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Bulletin
The
A Magazine from Johnson C. Smith University | 2013-2014
SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS
INTELLECTUAL RIGOR
AGENTS OF CHANGE
CULTURE OF COMMUNITY
GLOBAL EDUCATION
The Queen City’s Crown jewel
In this issue
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jcsu’s favorable impact on charlotte
historic george e. davis house restored
stephen joyner sr. inducted to ciaa hall of fame
honor roll of donors 2013-14
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COVER STORY
President’s Message
Cover Story
Features
University News
Academics
Student News
Athletics
Philanthropy
Community Engagement
Alumni
Class Notes
A magazine from Johnson C. Smith University
2013 - 2014
President
Ronald L. Carter, Ph.D.
Vice President Institutional Advancement
Joy Paige
Executive Editor
Sherri Belfield
Editors
Jennifer K. Gaskins | Vashti Crowell
Managing Editor
Kate Marcus
Contributing Writers
Lamont Hinson | Melissa Davis
Photographers
Jennifer K. Gaskins | Jonathan Keitt | Kate Marcus
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Published annually by University Communications and Marketing for alumni and friends of JCSU.
Johnson C. Smith University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate and master’s degrees. Contact the Commission on
Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions
about the accreditation of Johnson C. Smith University.
Opposite page: Chairman and CEO of Lowe's Companies, Robert A. Niblock, waves with President Ronald L. Carter during the
processional into Irwin Belk Complex for the 142nd Commencement Exercises. Niblock received an Honorary Doctorate degree
and delivered the Commencement address.
Back cover: Photo by Joshua Nypaver
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President’s Message
As JCSU began its 143rd academic year,
our campus continued on its trajectory of radical transformation, one
that has become increasingly critical to our future as a private liberal arts university.
Since we embarked on this path toward becoming a new urban university, we have
made tough decisions, designed creative solutions, rethought business processes and
tested prototypes.
The cover story in this Bulletin illustrates how disruptive change on campus is not only
for our own benefit. It also transcends into our community in positive ways. Thanks to
funding from government sources and support from corporate, private and alumni
donors, these and other initiatives are addressing some of the critical economic, socio-political and educational issues
impacting Charlotte’s future.
Initiatives taking place at the HealthPlex and Sustainability Village are succeeding in building healthy assets in
Charlotte’s Northwest Corridor while providing students with applied research opportunities. Likewise, partnerships
with our local schools seek to bolster parental engagement and college readiness for students, which will help improve
the quality of public education and the quality of life in the Corridor.
On a national scale, one of the most pressing issues pertains to college access. I am pleased to report that the gap
scholarship established in 2012 has helped to retain hundreds of students facing financial barriers over the past year.
And, thanks to a major corporate partner, a new College-to-Career student employment program launched this fall will
help students learn and earn as they prepare for the workforce.
These are just a few of the ways JCSU is living its mission as a new urban University with a public purpose that demands
thought, growth and change in every community it touches and in every academic endeavor. The University is gaining
recognition at national conferences and by major foundations as it serves as a model for change among private liberal
arts universities.
Through productive partnerships and financial support, we will continue to transform big dreams into reality. On behalf
of the JCSU family, I wish to thank the more than 1,700 donors who contributed $118 million to advance our mission.
I encourage you to refer to the enclosed Donor Report, which lists all donors during the 2013-1014 fiscal year.
I am also proud to announce that our Comprehensive Campaign, “Tomorrow is what WE make it,” passed the
$100 million mark to move us closer to our $150 million goal. This milestone represents confidence in JCSU’s ability
to graduate students who are prepared to solve tough problems and affect change locally, regionally, nationally
and internationally.
Solving such problems requires radical transformation of the way our nation perceives, supports and values education.
It is often through difficulty that we find the most creative solutions. I am reminded of the quote, “Life isn’t about how
we survive the storm, but how we dance in the rain.”
I invite you to dance with us as we work diligently to turn challenges into opportunities for our students, our JCSU
family and the communities we serve.
Ronald L. Carter, Ph.D.
President
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JCSU shines as one of the brightest jewels
in the Queen City's crown
This cover story of the Bulletin highlights JCSU’s
educational and economic impact in Charlotte as a
change agent working with public and private
organizations. JCSU is disrupting the norm in a positive
way to innovate and educate in ways that will impact
and sustain Charlotte so it has a brighter future for
all residents.
Fueling Charlotte's
economic engine
From an economic standpoint, JCSU is a significant
driver, with an operating budget of $45 million.
The University ranks in the top 20 percent among
corporate engines.
As an example, the University played a role in
relocating the CIAA headquarters to the city and
keeping the tournament in Charlotte, a decision that
will have significant economic, cultural and social
impact for the next six years. In 2013 alone, the CIAA
generated $29.86 million in direct spending and
$47.17 million in economic impact.
“We are especially grateful for his (Dr. Ronald L.
Carter’s) role in helping to secure the long-term
commitment of the CIAA basketball tournament
to Charlotte and the relocation of the CIAA
headquarters to our city,” said Charlotte Chamber
President and CEO Bob Morgan.
Noting Dr. Ronald L. Carter’s contribution to the
CIAA as a board member and chair of its finance
committee, CIAA Commissioner Jacqie McWilliams
said his involvement locally “has been and will
continue to be instrumental to the CIAA’s
agreement for the next six years in Charlotte.”
She said the partnership with JCSU embraces the CIAA
tradition and leadership while recognizing the value
and new opportunities of economic growth the CIAA
brings to this area. “Like all of our institutions, JCSU has
been truly engaged as a key partner with the city of
Charlotte to enhance the vitality and economic
opportunities within the city. The relationship with the
city is whole and genuine as it supports the mission
of the University.”
The addition of Burger King on campus is another
demonstration of the University’s commitment to
providing local citizens and students more food
options and employment opportunities. Perkins
Management Services operates the new restaurant,
which is open to the community. The company also
opened Laurene’s Too, a southern style restaurant,
on campus. “We are excited about the future and the
many great things we have in store for the campus and
the community,” said Nicholas Perkins, chairman,
president and CEO of Perkins Management Services.
COVER STORY
As an independent new urban University with a
public purpose, JCSU remains committed to
graduating students with a liberal arts and professional
education that prepares them to use their knowledge,
skills, values and ethics to solve tough problems at all
system levels in the city, state, nation and the world.
" Dr. Carter is well respected and understands
the importance of the CIAA's seamless transition
into the Charlotte community."
— Jacqie McWilliams, CIAA Commissioner
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Change agent committed to community engagement
Public Leadership gives
voice to Northwest Corridor
civic-minded critical thinkers, invested in transformational
change to improve local, national and global communities.
The University’s new public leadership program is
giving voice to the citizens in the Northwest Corridor.
They were heard loud and clear at a leadership forum and
through a citizens’ survey in partnership with the Indaba,
a community forum representing over 30 neighborhoods.
“Through this academic program and community
engagement activities, JCSU has begun to prepare our
leaders for the new roles they will play in our evolving
society,” said Patterson. “Since population demographics
have shifted and global trade has increased, change is
imminent in our corporate, government and service sectors.”
More than 100 citizens communicated their issues of
concern at the forum in Biddle Hall in August 2013 before
17 local and regional political candidates. The forum
coincided with a leadership survey of over 1,000 residents
conducted by JCSU faculty and students titled “Giving Voice
to the Northwest Corridor.” Citizens aired their concerns
about economic growth, crime and education, all vital
issues to the Corridor’s future.
“The leadership forum helped the community prepare
for upcoming elections by engaging, educating and
empowering residents to get more involved in recruiting
leaders while providing candidates with information,” said
Dr. Bryan Patterson, visiting assistant professor of the JCSU
public leadership program. As a point of pride on the rich
history of the area, a video was produced by JCSU student
Zwelabo Mandela ’15, grandson of the late Nelson Mandela.
It may be viewed at: http://youtu.be/DhK9l6FFfVo.
“We are heavily invested in the Northwest Corridor,”
said Dr. Ronald L. Carter. “The overall purpose of our
public leadership program is to help future leaders focus
on matters that affect the quality of life and build up our
assets as we work together to create a vibrant community.”
The Public leadership is an academic program focused on
applied research. Since the spring of 2013, five new
academic courses and a student leadership certificate
program have been added to the curriculum. The program
intends to produce a new generation of leaders who are
Anthology sheds light
on Northwest Corridor
As a University with a commitment to community and
service, JCSU must look beyond its gates and implement
strategies that enhance the quality of life for residents of
Charlotte’s West End. One way is to become a keeper of
the stories that preserve the rich and vibrant history of
Charlotte’s Northwest Corridor and cast light on social,
political, economic and academic issues that continue
to plague the community.
Such information has been collected in a new book, “Let
There Be Light.” The anthology offers a voyeuristic view of
the community through a more expansive and meaningful
lens as the community’s citizens struggle to achieve unity
and become a powerful force in the shaping of their future.
“It’s imperative that individual accounts and collective
greatness of those most intimate with this segment
of our community be honored, shared and presented,”
said Dr. Diane Bowles, vice president of Government
Sponsored Programs and Applied Research at JCSU
and executive director of the Smith Institute for Applied
Research. “This exceptional inaugural volume demonstrates
our commitment to offer support, service and leadership
to Charlotte’s Northwest Corridor.”
“ We are continuing to smash the mold
and create positive change in our communities.”
— Dr. Bryan Patterson, visiting assistant professor of public leadership
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“ The goal of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
is to educate every child, every day, for a better
tomorrow – and the Smith study points the way to
strengthening the schools of the Northwest Corridor
in particular, and all of our schools in general.
It provides the basis for important community-wide
conversations about our children, our schools
and our neighborhoods.”
— Dr. Heath Morrison, Superintendent of CMS
Written by more than a dozen contributing writers,
Dr. Tom Hanchett takes the reader on a guided tour of
the Corridor while Mary Curtis highlights five of Charlotte’s
most heroic African-American women. In another chapter,
reporter Eric Frazier describes how economic segregation
directly impacts the quality of education in the area’s
public schools.
Partnership to increase
parental involvement
What factors contribute to the parent-school relationship
that leads to student success? The second annual MayFest
at Reid Park Academy provided a research opportunity
to answer this question. In partnership with CharlotteMecklenburg Schools (CMS), JCSU’s research team
collected valuable data on family, school and community
engagement that will help educators make improvements
at the school and throughout the Northwest Corridor.
Results of the project led by JCSU faculty researcher
Dr. Ruth Greene under the auspices of the Smith Institute for
Applied Research, will be presented to CMS Superintendent
Heath Morrison, Dr. Ronald Carter, CMS Assistant
Superintendent LaTarzja Henry and Principal James T. Garvin.
The project is part of a larger goal of the Indaba, a group
of citizens in the West End, who are working with JCSU to
create an open dialogue with schools, administrators and
teachers to improve educational outcomes of youth in the
Northwest Corridor. A parental engagement initiative by
the Smith Institute for Applied Research delved deeper into
the issue by commissioning a study by the Education
Development Center. It also hosted a professional
development session with CMS teachers, family
engagement staff and JCSU research staff on how
to become more receptive to parental engagement.
“Parental and family engagement is an area where
collaboration between schools, parents, students and the
community is essential for success,” said Dr. Heath Morrison,
superintendent of CMS. “The study done by the Smith
Institute’s Center for Applied Research on engagement in
the Northwest Corridor offers us several opportunities to
Growing demographic finds
opportunities
strengthen our engagement with the parents and students
on Charlotte’s West Side.”
Since age 14, after doctors cured his father of kidney
cancer, Luis Dominguez ’16 had aspired to go to college to
become a doctor. But he became discouraged when, as an
undocumented student, he could not receive federal aid or
apply for scholarships despite his good grades. “Everything
changed when I was offered the James B. Duke Scholarship
here at Johnson C. Smith University,” said Dominguez, now
going into his junior year as a chemistry and biology major.
He joins more than 80 Hispanic and Latino students at JCSU
representing ten countries. The University began working
with the Latin American Chamber of Commerce and other
local organizations to create educational opportunities for
this underserved population in 2009. With cumulative GPAs
of 3.23, these students are highly motivated to find their
path to a successful future.
The Latino community has taken note of the
University’s mission and the partnership continues to
flourish. “Dr. Carter and JCSU have had the courage and
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vision to invest in bridging our African-American and
Latino communities’ youth regardless of their socioeconomic status,” said Astrid Chirinos, president of the
Latin American Chamber of Commerce of Charlotte
(LACCC). She sees a new generation of “self-actualized
professionals with a global inclusive outlook and
mindset” as a result. “We are grateful and proud to
collaborate and contribute to the success and
sustainability of this visionary effort.”
A new study by the U.S. Department of Education states
that for the first time in the nation’s history, public
schools from kindergarten through the 12th grade will
enroll more students of color than white pupils during
the 2014-15 academic year.
“ Our partnership
with JCSU has
created a powerful
platform of
multicultural
opportunities for
Latino interns to perform and
overachieve at our local
corporations.”
— Astrid Chirinos, President
Latin American Chamber of Commerce
Disrupting educational norms
Creating innovative academic programs and partnerships
“ For America to stay competitive – academically,
economically and technologically – we need to
rethink our understanding of intelligence, reevaluate
our educational system and reinvigorate our
commitment to learning.”
— Clayton M. Christensen, author
“Disrupting Class”
It takes a village to raise a graduate
For Angelica Valencia of Cary, N.C., attending camp for a
week at JCSU was a life-changing experience that taught
her to accept her past and decide what she wanted for her
future. She joined 25 other high school students at College
Bound, a residential camp experience for youths in foster
care, those who are wards of the state or have aged out of
the system.
The free opportunity, funded by a $27,000 grant from the
nsoro Educational Foundation and administered by the
JCSU Foster Village Network Center, was offered on campus
for the first time in June 2014. The campers gathered in the
newly renovated George E. Davis House where they worked
on creating digital versions of their personal stories using
iPod touch devices.
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According to Cynthia J. Moreland, executive director of the
nsoro Foundation, only about two percent of students who
grow up in foster care typically attend and finish college.
The University is beating these odds with a 75 percent
graduation rate among participants in the Foster Village
Network Center’s Guardian Scholars Program.
Rachel Boone ’17 is among the more than 20 students
served by the Guardian Scholars program. After spending
10 years in the foster care system, she ended up in a
situation where she was homeless during her senior year of
high school. Her guidance counselor put her in touch with
JCSU and she enrolled as a social work major.
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Students who become scholars are empowered to
pursue higher education, successfully matriculate and
graduate from college. “I see so many grand possibilities
as we see these young women and men grow into
their dreams and aspirations and make them a reality,”
said Dr. Ronald L. Carter.
see over 500 pack into Grimes Lounge to learn more about
the K-12 school’s move to the JCSU campus in fall 2014.
There are several benefits to the school’s new location,
explained Grosse. For one, the students will be closer to
home with greater opportunities for parental involvement.
As part of a campus-based learning environment, they will
have access to athletics facilities, support services, the
library and more.
Weaving a web of success
JCSU has provided space on campus for two other
programs affiliated with Kennedy Charter School’s parent
organization, Elon Homes and Schools for Children:
When Cory Carter and Michael McAllister were looking
to create a mentoring program for African-American and
Latino male teens, they chose to innovate rather than
imitate. The result is a unique program that builds
technology skills, social acumen and self-esteem. “We
didn’t look for other models,” said Carter. “We just looked
at what the future looks like and what we can do.”
• Kid central outpatient behavioral health services,
offering mental health diagnosis to the poor
• Community-based Foster Care, serving 12 counties
in North Carolina
Now in its third year, the Charlotte’s Web technology
mentoring program has served 40 students at West
Charlotte High School, Bruns Academy and Ranson Middle
School. The project is supported financially by Project L.I.F.T.
(Leadership & Investment For Transformation) and the
United Negro College Fund.
The nationally recognized program has improved grades
and created some technological innovations that rival
college-level work. The students recently created automatic
blinds that open and close using Raspberry Pi computers
and a solar-powered photo cell. “We help them learn people
skills and give them an appreciation of IT with the goal of
getting them ready for their future,” said Carter.
Partnership fosters hope for the future
When Kennedy Charter School held Friends and Family
Night in March, the school expected about 300 to attend.
School Superintendent Dr. Frederick Grosse was surprised to
The partnership also will provide a community-based
operation for Mecklenburg County Department of
Social Services.
“JCSU serves as a role model for how to work in the
community rather than remain detached as an ivory tower
institution,” said Grosse. “Its vision is dynamic, clear and
consistent with ours.”
Ten percent of the students at Kennedy Charter
School are in foster care and 80 to 90 percent receive
free or reduced lunch. “This partnership, in conjunction
with our own Foster Village Network Center, will help us
improve these students’ chances of attending college,”
said Dr. Ronald L. Carter.
The relationship is intended to be mutually beneficial.
In addition to serving its own students, Kennedy Charter
School will provide unique learning, internship and
employment opportunities for JCSU students. Two JCSU
alumni teach at Kennedy Charter School and two of the
charter school’s graduates enrolled at JCSU in fall 2013.
“I am particularly interested in Dr. Carter’s
interest in serving children coming out of the foster
care system. He has a deep understanding and passion
that did not exist before he stepped up to the plate.
It is our pleasure to see both programs develop and mature.”
— Peggy Eagan, Director
Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services
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Speeding diversity in motorsports
The lab also boldly brings issues that have hindered
minority business development to the forefront.
The motorsports industry has a $4 billion economic
impact in Charlotte, creating over 18,000 jobs, according
to a 2004 study by the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute. Some
of those jobs are generated through the NASCAR Drive for
Diversity Combine, which trains minority students for pit
crew careers.
The program has attracted numerous industry leaders
eager to engage and even recruit its students. Among
them are Jeffrey Lacker, president of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond; Greg Sizemore, director for the U.S.
Export Assistance Centers of North Carolina; Wesley
Mancini, president of Wesley Mancini, Ltd.; and John Boyer,
president and CEO of the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art.
Participants Quinton Gaddy ’14 and Jabari Carney ’14
both jumped at the chance to compete for pit crew
opportunities when the Drive for Diversity Combine came
to campus last year. They were then selected for the official
training program, practicing three days a week with Rev
Racing in Concord, N.C., under the direction of pit crew
coach Phil Horton, former athletic trainer for the
Milwaukee Bucks.
Gaddy became what is called a carrier and ended up
working six races with the ARCA Truck Series during his
first year in the program. “It’s fun and different,” he said of
the experience. When the Combine circled back to campus
this past year, both students served as instructors, helping
other students get a jump start on a career in motorsports.
"The Combine event exposed our students to the career
opportunities available in the motor sports industry,” said
BerNadette Lawson-Williams, assistant professor of health
and human performance. “It was the ultimate experiential
learning project for students in our sport facilities and event
management class who helped organize the event as part
of their assignment. The combination of classroom theory
and practical experiences gave them insight into NASCAR
as an organization and a brand."
Innovo Laboratory feeds
the entrepreneurial spirit
JCSU joined the city’s push to attract and groom
entrepreneurs in 2012 by launching Innovo Laboratory
at Packard Place, Charlotte’s fledgling business incubator.
An initiative of Smith Institute for Applied Research, Innovo
aims to connect students to Charlotte’s most successful
business and civic leaders to inspire and educate a new
generation of entrepreneurs. Innovo Scholars hail from
around the world – including Johannesburg, Rwanda,
Haiti, Baton Rouge and Brooklyn.
Innovo Laboratory has hosted brainstorming sessions
for the Department of Education and the Small Business
Administration, as well as participated in a White House
panel discussion on entrepreneurial education.
Innovo Scholars are now moving from the classroom
to the marketplace. For example, Queen City Forward’s
ImpactU, an accelerator program for college-age
entrepreneurs, selected Innovo Scholar and dance major
Radijah Hudson into its summer 2014 class. The Baton
Rouge native is developing a Charlotte dance studio that
aims to improve community health. Geoffrey Griffin,
a 2013 alumnus of JCSU and Innovo Laboratory, is also
participating in the ImpactU accelerator program. The
business graduate is developing a digital application
that enables students and young adults to better manage
their finances.
“Innovo is
really helping us
recruit these young
entrepreneurs. These
young people have the
passion. We’re giving
them the business acumen to be
successful in whatever endeavors
they undertake. They will help
develop companies and may be
our future leaders.”
— Jay Bendis, chairman
Queen City Forward
Since its launch, some 20 Innovo Scholars, whose interests
range from entertainment management to alternative
energy production, have participated in the program.
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COVER STORY
Students are always looking for opportunities to gain
job experience through internships with local, regional
and national companies. “Such partnerships offer benefits
to both parties,” as Tim Giometti, director of engineering
for Genfare, a division of SPX Corporation in Charlotte,
observed. Four summer interns were paired with a mentor
from his company who helped them transition from a
college to corporate environment.
