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2026

  • Justice Through Community

    - Monique Gatling, founder and executive director of Virginia Pathways of Justice, is creating meaningful community-centered change. Founded in 2024, Virginia Pathways to Justice is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing equity, justice and democracy for communities of color throughout Virginia.

  • Derrick Gay: from the Field to the Forefront

    - When Derrick Gay arrived at Norfolk State University in the early 1980s, he was not entirely sure what he wanted to do with his life. What he found there set the course for everything that followed. Today, Gay serves as President and CEO of Dominion Builders & Contracting, LLC,

  • NSU Alumna Appointed Virginia’s Secretary of the Commonwealth

    - Candi Mundon, class of 2004, was a bold and brave Norfolk State University student who once bounced into the NSU Office of the President with a strategy for increasing revenue from the Virginia General Assembly through an upcoming bond referendum.

  • Passion in Practice

    - Passion in Practice : My philosophy around teaching is that it should be student-centered

  • Riding Beyond the Sunset

    - Riding Beyond the Sunset: The Whitewashed History of The Black American Cowboy

  • Engineering a Dream

    - Class of 2000 alumnus B.J. Butler’s path from mechanical engineering to the world of acting and voice-over wasn’t a straight line, but it was always guided by curiosity, persistence, and a deep sense of pride in where he came from.

  • A Lifetime of Service to NSU

    - Norfolk State University has been more than a workplace for Linda J. Stubbs ’76 — it has been a home. As NSU’s longest-serving employee, Stubbs has devoted her career to supporting students, faculty, and the mission of the University that shaped her life and the lives of several members of her family.

  • Redefining Business Excellence

    - In summer 2025, Dr. Bebonchu Atems was appointed as the new Dean of the School of Business at Norfolk State University. Before coming to Norfolk State, Dr. Atems served as the Dean of the David D. Reh School of Business at Clarkson University in Latham, New York. He brings knowledge in macroeconomics, econometrics and energy economics.

  • Ride 4 My HBCUs

    - Roderick Bell ’96 was on a mission. Through fatigue, aching muscles and blurry eyesight, he rode. Day after day, for 24 days and mile after mile for 9,529 miles, he rode.