OpenFieldNC Wesleyan · Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States
North Carolina Wesleyan University (NCWU) is a dynamic private, multi-faith university established in 1956, situated on a scenic 200-acre campus in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Acclaimed for undergraduate biology and biomedical research, criminal justice, organizational management, and teacher education, NCWU offers small class sizes, individualized faculty research mentorship, and vibrant international student community engagement.
NCWU offers bachelor's degrees and graduate programs through the School of Mathematics and Sciences, School of Business, School of Social Sciences & Humanities, and the School of Education. The university operates the Dunn Center for the Performing Arts.
Undergraduate admissions evaluate high school GPA, secondary school preparation, and personal statements with test-optional reviews. International merit scholarships covering up to $15,000/year are automatically awarded to eligible undergraduate candidates based on academic records.
Hands-on undergraduate biomedical program providing laboratory research in molecular genetics, histology, human physiology, and clinical shadowing at UNC Health Nash.
Flexible 30-credit-hour graduate leadership curriculum concentrating on ethical decision making, executive team motivation, organizational change, and strategic planning.
Applied computing degree preparing graduates in enterprise network architecture, defensive cybersecurity, database administration with SQL, and modern full-stack web engineering.
Comprehensive criminal justice program exploring criminal constitutional law, forensic evidence collection, correctional rehabilitation, and intelligence counter-terrorism.
Interdisciplinary environmental degree utilizing coastal plain freshwater river basins to study water quality monitoring, soil conservation, and endangered local wildlife preservation.
Online and hybrid master's program for law enforcement executives, focusing on community-oriented policing administration, criminal justice statistical research, and correctional policy reform.
Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of Criminal Justice
Department of Criminal Justice
Dr. Danielle Simpson investigates juvenile justice policy, police-community relations, restorative justice alternatives, and mental health interventions in corr...
View researcher profile ↗Associate Professor of Biology
Department of Mathematics and Sciences
Dr. Daniel Stovall researches cancer molecular biology, investigating transcriptional regulation, glioblastoma cell migration, and zinc-finger transcription fac...
View researcher profile ↗Associate Professor of Education and Coordinator of Diversity Programming
School of Education
Dr. Kelvin Spragley researches culturally responsive teaching methods, minority teacher recruitment, and pedagogical equity in rural North Carolina public schoo...
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