“We were able to send them through several key areas
in our new product introduction cycle including product
management, embedded software coding and quality
control," said Giometti of the students. “The students were
able to see the full scope of what goes into creating new
technologies and what it takes to implement them. We are
confident that this experience will better facilitate these
highly eager young professionals into areas they find the
most interesting. “
Disruptive innovation builds and sustains
healthy assets
Tackling food deserts
and obesity
In Mecklenburg County, more than 72,000 residents
are living in designated food deserts, defined by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture as "urban neighborhoods and
rural towns without ready access to fresh, healthy and
affordable food." The issue hits home for Northwest Corridor
residents. Sustainability Village seeks to help solve this tough
problem as an urban oasis offering fresh produce. Since
opening in 2012, the Village's community garden
has yielded 200 pounds of fresh produce. An Evening of
Sustainable Dining and Kora Music, celebrating the first
annual fish harvest of tilapia grown aquaponically, invited the
community to sample healthier dietary fare by Kenyan Chef
Njathi Kabui, a provider of locally-grown meals and catering.
“Our ability to bring these healthy options to our
community is a result of many partnerships with The
Duke Endowment, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North
Carolina and the Indaba of the Northwest Corridor,” said
Dr. Philip Otienoburu, assistant professor of biology.
Ellison Clary, director of community relations for BCBS
of North Carolina, supports the project because it ties into
his organization’s goal to support healthy lifestyles, smart
nutrition and fighting obesity. “We liked the idea of the
urban garden at Sustainability Village from the beginning,”
he said. “Not only has it taught students about biology and
farming, it also has benefitted various neighborhoods in
the Corridor which are classified as food deserts. Everyone
seems to be happy with the garden and what Smith is
doing… to educate and nurture. “
“Disruptive
Innovation is not a
tactic or a logic, it is
a change in mindset...
a rebellious instinct
to discard old business
clichés and remake the market
landscape… to deliberately target
situations where the competition
is complacent and the customer
has been consistently overlooked
or underserved.”
— Percy Agreras Dastur, author
“Disruptive Innovation”
Next door to Sustainability Village stands the HealthPlex,
a modern building that houses fitness equipment and
instruction rooms for bringing healthy lifestyles to the
campus and the community.
One new program has laid the groundwork for healthier
eating among the area’s youth. The Seed to Feed
sustainable food project offered through the HealthPlex
and the James B. Duke Library has taught gardening and the
science behind healthy eating to 169 area youth. As part of
the program, the University helped build three gardens at
the Beatties Ford Road Regional Library as a learning tool.
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“Access to an ample quantity and variety of fruits and
vegetables at school, at home and in the community is
critical,” said Wellness Director Victor Romano. “It is
especially important for school-age children, given that
poor dietary habits can linger or worsen into the high
school years and adulthood. They need in-depth
knowledge of the food system, which can be gained
through engagement in activities.”
The program measured changes in attitude and behavior.
For example, the number of youth who indicated they
consumed junk food every day decreased by 34 percent
and unhealthy snacking saw a 70 percent decrease across
all grade levels.
The program for youth feeds into another initiative: Village
HeartBEAT (VHB), which stands for Building Education and
Accountability Together. Created by the Mecklenburg
County Health Department and implemented in
partnership with the HealthPlex, Village HeartBEAT has
been an effective tool in promoting awareness of obesity
and heart disease among African-American and Hispanic
populations. The HealthPlex offers the participants free
access to fitness and weight loss programs.
Over 200 participants between ages 18 and 82,
representing 13 religious faiths accepted the challenge
to lower their heart disease risk. In January 2014, they
volunteered for a 16-week challenge that included weight
management and exercise classes, health coaching and
healthy living seminars.
“Many people have struggled for years to change behaviors
and reduce their risk factors,” said Cheryl Emanuel, senior
manager of Mecklenburg County Health Department. “They
need extra lifestyle coaching and support to increase their
level of physical activity, but cannot afford a membership
fee to a gym. The HealthPlex has been a core component
of the VHB program, offering access to a health and wellness
facility and its team-oriented staff who can coach them on
how to set some realistic personal health goals.”
When Carolyn Cooper’s cardiologist recommended the
program to her, she found it motivated her to get on the
right track of nutrition and exercise. She lost 14 pounds
and found the routine exercise regime, along with a low
carb diet, gave her more energy. “It did a marvelous job
for me,” she said. “My blood sugar is now under control,
I am using weights and walking at home.”
The concept for the program recently received the
Faith & Community Health Excellence Award from
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Radical transformation creates ripple effect
As an active community partner, the University serves as a catalyst for transforming the
Northwest Corridor through projects that include the renovation of the George E. Davis
House and helping to generate support for the CityLYNX Gold Line.
George E. Davis House serves
new purpose
An historic home at 301 Campus Street once owned by
the University’s first Black professor is breathing new life
as the administrative hub for the Foster Village Network
Center. The center’s Guardian Scholars Program serves
youth who have aged out of foster care, those who are
homeless, wards of the courts, or orphans.
Several community partners provided the resources for the
$800,000 restoration of the house, including the Cannon
Foundation, Committee To Restore And Preserve Third Ward
Inc., Wells Fargo Foundation, Mecklenburg County, the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission,
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“Dr. Carter has
given Smith a new
life and created new
vitality in the Beatties
Ford Road Corridor.”
— Gerald Johnson, publisher and CEO
The Charlotte Post
and individual supporters. The project’s purpose was
multifaceted, preserving the historic character of the
Northwest Corridor while opening new doors for a
population of students who are often forgotten.
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JCSU helps move CityLYNX
Gold Line forward
In its study of the Northwest Corridor, the University’s
Center for Applied Research and Community Development
identified transportation as a critical factor in economic
development in the city’s Northwest Corridor. The
University took a front seat in the recent campaign to
bring the Gold Line to the area by holding a series of town
meetings and news conferences on campus. The Gold
Line, with funding now approved, will create another
sustainable asset as it connects a missing link with the
Center City.
“Johnson C. Smith University’s commitment to bring the
streetcar to Charlotte has been monumental for the success
of the CityLYNX Gold Line,” said Carolyn Flowers, chief
executive officer for the Charlotte Area Transit System.
“The University’s advocacy and support will provide
economic development opportunities for future growth
and will further link our community to businesses,
education, cultural centers and more. We are grateful to
JCSU for working closely to align their objectives with CATS
transit system plan. Collaboratively, we will help transform
the landscape of the Northwest Corridor and continue to
work towards future enhancement for our city as a whole.”
Mosaic Village and public art
enliven West End
A $25 million mixed-use project funded by public and
private partnerships rises above West Trade Street as a
Mosaic Village
symbol of revitalization and collaboration in the
Northwest Corridor. The four-story Mosaic Village offers
an array of options for students, businesses and residents.
The first three stories of apartment suites are available to
JCSU students and the fourth floor’s private-access suites
are open to the public for short-term rentals.
The facility, adjacent to a three-story public parking deck,
is also home to No Grease! Barber Shop, which opened in
2013 in street-front retail space. The rooftop terrace above
the parking deck provides a spectacular view of Charlotte's
skyline. The venue is available for weddings and other
special events.
The building’s colorful design with exterior wall depicting
the rich history of the area is adding vibrancy to an area that
had been long neglected. It is another sign of revitalization
that holds promise for the Queen City.
Those who travel through the I-77 underpass on West
Trade Street will notice an unusual display of public
art called “Passing Through Light.” Artist Erwin Redl uses
LED technology to create a dynamic sequence of light
and color to illuminate a gateway for those traveling from
Uptown to the West End. It has transformed a dark space
into a bright entry point into the district.
The project was made possible through a partnership
with JCSU and the Arts and Science Council with funding
from Wells Fargo Corporation. Its symbolism is not lost
on the University whose motto Sit Lux means “Let There
Be Light.” It signifies progress of the past and hope for
the future as the University continues its mission of
empowering tomorrow’s diverse entrepreneurial citizens
and leaders.
Photo by Sean Busher
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Graduates shine at
142nd Commencement
FEATURES
The Class of 2014 enjoyed their day in the sun on
May 10 as the University conferred degrees on 247
men and women during a picture-perfect spring
morning. Leading the procession amid the colorful
fanfare of African drummers were seven students
from Jamaica who earned 4.0 GPAs in the College of
STEM. The group included Valedictorian Regina
Jones-McPherson and Salutatorian Sana-Kay Whyte.
In addressing her classmates, Jones-McPherson
shared her background as a child who grew up
selling produce in the marketplace to help support
her family. “Poverty was never an excuse for us,” she
said. She advised her classmates to “go forward and
tell the world to move over and make some room.”
During her four years in college, Jones-McPherson
adapted to a new environment while learning
about civility and inclusion. JCSU afforded her the
opportunity to serve as vice president of the
International Club and to study abroad in Kenya,
Puerto Rico and South Africa. To prepare for her
career in medicine, she shadowed doctors and
attending physicians at Carolinas Medical Center’s
Biddle Point Family Practice and Elizabeth Family
Medicine. She plans to attend medical school to
become an oncologist.
President Ronald L. Carter congratulates graduate
Oliver Merino.
today, and especially for the young women and
men who have worked so long and hard to earn
their degrees.”
Speaking to a crowd of over 3,000, Commencement
speaker Robert Niblock, chairman and chief
executive officer of Lowe’s Companies, Inc.,
reminded the class that their degree comes with no
guarantee. “It does come with a remarkable gift that
brings possibility and responsibility,” he said. “It is
the gift of opportunity.”
Salutatorian Sana-Kay Whyte, a first-generation
college student from Portland, Jamaica,
graduated with a Bachelor of Science
degree in chemistry and a minor in
general biology. She plans to attend the
University of Toronto to prepare for
medical school. During her studies at
JCSU, she readied herself for the
intellectual rigor of graduate school by
participating in summer research
internships and presenting her work at
national and local conferences. “I did not
succeed because I was smart,” she said.
“It was my attitude toward my goals. I
always strive to be better than my
previous self, no one else.”
In his welcome remarks, President Ronald
L. Carter said, “There can be no doubt
that this is a very important occasion
— for JCSU, for everyone assembled here
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Golden Anniversary Class of 1964 takes part in Commencement Exercises
during Alumni Reunion Weekend.
F E AT u R E S
Letters to Loretta Jean Webber and the Doctor of
Science to her late husband, Dr. Spurgeon W. Webber,
for their generous support of the University and for their civic
responsibility. In Dr. Webber's honor, JCSU’s new Science
Center will include the Webber Family Research Center.
Joining the graduates were 41 distinguished alumni from
the Class of 1964 proudly wearing gold robes to
commemorate their 50th reunion. Among the notables
were past president of JCSU and Shaw University
Dr. Dorothy Cowser Yancy and renowned cardiologist
Dr. Boisey O. Barnes.
Valedictorian Regina Jones-McPherson and Salutatorian Sana-Kay Whyte.
He offered the following advice to students as they enter
the next chapter in their lives:
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Choose to do something that matters to people.
•
Be part of something bigger than yourselves.
•
Take the things you learned about yourself
in college and be that every day.
Niblock drew rounds of applause as he announced a
$100,000 donation from Lowe’s Companies, Inc., to support
the President’s Gap Scholarship Fund.
JCSU Board of Trustees Chairman Monroe Miller presented
an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters to Niblock for
helping lift the African-American community through
philanthropy. He also awarded the Doctor of Humane
Metropolitan College students stand proudly in the processional
into Irwin Belk Complex.
The graduates left the stadium with families and
friends to continue their journey, some heading to jobs in
industries ranging from banking and teaching to healthcare.
Others have been accepted at nationally competitive
graduate schools. Correll Kennedy of Chester, S.C., a social
studies and secondary education major, is headed to Wake
Forest School of Law. His classmate, Horane Hogate of
Jamaica, a psychology research scholar, will begin a research
fellowship in the Ph.D. program at Purdue University.
No matter where their journeys take them next,
JCSU will always be home for the Class of 2014.. As he
officially inducted the class into the National Alumni
Association, President Grover Smith ’70 said, “You are our
newest ambassadors for JCSU. Let your careers, actions and
service to your communities be a shining example for other
young men and women to follow your path to Johnson C.
Smith University – the educational institution that has
prepared you for global leadership.”
Members of the Class of 2014 enjoy the spotlight.
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Historic landmark becomes hub for
Foster Village Network Center
The beautifully restored George E. Davis House will serve as headquarters
of the foster care initiative.
L to R: Chairman (BOT) Monroe Miller; Commissioner Trevor M. Fuller, Chairman, Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners; Dr. Helen
Caldwell, Dean, College of Professional Studies; Dr. Ronald L. Carter, President, JCSU; Dr. Lynn Weis, Chairman, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic
Landmark Commission
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F E AT u R E S
Charlotte celebrated another historic
jewel to its crown on April 11 as city
and county officials joined JCSU in
cutting the ribbon at the newly
renovated George E. Davis House at
301 Campus Street. Also in attendance
were more than a dozen students who
are benefitting from the services
provided through the Foster Village
Network Center, now located in the
renovated house. One of the students,
Rachel Boone ’17, shared her personal
story about how she went from
homelessness to finding her way to
JCSU (see related story on pg. 6).
Like many of the students it now
serves, the George E. Davis House
has undergone a remarkable
transformation of its own. For 55 years,
the Queen Anne-style house was the
home of Dr. George E. Davis and his
wife, two educators who worked hard
to provide educational equality for all.
Davis served as the University’s first
black professor. His wife, Marie, was
a prominent Charlotte public school
principal and teacher.
court, orphans and unaccompanied
homeless youth.
The $800,000 renovation project, led
by Andrew Roby General Contractors,
was funded by the Cannon
Foundation, Committee To Restore
And Preserve Third Ward Inc., Wells
Fargo Foundation, Mecklenburg
County, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Historic Landmarks Commission,
and individual support.
“Thanks to the support of neighbors,
historians and local preservationists,
the restored house serves as an iconic
part of the JCSU mission as well as a
reminder of two beloved educators
whose legacy continues to open
new possibilities for our youth today,”
said Dr. Ronald L. Carter, JCSU president.
Special features at the Davis House
include SMART classrooms, a
conference room, offices and plans
for a tranquility garden. On display
inside the house is a rare collection
of African art donated in memory of
Hyman and Pearl Polk of Charlotte.
“Given their true spirit of helping those
in need in our community, we could
not think of a better place to display
this art than in this center which will
help youth who have aged out of
foster care,” said Carter.
Born in Wilmington, N.C., George Davis
graduated in 1883 from Biddle
University and taught at JCSU for 35
years. He became dean of the faculty
in 1905. After retiring in 1920, he
became North Carolina’s agent for the
Rosenwald Fund, financed by Sears
Roebuck President Julius Rosenwald,
to build schools for African-Americans.
His work led to the construction of 813
Rosenwald schools across the state,
with 26 in Mecklenburg County.
After falling into disrepair for the
last 30 years, Davis’ vacant house
is now starting a second life as the
administrative center for the Foster
Village Network at JCSU. The center’s
Guardian Scholars program serves
students who have been in kinship
care arrangements as well as for
emancipated youth, wards of the
Dr. Ronald L. Carter and students from JCSU’s foster care initiative stand on the steps of the
newly renovated George E. Davis House.
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In keeping with tradition,
an evergreen tree and U.S.
flag are affixed to the
beam before it is hoisted
to its final destination.
The University also announced a $1 million contribution
from Duke Energy to support scholarships for STEM and
business majors. In addition, JCSU’s Center for Renewable
Energy will be named after Duke Energy. “Every dollar we
contribute to education is an investment in the future of
our state,” said Stick Williams, president of the Duke Energy
Foundation. “We are proud to support programs that help
encourage, engage and excite students about energy,
math and science. Our partnership with Johnson C. Smith
University is laying the foundation for our future leaders.”
Students sign the beam on the University Plaza for posterity.
Topping out
ceremony raises
final beam atop
science center
Duke Energy invests
in STEM education
JCSU celebrated the building of its new Science Center
in March as the final steel beam was hoisted by crane into
place atop the four-story building during a Topping
Out ceremony.
Before the beam was lifted by Messer Construction Co.,
students, administrators and trustees had an opportunity
to sign it for posterity. After the signing, guests attended a
luncheon to hear how the new center will benefit students
pursuing market-driven fields in Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
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“As we build this new center, we are raising the bar
in STEM education by delivering market-driven programs
in emerging fields such as cyber security, robotics,
bioinformatics, analytics and renewable energy,” said
Dr. Ronald L. Carter, president. “We thank Duke Energy,
The Duke Endowment and our many other donors for
helping students in STEM prepare for viable careers that
are in high demand.”
“We at Messer are very proud to help bring to the
community an integral piece of the future of Johnson C.
Smith University,” said Steve Keckeis, Messer Construction
Co. vice president and Charlotte region leader. “Building
communities has long been a main focus of our company,
so not only are we looking to reflect that theme with the
finished product – the new Science Center. We’re also
aiming to reflect it in the means and processes used
throughout the construction process. This project has truly
been a community effort thus far, as more than 80 percent
of the $23 million in construction costs to date have been
contracted to more than 50 Charlotte-area companies.
Additionally, about 29 percent of the contracts to date
– a $6.4 million value – have been awarded to Historically
Underutilized (HUB) or minority and women-owned
businesses (MWBE). We’ve achieved great momentum on
this project and look to continue it as we work to make the
new Science Center a reflection of this great community.”
F E AT u R E S
Lumber Company Tailgating Crew
wins the first ever MasterBULL Griller title
The weather was cool, but the food was hot in the tailgating
lot during Homecoming 2013. As the smoky smell of
charcoal filled the air, hundreds of people enjoyed
fellowship, music, dancing and food underneath the
colorful tents. For those who dared to put their grilling and
frying skills to the test, the heat was on in the competition
to reign as king of the grill.
new portable grill and cooler in addition to Coca-Cola
branded items. The other Best winners also received CocaCola items as rewards for their grilling skills.
Along with their first place in the chicken category, Carolina
Good Times placed second in the ribs category. LCTC placed
third in the burger category, and alumnus John R. Gaines ’74
placed third in ribs.
JCSU’s Communications and Marketing Department
partnered with Coca-Cola to present the first ever
MasterBULL Griller contest as part of Homecoming
festivities. The contest was open to every cook in the
tailgating lot to see who would be the best bull in
three categories: burgers, chicken and ribs. Several
contestants entered more than one category.
Alumni and friends grilled stuffed burgers, ribs with
unique blends of spices, and chicken with sauces
ranging from hot to sweet as they went head-to-head
to see which entry would impress the judges the
most. In the end, the competition to be the
MasterBULL Griller and titular king of the grill came
down to the top bull in each category: Best Burger,
Victor Romano; Best Chicken, Carolina Good Times;
Best Ribs, Lumber Company Tailgating Crew (LCTC).
The judges awarded the highest score of the day to the ribs
cooked by the Lumber Company Tailgating Crew. Several
dozen people who were gathered under the crew’s tent
erupted in cheers and shouts of “JC…SU!” as the men
savored their win. The ecstatic cooks gave each other high
fives and hugs before taking a victory walk around the
tailgating lot to brag and boast. The Carolina Good Times
grillers joined in the victory walk to show off their Best
Chicken certificate. In addition to the
title of MasterBULL Griller, LCTC
received a
Members of the Lumber Company Tailgating Crew
took top honors as well as the prize for Best Ribs at the
first-ever MasterBULL Griller Homecoming Grill-Off.
Not only are members of LCTC good cooks, but they are also
good men. Proceeds from the tailgating meals sold will
benefit their mentoring programs for middle and high
school youths. The grill masters of LCTC said they plan to
return next year to defend their MasterBULL Griller title.
“We’ve been tailgating at Homecoming for 23 years, and
we’ll be back for number 24,” they said.
Here’s a message to all grillers: start working on your secret
sauce and experimenting with the extra pinch of spice that
makes the flavor of your meat zing, so you can challenge the
Lumber Company Tailgating Crew for the title
of MasterBULL Griller.
JCSU extends heartfelt thanks to the
following who served as MasterBULL
Griller judges:
Victor Romano,
JCSU wellness
director won Best
Burger for his blue
cheese-stuffed
creation.
Carolina Good
Times tailgating
crew took the prize
for Best Chicken.
Regina Smith ’95, William Kannady
of Coca-Cola, Herb White ‘84 of
The Charlotte Post, Glen Burkins of Q City
Metro, Jessica “The Girl Next Door”
Williams ’04 of Power 98 radio, Delano
Little of WBTV, and current student
Tobias Whitley.
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UNIVERSITY NEWS
Respected journalist and alumnus honored
for coverage of higher education
The Charlotte Post has been educating,
empowering and enlightening Charlotte’s
African-American community for 137 years.
Under the direction of Editor-in-Chief Herb White
’84, the news outlet covers issues and excellence
in higher education through its coverage of
JCSU and other Historically Black Colleges
and Universities.
Because of the newspaper’s coverage of issues in
higher education, earned White the 2014 Pete Ivey
Award from the College News Association of the
Carolinas (CNAC). It is the highest honor given by
the organization.
“This is the first time this distinguished award
has recognized a black community publication
for its excellence,” said Sherri Belfield, director of
communications and marketing for JCSU and
CNAC board member.
Over the years, The Charlotte Post has featured
stories about economic development in Charlotte’s
West End, like Mosaic Village. Articles have also
focused on the food desert issue and the
University’s role in helping address it through
projects like Sustainability Village and its
community garden.
