Fayetteville State University Chancellor-elect Darrell Allison has pushed back against rumors the school would change its name to the University of North Carolina at Fayetteville.
In a Wednesday interview, he said it would not be something he would support unless it came from “internal” stakeholders the Bronco alumni, students and faculty.
“I am an HBCU graduate,” said Allison, who completed his undergraduate work at N.C. Central University in Durham.
He added, “A proud graduate of an HBCU,” placing emphasis on the word “proud.”
Allison said if a name change were to be pushed on FSU by external forces, “I will quickly go put on my jogging pants, my boots and I will be on the front lines to actively resist that effort.”