St. Augustine's Coverage

Saint Augustine's University, real estate firm announce $75 million campus land project

Saint Augustine's University and real estate development firm Carter plan to develop a 320-unit multifamily project on the property.

Mark Bergin, WRAL senior multiplatform producer

Former St. Augustine's Biology Professor Irene Clark finds joy and success in education

Former St. Augustine's Biology Professor Irene Clark spent more than 30 years as an educator. In that time, she touched many lives and nurtured countless students.

New NPS grants worth $1 million total will help Raleigh HBCU's St. Augustine's, Shaw universities preserve historic buildings

Both Shaw University and St. Augustine's University each have received a $500-thousand dollar grant to help preserve their historic campuses.

Rick Armstrong, WRAL photojournalist

Historic hospital ruins have future as a memorial

From the late 1800s until 1961, St. Agnes Hospital was the only health care facility in the Triangle area that served African Americans.

Restoring the ruins: Could St. Agnes become a hospital once again?

With the help of a federal grant, St. Augustine's University wants to restore what's left of a piece of hidden history.

Ken Smith, WRAL anchor/reporter & Heather Leah, WRAL multiplatform producer

EVOLVE Mentoring partners with Saint Augustine's University to support local initiative

In partnering with Saint Augustine's University, EVOLVE is helping students gain real-world experience while also impacting the communities they serve.

Abbey Slattery, WRAL Digital Solutions

St. Aug's shifts classes online for week to limit coronavirus spread

Saint Augustine's University has shifted all classes online for the next week "to mitigate viral transmission on our campus," officials said Wednesday.

Inside the walls of St. Agnes Hospital: History of segregated health care in Raleigh

St. Agnes Hospital is viewed by many as a symbol of strength and resilience in the aftermath of slavery. It was built by the students of St. Augustine, who not only built the structure, but quarried the stone from the ground themselves. It served as a segregated hospital for the black community, and was the largest and highest quality medical care between Washington, D.C., and Atlanta. WRAL Hidden History takes a look inside the remaining walls of St. Agnes Hospital.

Heather Leah, WRAL multiplatform producer

Saint Augustine's, Shaw to clear tuition and fee balances in effort to help students

In response to the challenges faced by many students resulting from COVID-19, all student account balances resulting from activity related to spring, summer and the upcoming fall 2021 semesters will be cleared to reflect a zero-balance owed after all federal, state, and private awards have been considered.

Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter

New St. Aug's president calls role 'bittersweet'

Christine Johnson McPhail says it's difficult to succeed her late husband as president of St. Augustine's University, but she understands what he and the school's trustees wanted to achieve.

St. Aug's picks widow of former leader as next president

The St. Augustine's University board of trustees on Tuesday named Christine Johnson McPhail as the school's 13th president, succeeding her husband, Irving Pressley McPhail, who died in October of COVID-19 complications.

Pandemic causes higher education enrollment drain nationally, but local universities holding steady

The pandemic created extra lessons for college students and their institutions - not all of them positive.

Cullen Browder, WRAl anchor/reporter

St. Aug's mourns death of school president

St. Augustine's University said Friday that Irving Pressley McPhail, the school's 12th president, has died from complications from a coronavirus infection.

St. Augustine's University announces death of school president

St. Augustine's University president Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail has died.

Coronavirus kills 'transformative' St. Aug's president

St. Augustine's University said Friday that Irving Pressley McPhail, the school's 12th president, has died from complications from a coronavirus infection.

Cullen Browder, WRAL anchor/reporter

Dismissed St. Aug's employees, including track coach George Williams, sue claiming wrongful termination

Four former, high-ranking employees at St. Augustine's University in Raleigh filed a wrongful termination lawsuit Thursday against the school, targeting members of the Board of Trustees and the current interim president.

Financial stability of colleges to be a concern for prospective students

As students weigh their college decisions, they'll need to consider whether or not a school is likely to survive the coronavirus pandemic before deciding to invest their time and money.

Amanda Lamb, WRAL reporter

Financial stability amid pandemic a factor in students' college decisions

The stability of colleges and universities financially amid the pandemic is something that students will need to consider as they make their college decisions.

Defense attorney says beating victim had hit one of her alleged attackers with bottle

A brother and a sister have been arrested in connection with the assault of a St. Augustine's University student in her dorm room early Wednesday.

Siblings charged with assaulting St. Aug's student after RA used key to get into dorm room

A brother and a sister have been arrested in connection with the assault of a St. Augustine's University student in her dorm room early Wednesday.

Amanda Lamb, WRAL reporter

St. Augustine's students from Bahamas coping after Hurricane Dorian destroyed islands

Many college students in the Triangle are from the Bahamas and still have family and friends there. That includes a number of students at St. Augustine's University.

Ken Smith, WRAL anchor/reporter

Man convicted of murder set free

Guards will drive him James Blackmon to his sister's house in the Lumberton area.

Judges free man wrongfully convicted of 1979 murder at St. Aug's

A three-judge panel heard arguments regarding a man's sentence in connection with a 1979 murder on St. Augustine's campus in Raleigh.

Day 3: Judicial hearing re-evaluates sentence for 1979 murder

A three-judge panel is hearing arguments regarding a man's sentence in connection with a 1979 murder on St. Augustine's campus in Raleigh.

Day 2: Hearing resumes for NC man in 1979 St. Augustine's murder

A three-judge panel is hearing arguments regarding a man's sentence in connection with a 1979 St. Augustine's murder.