“This is a much deserved award for Herb White
and The Charlotte Post,” said Steve Joyner '73,
JCSU athletics director. “I have watched his growth
and development as a journalist since his hiring at
The Post because it coincided with my hiring as
JCSU’s head men’s basketball coach in 1987. In his
coverage of the Charlotte area, Herb has made sure
that the West End where JCSU is located was
included. We are all very excited that he has been
recognized as the 2014 Pete Ivey Award recipient and
take great pride in the fact that he is an alumnus of
JCSU who remains at his growing edge.”
Lamont Hinson, JCSU director of Sports Information,
praised White’s consistent coverage of JCSU athletics
over the past two decades. “Herb’s quality coverage
has been instrumental in providing awareness to the
local community and surrounding areas about
Johnson C. Smith University athletics programs,”
he said.
The CNAC is comprised of media personnel
from public and private colleges and universities
in North and South Carolina. Members come from
a variety of communications backgrounds including
media relations, marketing writing, graphics
and web design.
“Such coverage is helpful in supporting the
mission of JCSU while highlighting the University's
community engagement and leadership,”
added Belfield.
When presented with the award during JCSU’s
annual athletic awards banquet, White said, “As
Smith has raised its profile locally, it’s only natural
that The Post chronicle its growth. I appreciate the
recognition CNAC has given us.”
White is also a prolific sports writer, covering
college athletics for The Post and The Charlotte
Observer. He has helped raise awareness of Golden
Bulls sports through stories about student-athletes,
coaches, the CIAA and more.
The Charlotte Post Editor in Chief Herbert
White (left) accepts the Pete Ivey Award from
JCSU Director of University Communications
and Marketing Sherri Belfield.
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uNIVERSITY NEWS
Tom Joyner Foundation spotlights JCSU
JCSU enjoyed the spotlight when the Tom Joyner
Foundation named the University its School of the Month
in February 2014. The designation, announced on the
nationally syndicated “Tom Joyner Morning Show,”
came with a fundraising campaign to support the
University’s Comprehensive Campaign:
“Tomorrow is What We Make It.”
The foundation highlights an HBCU
each month with the purpose of
strengthening the institution’s
mission to help keep students
in college.
must be tied to making a difference in the quality of life for
African-Americans.
Austin Jacques ’16, a music performance major; Kwamaine
Lane ’15, an information systems engineering major;
Aaron Beitia ’15 a visual and performing arts major
and Isreal Spencer ’16, a business management
major, all received a $1,500 scholarship to
offset their college expenses.
“The scholarship program has been a
great way to recognize young men who are
impacting the lives of others every day,”
said Lane. “I believe the best way to
make a difference in life is by helping
communities get back on their feet.
Feeding the homeless and
mentoring high school students
and college freshmen has
humbled me deeply.”
During his radio show,
Joyner announced four
JCSU students as Hercules
Scholars. The scholarship is
named after Joyner’s father, the
late Hercules Joyner, who was a
strong supporter of higher
education. To be selected, the student
must be a male with a GPA of at least 3.5
and be a leader on campus who is also
involved in the community. His career goal
The Tom Joyner Foundation
(TJF) has made a difference in
the lives of more than 29,000
HBCU students since 1998.
Tom Joyner
JCSU tops national rankings
The Huffington Post named JCSU
among five HBCUs that have the best
sustainability programs as they take
“bold steps to preserve the
environment and build healthier
communities.”
The University shares the honor with
Spelman College, Paul Quinn College,
Virginia State University and Jackson
State University, all of which are noted
for growing organic foods to improve
food safety and for bringing valuable
research and support to benefit their
students and the world.
The JCSU campus is taking a
comprehensive approach to campuswide sustainability while serving as an
aggressive partner in Charlotte’s
environmental preservation efforts.
The campus is home to a community
garden and aquaponic system that
produces fresh tilapia and vegetables
for resale and donation to area food
banks. A Center for Renewable Energy
is also being built in the new Science
Center slated for completion in 2015.
JCSU also ranked well among HBCUs,
according to U.S. News & World
Report’s 2014 edition of the Best
Colleges Report. The list includes
the top HBCU ranking, which names
Johnson C. Smith University 14th out
of 70 HBCUs ranked based on tuition,
enrollment, retention, graduation
rates and college admission
test scores.
To qualify for the ranking, an
HBCU must be an undergraduate
baccalaureate-granting institution
that enrolls primarily first-year, firsttime students and must be a school
that is currently part of the 2014 Best
Colleges rankings.
The University is also on U.S. News
& World Report’s Short List of top 10
HBCUs with the greatest percentage
of alumni giving. The report highlights
institutions where more than 12
percent of their alumni donated to the
school over a two-year period. JCSU
ranks 9th on the list with a 13.5
average percentage, compared to the
national average of less than ten
percent for HBCUs.
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JCSU Concert Choir and Opera Carolina join voices
Members of the JCSU Concert Choir lent their time and talent to Opera Carolina’s production of the Guisseppe Verdi classic, “Aida.”
The JCSU Concert Choir captured the attention of Charlotte’s opera fans in Opera Carolina’s productions of “Aida” and “Rise for
Freedom.” Some 40 members of the choir performed in Verdi’s “Aida” at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center in October
2013. The opera tells the story of a young princess in ancient Egypt who finds herself torn between loyalty and love.
In April, Opera Carolina and JCSU collaborated with On Q Productions and Firebird Arts Alliance to bring “Rise for Freedom,”
by Adolphus Hailstork to Biddle Hall. The one-act opera tells the true story of John Parker who, as a freed man in the 1860's in
Ripley, Ohio, fought aggressively against slavery as a leader in the Underground Railroad. The JCSU Concert Choir offered a
stellar performance as Dr. Shawn-Allyce White, director of choral activities, performed the role of his wife, Miranda Parker.
FDY thanked for 30 years of service
JCSU appreciates FDY’s 30 years
of food service to students, faculty,
staff and guests. Over the years,
the company has grown with the
University, providing dining,
catering, vending services and retail
concessions for the campus and
the community.
Since its founding in 1982 by
Floyd D. Young, FDY has expanded
operations throughout the Southeast.
The company is recognized as the
fourth largest minority-owned
company in Mecklenburg County.
Johnson C. Smith University wishes
FDY continuous success in providing
excellent food service to colleges and
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students through the Floyd and
Norma Young Annual Scholarship.
Mr. Young’s giving fills the critical
financial gap needed to ensure
students have the means to continue
on their educational paths and prepare
for their chosen careers.
businesses in Charlotte and beyond.
Floyd Young has taken a personal
interest in becoming a generous,
steadfast benefactor to JCSU over the
years. He is the sole member of the
Biddle Giving Society with lifetime
commitments to the University
totaling more than $535,000 since
2000. The contributions have
supported more than 100 JCSU
Because of donors like Mr. Young,
JCSU is able to fulfill its historic
mission of providing an education
of excellence for a diverse group
of talented and highly motivated
students from various ethnic,
socioeconomic, and geographic
backgrounds. The University is deeply
grateful for Mr. Young’s investment
in the JCSU mission.
uNIVERSITY NEWS
L to R: JCSU students and
founders of the Lambda Theta Phi
Latin Fraternity, Inc.: Omar Cossio,
Yerisson Cardenas, Francisco
Cerrillo, Sergio Montesdeoca, Luis
Bryan Dominguez, and Juan Carlos
Hernandez-Campillo
JCSU is first HBCU to host Latino fraternity
Johnson C. Smith University made
national news headlines during the
spring 2014 semester when it became
the first HBCU in the nation to host the
Latin fraternal organization, Lambda
Theta Phi Fraternity, Inc.
“Although we are a new and relatively
small Greek organization on this
campus, we are dedicated to making
positive changes and are passionate
about helping the surrounding
Charlotte community,” said JCSU
student and founding member
Francisco Cerrillo ’16. He began the
process of bringing the Latin fraternity
to campus three years ago with fellow
students Omar Cossio ’16, Yerisson
Cardenas ’16, Sergio Montesdeoca ’16,
Luis Dominguez ’16 and Juan Carlos
Hernandez-Campillo ’16. The men are
all majoring in Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
disciplines, a common bond that
started their idea to form a fraternity.
“One day we were discussing how
we wanted to make an impact on the
community,” Dominguez told Diverse
Issues in Higher Education. “We also
wanted to celebrate our heritage
and promote Latino culture at
the University,” added Cerrillo.
“Because of the growing Latino
community, we hope to continue
paving the way for future members
to break down stereotypes about
Latinos and minorities as a whole,”
said Cerrillo, an information systems
engineering major.
Dean of Student Success Cathy
Jones said the new fraternity “really
aligns with the University’s vision
and mission to create cultural
diversity.” The Johnson C. Smith
University Colony is the 127th
undergraduate entity of Lambda
Theta Phi and the fourth in North
Carolina. The University enrolled
82 students in the spring 2014
semester who identified themselves
as Latino or Hispanic. They
represented the countries
of Argentina, Columbia,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
El-Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Panama and Peru.
Membership in Lambda Theta Phi is
open to all college men who support
its values of scholarship, respect for
all cultures, community service, and
the advancement and fair treatment
of Latinos in the United States.
“This is by no means an exclusionary
organization,” noted Cerillo. “Anyone is
welcome to join if they meet the GPA
and program requirements for the
interest group and maintain strength
and resolve during the subsequent
induction process. In the North
Carolina Sector of Lambda Theta Phi,
we have members of Jamaican,
Pakistani, French and mixed-race
origin, to name a few.”
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JCSU and partners make the urban landscape even greener
Volunteers from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., TreesCharlotte, Arbor Day Foundation and JCSU
planted 31 trees on campus expanding JCSU’s commitment to sustainability.
The University expanded its
commitment to sustainability in July
2014 by planting 31 trees with
volunteers from TreesCharlotte. The
project, funded by Toyota, was
sponsored by the Arbor Day
Foundation and Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Inc. to kick off its national
convention in Charlotte.
The tree planting was the first step in
the process to be considered for the
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Photo by Chris Jenkins
Tree Campus USA designation by the
Arbor Day Foundation.
campus, with values ranging from
$46,506 to $69,957.
“Trees contribute greatly to the
aesthetic and economic value of our
campus,” said Dr. Ronald L. Carter,
president. In 2011, the University
worked with Bartlett Tree Experts to
conduct a tree inventory and
identified 915 trees with 66 different
species on campus. The inventory
estimated a total value of all trees on
“As an urban university, we are proud
to join with our local and national
partners in helping to expand
Charlotte’s urban forest,” added Carter.
According to the Huffington Post, JCSU
is among five HBCUs that made the top
list in sustainability by “taking bold
steps to preserve the environment and
build healthier communities.”
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Johnson C. Smith University
recognizes its employees
The University recognized three faculty members for
excellence in teaching at the annual Faculty and Staff
Appreciation Awards Luncheon in May 2014. Latrelle
McAllister, assistant vice president of Human Resources,
said “Those who were recognized showed how we 'smash
the mold', are 'change agents', and how we as the JCSU
Family 'Do not settle!'”
The Par Excellence Teaching Award honored Dr. Terza
Lima-Neves, assistant professor of political science, for her
significant contributions to teaching.
Sit Lux Award – Dr. Matthew DeForrest, interim chair
of languages and literature and associate professor of
English, in recognition of significant scholarly research and
publications during the academic year or highest student
evaluation scores.
Cato Par Excellence Teaching Award – Dr. Robert
Lindsey, assistant professor of health education, for his
continuous and personal contributions to teaching.
The award comes with a $5,000 cash stipend and financial
assistance for professional development opportunities.
Moses S. Belton Distinguished Service Award
– James Saunders, director of student support
Sara Stewart Distinguished Service Award
– Michelle Orr, digitization librarian
Lonnie T. Parker Pinnacle Service Award for Caring
– Judy Jordan, sergeant, JCSU Campus Police
Lonnie T. Parker Pinnacle Service Award for Enterprise
– Lamont Hinson, director of Sports Information
Lonnie T. Parker Pinnacle Service Award for Innovation
– William Watkins, IT security specialist
Lonnie T. Parker Pinnacle Service Award for Quality
– Carol Scott Payne, administrative assistant
Lonnie T. Parker Pinnacle Service Award
for Servant Leadership – Ron Stodghill,
assistant professor and director of the Center of
Excellence for Diversity, Workforce and Small Business
Development in the Smith Institute for Applied Research
Trench Worker Award Winners
Doris Burns, administrative assistant II
Lennox Graham, head track and field coach
Tanya Greene, tutorial coordinator
Pamela Harrell, accounts payable coordinator
B. Tawanna Heaggans, residence hall coordinator
David Horace, major, JCSU Campus Police
Catherine Hurd, dean of Enrollment Services
Hasaan Kirkland, associate professor of fine art
Joshua Nypaver, web services coordinator
Ashley Smith, residence hall coordinator
Burger King makes history on campus
The grand opening, which coincided with the Martin Luther
King Jr. holiday, also recognized Dr. King’s message of
altruism by including a canned food drive to benefit Second
Harvest Food Bank.
L to R: Perkins President and CEO, Nicholas Perkins,
and JCSU President, Dr. Ronald L. Carter stand shoulderto-shoulder as partners striving to create innovative
opportunities in the Northwest Corridor.
Students and community members gathered in recognition
of service and opportunity as the University celebrated the
opening of the only Burger King on a college campus in
North Carolina. Open to the public, the restaurant is operated
by Perkins Management Services of Charlotte and is located
in the Mary Joyce Taylor Crisp Student Union on campus.
“The addition of Burger King takes us one step closer to
helping solve the food desert in the Northwest Corridor,”
said Dr. Ronald L. Carter, president. “Adding another public
restaurant in the area will also provide jobs for our local
citizens and students.”
The Burger King at JCSU also boasts the first college campus
in the nation to offer Coca-Cola Company’s freestyle
proprietary drink fountains.
Nicholas Perkins, president of Perkins Management Services
said, “The opening of the Burger King on campus is the first
step in the transformation of the dining service experience
at JCSU. We are excited about the future and the many great
things we have in store for the campus and the community.”
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AKA awards JCSU for civil rights and social justice
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
honored JCSU with its Presidential
Award for Civil Rights and Social
Justice during the sorority’s 66th
national convention in Charlotte on
July 13. Carolyn House Stewart, Esq.,
international president of AKA,
presented the award before an
audience of nearly 12,000 to
Dr. Ronald L. Carter for the work
accomplished through the University’s
Foster Village Network Center.
The center administers the Guardian
Scholars Program, which offers college
access support to youth who are
phasing out of the foster care system.
“The comprehensive support
services we can offer to these students
significantly increases their chances
of succeeding in college and in life,”
said Dr. Helen Caldwell, dean of the
College of Professional Studies.
“It is a fact that too often these
students lack the support, confidence
and resources needed to pursue
education beyond high school,” added
Patricia Newell, director of the Foster
Village Network Center, noting
the program also serves youth
President Ronald L. Carter accepts the Presidential Award for Civil Rights and Social Justice from
Carolyn House Stewart, Esq., international president of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
who spent time in kinship care,
experienced homelessness during
high school or were in a legal
guardianship arrangement.
During the awards ceremony, JCSU
shared the stage with several notables
including Anthony Hamilton, Grammy
Award winning singer, who received
the Presidential Award for Emerging
Young Leaders for his work to raise
awareness of the growing number
of African-American children in the
foster care system.
“I am so appreciative to the AKA’s
for honoring us with their Presidential
Award during their 66th National
Convention,” said Caldwell. “Words
cannot express the impact JCSU’s
foster care initiative continues to have
on the larger community.”
Founders' Day
Convocation
featured a presentation of the Presidential
Award of Distinction to Rodney Monroe, chief
of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police (l). Fannie Flono,
associate editor of The Charlotte Observer,
delivered the Convocation address (r).
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uNIVERSITY NEWS
Students help prepare inmates for life after prison
Nine students and three residence hall
coordinators from JCSU have been
trained to serve as mentors in the
Transitional Aftercare Network (TAN),
a developmental program for inmates
returning to society after
incarceration.
Mentoring will be provided to
minimum custody inmates who are
soon to be released or who are already
on work release jobs.
Developed by the North Carolina
Department of Public Safety Division
of Adult Correction/ Prisons, TAN helps
train organizations such as churches
and agencies to guide inmates as they
transition back to their communities
after incarceration to reduce
recidivism. This program will be the
first of its kind on a college campus.
The program at JCSU is led by adjunct
chaplain Khalil Akbar with help from
student and faculty volunteers and
local minister Tonia Gathers.
After working for North Carolina’s
Department of Public Safety for 25
years, Akbar introduced the idea of
TAN to Donnie Shell, director of the
JCSU Spiritual Life Center. “When I
heard the idea, I knew this would be a
great opportunity for our staff,
L to R: Brittany Winston, Kayla Bernard, Iesha Bynum-Joy and Sydney Davis proudly display
their certificates after completing TAN training
students and the community,”
Shell said. Akbar added, “By equipping
these ex-offenders with coping skills
to successfully return to society, they
are less likely to return to prison.”
“The slogan of the program,
‘Transforming Lives through a Spirit
of Excellence,’ ties into JCSU’s mission
to be socially conscious,” added
Shell. Octavius Rice, a residence
hall coordinator at JCSU said, “This
program helps me tremendously by
allowing me to see how blessed I am.
I have the opportunity to help
someone else in need. It is important
to know how to deal with different
types of people.”
Noni Lengoati ’16, a social work major
from South Africa, described the
volunteer opportunity as a turning
point in her life. “I have never dealt
with incarceration before. This
experience will teach me to help
others in need and not to stereotype
people,” she said.
Walmart Foundation supports institutional effectiveness
The Walmart Foundation has awarded a
$20,000 grant to JCSU to help provide
greater access to higher education and
career opportunities.
The funds will support JCSU’s planning
efforts for reaffirmation of accreditation
through the Fiscal and Strategic
Technical Assistance Program. The
program will ensure that the institution
has the appropriate systems, processes
and procedures in place to demonstrate
institutional effectiveness. With this
assistance, JCSU will be prepared to meet
the critical requirements of the regional
accreditation process.
JCSU is among 16 UNCF-member
institutions in the nation to receive the
funds, which are part of a $500,000 grant
to UNCF to assure that HBCUs continue
as a source of quality degrees for AfricanAmerican students.
Johnson C. Smith University is accredited
by the Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools Commission on Colleges to
award bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
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Students compete in College Fed Challenge
ACADEMICS
Four students tested their business acumen and polished their networking skills in the Federal Reserve’s
College Fed Challenge in November 2013. Accounting majors Whitney Joyner ’14, and Kenroy Walker ’14,
along with banking and finance majors Geovanie Foote ’16 and Oscar Kgatla ’14, delivered 20-minute
presentations on monetary policy to a panel of judges. The contestants were scored on content, teamwork,
responses to questions, and presentation style.
The students gained real world business experience as they were challenged to interpret economic data
under a tight deadline. The exercise helped them use tactics learned in the classroom and apply them in
a professional situation.
The JCSU students competed with Duke University, UNC-Chapel Hill, Davidson College and other North
Carolina institutions. The JCSU students performed well even though they did not make
the national event, according to Dr. James Nguyen, associate professor of finance for JCSU, who mentored
the students for the event. “Participation
in the Fed Challenge is one of the best ways for students to better understand the inner operations
at one of the world’s most important central banks,” he said.
After the competition, the students networked with professionals from the Federal Reserve of Richmond,
as well as banking and corporate executives in the area. “JCSU’s participation in the event has helped us
project a positive image in the community,” Nguyen added. This is the third year students from JCSU have
participated in the Fed Challenge.
Students participate in the Federal Reserve’s College Fed Challenge.
L to R: Geovanie Foote ’16, Oscar Kgatla ’14, Kenroy Walker ’14, and Whitney Joyner ’14
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JCSU offers first master's degree program
University becomes a Level III institution
The University received permission
from the Council on Social Work
Education (CSWE) to offer a Master
of Social Work (MSW) degree, its first
graduate-level program, starting in
the fall 2014 semester. The program
was admitted to candidacy during the
meeting of the Commission on
Accreditation in February 2014. Initial
accreditation for the MSW program
will occur in 2015 following a site visit
by the CSWE.
As part of the process, the University
applied with the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools Commission
on Colleges (SACSCOC) to become a
Level III institution. Acceptance of its
application in December 2013 was the
first critical step required in the
process to offer masters degrees.
“This is a historic period at Johnson C.
Smith University as we move from a
bachelor-degree-granting institution
to one that offers an even higher level
of education,” said Dr. Ronald L. Carter,
president. “Our Master of Social Work
program is designed to meet the
needs of our students and the
community at large, fulfilling our
mission as a new urban university.”
The two-year MSW program is offered
evenings and weekends on the JCSU
main campus. “We have designed
this program to be convenient for
adults in the workforce who want
to pursue graduate social work
study during non-work hours,”
said Dr. Jeanne Cook, professor of
social work and director of the MSW
program. “Students will leave our
program as culturally competent
and creative social workers ready
for advanced practice.”
Starting in summer 2015, a one
-year advanced standing option will
be available for selected graduates
from accredited bachelor’s programs
in social work.
Students attend Clinton Global Initiative University
Three students from JCSU presented
their Commitment to Action projects
at the internationally competitive
Clinton Global Initiative University
(CGIU) annual meeting at Arizona
State University March 21-23, 2014.
