Recent N.C. A&T Grad Gets Big Surprise from Music Mogul Pharrell

EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (June 24, 2022) – Latest North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State College graduate Damarius Davis ’22 obtained a shock he believes has altered the course of his life eternally.

Whereas collaborating in an NAACP panel dialogue representing N.C. A&T at singer and songwriter Pharrell Williams’ “One thing within the Water” pageant, Davis, together with 4 different scholar leaders, realized Williams was committing to overlaying everything of their scholar mortgage debt. 

“I’m overwhelmingly completely satisfied and grateful for the chance to have my scholar debt loans paid off by Pharrell Williams,” stated Davis. “This has given me a possibility to concentrate on constructing generational wealth and dwelling considerably financially safe.”

Davis says Williams needed to pay it ahead and repay their debt for collaborating within the panel and their great neighborhood and campus work.

“I’ve all the time had a ardour for serving my neighborhood, so discovering a technique to give again can be one of many issues on my checklist to assist [others],” he stated.

As a panelist, Davis and the opposite college students advised their tales concerning scholar debt and the way it impacts the Black neighborhood.

Armed with a B.A. in sociology, Davis just lately started a place with RTI Worldwide as a communications analyst. The Raleigh, North Carolina native plans to enter graduate college within the spring finding out information analytics.