1970s, it soon switched to the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, which plays at the Division II-A level. Football for NCCU in the MEAC would be at the AA level.
:grin: 