More than 1,000 student leaders from
around the world convened at the
meeting hosted by President Bill
Clinton, former Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Clinton
Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton.
For his Commitment to Action,
JCSU chemistry and biology major
Omar Cossio ’16, of Asheboro, N.C.,
presented an update on Sustainability
Village at JCSU. The innovative livinglearning prototype incorporates
academic coursework, servicelearning activities and humanitarian
work. It includes an aquaponic
system that combines growing crops
and cultivating fish in a closed loop
environment. The produce from the
garden is available for
the campus and the
surrounding community
to help solve the food
desert in Charlotte’s
Northwest Corridor.
Biology major Karla
Mendoza ’17, of Aiken, S.C.,
and biology and psychology
major Korey Smith ’16, from
Merrillville, Ind., presented a
new STEM tutoring initiative
they are working on with Bruns
Academy in Charlotte that features
a small-scale aquaponic system
for educating students about
sustainability with the goal of sparking
their interest in STEM-related fields.
The JCSU students competed at
CGI U with some of the nation’s top
institutions for funding awards. While
discussing ideas for solving some of
the most pressing concerns of the
Millennial generation, they talked
about human rights, women’s
social and economic empowerment
and ways to combat HIV/AIDS.
“Johnson C. Smith University plays
a pivotal role in the community by
preparing a cadre of students who
are solutions driven and prepared
to solve myriad global development
challenges,” said Philip Otienoburu,
assistant professor of biology. This was
the second year JCSU was represented
at the CGIU.
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Students gain Afro-Brazilian cultural experience
Brandon McMurray ’15 of Atlanta, Ga., has
never traveled outside of North America. In
May of his junior year, he took advantage of a
study abroad trip to Brazil, joining six other
students under the direction of Dr. Latonya
Williams, assistant professor of political science,
and Dr. Anita Bledsoe-Gardner, assistant
professor of criminology. The group travelled
to Rio de Janeiro and Salvador da Bahia for a
12-day cultural immersion program focused
on the Afro-Brazilian experience.
JCSU students
in front of Maracanã
football stadium in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The faculty prepared students for the
experience through lectures, discussions,
documentaries, language lessons and
cultural training.
“The objective of this study abroad experience
was to offer students a unique cultural and
educational opportunity that would transform
their understanding of the African diaspora in
the Western Hemisphere,” said Dr. Williams.
“We accomplished this goal through a series
of conversations, experiential learning
opportunities and travel to Salvador da Bahia,
the epicenter of Afro-Brazilian culture.”
Highlights of the study abroad experience
included visits to the:
• Black Culture and Research Institute
founded in Rio de Janeiro in 1975 to raise
black consciousness and mobilize blacks
against racial discrimination
• Sugar Loaf Mountain in Tijuca Forest,
the world’s largest urban forest
• Maracanã Stadium, venue for the
2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer
Olympics
• Christ the Redeemer statue on
Corcovado Mountain, recognized
as one of the New Seven Wonders
of the World
• Steve Biko Institute, named after the
anti-apartheid activist who founded
the Black Consciousness Movement
L to R: Aneisha Collins, Kenya Hale, Acacia Wilson, Laylaa Randera, Dr. Anita Bledsoe-Gardner,
Lerato Motaung, Dr. Latonya Williams, Briana Robinson, Brandon McMurray
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After experiencing these educational landmarks,
students were able to gain a greater understanding of the
myriad contributions of African descendants to the social,
cultural and political landscape of Brazil.
opportunity. “Studying abroad in the summer gives
you a chance to travel at a time when you have less
responsibilities,” he said. “It broadens your horizons
and exposes you to other people and cultures.
“The most memorable experience for me was standing
on the mountaintop under the Christ the Redeemer
statue,” said McMurray. The only male student on the
trip, McMurray said traveling to Brazil was an incredible
Dr. Bledsoe-Gardner described the experience as a powerful
learning opportunity that promoted critical thinking in
a practical, applied setting. “It was a perfect platform to
unify theory and practice,” she said.
Laylaa Randera ’15, senior communicationarts major
“The summer 2014 study abroad to Brazil was a phenomenal, once-in-a-lifetime
experience! Learning about the roots of Afro-Brazilian culture galvanized my
passion for observing the colors of the world, the dynamic nature of humanity,
and the tapestry that constitutes our global, yet extremely unique, experiences
that make each of us wholly individual. I couldn't have wished to travel with any
other group of people.”
Emmy Foundation energizes teaching for Sadler
After five years of teaching film and video production at
JCSU, assistant professor Sitara Sadler ’05, needed to
recharge her batteries. That opportunity
came when she was selected for the
highly competitive Emmy Foundation
Fellowship Faculty Seminar in Los
Angeles. Only 20 professors from
colleges and universities nationwide are
selected each year by the Television Academy
for a chance to learn from the industry’s top
professionals.
Sadler flew to LA in November for the
fellowship which included day trips to TV studios
and production lots, conversations with TV
executives and screenwriters. She met with
Jerry Weintraub, producer of the film
“Candelabra,” toured Stargate Studios
post production house and met with
the program director for the show
“Parenthood.” On the last day, she visited Fox Studios
to meet with the heads of programming and planning
from five major networks.
“It was rejuvenating,” Sadler said of the seminar.
“The fact I was chosen to go and be a part of this experience
meant a lot and validated the importance of what I do.
The contacts I’ve made will help us to continue to grow
this program and attract more students.”
Sadler holds a bachelor’s degree in communication
arts from JCSU and a Master of Fine Arts degree in motion
pictures and television from the Academy of Art in
San Francisco.
She looks forward to integrating some of the ideas gained
from the fellowship in her film and video production and
screenwriting classes. “I came back with some different
things I wanted to do in the classroom to make it more
lively and engaging.”
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Sustainability Village extends its mission to Haiti
The Sustainability Village project at JCSU fulfilled its
international mission in June when three students, a
professor and community member traveled to Haiti to begin
building a sustainable food source there. Funded by The
Duke Endowment, the group partnered with Charlottebased Joseph’s Exchange, which supports members of Haiti
Missions Service. During the two-week trip, the group
worked with local residents to build an aquaponics facility
and three plant beds in Mahanaim Village, located in
Barbamcourt. The facility’s 1,000-gallon concrete tank is
large enough to raise 320 tilapia. It is the first of its kind in
the village which is designed to provide shelter and safety,
while leading residents to productive independence.
A similar but smaller prototype has been functioning
successfully at Sustainability Village on the JCSU campus
since 2012 as a way to help alleviate the food desert
in the Northwest Corridor. Taking the concept overseas has
been part of the original plan for the village, which serves as
an academic living and learning tool.
Dr. Philip Otienoburu, assistant professor of
biology, who heads the academic portion of
the JCSU project, led the Haiti trip,
accompanied by JCSU students Gusmann
Santil ’15, Johny Altine ’16, Angelica Grant
and a community member, Thelma Bailey. As
a member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg
school board, Bailey was impressed by the
level of engagement in education and
politics in Haiti. “They are politically
engaged, and they all vote,” she said. “By
contrast, only about half of local people here
register to vote. When you drive down the
street you see walls written with political
statements instead of gang-related graffiti.”
“I was quite excited to have the opportunity to walk into a
situation where we were so needed,” said Otienoburu. He
found the local residents were knowledgeable about the
virus and its symptoms but needed help identifying its
cause and how to address the problem. A common opinion
shared by the Haitians was that Americans had caused the
problem by spraying the area.
The group from JCSU noticed one of the best protections
against the virus, mosquito netting, was hard to find.
Learning that, Santil, arranged for a friend in Miami to ship
Community members in Haiti begin building a sustainable food source.
She was also delighted to see the concept of the
Sustainability Village gardens take root in Haiti, knowing
the benefit it has brought to her own community.
“My neighbors are absolutely thrilled about the garden,
said Bailey, who serves as president of the Lincoln
Heights neighborhood association.
Despite his preliminary research ahead of time, Otienoburu
said the JCSU group was surprised to find the area was in
the midst of an outbreak of the chikungunya mosquito
virus. “I knew about the outbreak, but didn’t know it was
so prevalent,” he said.
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Armed with knowledge from his doctoral research on
mosquitos, Otienoburu felt compelled to respond to the
public health issue. He organized a team to survey 60
households to assess their knowledge of the outbreak and
provide information about the risks. When they visited a
2,000-member church and asked how many people had the
virus, almost all hands went up. The virus, which is not fatal,
causes fever and severe muscle pains.
nets back to his contact there. As a native of Haiti, Santil
said the sustainability project to help his home country
meant a lot. After working with JCSU’s Sustainability Village,
he became aware of how the project can go far in providing
a sustainable food source to a community.
Altine, a business administration major from Haiti, said,
“I liked that we could share knowledge with others about
how aquaponics and plants can grow together.” Once the
system is established, Altine said it will produce as many as
100 heads of lettuce every two weeks. “I loved it,” he said of
the experience. “It was amazing.”
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Hemmy in Senegal - a view from the inside
Kirsten Hemmy, assistant
professor and chair of the
Department of Interdisciplinary
Studies, Philosophy
and Religion, received a
Fulbright Scholarship to
conduct research in Senegal
during the 2012-2013 academic
year. She remained in the
country this past year to
continue her work. She shares
the results of her work in the
following interview.
Can you describe the research you
are doing this year?
I am working on several projects.
Near completion is a book of personal
poems tentatively entitled “Western
Union and Other Poems.” The book
is about the role that the West and
tourism play in Africa. It uses real
stories ripped from the local headlines
and written in the voice of one or
more of the subjects. Usually, we hear
one story about Africa and it inevitably
involves Americans or the West as
saviors, as perhaps benign. But we also
occupy another space here that is
inglorious, and of course, not in the
story we tell about ourselves, as it’s
not beautiful. We come here as tourists
with a narrative of supremacy that we
invoke whenever uncomfortable,
as entrepreneurs, as missionaries.
It’s complicated; it’s fraught. I’m
writing about that.
I’ve been doing some work on local
nonprofits and the good they’re doing
here. I’m working with a group of
scholars and activists to draw greater
attention to African-run organizations.
A group I’m really proud to be on
board with is Second Chance
Academy, directed by
Mame Diarra Bousso
Ndiaye. The organization
offers education to young
men and women who
were formerly, or are still,
incarcerated.
My last piece of
scholarship that I’m
really excited about is a
database. Along with
a few local scholars, I am building an
archive of scholarship by African
writers and scholars. One of the
problems my students delineated last
year deals with a gap between what
Africans are doing here – and it’s great,
amazing work – and what is accessible
to other scholars and students,
including those here. What’s available
is largely written by Westerners and
published by Western publishers, even
when the topic is about Africa. We’re
working on building a website that
documents more of the story. More
voices, accessible to more people.
Where are you based in Senegal?
Last year I lived in Ziguinchor, Senegal,
which is located in the Casamance
region of the country, near the border
of Guinea-Bissau. While there,
I taught at the University of Ziguinchor
and occasionally gave lectures on
federalism to local leaders and
members of the Movement of
Democratic Forces (MFDC) of
Casamance, the rebel group there.
The area has been in civil war for over
30 years now and is struggling to
either gain greater recognition from
the Senegalese government, or to
gain independence and sovereignty.
As the only American living there sent
by the U.S. Embassy, I was called to
talk to various groups on occasion. This
was an incredible opportunity for me. I
loved living and teaching there. People
are amazing; very poor but very
hopeful, happy and kind. To live in a
place with people who have been
living with civil war and violent conflict
for so long gave me a new perspective.
I had students who missed classes
because their fathers hid them – sent
them to villages so they wouldn’t be
taken by the rebels and forced into the
cause – as well as students who were
eager to join the MFDC. It was risky
to discuss and difficult not to discuss.
Courses were complicated;
conversations were complicated.
I learned everything about life all over
again. It was difficult and it was great.
I made the decision to move to Dakar
because of the teaching job I was
offered here, but I am able to split my
time between Dakar and Casamance,
which I do. Casamance, and what’s
happening there, is so important that
we know about it. When you look at
a map of Africa, of Senegal, and you
understand that Westerners are
complicit in the problem. The
map of Senegambia a perfect
representation. In the African “land
grab,” Senegambia was split into two
countries, with Gambia – the area of
Casamance which borders the Gambia
River – going to the British and
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Senegal – on either side of Gambia
– becoming a French colony.
Just beneath southern Senegal,
Ziguinchor, is Guinea-Bissau, which
is a former colony of Portugal.
So these three areas that share
resources, people, ethnic groups,
culture, roads, borders and politics
have as their national languages (and
of all the institutional systems) French,
English, and Portuguese. It’s mindboggling. And it explains everything.
So I was studying there, and initially
interested in this idea of bordercrossing and of borders, which in
French is frontière. The notion of the
frontier then became increasingly
interesting to me – how they are
created in the imaginary and in
actuality. I began to study why they
exist and why we insist on them –
what crosses the frontier and what
doesn’t. That’s another project I’ve
been writing about in a series of
stories about borders.
Why did you choose Senegal as a
location for your research?
I came here in 2003 on a FulbrightHays fellowship. I was a student then
and utterly unprepared. I made a
million mistakes thinking I understood
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something when I didn’t. I grew
increasingly questioning and skeptical
of the ability any of us has to travel
and leave a small footprint, or a good
footprint. But I was so curious about
Senegal. It’s so rich culturally. There’s
so much to learn and to admire. I still
want to learn more. I’ve had the good
fortune to travel to many other
countries in Sub-Saharan Africa,
but Senegal is a place that I love.
How has this experience broadened
your knowledge?
In every way you can think of. In the
past year and a half, I’ve learned at
least two languages. I’ve had to
communicate in one or two of those
languages each day – whether I want
to go somewhere, use a bathroom,
have a conversation or shop at the
supermarket. In addition, I’ve had
to learn several other cultures.
One thing this experience has taught
me is that we underestimate how
difficult it is for immigrants to adjust
to American life. Liliane Ntabana, one
of our JCSU students, spent a lot of
time with me when she first arrived at
JCSU. As culturally competent as I
believed myself to be, I only
appreciated how difficult her transition
must have been after I was struggling
here myself. In America we’re not
always as tolerant
of non-native speakers as people are
here. It made me appreciate how many
brilliant, gifted immigrants I’d met in
the U.S. without appreciating or even
noticing their brilliance.
As for teaching, I’ve learned a lot.
Class sizes at the public universities
range from 70 to 700. Students arrive
up to three hours early to have a seat
in the room. Professors teach a lot
more classes here and with a lot more
students. I am better at managing my
time now and am more organized.
What period does your Fulbright
grant cover? I had said in a previous
article that it was for 2012-2013, but
it appears you’re still there.
The grant covers 2012-2013. I asked
Dr. Carter for another year of leave in
order to finish my work here, which he
granted. I am really grateful for his
understanding and support. He’s the
reason I’ve been able to do any of
these things. His experience in South
Africa and his leadership has also
inspired me and served as a model
for me.
ACADEMICS
JCSU receives Best STEM Program award
HBCU Digest honored JCSU in July
with its Best STEM Program award
during the 2014 HBCU Media Week
hosted by Dillard University.
The University was selected among
Historically Black Colleges and
Universities who participated in the
annual award nominations. The
two-day conference drew HBCU
communications executives, faculty
members, presidents, alumni officers
and vice presidents from HBCUs
around the nation.
To qualify for the award, the institution
had to have earned significant media
coverage for research, academic or
professional development in the
industry, or have demonstrated faculty
or student excellence in a variety of
STEM disciplines. The University was
selected among three other finalists:
Delaware State College of
Mathematics, Natural Science and
Technology, Fisk University
Department of Life and Physical
Sciences and Florida A&M University
College of Science and Technology.
As an independent urban university,
JCSU stands out in several STEM
categories. Diverse Issues in Higher
Education ranked JCSU in the top one
percent among all U.S. higher
education institutions in graduating
African Americans in computer
science and information systems.
modeling and simulation and
robotics. Students in these disciplines
win awards for their research and
participate in conferences early in
their college years. Many go on to
graduate school.
The University takes pride in the fact
that about 50 percent of its graduates
in the STEM disciplines are women,
more than double the national rate.
One such graduate from JCSU is Aisha
Davis ’13, who is blazing trails for
women in computer science at
Microsoft Corporation. As a student,
she worked on a cyber security project
with the federal government. Junior
computer engineering major
Jheanelle Linton is among 74 students
in the nation recognized as HBCU AllStars of 2014 by the White House
Initiative on Historically Black Colleges
and Universities.
Notable alumni include Dr. Brian
Jackson ’96, who went on to be
the first alumnus to earn a Ph.D.
in computer engineering. Similarly,
Dr. Nicki Washington ’00, was the first
graduate of JCSU to earn a Ph.D. in
computer science.
Much of JCSU’s recent success in STEM
is based on its innovative vision to
offer existing and future marketdriven programs like cyber security, as
well as renewable energy, homeland
security, bioinformatics, medical
informatics, analytics, big data,
“This award speaks volumes about
the positive outcomes we are seeing
from the STEM program, which can be
attributed to the hard work of faculty,
staff and students,” said Dr. Magdy
Attia, dean of the College of STEM.
“You only have to look at this year’s
graduating class to see the intellectual
rigor demonstrated by our students.
The top seven graduates in the Class
of 2014, four of whom are female,
have all earned a 4.0 and gone on
to employment and graduate study
in STEM fields.”
STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering
and Math
Mellon Foundation supports visual and performing arts
The Department of Visual, Performing
and Communication Arts (VPA) will
expand its curriculum and faculty
development opportunities over the
next three years with a $975,000 grant
from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
The grant will fund a Mellon Early
Career Faculty Development Program
for technology and new media, an
emerging scholars lecture series and a
collaborative research initiative.
The University has developed an
innovative curriculum in studio and
graphic art, as well as film, and
continues to add faculty with a new
Bachelor of Arts degree in dance.
The foundation initially helped
raise the prominence of the
department in 2008 by establishing
an interdisciplinary degree in visual
and performing arts with five
concentrations. Recent U.S.
Department of Education studies
suggest interdisciplinary instruction
currently is valued among employers.
Since its introduction, student
enrollment in the visual and
performing arts program at JCSU
has grown from 13 to 50 students.
“The continued support from the
foundation takes us a step closer
to growing each concentration into
its own major degree program,”
said Dr. Elfred Anthony Pinkard,
executive vice president and chief
operating officer.
One of the most visible components
of the program, the JCSU Arts Factory,
opened on West Trade Street in 2010.
The teaching facility for visual and
performing arts is also home to
the Black Box Theatre, which hosts
performances by VPA students and
local acting groups.
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The Bookshelf
Numerous faculty members
at JCSU published academic
journal articles and books during
the 2013-2014 academic year.
Below is a list of some of their
work in print and online:
Hasaan Kirkland, associate professor
of fine art, is published in volume
seven of the book “International
Contemporary Masters.” The book
includes four of his original works,
one of which is in the permanent
collection at Bowie State University.
Dr. Victor Romano, wellness director,
has published his first book “Creating
a Culture of Wellness: A Guide to a
Happier & Healthier Lifestyle.”
Abstract: Romano provides an
easy-to-follow guide for individuals,
students studying wellness, and
organizations wishing to add a
wellness program to their business
model. Taking a multidimensional
approach to well-being, the book
explains wellness in seven
distinct dimensions: emotional,
environmental, intellectual,
occupational, physical, social,
and spiritual.
Dr. Nicola Bivens, assistant
professor of criminology;
Dr. Linette Fox, assistant professor
of management; Dr. Yolanda
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Meade Byrd; Dr. Deborah Quick,
associate professor of sociology;
Dr. Thomas Priest, professor
of criminology and Dr. Anita
Bledsoe-Gardner, assistant professor
of criminology 2014. “Three Decades
of Community Based Participatory
Research: Effective Pedagogy,
Community Activism, and Impacting
Communities.” Journal of Justice
Studies.
Abstract: The Urban Research
Group was formed at JCSU to provide
student-assisted research support
for community-based and nonprofit
organizations in the community as
well as enhance students’ research
skills for graduate school and
employment opportunities. Over
the last 30 years, the group has
been involved in Community Based
Participatory Research (CBPR) and
has engaged undergraduate students
in research projects involving the
local housing authority, the United
Way, local law enforcement and
courts, various community
development corporations and
over 15 neighborhood associations.
Embodying a number of High Impact
Educational Practices as defined by
The American Association of Colleges
and Universities (AACU), CBPR has
afforded students and faculty the
opportunity to impact communities
through activism.
Dr. Nicola Bivens, assistant professor
of criminology; Dr. Anita BledsoeGardner, assistant professor of
criminology; Dr. Dezette Johnson,
assistant professor of social work
2014. “Back to the Basics: Innovative
Strategies to Prepare Traditional and
Adult Learners in the Social Sciences
for 21st Century Workforce.”
NETWORK: A Journal of Faculty
Development, Fall 2013.
Abstract: A study conducted
by Hart and Associates on behalf
of the Association of American
Colleges and Universities (2010)
reveals that employers believe that
two and four-year institutions need to
place more emphasis on written and
oral communication as well as critical
thinking and analytical reasoning skills.
