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NC A&T State University Honors Shirley Frye

 Sarah Lanse    Created:  9/10/2009 10:33:33 PM  Updated: 9/10/2009 11:19:42 PM
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Greensboro, NC -- NC A&T State University honored a longtime Greensboro community leader and A&T alumna Thursday night.

The School of Education established the "Shirley T. Frye Distinguised Professorship in Urban Education."

It received a $500,000 grant for the professorship.

The money will enable the university to recruit facutly who educate teachers, administrators and school counselors.

Frye, a former VP of Community Relations here at News 2, says people who go into education help an "immeasureable" number of people, and that you're never too old to learn.

WFMY News 2



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