Akinleye Steered NCCU to Record Growth
Akinleye to Retire as Chancellor of North Carolina Central University
Dr. Johnson O. Akinleye, chancellor of North Carolina Central University (NCCU) has announced he is retiring at the end of the academic year. Akinleye, who holds a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications and a master’s degree
in media technology from Alabama A&M University; and a doctorate in human communications
from Howard University, was appointed the twelfth chancellor of North Carolina Central
in June 2017.
“I am deeply grateful to have had the opportunity to lead this esteemed university
through a period of growth and innovation, a period when the institution was primed
for transformative change,” Akinleye said in a statement to the campus community.
Akinleye joined NCCU as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs in February 2014. He assumed the role of acting chancellor in August 2016 and interim chancellor in December 2016, before his appointment as chancellor.
Prior to NCCU, Akinleye had been associate vice chancellor for academic programs at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Earlier in his career, he was vice president for administration and chief operating officer at what is now Edward Waters University in Jacksonville, Florida. He has also held posts at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Bowie State University in Maryland.