Writing should be emphasized not
only by English faculty, but the entire
campus community. JCSU formerly
offered “learning across the curriculum”
courses to enhance these skills. These
courses have since been phased out,
resulting in academic programs to
implement strategies to incorporate
these skill sets in their existing
curriculums.
Dr. Robert R. Lindsey, associate
professor of health education;
K. Hillard, alumnus; Dr. Indhu Gopal,
associate professor of physical
education; BerNadette LawsonWilliams, associate professor of
physical education; Dr. Robert Lyons,
associate professor at Queens
University 2013. “Life Satisfaction
Among African-American College
Students: a pilot study.” The
NCAAHPERD Journal, 48(1), 9-15.
Dr. Gabriel Sealey-Morris,
assistant professor of English.
“Coleridge’s Moors: Osorio, Remorse,
and the Swarthy Shadow of Othello.”
Nineteenth-Century Contexts, Vol. 35,
Issue 3, 2013.
Abstract: This article attempts to place
the racism of Coleridge’s “Othello”
criticism into a comprehensible social,
political and psychological context by
considering Coleridge’s use of the
Moors in his plays “Osorio and
Remorse.” In doing so, I hope to
illuminate a small but previously
misunderstood aspect of Coleridge’s
thought by giving his racial attitudes a
philosophical and political context.
Dr. Ying Bai, professor of computer
science and engineering, Practical
Microcontroller Engineering with
ACADEMICS
M68HC11, John Wiley & Sons, July 2013.
science and engineering; Dali Wang
and Sunil Gupta, assistant professor
of natural science, “Reduce Nuclear
Radiations in Pediatric Nuclear
Medicines by Selecting the Optimized
Effective Dose,” Journal of Applied
Science & Research, Vol.1, Issue 1, 2014,
28-35.
of natural science, “Estimate the
Minimized Effective Dose and Critical
Organ in Pediatric Nuclear Medicine,”
American Journal of Medical Case
Reports, No.1 (2014): 4-9, doi:
10.12691/ajmcr-2-1-2.
Dali Wang and Dr. Ying Bai, professor
of computer science and engineering,
“Fuzzy Logic Control Implementation
Considerations and Complexity
Analysis,” Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy
Systems, 24 (2013) 677-683.
science and engineering; Dali Wang,
“Using Fuzzy Inference System to
Estimate the Minimized Effective Dose
and Critical Organ in Pediatric Nuclear
Medicine,” Proceedings of Future
Computing 2014: The Sixth
International Conference on Future
Computational Technologies and
Applications, Venice, Italy, May 25-29,
2014, 21-25.
Ying Bai, professor of computer
of natural science, “Select the Optimal
Effective Dose to Reduce Nuclear
Radiations in Pediatric Nuclear
Medicine,” Proceedings of 2014
International Conference on Energy,
Environment and Materials Engineering,
Feb. 20-22, 2014, Shenzhen, China,
991-996.
Dr. Raynor continues
Oral History Project
Dr. Sharon D. Raynor, assistant professor of English, received a
Clark-Yudkin Fellowship to continue her research on African-American
Vietnam veterans. The fellowship enabled her to visit the McDermott
Special Collections to access the oral histories of the first AfricanAmerican graduates and cadets from interviews conducted by the
United States Air Force Academy Center for Oral Histories.
Her research focuses on the
process of integration at the Air
Force Academy. Her work will
result in a scholarly journal
article to be published in
“Recollecting Vietnam: Essay
Collection” as well as inclusion
in other scholarly articles.
Raynor has also received the
2013-14 Gilder-Lehrman
Institute of American History
Fellowship for her ongoing
research on this topic.
She also conducted research
in 2012 for a project titled “The
Silence of War,” which captured
personal stories from North Carolina veterans. The project focused on
interviews with Vietnam veterans who have struggled with the
psychological effects and stress of war in Southeast Asia.
Raynor earned her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in English from
East Carolina University and her Ph.D. in English from Indiana University
of Pennsylvania. She is also the recipient of the Alphonse Fletcher, Sr.
Fellowship through the Fletcher Foundation and the W.E.B. DuBois
Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University.
In previous years, she served as the Interim Director of the Honors
College (2008-2009), Chair of the Department of English and Foreign
Languages at Johnson C. Smith University (2005-2008) and as a lecturer
in the English Department at East Carolina University.
Her work may be found at: www.thesilenceofwar.com
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Student selected as HBCU All-Star
STUDENT NEWS
Junior computer engineering major Jheanelle
Linton ’16, of St. Thomas, Jamaica, is among 75
students in the nation recognized as HBCU All-Stars
of 2014 by the White House Initiative on Historically
Black Colleges and Universities. This new initiative
recognizes and empowers outstanding student
leaders to become advocates for academic success
and excellence.
Chosen from among more than 445 applicants,
Linton demonstrates leadership and civic
engagement in her community. She is serving as an
ambassador for the initiative by promoting the
value of education through social media and
forming relationships with community-based
organizations.
Linton seized the opportunity to further her
education after receiving a scholarship from JCSU.
“I always wanted to go to college but my dreams
were ultimately shattered after graduating from
high school knowing that I couldn’t afford it,”
said Linton. “When I received a scholarship,
it was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up.”
As an HBCU All-Star, Linton’s work will be
featured on the Initiative’s website
http://www.ed.gov/edblogs/whhbcu/.
She will also participate in regional
events, network with other scholars to
showcase individual or collective talent
in the HBCU community and join
quarterly web chats with the deputy
director of the program and
other professionals.
As a member of the National Society of
Black Engineers, Linton demonstrates leadership
and intellectual rigor and maintains a GPA of 3.9.
In January 2013, she began volunteering with the
Charlotte’s Web mentorship program to help at-risk
male high school students gain hands-on learning
through technology training. She also serves
as a tutor in the writing, science and math labs
on campus.
A student researcher during her sophomore
year, she worked in the Multidisciplinary Applied
Computational Modeling and Simulations Lab, she
has twice been named to the JCSU President’s List
for having a 4.0 GPA.
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“I enjoy my academic life and am confident I am
pursuing what will be known as my career in the very
near future,” said Linton. “Being named HBCU AllStar, along with other achievements, will ultimately
play a role in pushing me over the finish line.”
Linton received several financial awards to help
realize her college dream, including JCSU’s Academic
Merit Scholarship, the Duke Growth STEM
Scholarship, the Duke Power Scholarship, Duke STEM
Annual Scholarship and IBM Scholarship.
After graduating she plans to pursue a doctorate
degree in embedded computing systems.
STuDENT NEWS
Sophomore biology major rises with the stars
JCSU sophomore Ashley Booth
received national attention in March
when she appeared on the “Queen
Latifah Show” as the 2014 United
Negro College Fund’s (UNCF) Rising
Star Scholarship winner.
The show kicked off the promotional
campaign for “An Evening of Stars,”
the annual UNCF fundraiser, which
airs each April on Black Entertainment
Television.
Booth, who is from the same
hometown (Irvington, N.J.) as Queen
Latifah, shared her story of financial
hardship and her aspirations to
become a veterinarian. She talked
about how her mother, Nanette Booth,
who was also in attendance, inspired her
to go to college to major in biology so
her dreams could be recognized.
The program brought tears and a few
surprises to mother and daughter.
Booth received $30,000 in
scholarships: $10,000 from UNCF,
$10,000 from the Will and Jada Smith
Family Foundation, and $10,000 from
Sony Corporation.
At JCSU’s College of STEM, female
students like Booth make up about
half of the student body, which far
exceeds the national average of
between one and 25 percent of STEM
students being female.
Ashley Booth (second from right) ’17 with (l to r) her mother Nanette, UNCF president and CEO Dr. Michael L. Lomax, and Queen Latifah
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JCSU senior attends national leadership summit
Darrica Byrd ’15 was among eight
students in the nation selected to
attend the Black Enterprise Women
of Power Summit in Boca Raton, Fla.,
a nationally competitive summit
funded by the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation.
The February 2014 event convened
with more than 800 influential
business women of color from across
the nation, and this was the first year
college students could attend.
Byrd, who is from Pineville, N.C.,
served as a voice for the students as
she participated in roundtables and
panel discussions to empower young
African-American women in science,
technology, engineering and
mathematics (STEM). “The purpose of
the summit was for female industry
leaders to encourage young women in
STEM to pursue a career in the field
after they graduate,” Byrd said.
Byrd enjoyed hearing from speaker
Lisa Jackson, former EPA chief, and
vice president for environmental
initiatives at Apple Inc. Jackson, the
first African-American woman to lead
the EPA, worked on the Clean Water
Act. “I learned from her that in the
face of adversity you can’t give up,”
said Byrd. “She spoke about juggling a
family, a career and being a woman in
STEM and I admire her ability to excel
in all aspects of her life.”
Students from Fayetteville State
University, Howard University, Dillard
University and other institutions also
attended the summit. “To me it was
the best conference any female could
attend,” said Byrd. She enjoyed the
opportunity to interact with female
executives from top companies who
shared their stories of success. “I could
see all these women coming together
working to build and enrich the female
STEM community.”
Byrd plans to apply her scientific
knowledge in the field of medicine
when she graduates. After undergoing
several back surgeries due to a
congenital condition, Byrd realized
early in life she wanted to work in the
medical field. “I started reading
medical books when I was younger,”
she said. That knowledge continued to
fuel her interest in the field and the
decision to major in biology in college.
With a 3.9 GPA she has her sights set
on orthopedics so she can help
patients like herself enjoy a better
quality of life.
Darrica Byrd ’15 stands in front of the construction site of the new Science Center.
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STuDENT NEWS
Graddick drives green message home
Stephen Graddick ’16 is gaining
national attention as a member
of the Toyota Green Initiative (TGI).
The communications major travels
the college circuit nationally to talk to
students about sustainability. Toyota’s
environmental stewardship program
seeks to empower the AfricanAmerican community to find smart,
simple ideas that can make an
environmental impact.
Graddick’s own green initiative
began at Livingstone College during
his freshman year. He started with a
recycling program and greenhouse
renovation project on campus. But he
wanted to do more. “I realized it’s more
than going green,” he said. “It’s about
reclaiming the environment and
reconnecting.”
His work gained national attention
when he was selected from among
400 students to join the TGI during
its inaugural year in 2010. After
transferring to JCSU the following
year, he continued to hone his
communications skills while working
with the Initiative on campus and
speaking at other HBCUs across
the country.
Toyota has sent him to speak at Clark
Atlanta University, Grambling State
University and other schools affiliated
with the United Negro College
Fund, Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Association and Southwestern Athletic
Conference. When the TGI Tour came
to JCSU, the Block outside Biddle Hall
turned “green” with displays and
activities, including the Green Gallery
featuring environmental tips and facts
about green history in the AfricanAmerican community. The popular
Power Hour competition challenged
students to generate power on
stationary bikes for prizes.
During the 2014 CIAA Tournament
in Charlotte, Graddick participated
in a forum of environmental experts
representing the TGI Coalition which
included actors Lance Gross and
Tatyana Ali, along with green experts
Zakiya Harris and Pandora Thomas.
When he is not on tour with TGI,
Graddick champions the cause at
JCSU by supporting projects that
address the food desert in Charlotte’s
Northwest Corridor where the
University is located. “When I
came to JCSU, I noticed there was a
huge disparity here as we’re in the
middle of a food desert,” Graddick
said. He promotes the University’s
community garden at Sustainability
Village, which also contains an
aquaponic system supporting tilapia
fish and fresh vegetables.
As an Innovo Scholar, Graddick
participates in a program on campus
that supports student entrepreneurs.
Some of the small businesses Graddick
helped market include an online
boutique and a line of natural
grooming products for men. He plans
to continue working in the marketing
communications field as an
entrepreneur when he graduates.
Until then, he is making steady inroads
promoting sustainability among his
peers and JCSU’s peer institutions. He
is known on campus for his bright red
Toyota Prius, which was presented to
him by TGI two years ago. When
he received the car, Graddick flew to
California to pick it up and drive it back
to campus. The trip, he proudly points
out, only cost him $250 in gas.
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ATHLET ICS
Stephen Joyner Sr. inducted into
the CIAA Hall of Fame
Director of Athletics and head men’s basketball
coach Stephen Joyner Sr. '73 is among the seven
new members of the elite John B. McLendon Jr.
Hall of Fame. "We are pleased to honor these
individuals for their outstanding accomplishments
as head coaches, former student-athletes and
administrators," said Jacqie Carpenter,
CIAA Commissioner.
The CIAA inducted Joyner during a Hall of Fame
breakfast Feb. 28 at Charlotte Convention Center.
Joyner is the most established men’s basketball
coach in JCSU history with the most wins of any
men's basketball coach. He has recorded over
475 victories.
The Winston-Salem, N.C., native recently completed
his 27th season as head men’s basketball coach at
JCSU. His success in basketball began on the court
at Atkins High School where he was the second
leading scorer on the 1969 undefeated North
Carolina State 4-A Championship Team. After a
stellar high school career, he became the star point
guard for the Golden Bulls from 1969-73.
After a stint as an assistant
coach at Virginia Union
University, Joyner received
his first head coaching
position with JCSU's
women's basketball team
in 1980, building the Golden Bulls into one of
the CIAA's most competitive programs. He guided
the women's team to its first appearance in the
NCAA South Atlantic Regional Tournament. To get
there, JCSU won its first CIAA Southern Division
Championship and finished second in the conference
tournament. After compiling a 92-87 record with the
women's team, Joyner took over as the head men's
coach in 1987. For almost three decades, he has
taken the men's program to unprecedented levels,
establishing JCSU as one of the most competitive
teams in the CIAA. His career coaching record as
head men’s coach is 476-287.
Throughout his 26-year tenure as head men’s coach,
Joyner has collected numerous accomplishments.
He led the Golden Bulls to the CIAA Western Division
Title in 1992, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.
In 2000, his team finished fourth in the CIAA, third
place finishes in 1991, 1993 and 2003, and second
place finishes in 1992, 1998, 2002, and 2006. Coach
Joyner has captured the CIAA Tournament
Championship in 2001, 2008, and 2009. He was
selected as the CIAA Coach of the Year and (1992,
1997, 2001) and NCAA Division II South Atlantic
Region Coach of the Year in 2001.
Coach Joyner with (l to r)
Columbus “Green Light”
Parker and Mark Sherrill,
who have become a part
of the Joyner family.
The Joyner Family (l to r): Brian, Janel, Steve Sr., Alicia, Narell, and Steve Jr.
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Coach Joyner is surrounded by sons who are part of his coaching legacy as stand-out
former players (l to r): Mark Sherrill, Columbus Parker and Steve Joyner Jr. Both Sherrill
and Joyner Jr are current JCSU coaches walking in his footsteps.
ATHLETICS
Danielle Williams named Athlete of the Year
The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches
Association announced JCSU’s Danielle Williams
‘14 National Track Athlete of the Year. Williams
is the only female student-athlete at JCSU to
ever receive this honor, which has been
awarded to her for the second
consecutive year.
winning titles both at 100 and 200m, Williams lost out to teammate
Samantha Elliott '14 in the 100m hurdles by just .006 as both ran
13.05. This was an encore from last year’s championships,
where Williams won the 100m, 200m, and runner-up in the
100m hurdles.
Williams won dual individual titles at
the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Fractions of a second were all that
separated Williams from becoming
the first woman in Division II history
to win three track events in the
same championships. Prior to
In 100m, Williams would ultimately be a runaway
by comparison as she edged out top-seeded Ada
Udaya of New Haven by .06 in 11.55. She capped her
day in the 200m; where she was able to just barely
hold off Janae Johnson of Lincoln (Mo.) by .01 of a
second in 23.48.
Williams’ season also included a runner-up 100m
hurdles finish at the Penn Relays and CIAA titles
in all the aforementioned events.
JCSU Athletics earns highest GPA honors
The Department of Athletics earned the CIAA Team
Highest Grade Point Average Award in women’s cross
country, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, as well
as men’s and women’s outdoor track and field for the
2013-2014 academic year. The award is based on the overall
GPAs of the returning players from the previous season
throughout the conference.
JCSU won five Team Highest GPA honors, the most
of any CIAA institution this season. The women’s cross
country team boasted an average of 3.41, while the men’s
indoor track and field and women’s indoor track and field
teams won with averages of 3.06 and 3.32, respectively.
"The focus at the CIAA is on our student-athletes
from both an athletic and academic perspective,”
said CIAA Commissioner Jacqie McWilliams. “We are
proud to see a strong showing from the member
institutions in our conference.
Head coach Lennox Graham leads all five programs
that garnered academic honors as well as men’s cross
country. Graham, in his seventh year at JCSU, led the
women’s outdoor track and field team to a second
consecutive CIAA outdoor conference title this season.
He was named U.S. Track and Field Cross Country Coaches
Association Atlantic Region Women’s Outdoor Track Coach
of the Year for the second consecutive season. Graham was
also named the Atlantic Region Women's Coach of the
Year for the indoor season.
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Three Golden Bulls named to the CIAA
All-Tournament Team
Men's basketball wins McLendon Sportsmanship Award
Charlotte, NC – The Johnson C. Smith
University men’s basketball team
received the 2014 John B. McLendon
Sportsmanship Award during the
finale of the 2014 CIAA Tournament
held at Time Warner Cable Arena. In
addition to the team award, senior
forward Antwan Wilkerson
(Greensboro, NC), junior forward
Emilio Parks (Ashtabula, OH), and
junior guard LaMarquis Letchaw
(Dallas, TX) were all named to the 2014
CIAA All-Tournament Team.
The John B. McLendon Sportsmanship
Award is the most prestigious award
presented by the CIAA Tournament
Committee. The award honors
individuals and institutions involved in
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basketball for their displays of
tremendous sportsmanship
on and off the court, as well as their
positive contributions to the game.
This is the second consecutive season
JCSU men’s basketball has
received the honor.
80 points, averaging 20 points per
game in the four tournament contests.
Parks also pulled down 17 rebounds
and had five blocks. He was named the
Food Lion Most Valuable Player in the
Golden Bull wins over Virginia Union
and Virginia State.
Out of the 10 All-Tournament
selections, there were three Golden
Bull recipients. In the four tournament
games played, Wilkerson scored 50
points and grabbed 43 rebounds.
He had two double-doubles along
with seven blocks.
Letchaw made an impressive CIAA
Tournament debut. He was second
on the team in scoring with 64 points,
averaging 16 points per game.
Letchaw also recorded 17 rebounds,
nine assists, and six steals. In the 81-77
victory against Bowie State, Letchaw
had 20 points and four assists en route
to being named the Food Lion Most
Valuable Player.
Parks adds All-Tournament honors
to his All-CIAA selection received this
season. He scored a team-high
ATHLETICS
JCSU garners honors, leadership roles in CIAA
Danielle Williams ‘14 was named CIAA
Female Scholar Athlete of the Year and
CIAA Woman of the Year at the CIAA
Spring General Assembly Meeting and
Awards Reception in May.
Williams earned both honors for her
outstanding grade point average,
superior athletic achievement and
service to her community.
During the 2014 NCAA Division II
Indoor Championships, Williams
became the first student-athlete in
DII history to claim three
individual track titles at the
same indoor national
championship meet with crowns
in the 60 meters, 200 meters
and the 60-meter hurdles.
At the CIAA Outdoor
Championships,
Williams was named
the 2014 Women's
Outdoor Track MVP.
She won the
100 meters,
200 meters, and 100 meters hurdles
events. Those victories produced 30
points towards securing the repeating
as conference champions.
JCSU Associate Athletics Director
Natasha Wilson was named the 2014
CIAA Senior Woman Administrator
(SWA) of the Year. She serves the
athletics department as the
compliance coordinator and SWA
within her role as the associate
athletic director.
Since she joined
JCSU in 2013, Wilson
has served as an
administrator for
all women’s
sports including
cheerleading.
She has been
instrumental in
revamping the
compliance
policies and
procedures
as well as successfully updating
departmental handbooks and
documentation.
Wilson also represents the
Atlantic Region as a member of
the NCAA Division II nominating
committee and is President of the
CIAA Compliance Officers Association.
Head track and field coach Lennox
Graham received CIAA Coach of the
Year honors in women’s indoor and
outdoor track and field. He led JCSU
women’s track and field to a second
place finish at the 2014 NCAA
Division II Indoor Track and Field
Championships and repeated
as CIAA Outdoor Champions.
Director of Athletics Stephen Joyner,
Sr. was elected to the position of
president of the CIAA Management
Council. Head football coach Steven
Aycock and head men’s and women’s
tennis coach James Cuthbertson
retained their positions as association
president for their respective sports.
Natasha Wilson
Women’s outdoor track and field is second in nation
The women’s track and field team completed another
successful season, winning their second consecutive CIAA
Outdoor Championship, finishing second in the nation for
the second consecutive season and bringing home seven
All-America honors.
The team placed second overall with 59 team points
at the 2014 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field
Championships in May 2013.
JCSU recorded 59 points with performances in the 100m
dash, 100m hurdles, 200m dash, 400m dash, 400m hurdles
and 4x400 relay.
Senior Danielle Williams won titles with season best
performances in the 100m and 200m events. She clocked
11.55 in the 100m and 23.48 in the 200m. Senior Samantha
Elliott won the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles with times
of 13.04 and 57.12, respectively. Williams claimed second
place in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.05.
