N.C. A&T Alumna Bass to Serve as Student Honors Convocation Speaker

EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (March 31, 2023) – Adrina Greenlee Bass ‘04, an assistant legal professional normal on the North Carolina Division of Justice, will function speaker for the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State College Pupil Honors Convocation on Wednesday, April 12, from 10 a.m. to midday at Harrison Auditorium. The occasion will embrace the presentation of educational honors and excellence awards.

Bass has 14 years of expertise within the authorized occupation, together with state administrative and trial courts, federal trial courts and affiliate appellate courts. In her present function, she represents the North Carolina Division of Transportation in eminent area litigation and is accountable for all phases of litigation in land acquisition proceedings, together with investigation, trials within the superior courts, and appeals to the Courtroom of Appeals and the Supreme Courtroom. She beforehand represented the North Carolina Division of Public Security in a wide range of civil litigations issues.

A member of the Alpha Zeta Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Bass takes satisfaction in giving again to her group via service tasks. She serves on the state Justice Division’s Variety, Fairness and Inclusion Committee and is a member of Wake Ladies Attorneys, Wake County Bar Affiliation and North Carolina A&T’s Government Advisory Board. A&T just lately honored her with an Alumni Achievement Award from the Honors Faculty.

Bass is a proud double traditionally Black school and college alumna, having earned her B.A. in political science summa cum laude from A&T, the place she was a member of the College Honors Program (UHP). She obtained her MBA and J.D. from North Carolina Central College Faculty of Regulation in 2009, when she turned a licensed legal professional and commenced her authorized profession in non-public follow the place she centered on prison protection and private damage.

Bass met her husband, Rahmud, as N.C. Central MBA college students. Married in 2009, they make their residence in Wake Forest, North Carolina, with their two youngsters, Sydney and Asa.

The April 12 occasion would be the first spring convocation for the Honors Faculty, which transitioned from the UHP final fall and is led by Dean Margaret I. Kanipes ‘90, Ph.D. The UHP launched in 1998 on the request of Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr., who served as vice chancellor of Tutorial Affairs on the time, with a cohort of fifty high-achieving and exceptionally motivated undergraduates. Immediately, the school has an general enrollment of greater than 1,000 college students.