Samantha Elliott and Danielle Williams
Sophomore Tovea Jenkins placed fourth overall in the 400m
with a time of 53.81.
In the overall event finale, JCSU trailed Lincoln by just one
point leading into the 4x400m relay. The tandem of Elliott,
freshman Domenique Julius-Williams, freshman Crystal
Campbell, and Jenkins had a time of 3:40.53 for third place.
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Golf competes on the national stage
L to R: Head Golf Coach William Watkins, Calvin Mason '15, Brencis Stanford '15, Johanan Edmeade '15, Stephen Graddick '16, and Assistant
Coach Brandon Stanford
The men’s golf team finished sixth overall in the Men’s Team
Division II competition at the 28th PGA Minority Collegiate
Golf Championship that concluded on May 11. The 54-hole
Championship featured nearly 200 players representing
more than 40 colleges and universities competing at
PGA Golf Club.
Junior Brencis Stanford shot 237 (79-82-76) for the Golden
Bulls. Fellow junior teammates Calvin Mason and Johanan
Edmeade followed with respective scores of 84-84-77 (245)
and 91-87-81 (259).
JCSU shot 1006 over the three-day competition on the
Wanamaker Course in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
The PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship, which
originated in November 1986 following the Jackson State
University Golf Tournament, has elevated golf in minority
colleges and universities by providing opportunities to
more players to compete in a national championship.
In Division II, Lincoln University from Jefferson City, Mo.,
took home its sixth overall title by a single stroke over
Texas A&M International University.
Sophomore Stephen Graddick rounded the JCSU individual
scores with 90-84-91 (265).
Two named to the 2014 All-CIAA women’s tennis team
Sophomore
Khadijha Battle
and freshman
Victoria
Ogundipe were
named to the
2014 All-CIAA
Women’s Team.
Battle
Ogundipe
The CIAA, in
conjunction with the CIAA Tennis Coaches Association,
announced their selections for the 2014 Women's Tennis
All-CIAA Team, Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year
on April 15.
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Battle played 18 matches in the number three singles
position this season. She recorded a mark of 7-11 overall
and 7-6 against CIAA opponents. Battle ended the regular
season with a three-match singles winning streak.
Ogundipe competed in 13 matches at the number six
singles position during the season. She finished the
regular season with a mark of 9-4 overall and 8-2 in the
conference. Ogundipe won four of her last five matches
in singles competition.
Battle and Ogundipe competed as partners at the number
three doubles flight. The duo had an overall record of 12-2
and a perfect 10-0 mark in CIAA doubles competition.
ATHLETICS
Three Golden Bulls make CIAA All-Rookie softball team
The freshmen trio
of Hasty, Hernandez,
and Jefferson ranked in
the top three on the
team in the categories
of batting average,
slugging percentage,
on-base percentage,
hits, RBIs, doubles, home
L to R: Softball players Monique Jefferson, Jocelyn
Hernandez, Morgan Hasty, and Assistant Coach Eria Young
runs, total bases, total
plate
appearances,
at-bats, games
Softball freshmen Morgan Hasty,
played and started.
Jocelyn Hernandez and Monique
Jefferson were elected to the 2014
CIAA All-Rookie Team and honored
at the CIAA Spring Sports Awards
Ceremony in April at Virginia State
University.
In addition to the three All-Rookie
selections, Hernandez received the
2014 CIAA Softball Rookie of the
Year Award.
Hernandez, who plays shortstop,
led the team and ranked third in the
conference with a .436 batting average
for the year. In addition to her batting
average, she led JCSU in hits (48),
doubles (12), triples (4), total bases (71),
at-bats (111), and games played and
started (36). Hernandez recorded 20
runs scored, 23 RBIs and one homerun.
At the third base position, Hasty
turned in an equally impressive rookie
season, leading the Golden Bulls in
slugging percentage (.700), on-base
percentage (.467), runs scored (24),
and homeruns (6). The three homeruns
from Hasty is a tie for third most in the
entire conference. She also played in
and started a team-high 36 games this
season. Hasty had 90 at-bats, 35 hits,
20 RBIs, six doubles, and two triples
on the year.
Jefferson, as catcher, finished the
season ranked fourth in the CIAA for
RBIs (33) and fifth in homeruns (5).
For the season, Jefferson tallied 98
at-bats, 15 runs scored, 36 hits, seven
doubles and 105 plate appearances
in 34 games played and started.
Four Golden Bulls named to Commissioner’s
All-Academic Team
Danielle Williams
named 2014 CIAA
Female Scholar
Athlete of the Year
the First Team and 10 on the Second
Team, as voted on by the CIAA Sports
Information Directors’ Association. The
average grade point average of the
First Team is a 3.889, and the average
for the Second Team is a 3.697 GPA.
The CIAA named 40 student-athletes
from the 12 member institutions to
the 17th annual CIAA Commissioner’s
All-Academic Team. Four studentathletes from JCSU were named to the
All-Academic First Team, including
senior sprinter and hurdler Danielle
Williams who was named the Female
Scholar Athlete of the Year.
Senior sprinter Samantha Elliott ‘14,
freshman third baseman Morgan
Hasty and Williams were the three
female JCSU representatives on the
All-Academic First Team. Senior
thrower Randale Watson was the only
male representation for JCSU.
The 2014 CIAA Commissioner’s AllAcademic Team consists of 20 male
and 20 female student-athletes, 10 on
Elliott had a stellar track and field
season as the 400m hurdles champion
at the 2014 Penn Relays. She also won
the 400m hurdles event at the 2014
Raleigh Relays. Elliott received All-
CIAA honors for both indoor and
outdoor seasons. She graduated
Summa Cum Laude in May 2014 with a
Bachelor of Science degree in business
administration.
Hasty had an impressive initial season
on the softball diamond en route to
being selected to the CIAA All-Rookie
Team. She led the Golden Bulls in
slugging percentage (.700), on-base
percentage (.467), runs scored (24),
and homeruns (6). Her homeruns
are a tie for third most in the entire
conference. She holds a 4.0 GPA
as a rising sophomore sport
management major.
Williams has represented the women’s
indoor and outdoor track and field
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teams and the CIAA conference with
performances worthy of national
recognition. She recently graduated
Summa Cum Laude in 2014 with a
Bachelor of Science degree in business
administration.
Watson delivered another strong year
in the classroom and on the field of
competition. He won his third CIAA
outdoor shot put championship in
addition to receiving All-CIAA honors
for the shot put and discus events. He
also set a record of 16.46m for JCSU
when he placed first at the George
Mason Invitational. Watson graduated
Summa Cum Laude in May 2014 with a
Bachelor of Science degree in
computer engineering.
JCSU athletics celebrates successful 2013-14 year
at annual awards banquet
The Department of Athletics
celebrated the 2013-14 academic year
with the theme “We Don’t Settle, We
Excel” at the annual awards banquet
in April. The ceremony acknowledged
team award winners and over 100
student-athletes for academics across
all 15 varsity sports and support
groups, including cheerleading and
the dance team.
Senior sprinter Rolando Berch was
named the Pettis Norman Male
Student-Athlete of the Year, while
fellow senior sprinter Danielle Williams
was named Female Student-Athlete
of the Year.
Berch had a stellar senior
campaign during the indoor track
and field season, which spilled into
outdoor season as well. He finished
third overall at the 2014 NCAA
Division II Indoor Track and Field
Championships in the men’s 400m
dash, earning him NCAA DII AllAmerica honors. Berch was also
selected to the 2014 USTFCCCA
Indoor All-Atlantic Region Team.
At the CIAA Indoor Championships,
Berch finished second in the 400m
dash and third as a member of the
4x400m relay team.
At the CIAA Outdoor Championships,
Berch finished second overall in the
400m dash. He has earned All-CIAA
honors for both indoor and
outdoor seasons.
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L to R: Head Track and Field Coach Lennox Graham, Rolando Berch '14, Danielle Williams '14
and Trustee Grover Smith
Williams was named the Division II
Indoor National Track Athlete of the
Year, a first in school history.
During the 2014 NCAA Division II
Indoor Championships, Williams
became the first student-athlete in DII
history to claim three individual track
titles at the same indoor national
championship meet with crowns
in the 60m, 200m and the
60m hurdles.
In the span of one Saturday afternoon,
she defended her national 60m
hurdles title in 8.12, claimed the 60m
crown in 7.32 and set a new JDL Fast
Track facility record at 200m in 23.80.
Earlier in the season she earned CIAA
Championship titles in each of those
three events, and won both the 60m
hurdles and 200m at the Penn State
National.
At the CIAA Outdoor Championships,
Williams was named the 2014
Women's Outdoor Track MVP. She won
the 100m, 200m, and 100m hurdles
events. Those victories produced 30
points towards securing the repeating
as conference champions.
Stan Lewter of ESPN TV and host
of the “Inside the Game” show served
as the master of ceremonies. The JCSU
100 Club inducted Dr. Ronald Carter as
an honorary member.
The women's outdoor track and
field team was the only team this year
to win a championship of any sort as
the 2014 CIAA Outdoor Champions;
an honor held for the second
consecutive season.
ATHLETICS
Faithful father and family feed the Golden Bulls
At JCSU’s football games, most tailgaters only cook for a few
friends. But Russell Ransom of Richmond, Va., along with his
cousin Travis Gleaton and wife Belinda of Greenville, S.C.,
cooked to feed the Golden Bulls football team for the past
three years. The Ransom’s son, Cameron, who graduated
in May 2014, played on the team.
During each home game, the Ransoms and Gleatons
set up a monster grill and large tent in a corner of the lot
on Summit Street and cooked up a storm. They had ribs,
hot dogs, sausages, deep fried turkeys, chickens
and anumerous side dishes.
tradition that began Cameron’s sophomore year.
“I don’t look at the expense part of it,” said Ransom, who
constantly shopped for bargains. “Being a Dad and being a
model for my son is what it’s all about. I hope I have been a
positive male model in the lives of these young men.”
Ransom and Gleaton, who are members of Kappa Alpha
Psi Fraternity, were always decked out in crimson and
cream. Gleaton, who did most of the cooking, has seven
children and also cooks for one of his son’s high school
football teams.
At least 40 to 50 players and a few coaches have showed up
on a typical game day and as many as 100 players on a big
day. “When they win, they eat a lot,” said Travis of the
players. “When they weren’t winning, they would come over
and talk about the game,” added Ransom. “You’ve got to
build them up and encourage them.”
“It meant a lot to me knowing I have family to support
me and my teammates,” said Cameron. After the 2013
Homecoming game, the last time Cameron played for JCSU,
he was surprised by the even larger turnout for the tailgate
event. He was greeted by his grandmother, who made a
special surprise visit seated under a tent decked out with a
banner congratulating him on his football career at JCSU.
Win or lose, the players always came hungry and enjoyed
the complimentary meal. Their hosts purchased all of the
food for each game and transported it to the campus. It’s a
“It's been great playing for JCSU all these years,”
he said. “I'll miss it but next Homecoming I'll be here
cooking out.”
Russell Ransom (l), along with his cousin Travis Gleaton and wife, Belinda cook to feed the Golden Bulls football team, including son
and senior player Cameron Ransom.
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Surpassing $100 Million
PHILANTHROPY
The TOMORROW is what WE make It Campaign
for JCSU Moves Towards its $150 Million Goal
Johnson C. Smith University has had a remarkable year thanks to the commitment of our donors. Their
generosity has pushed the “Tomorrow is what WE make It” comprehensive campaign past the $100 million
mark of the $150 million goal, completing two-thirds of our journey. Alumni, corporations, foundations, faculty
and staff and friends have secured $107 million of much-needed funds for scholarships, new academic
facilities and renovations of historic buildings on campus, faculty and student research, and support of the
JCSU Fund. Momentum and excitement around this campaign is palpable as the University presses forward
in securing the remaining $43 million. Achievement of the campaign goal in 2016 rests with JCSU’s continued
tenacity in identifying and securing partners in the Tomorrow campaign vision.
During Fiscal Year 2014, more than 1,800 donors contributed $11.8 million in support of JCSU’s mission.
A few of our pacesetting gifts which helped the University reach its year-end (2014) goal include:
• The Duke Endowment
President’s Gap Scholarship • $2,500,000
• Duke Energy Foundation
President’s Gap Scholarship and Duke Energy
Endowed Scholarship • $1,000,000
Endowed and expendable scholarship funding
will directly address gaps in financial aid for
deserving JCSU students targeting those majoring
in the STEM and business disciplines.
• The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Visual and Performing Arts Program
and Faculty Development • $975,000
This funding will expand the curriculum in the
VPA Program, increase the number of faculty in
dance and technical theatre and add a degree
program in dance. It will also enable the University
to further develop the curriculum in studio art,
graphic art, film and theatre. The foundation will
also support a Summer Institute for new faculty
development as a starting point for a larger faculty
development agenda that will cover technology,
new media and collaborative/interdisciplinary pedagogy.
• John M. Belk Endowment
President’s Gap Scholarship • $825,000
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• Bank of America Foundation
George E. Davis House and JCSU College-to-Career
Employment Program • $500,000
This gift supports the renovation of the historic
George E. Davis House, which serves as the
administrative hub for JCSU’s Foster Village
Network Center. The center supports students
whose lives have been touched by the foster care
system and social services. The gift also supports
the new College-to-Career student employment
program.
• DeLois A. Washington ’72/73
(on behalf of the late Reginald Washington ’69
and Alicia Nicki Washington ’00)
JCSU Fund • $110,000
• William T. Morris Foundation
Scholarship Support • $100,000
This expendable scholarship will directly address
gaps in financial aid for 20 JCSU students.
• Leon and Sandra Levine Foundation
President Gap Scholarship • $100,000
The foundation provides an expendable
scholarship to address gaps in financial aid for
deserving JCSU students. Their challenge gift
enables JCSU to match 1:1, thereby raising
$200,000 for the emergency scholarship fund.
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• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
HBCUs Pursuing Transformative Change • $75,000
JCSU is one of nine HBCUs that has been awarded
by the foundation to drive systemic change within
their institution and across the higher education
spectrum to increase student success.
• Estate of Evelyn Stinchcomb ’50
George E. Davis House • $51,000
Since the Campaign was launched in FY 2010, the University
has achieved the following important milestones:
Total commitments through June 30, 2014
(Gifts and Pledges):
Private Giving:
$76,203,860
Public Giving:
$30,781,713
Total Giving
$106,985,573
• Estate of William ’60 & Gloria Smith
JCSU Fund • $50,000
We are thrilled with the continued growth and vibrancy of
the Tomorrow campaign and the support we are receiving
from alumni, friends, corporations and foundations.
• Sisters of Mercy Foundation
Foster Village Network Center • $35,000
(Renewable $35,000 in Year 2) In support of the
Foster Village Network Center, the foundation continues
to fund JCSU’s comprehensive program in educating
students who have been emancipated from foster care
or touched in some way by social services.
These gifts from various corporate, foundation, individual
and government sources affirm the University’s ambitious
effort to create a new paradigm for Historically Black
Universities and Colleges while upholding its reputation
as a leading national liberal arts university. At the heart
of every mission stands a strong group of leaders. The
University appreciates its dedicated campaign champions
for their service: lead gifts co-chairs Kendall Alley and Tom
Baldwin ’71; Trustee Kevin Henry, and honorary co-chairs
Sally Robinson, Eva Clayton ‘55 and Sheryl Underwood.
• American Schlafhorst Foundation
Endowed Scholarship • $30,000
This endowed scholarship funding will directly address
gaps in financial aid for deserving JCSU students.
• Xerox Foundation
Scholarship Support • $25,000
Expendable scholarship funding from the foundation
will directly address gaps in financial aid for deserving
JCSU students.
• LPL Financial Foundation
Foster Village Network Center • $20,000
LPL renewed its support of the Foster Village
Network Center, which is becoming one of the most
comprehensive programs of its kind in the nation.
Please join us on April 11, 2015 at the Seventh
Annual Arch of Triumph Gala as we publicly launch
the comprehensive campaign and share our vision
for the final phase of this fundraising initiative. This is
the largest campaign in JCSU history and requires
everyone’s help to bring it to the successful
conclusion it deserves.
Alumni Engagement
Gifts from alumni provide resources the University
needs to continue its rise as a leader in liberal arts
education and public service. These resources
have been attained through an increase in alumni
participation, which increased to 18 percent in
fiscal year 2014. JCSU is proud to recognize alumni
for generously supporting the University. Since
the campaign’s inception alumni have pledged
more than $3.7 million, providing scholarship
support, equipping SMART classrooms,
strengthening academic programs and initiatives
across the campus.
The value of alumni participation in the
University extends beyond financial support.
Many alumni contribute hours to the University
each year, speaking with students, serving on
leadership boards and providing advice to faculty
and administrators. Alumni are also participating in
campus engagement events –from Homecoming
and Founders’ Week to Reunion, Commencement
and the Arch of Triumph Gala.
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Investments in the Tomorrow Campaign
FY 2010-2016
Enrollment Strategy
Academic Resources
• Established 16 new Endowed Scholarship Funds
• Established 12 new Annual Scholarship Funds
• Bridged student financial aid gap (Parent PLUS)
($2.5 million)
• Developed President’s Gap Scholarship ($4.4 million)
• Enhanced recruitment of international students
and high growth majors
• Enabled design and expansion of
Visual & Performing Arts curricula ($1 million)
• Implemented new Faculty Development Program
• Funded 17 SMART classrooms
• Seeded Retail Management program and curriculum
• Updated campus technology, training and software
• Launched Metropolitan College
• Funded Spiritual Life Center
• Started Charlotte Web’s mentoring program/
Project Lift Partnership
• Established the Center for Applied Leadership &
Community Development
$32 million (76% to goal)
Total Commitments through 6/30/14
Vibrant Campus Experience
• Constructed new state-of-the-art Science Center
• Named nine spaces in Science Center - $1.5 million
• Named 225 seats in the Science Center Multi-media
Lecture Hall
• Renovated Dr. George E. Davis House
for foster care program
• Funded full-time Foster Care Coordinator
• Refurbished historic Duke Residence Hall
• Repaired Jane M. Smith Memorial Chapel
• Created Sustainability Village/Program
(community and aquaponic garden)
• Strengthened campus-wide student counseling
services (Student Resiliency)
JCSU Funds and Miscellaneous Gifts
• Branded Annual Arch of Triumph Gala yielding
$1.3 Million in gross revenues
• Raised $5.1 million in unrestricted funding
(JCSU Fund and UNCF)
• Garnered Trustee and Trustee Emeriti support
($1.4 million)
• Received $680,000 in planned gifts (Alumni)/
Confirmed two $1 million planned gifts (expectancies)
$8.3 million (119% to goal)
The Duke Endowment awards $2.5 million gift
The Duke Endowment has awarded the University
a $2.5 million grant to offer financial support to students
negatively impacted by the new standards related to the
U.S. Department of Education’s Parent PLUS Loan Program.
The goal of the gift is to foster a community where all
deserving students enjoy access to higher education.
“Many of today’s JCSU students face significant financial
barriers that result in gaps between the aid they receive
and the total cost of their college education,” said President
Ronald L. Carter. Approximately 85 percent of JCSU
students receive some form of financial aid, 45 percent
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are first-generation college students and 70 percent come
from low-income households.
“Such statistics speak to the compelling and diverse needs
of these students and the constant pressure they carry as
they seek ways to finance their education,” Carter said. “This
generous gift from The Duke Endowment will help us to
maintain our commitment to these deserving students. It is
crucial to help close these funding gaps and enhance the
University’s position as a nationally recognized premier
independent urban university.”
pHILANTHROpY
President's Championship Saturday Reception
honors donors and celebrates the JCSU brand
James Colon, Toyota Vice President of African-American Business, gives President Carter the keys to the Toyota Green Initiative Prius.
One of the signature events of
the CIAA for Golden Bulls fans was
celebrated off the court on Saturday,
March 1 as JCSU welcomed about
200 alumni, donors and friends to
the annual President's Championship
Saturday Reception. President Ronald
L. Carter, the Administrative Council
and Trustees hosted this year’s event
at the Levine Museum of the New
South in uptown Charlotte.
Guests from around the region jumped
on the “brand wagon” and mingled in
CIAA-style while enjoying live music,
gourmet selections of soul food and
Cajun cuisine, as well as fellowship and
a good time. Students wearing JCSUbranded shirts talked with guests about
how they personify JCSU’s branding
messages of: intellectual rigor, global
education, socially conscious, smash the
mold and radical transformation.
JCSU thanks sponsors Carolinas
HealthCare System, BlueCross
BlueShield of North Carolina and
Perkins Management Services for
supporting this signature event during
the CIAA Tournament. A highlight of
the event was a presentation by
Toyota’s Vice President, James Colon,
who announced a special gift to the
University – the lease of a
Toyota Prius hybrid car for
one year. Colon commended
JCSU for its sustainability
efforts, citing the University as
the first HBCU in the nation to
receive the vehicle as part of
its Toyota Green Initiative.
featuring 102 photographs taken
by Herbert Randall in Hattiesburg,
Mississippi. His powerful images
document the struggles and triumphs
The initiative made stops
at 22 HBCUs committed to
sustainability and presented
Joy Paige Springs, vice president of Institutional
a one-year lease of a Toyota
Advancement, speaks at the President's Reception.
Prius. “As the Toyota Green
Initiative begins its fourth year, we
of Civil Rights activists and
wanted to provide historically black
disenfranchised African-American
institutions with a product that would
voters during the summer of 1964.
help improve campus environments
The reception provided guests a
and promote sustainability,”
chance to enter a photo booth to take
said Colon.
pictures using various props. Several
The location for this year’s reception
guests showed their funny sides and
offered guests an opportunity to view
posed in hats, masks and large glasses.
the current exhibit “Faces of Freedom,”
The results were priceless.
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Arch of Triumph Gala celebrates philanthropy
In observance of the 147th Founders’ Week, the sixth
annual Arch of Triumph Gala honored two individuals
and one organization for their outstanding contributions
to higher education, economic development and
entrepreneurship. The University recognized Andrea L.
Harris, president of the North Carolina Institute of Minority
Economic Development; The Duke Endowment and
Thomas E. Baldwin, senior vice president of BB&T Bank.
Shannon Cross '04, served as Mistress of Ceremonies. She is
a sports anchor and reporter for CTV, covering national and
local sports stories in the Washington, D.C. metro area.
Harris was honored for working to change the culture in
private and public sectors by increasing access to market
opportunities, affordable capital and supportive assistance
for minority and women-owned businesses. Her
organization has also supported JCSU’s efforts to redefine
the urban landscape of the Northwest Corridor with the
opening of the Arts Factory, Mosaic Village and by
launching the “Soul of the Northwest Corridor” initiative.
Baldwin, a 1971 graduate of JCSU, was recognized for his
numerous civic and philanthropic accomplishments. He was
the founding officer for 100 Black Men of Greater Charlotte
and served on the boards of Elon Homes & Schools for
Children, Florence Crittenton Services and JCSU Trustees.
The Duke Endowment was awarded for its longstanding
support of education, including a $35 million grant to JCSU,
one of the largest gifts ever awarded to an HBCU. Since its
inception in 1924, the Endowment has awarded more than
$3 billion in grants. Its sustainability initiative supports a
unique collaboration with JCSU and only three other
colleges and universities.
A vision of Dr. Ronald L. Carter, the Gala annually extends
an opportunity to dignitaries, corporate and civic leaders,
alumni and other supporters to raise critical unrestricted
dollars for the JCSU Fund. Since its inception, the event
has raised more than $1.1 million.
The University thanks this year’s presenting sponsors,
Carolinas HealthCare System and Wells Fargo Bank.
Save the Date: Next year’s Gala will be
held on April 11, 2015
L to R: President Carter, Minor Shaw of The Duke Endowment, Eric Watson accepting on behalf of Andrea L. Harris, and Trustee Emeritus
Thomas E. Baldwin ‘71.
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JCSU student presenters (l to r) Aaron Beitia '15, Lerato Motaung '15,
Yerisson Cardenas '15, Sharon Uyinmwen '17, Nyquan Johnson '16
Mistress of Ceremonies
Shannon Cross ‘04
In 2014, the Arch of
Triumph Gala grossed
$244,800 to benefit
scholarships, teaching
initiatives and campus
operations. Since its
inception, the event
has raised $1.4 million.
L to R: Chairman Monroe Miller with Sally and Russell Robinson.
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Exhibit to reveal traditions of giving
The James B. Duke Memorial Library
has received a $96,665 grant from the
Institute of Museum and Library
Services (IMLS) African History and
Culture to fund a traveling exhibition
and public programs that illuminate
cultural traditions of giving in AfricanAmerican communities. The two-year
project is titled Giving Back: The Soul of
Philanthropy Reframed and Exhibited.
The exhibition will be shared among
HBCUs and cultural institutions across
the South and is designed to have a
long-term benefit for JCSU students,
faculty and the community.
“This grant demonstrates the
University’s vision to enjoy strong
community relations and strategic
partnerships with businesses,
corporations and professional
organizations,” said Monika Rhue,
library director who is spearheading
the project. Partners include Bennett
College, The Black Benefactors,
BlackGivesBack.com, Blair Caldwell
African American Research Library,
Buffalo Soldiers National Museum,
Foundation for the Mid South, Levine
Museum of the New South, Prairie
View A&M University and The Denver
Foundation.
The library staff will work with author
Virginia Fullwood, photographer
Charles Thomas and members of the
giving circle New Generation of
African American Philanthropists
(NGAAP-Charlotte) to design, curate
and fabricate the exhibition and
related educational and marketing
materials. It will contain original
photographs and stories from the
book “Giving Back: a Tribute to
Generations of African-American
Philanthropy.”
African Americans are often left out
of the conversation and recognition
of giving unless fame and wealth are
associated, according to Fullwood.
The book points out that stories of
ordinary African Americans giving to
charitable causes are rarely heard. The
stories more often feature Black people
as only beneficiaries or people in need.
Rhue said the exhibition will benefit
the larger community by providing a
more comprehensive story, making
the point that African Americans
give a higher percentage of their
discretionary income to charitable
causes than any other racial group
in America.
"This partnership with JCSU is the
fulfillment of a longtime aspiration
because influencing the next
generation of givers is a priority of
our giving circle, New Generation of
African American Philanthropists,”
said Fullwood. “Our aim has been to
use artful photography and
storytelling to ignite a movement of
conscientious philanthropy by
empowering a generation of
Americans to recognize their power
and responsibility to give back."
Big Hitters celebrated for generous contributions
Guests enjoyed the Big Hitters
tent at the Homecoming football
game on Oct. 26, 2013.
The Division of Institutional
Advancement sponsored the event
to thank alumni and friends who
gave $1,000 or more to the
University during the 2012-2013
year. Guests also included members
of the 1867 Society, which is
comprised of those who have
given more than $10,000 since
the year 2000.
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pHILANTHROpY
Leaving a legacy is a Washington family affair
“Coming back home to Smith means
a lot to me and my family,” said DeLois
“De” Washington '72/'73. “When the
world seemed to crash down, Smith
was always our safe haven.” One of
those moments came last year when
her husband of 42 years passed away
on July 22, 2013. De and her daughter,
Dr. Alicia Nicki Washington ’00,
presented a $110,000 legacy gift to
JCSU in memory of Reginald “Reggie”
James Washington ’69.
“Smith was the place that we could
always count on and we are indebted
to JCSU for the life we experienced
together, said De of the life spent with
Reggie. “Our family is proud to give
back to the University and the next
generation of Smithites…Reggie
would have it no other way.”
Giving to JCSU is a long-standing
family affair for the Washingtons, who
have volunteered at admissions fairs,
made annual contributions and led
alumni organizations. In 2007, the
family established the Reginald
DeLois Nicki Washington Endowed
Scholarship Fund. They are members
of the Every Year Club, which
recognizes donors who have given
consistently for five fiscal years or
more. They also have been inducted
into the 1867 Society for their total
giving of $10,000 and above.
Over the years, the Washingtons’
commitment to JCSU has grown. When
De served as President of the National
Alumni Association and as University
Trustee during Dr. Dorothy Cowser
Yancy’s presidency, Yancy encouraged
De and Reggie to join the Legacy
Society. Because the couple had
always planned to make a significant
commitment to the University, they
decided a legacy gift would satisfy
their goal.
L to R: DeLois “De” Washington '72/'73, her daughter Dr. Alicia Nicki Washington ’00,
and late husband Reginald “Reggie” James Washington ’69.
“Reggie and I met at JCSU, which led
to our marriage and the birth of our
cherished daughter Nicki,” said De.
“JCSU prepared each one of us to excel
in our chosen career paths. Those
paths have led to success in business
and education.”
Reggie earned a B.S. degree in
physical education and retired in 2009
from Durham Public Schools. De
earned her B.S. degree in mathematics
and enjoyed a long career with IBM,
retiring in 2010. Nicki earned her B.S.,
M.S., and Ph.D. in computer science,
and is currently a faculty member at
Howard University.
In May 2014, De and Nicki continued
with their family’s giving plan and
bestowed their legacy gift during the
JCSU Alumni Reunion. The weekend
would have marked Reggie’s 45th
anniversary of his graduation from
JCSU. Standing before a room of JCSU
alumni and friends, De and Nicki
fulfilled their Legacy Society
commitment, grateful for being part
of a JCSU family that continues to
embrace them.
The Legacy Society
Established in 1997, the JCSU Legacy
Society recognizes individuals who
contribute to the future of the
university by leaving more than
memories. They include JCSU in their
charitable giving plans at $10,000 or
more through estate plans, insurance
policies, trusts, property or other
investments. These gifts allow the
donor to receive important tax
benefits today and/or tomorrow,
providing for Johnson C. Smith
University to receive a significant gift
in the future. For more information
about making a planned gift to the
university, contact Sharon Harrington,
assistant vice president for
Institutional Advancement,
at (704) 330-1437 or
[email protected].
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John M. Belk Endowment gives $825,000
The annual Scholarship Luncheon in May wrapped up
the spring semester with a surprise announcement from
the John M. Belk Endowment. During the luncheon, guest
speaker Mary Claudia “M.C.” Belk Pilon, chair of the JohnM.
Belk Endowment, announced an $825,000 grant to provide
scholarships to first-generation college students who
graduate from North Carolina high schools. Approximately
85 percent of JCSU students receive some form of financial
aid, 45 percent are first-generation college students and
70 percent come from low-income households.
“We recognize that for many first-generation college
students, the cost of higher education is out of reach,”
said Pilon. “Our mission is to increase their access to higher
education so they can get the skills they need to succeed –
and to boost the quality of North Carolina’s workforce.”
The funding will help offset a decline in available financial
aid largely due to changes in eligibility criteria for families
seeking college loans from the U.S. Department of
Education’s Parent PLUS Loan program. Tighter underwriting
restrictions have had a disproportionate impact on
historically black colleges and universities, which serve
greater numbers of disadvantaged students.
“Many of today’s JCSU students face significant financial
barriers that result in gaps between the aid they receive
and the total cost of their college education,” said Dr. Ronald
L. Carter. “We are grateful to the John M. Belk Endowment
for helping us maintain our commitment to this group.”
L to R: Mary Claudia “M.C.” Belk Pilon, President Carter and student Austin Jacques '15
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Invest in Tomorrow by
giving today.
Giving to JCSU is renewable on
an annual basis in three easy ways:
Mail
Checks are payable to “JCSU” and may be sent to: The Division of Institutional Advancement,
ATTN: Development, 100 Beatties Ford Road, Charlotte, NC 28216.
Online
www.jcsu.edu/giving
Telephone (704) 378-3577 or (704) 330-1424
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COMMUNITY ENGAG EMENT
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Dr. Carter awarded for supporting
Charlotte's Latino community
President Ronald L. Carter received the Latin American Excelente
Award as the “Non-Latin Person Most Supportive of the Latino
Community” during an awards gala in October 2013. During
the ceremony, four Latin Americans joined Carter as Excelente
Award winners and six Latino college students from Charlotte
received Student of the Year awards and $2,500 scholarships.
The 2013 gala marked the 15th year of the Excelente Awards in
Charlotte. The annual event is sponsored by La Noticia:
The Spanish-Language Newspaper, which serves the Latino
community in the Charlotte region.
The Excelente Awards recognize Latin Americans for their
outstanding achievements and service in
the Charlotte community. One
non-Latino person is
recognized each year for
supporting the Latin
American community.
Dr. Carter delivers remarks after receiving
Carter, who is a strong
the Excelente Award.
advocate for diversity
and inclusion, was praised for his commitment to ensuring that
undocumented students in Charlotte have access to higher
education. He joined with the Latin American Coalition and Latin
American Women in the fall of 2010 to provide educational
opportunities and scholarships to Latino students. Because of his
efforts, the University has served over 100 Latino students.
Community outreach takes center stage
When Danielle Locklair wrote a script about bullying
in school, the third-grader at Charlotte’s Whitewater
Academy wanted to turn it into a production for her
peers at her school. That’s when the academy’s
guidance counselor reached out to JCSU’s Cindy
Kistenberg, associate professor of theater and
communication arts.
With help from one of her students, Arthur Miller ’14,
Kistenberg put the play into action as a community
outreach project. In an interview with The Charlotte
Observer, Kistenberg shared her passion for theater
as a means of social change. “When I learned what
the play was about, I was 100 percent on board,”
she said.
Miller was initially surprised to find out that a
10-year-old student had written a script for a play
that, in his opinion, was well developed and
thought out.
Locklair’s inspiration for the play titled “How to
Stop a Bully” came after her friend complained about
being called names and treated like an outcast.
Kistenberg said working with elementary-school-age
students presented more of a challenge compared
to teaching college, but the final production was
rewarding. The production garnered Locklair high
marks for her quality of writing and courage to
address a tough problem.
COMMuNITY ENgAgEMENT
JCSU plants partnership with Sugar Creek
Charter School
Volunteers help build raised beds in JCSU's Sustainability Village.
In collaboration with Sugar Creek
Charter School and Friendship Gardens
of Charlotte, JCSU is working on a
project to generate interest in
sustainability while helping to alleviate
Charlotte’s food deserts.
Through the Seed-to-Feed project,
students at the Title I charter school are
learning how to grow and prepare
fresh food and make healthy choices.
The school serves 608 students from
kindergarten through eighth grade.
Jennifer Lee, a wellness program
assistant at the HealthPlex, said the
Seed-to-Feed project is vital to the
health of youth. “Access to an ample
quantity and variety of fruits and
vegetables at school, at home and in
the community is critical,” she said. “It is
especially important for school-age
children since poor dietary habits can
linger or worsen into the high school
years and adulthood.”
The project is made possible by a
$35,000 grant to the HealthPlex from
the Aetna Foundation. “The grants
awarded by the Aetna Foundation are
helping more than 100 local
nonprofits create momentum around
building healthier lifestyles in
underserved communities through
better nutrition and greater physical
activity,” said Dr. Garth Graham,
president of the Aetna Foundation.
During the summer of 2013, the
HealthPlex took the initiative to selffund the Seed-to-Feed pilot program
in cooperation with the Mecklenburg
County Beatties Ford Road
Library and An Angel’s Touch Youth
Enrichment Program. Before the
start of the program, the 154 students
scored 5.58 percent when tested on
their healthy eating knowledge. After
the program, their scores rose over
15 percent when completing the same
test. “This improvement showed that
the hands-on experience gained by
participating contributed to the
students’ understanding of the
subject,” said Victor Romano,
director of the HealthPlex.
“Seed-to-Feed ties into the
University’s focus on community
engagement and sustainability,” said
President Ronald L. Carter. “We are
moving beyond our gates to educate
the community on how to become
better stewards of their own health
and their environment.”
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Aquaponics system yields first tilapia harvest
Members of the campus and the
community enjoyed an evening of
sustainable dining and kora music to
celebrate the first harvest of fish raised
aquaponically at Sustainability Village.
Organic chef Njathi Wa Kabui, an urban
farmer, author and food activist
originally from Kenya, served the
freshly cooked tilapia along with a
cornucopia of fresh vegetables and
herbs picked from the community
garden that day.
Students worked with Kabui to prepare
the meal in the greenhouse which was
transformed into a kitchen for the
event. Guests toured the kitchen and
watched the crew demonstrate how
farm-to-table can work in an urban
environment.
Funded by BlueCross and BlueShield
of North Carolina, the Village's
community garden is helping solve
the food desert issue in the West End.
It has yielded 200 pounds of produce
since the first planting in 2012. The
University’s Center for Applied
Leadership and Community
Development works with local
community and school groups
on a regular basis to arrange tours,
volunteer planting days and
harvesting opportunities.
“Our partnership with the community
has been strengthened through our
common interests in this issue,” said Dr.
Philip Otienoburu, assistant professor
of biology. Since the launch of
Sustainability Village, nearly 500 guests
have walked through its gates.
Sixty students have trained to work on
the project, performing such tasks as
feeding fish, planting seeds and
weighing produce. Several students
shared their learning experience at the
Clinton Global Initiative University and
traveled to Haiti this past summer to
replicate the project.
Students show the first fish harvest from the aquaponics system.
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COMMuNITY ENgAgEMENT
Northwest Corridor residents find their voice
Northwest Corridor residents let their
voices be heard before 17 local and
regional political candidates during
the annual Indaba, a community forum
representing 30 neighborhoods in
Charlotte’s West End.
The meeting held in August 2013 also
served as a reminder for residents to
get out and vote in the September
primary elections. The forum came on
the heels of a leadership audit of more
than 1,000 residents conducted over
the summer by JCSU faculty and
students. The “Giving Voice to the
Community” audit invited citizens to
air their concerns about issues they
feel are vital to the Corridor’s future.
The issues covered economic growth,
crime and education.
“The leadership audit is intended to
help the community prepare for
upcoming elections by engaging,
educating and empowering residents
to get more involved in recruiting
leaders and providing candidates with
information,” said Bryan Patterson,
visiting professor of public leadership.
Al Austin, major gifts officer, shakes hands with Alandre Davis '16 during the Indaba’s
community forum for political candidates. Austin was elected to the Charlotte City Council
(District 2) on November 5, 2013.
“This project is part of our ongoing
commitment to the people of the
Northwest Corridor” said Dr. Ronald L.
Carter, president. “Our results will help
future leaders focus on matters that
affect the quality of life and build up
our assets as we work together
to create a vibrant community.”
Following a presentation of the audit’s
findings, residents met in small groups
to discuss how they might resolve
some pressing issues and shared their
opinions with the candidates.
The public leadership research will
serve several purposes by:
• determining what residents want
from their elected leadership
• helping create a candidate job
description
• providing each candidate with the
information needed to determine
if a particular political office is the
best job match
The “Giving Voice to the Northwest
Corridor” project may be viewed online
at www.jcsu.edu/nwc.
One of the highlights of the meeting
featured a video on the history and
traditions of the Northwest Corridor
produced by JCSU international
student Zwelabo Mandela ’15,
grandson of the late Nelson
Mandela. It may be viewed at:
http://youtu.be/DhK9l6FFfVo.
As a continuation of the University’s
public leadership program, seven 12th
District candidates filled the stage at
Biddle Auditorium in April 2014 to
offer their prescriptions for solving
some of the tough problems faced by
residents in North Carolina’s most
urban congressional district.
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ALUMNI
Alumnus featured in Powerade commercial
filmed on campus
In combination with its Powerade Youth Sports
Initiative, Coca-Cola launched a series of youth sports
commercials in 2013. One of the spots featured JCSU
alumnus Julien Polk ’10, a former member of the
JCSU golf team, playing the role of a track athlete.
Southeast. “This was a great way to highlight
JCSU’s awesome football field and provide one of
its graduates with a great opportunity to represent
the Powerade brand and Golden Bulls Pride,”
added Kannady.
“As an alumnus affiliated with one of our great
partners, Polk fit the athletic look for the Powerade
training video,” said William Kannady, multicultural
marketing specialist for Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
Consolidated, Inc. Polk appears on the distinctive
blue track at Irwin Belk Athletic Complex, a
recognizable landmark, with the Charlotte skyline in
the background.
“I thought it was pretty cool to be part of something
like that,” said Polk. The spot took about six hours to
shoot and required some intense physical activity
according to Polk, who ran up bleachers and
performed push-ups during the shoot. Did the
experience turn him into a Powerade fan? Polk said
he has always enjoyed the drink. Despite his brush
with stardom, Polk plans to keep his day job as an
underwriter with Wells Fargo Mortgage. He also
attends Charlotte School of Law.
Coca-Cola launched the Powerade grassroots
campaign to target youth consumers in the
Julien Polk '10 participates in Powerade commercial filmed in Irwin Belk Complex on campus
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Young alumni support computer science majors
A small act of generosity by two
classmates from 1994 is giving
computer science majors a financial
head start. Over ten years ago, two
graduates decided to each contribute
$1,000 to establish a scholarship fund.
Classmates Juan Flowers and Marion
Robinson then asked their employers
to match their gifts and the fund
climbed to $4,000.
Since then, the scholarship has grown
tenfold, providing financial assistance
to more than 15 students including
Chris Kohn, who graduated with
honors on May 4, 2014.
Flowers and Robinson are the
youngest alumni to establish an
endowed scholarship, an idea they
considered soon after they graduated.
Their faith and determination paid
off. Flowers worked at Microsoft
Corporation for 16 years before
starting his own successful business
venture, FLOWJ Technology Solutions,
where he is a managing partner and IT
management and learning consultant.
As a student, Flowers participated in
the Microsoft Co-Op program where
he earned college credit, received a
stipend and obtained work experience
in the IT field early in his career. He was
the first student from JCSU chosen for
the program and then employed at
Microsoft Corporation.
It wasn’t until his senior year
when Robinson found his niche with
computers and changed his major to
computer science. Like Flowers, he
learned what he wanted to do through
internship experience. “We were the
only two out of our class who secured
jobs prior to the start of our final year,”
he said. Robinson is currently a
successful IT business unit manager
with Chicago Bridge & Iron Company,
which designs, engineers and
L to R: Marion Robinson '94, President Carter, Juan Flowers '94
constructs some of the world’s largest
energy infrastructure projects.
During their recent visit to campus,
the men reflected on what motivated
them to help JCSU students. “I chose
to invest in JCSU by establishing our
scholarship to help fill a financial void
for students who wanted to pursue
degrees in computer science and
computer engineering,” said Flowers.
“Financial assistance was only
available to students who wanted to
pursue degrees in the natural sciences
like biology, chemistry and physics.”
Robinson appreciates JCSU for
helping him find success in life. “I felt
the education I received at JCSU was
invaluable,” he said. “Without it, I would
not have become the man I am today.
Both Juan and I agreed the best way to
acknowledge the education we received
was to give back in the form of a
scholarship for a deserving computer
science or engineering major.”
Today when they meet with students,
the men advise them to become
involved in co-ops, internships and
campus organizations to build lasting
relationships, job experience and
leadership skills.
When they arrived on campus on
academic and athletic scholarships,
Robinson and Flowers immediately
became friends. Robinson excelled in
track and field as a two-time Division II
National Champion in 1992 and 1994
in the long jump. Flowers, a scholarathlete, also served in leadership roles
on campus as a Board of Trustee
representative for Academic Affairs
from 1992 to 1993 and as Student
Government Association president
from 1993 to 1994. They also joined
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Involvement in such activities further
cemented their relationship with one
another and with fellow students.
It also helped to build a lasting
connection to JCSU.
Flowers and Robinson can often
be seen mingling with students and
reminiscing with fellow alumni at
Homecoming, CIAA week and at the
Arch of Triumph Gala. As an adjunct
professor in the Computer Science and
Engineering Department, Flowers is
part of the campus community as he
applies his own knowledge in the field
to help students excel at their
growing edge.
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2014 Reunion W
Classes ending in 4 and 9 reunited
and celebrated during Reunion
Weekend 2014 on May 2 to 4.
The Golden Anniversary
Class of 1964 wore gold robes
at the 2014 Commencement
Exercises. Classmates capped
the weekend at the alumni
banquet and dance.
Class of 1964 celebrates its 50th reunion.
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Weekend
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A Smith-Made Homecoming
Homecoming 2013 celebrated what it means to be “Smith
Made,” as the JCSU Family came together to reminisce and
celebrate Oct. 21-26. The week began with the coronation
of JCSU senior Rhonda Wright as Miss JCSU and the
anticipation continued with Friday’s pep rally and Gold and
Blue Masquerade Ball for alumni. As a special Homecoming
addition, the JCSU Concert Choir performed with Opera
Carolina’s production of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Aida.”
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The annual parade and FestiVille brought families
together on Saturday for food, fun and games. In the
afternoon, Golden Bulls fans competed in the inaugural
MasterBULL Griller contest to fill up for the football game
against Shaw University.
For post-game excitement, the National Pan-Hellenic
Council presented a step show and after party.
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ALuMNI
Determination leads to pro
basketball career for Jackson
Earl Jackson, ’11 former JCSU
forward and current Euroleague
basketball player, recently published
a motivational book based on his
experiences pursuing a pro
basketball career.
for the first time, but an opportunity
to play with a barnstorming team
overseas arose, and Jackson was faced
with deciding between a guaranteed
good time or a potentially fruitless
trip abroad.
"A Spirit of Perseverance" tells the
story of how Jackson pursued his
dream of continuing his career after
college, despite the fact that scouts
weren't exactly beating down his door.
He told HBCU Gameday "Basketball
was a dream that I wanted to pursue,
and through the help of my support
system I was able to pursue it."
"I had a couple of conversations with
people and they said, this may be your
only chance," Jackson said. "Either
you're going to sacrifice what you are
now for what you want to be come."
Jackson played at JCSU from 20072011, winning back-to-back CIAA
Championships in 2008 and 2009
under the direction of CIAA Hall of
Fame coach Stephen Joyner Sr. Jackson
told HBCU Gameday the lessons he
learned from Joyner contributed to his
book in a major way.
"We have a great relationship to this
day," Jackson said of Joyner. "I think the
relationship may have gotten better
now that I've stopped playing
basketball [for Joyner]."
After graduating from JCSU in 2011,
Jackson worked a string of temp jobs
before taking a chance to follow his
dream of continuing his basketball
career. He had planned on attending
the CIAA Tournament as a spectator
Jackson decided to take the chance
and pay his way to Peru, which paid
off in a big way as he landed his first
professional contract. Jackson also
played in Argentina before latching
on as power forward for the Evil
Sportif Ormes in France.
Jackson says he hopes "A Spirit
of Perseverance" helps other people
pursue their dreams with a passion.
"If you work hard enough,
something will happen," he said.
"If you continuously push through
and you strive for greatness then
something will happen. Things won't
stay the same."
Contact info. 301-456-9056;
[email protected]
Source: HBCU Gameday
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40’s
Class of 1963 – Glen Chavis
has published his second
book, “Our Roots, Our
Branches, Our Fruits of
Knowledge.” The book
can be purchased at the
High Point Museum in High
Point, N.C.
Class of 1944 – Walter Patrice
CLASS NOTES
was featured in the Northern Dutchess News and
Creative Living newspaper as the first African
American from his hometown of Poughkeepsie,
N.Y. to be commissioned as an officer in WWII.
Patrice is among those whose stories are featured
in a new film, “A Breath of Freedom,” which tells
the little known story of unexpected freedom
African-American GIs experienced in Germany
following World War II.
Class of 1947 – Dr. Ora Mobley Sweeting
received the Pioneer of the Year Award
at the Black Business Association’s 2014 Annual
Salute to Black Women Business Conference,
Vendor Fair and Awards Luncheon in Los Angeles
on March 29, 2014.
Class of 1948 – Eva G. Donaldson
is helping to raise funds for
the new JCSU Science
Center with the assistance
of the Kiwanis Club
of Greater Landover, Md.,
and the Kiwanis
Club of Shepard Park.
She has reached 75 percent of her fundraising goal
of $20,000.
50’s
Class of 1954 – Billie Matthews
received the Lifetime Achievement Award from
The Chronicle in Winston-Salem, N.C. at its Annual
Community Service Award Banquet.
Class of 1959 – Dr. Charlie Kennedy
was honored by the
Outreach Alliance For Babies,
Inc., for his 40-plus
years of serving babies
and families
in Winston-Salem.
60’s
Class of 1962 – Henry “Hank” Simmons
has been named vice chairman of the board of
directors for Marine Federal Credit Union.
Class of 1963 – Fred Lewis
was honored by the
American Chemical Society
for his 50 years as a member
of the Society.
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Class of 1965 – Ida K. Adams
received the 2014 HBCU Trailblazers Award at the
Alumni Alliance Scholarship Dinner and Dance in
Wayne County, N.C. She is a member of JCSU’s new
Eastern Alumni Chapter in North Carolina. The
alliance includes seven HBCU chapters: Johnson C.
Smith University, A&T University, Fayetteville State
University, Elizabeth City State University, St.
Augustine University, Winston-Salem State
University and North Carolina Central University.
70’s
Class of 1988 – Belinda Jackson
is the 1988 class agent. She may be reached at
b[email protected].
90’s
Class of 1992 – Lapronda Spann’s
company, Lain Consulting, LLC was selected
Minority Business Enterprise of the Year by the
City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County at
the 2014 Crowns of Enterprise Awards
Ceremony. She was also selected for the 2014
Women in Business Achievement Award by the
Charlotte Business Journal.
Class of 1993 – Diron Ford
gave the keynote address for the Thurgood
Marshall Foundation Teacher Quality and
Retention Institute at Virginia State University
on July 18.
Class of 1993 – Dr. Melva Green
Class of 1970 – James Ewers Jr.
is a new citizen member of the Jacksonville, Fla.
Times-Union editorial board.
stars on TV show “Hoarders,” and co-authored a
book “Breathing Room; Open Your Heart by
Decluttering Your Home."
80’s
Class of 1994 –
Dr. Shanna G.
Benjamin
Class of 1982 – Andrea R. Johnson
is owner of Dazzle events by Andrea, LLC. The
business offers event design/decor, specialty linen
and furniture rentals, chair covers and florals. They
also offer destination wedding/honeymoon/vow
renewal packages and are specialists for
Sandals/Beaches properties and Mexico group
travel.
is Associate
Professor of English at
Grinnell College in
Grinnell, Iowa.
Class of 1997 – Keith Cradle
has been appointed
board member of the
Bechtler Arts Foundation
by the Charlotte City
Council. The board is
charged with overseeing
the Bechtler Museum
and its collection.
Class of 1984 - Ervin Gourdine
was promoted to Vice President, Talent
Management at Discovery Place. He has more than
20 years of human resources experience. Prior to
working at Discovery Place, he worked in the
banking industry in Washington D.C.
Class of 1984 – Darryl Murphy
published the book “Three
Blind Mice.” It is the untold
story of the three presidents
before Abraham Lincoln
during the decade between
1850 and 1860, leading up to
the American Civil War.
Class of 1999 – Natashia Pegram
was named principal at Pinewood Elementary
School in Charlotte, N.C.
00’s
Class of 2001 – Rashad Phillips
is the publisher of New Growth Hair Magazine,
a publication that captures the culture and
Class of 1987 – Daryl Sledge
conversations in urban barbershops and beauty
produced a feature/documentary with Paradox
salons. The magazine uses its social influence to
Smoke in New York City starring Rain Pryor based on provide hair services, school supplies and hope
her Off Broadway One Woman Show. Sledge also
to Charlotte’s homeless student population.
produced “Fried Chicken and Latkes,” about Pryor’s
life growing up the daughter of Richard Pryor and a
Jewish mother.
CLASS NOTES
Class of 2001 – Andrew Lovett Jr.
graduated from Mercer University with a Ph.D. in
Educational Leadership. His dissertation topic was
"The Relationships Among the Fine Arts, School
Culture and High School Graduation Rates in Georgia."
He currently serves as assistant principal at Paul L.
Dunbar Elementary School in Atlanta.
Class of 2003 – Kristin Hicks
executive producer and music supervisor for Rhythm
And Views (RAV) Productions, LLC, has been fortunate
to work with the National Museum of African
American Music, National Black Nurses Association
and vocal artists Tre Thomas and Mariah Maxwell, in
just a few short months since she formed RAV in
January 2014. In addition, they have assisted churches
with marketing and branding and are in the process of
locking in projects with two notable gospel artists.
Chamber of Commerce (CMBCC). The CMBCC is
focused on improving business retention and growth
of black businesses while attracting successful black
businesses to Charlotte.
Class of 2005 – Kristen Gaines
is owner of Cup Your Cakes, specializing in quality
cupcakes offered in various sizes and an array of
delicious flavors with a creative decorating edge.
They also create custom lollicakes, also known as
cake pops.
Class of 2005
– Kyle T. Daniels
was elected historian of the
Northeastern Province of Kappa
Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Class of 2003 – Kristin Hicks
Class of 2006 – Andrea Royal
has launched Rhythm and Views Production, LLC. The
company serves individuals, production companies,
record labels, artists, brand marketers, non-profits and
large corporations nationwide. In addition to full
service music supervision and video production, the
company assists with talent booking, photo and video.
is a fitness model and competes in fitness
competitions. She also writes articles for
The Charlotte Post in the Life & Style section to
offer health and fitness advice to readers. Andrea
has a blog qcfitnessmodeling.blogspot.com, where
she talks about her fitness journey and fitness
modeling/competitions.
Class of 2004 – Oscar Frazier
was recently appointed Economic Development
Committee Chair of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Black
got
Good
news?
Class of 2007 – Mariah Smith
earned a master’s degree in Spanish from Winthrop
University and is a second-year doctoral student in the
Education Department of Curriculum and Instruction
at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Class of 2006 – Kory Davis
married Kriston Brown on June 21, 2014.
10’s
Class of 2011 – Erica Hilton
is the co-class agent with Gernae Chase as
the 2011 class agent. Hilton may be reached
at [email protected].
Class of 2011 – Nicole Matthews
was crowned Miss Maryland Exquisite International
on April 27, 2014. The pageant celebrates diverse
women of today by giving them an opportunity to
showcase their beauty, intelligence and spirit of
volunteerism. Nicole also participated in the 2014
Miss Maryland USA Pageant.
Class of 2014 – Danielle Williams
has been named the women’s Scholar Athlete
of the Year in Division II for the 2013-14 track & field
season by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country
Coaches Association.
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DONORS
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Thank you to JCSU Fiscal Year 2013-14
donors. You made the difference!
Please take a look at our complete donor
listing for Fiscal Year 2014!
We have attempted to list each donor accurately, and sincerely apologize for any mistakes or
omissions. If your name has been omitted or reported incorrectly, please notify the Development
Office of the Division of Institutional Advancement at (704)-378-3576.
DONORS
The 1867 Society
The 1867 Society recognizes donors
whose cumulative giving since January
2000 to Johnson C. Smith University totals
$10,000 or more. This distinguished
society is composed of six societal giving
levels, named in honor of images and
transformational leaders and donors of
the University. The 1867 Society members
are inducted into the society at one of the
societal levels, and recognized for each
new level attained at an annual luncheon
held during Founder’s Day weekend.
All 1867 Society inductees are also
invited to join the student processional
for Convocation which is also held during
Founders’ Day weekend.
JCSU salutes the following Fiscal Year
2013-2014 inductees for their generosity:
Golden Bull Society in honor
of the University’s golden bull mascot
– the embodiment of pride, spirit and
association with Johnson C. Smith University.
Cumulative gifts ranging
from $100,000 - $499,999
Mr. James L. Greene ‘67
Mrs. Shirley M. Greene ‘69
Mrs. Loretta Jean Webber
Dr. Spurgeon W. Webber, Jr. (deceased)
Mr. Rudolph C. Worsley ‘55
Duke Society in honor of
James B. Duke, who included
Johnson C. Smith University
in the Duke Endowment in 1924.
Sanders Society in honor
of Dr. Daniel J. Sanders, the first
African- American President of
Johnson C. Smith University.
from $50,000 - $99,999
from $10,000 - $24,999
Trustee Thomas L. Barnhardt
Trustee J. Porter Durham, Jr.
Mrs. Mattie S. Grigsby ‘48
Mrs. Wilhelmina P. Kimpson ‘56
Trustee Patricia Roderick Morton
Dr. Shirley Aluko
Dr. Yele Aluko
Mr. Jack S. Bailey III
Mrs. Evelyn J. Blackwell ‘55
Mr. Luther Carter, Jr. ‘75
Dr. Ronald L. Carter
Ms. Willie B. Colson ‘64
Mr. Andrew J. Gray ‘73
Mrs. Joyce Gray
Ms. Joni M. Hicks ‘77
Mr. Marion H. Massey ‘66
Mr. David Pfleeger
Dr. Condoleezza Rice
Mrs. Brenda L. Sanders ‘64
Mrs. Mattie C. Sydnor ‘50
Ms. Pearl V. Welch ‘65
Mrs. Joan Zimmerman
Myers Society in honor
of Col. William R. Myers’
gift of eight acres of
land to establish a permanent
site for the then Biddle
Memorial Institute.
from $25,000 - $49,999
Dr. Lucinda B. Blue ‘74
Dr. David L. Hunter ‘55
Mrs. Gretel T. James ‘62
Mr. George K. Johnson ‘61
Mrs. Joetter J. Johnson ‘61
Mrs. Dorothy B. Latimer ‘74
Mr. Thomas E. Latimer ‘72
Mr. David L. Pugh ‘53
Ms. Charlotte Troup
1867 Giving societies inductees for 2013-2014
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Alumni Giving
Alumni financial support is the critical difference in the
life and legacy of the University. During Fiscal Year 20132014, alumni giving totaled more than $950,000 and the
alumni giving participation rate increased to 18 percent.
Class of 1938 - $300
Class Agent: Office of Alumni Affairs
Dr. Clarence F. Stephens
Class of 1940 - $2,000
Ms. Ireta Taylor Dawson
Class of 1941 - $25
Mr. Ralph W. Hall
Class of 1942 - $1,500
Trustee Horace A. Davenport
Mr. Prince A. Erwin, Jr.
Class of 1943 - $100
Mr. Andrew J. McGhee, Jr.
Class of 1944 - $650
Class Agent: Mrs. Vernilla Glenn
Mrs. Vernilla Glenn
Mr. Walter Patrice
Mrs. Roberta Brooks Shearin
Class of 1945 - $550
Class Agents: Dr. Darius L. Swann
Mrs. Mildred S. Grier
Dr. Joseph E. Thompson, Sr.
Mrs. Darwin McBeth Walton
Class of 1946 - $200
Ms. Margaret Louise Carr
Class of 1947 - $1,620
Class Agent: Mrs. Gloria P.
Munoz-Martin
Senior Bishop John Hurst Adams
Dr. Nelson A. Fain
Dr. Winona L. Fletcher
Mrs. Mozella T. Harris
Mr. Julius W. Mallard
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Mrs. Gloria P. Munoz-Martin
Reverend James Deotis Roberts
Class of 1948 - $17,378
Class Agent: Mrs. Mattie Solice
Grigsby
Mrs. Dorothy Sutton Baker
Ms. Mary B. Chasten
Mrs. Lollie O. Cook-Redd
Mrs. Edith Foster Crisp
Mrs. Hyla Sue B. Cundiff
Mrs. Eva G. Donaldson
Dr. Gwendoline Young Fortune
Ms. Fatina P. Gaston
Mrs. Mattie Solice Grigsby
Mrs. Magnolia M. Pickens
Mrs. Vivian Simpson Thomas
Dr. Clarence W. R. Wade
Mrs. Juanita G. Williams
Class of 1949 - $5,280
Class Agent: Charles W. Hargrave
Mrs. Odelle Steele Searles
Mr. Richard R. Anderson
Ms. Rosa Means Campbell
Mrs. Mary L. Crumley
Mrs. Gabrella Toatley Dimery
Ms. Sarah G. Foxx
Mrs. Anita T. Garner
Mrs. Maggie Lloyd Gilliam
Mr. Charles W. Hargrave
Mrs. Helen R. Hudson
Ms. Wylle Grae Joyner
Ms. Doris Graham Pennington
Mr. John Henry Potts
Mr. Herman C. Ragin, Sr.
Class of 1950 - $57,737
Class Agent: Mrs. Ruth S. Cathey
Mr. Raphael O. Black*
Ms. Ruth P. Bowers
Mrs. Ruth S. Cathey
Mrs. Julia M. England
Estate of Evelyn Stinchcomb
Mrs. Miriam C. Hardge
Dr. Bettye Shropshire Irwin
Ms. Mae C. Orr
Mr. O'Dell Robinson
Mrs. Lilla Alberta M. Smith
Mrs. Mattie Carter Sydnor
Dr. Raymond Worsley
Class of 1951 - $9,775
Class Agents: Mr. Harry L. Jackson
Dr. Maggie Lynch Mallory
Mrs. Leora Ernestine Broady
Mr. Paul L. Broady
Mr. Willie E. Davis
Mrs. Mildred M. Frederick
Reverend Lawrence T. Glenn, Sr.
Mr. Harry L. Jackson
Mrs. Constance Monroe
The Honorable Carl T. Ratliff
Mrs. Iris M. Rattley
Mr. William H. Shepperson III
Mr. Andrew W. Turner, Jr.
Dr. David H. Woodbury, Jr.
Class of 1952 - $2,565
Class Agent: Mrs. Mary L.
Massey-Jones
Ms. Myrtle Cathey
Mr. Oliver N. Clark
Mr. Melton Ellerby
Mrs. Mamie E. Jones
Mrs. Mary L. Massey-Jones
Dr. Charles Morris, Jr.
Ms. Leatrice R. Pearson
Mr. William W. Perry
Mr. Arthur C. Redding
Mr. Oscar D. Tate
Class of 1953 - $9,525
Class Agent: Mrs. Deloris G. Evans
Mrs. Mary J. Bowden
Mrs. Johnnie M. Collins
Trustee Melva W. Costen
Mrs. Lotess Priestley Cright
Mrs. Deloris G. Evans
Mrs. Ruby D. Harris
Mrs. Helen V. Henry
Miss Harriett L. Lewis*
Mr. Charles E. Motley
Mrs. LaVerne R. Parker
Mr. David L. Pugh
Reverend Colonel W. Sutton
Reverend Benjamin F. Thompson
Mrs. Frances T. Wade
Mr. Howard Williams
Class of 1954 - $3,675
Class Agent: Mrs. Johnsie M. Grier
Mrs. Pauline L. Avant
Mr. Robert L. Babbs, Jr.
Mrs. Janie Clinkscales Chavis-Lucas
Mrs. Helena T. Cunningham
Mrs. Billie Mitchell Matthews
Mrs. Henrietta M. Motley
Dr. Thornell K. Page
Mrs. Bessie Smith Ransome
Mrs. Margaret H. Thomas
Class of 1955 - $36,951
Class Agent: Dr. Telezee L. Foster
Mr. Cecil L. Adderley, Jr.
Mr. Alston Bellamy*
Mrs. Evelyn J. Blackwell
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Carrothers
The Honorable Eva McPherson
Clayton
Dr. Charles Lorenza Curry
Mr. Wendell A. Daniel
Dr. Telezee Littlejohn Foster
Dr. David L. Hunter
Mr. James Henry Johnson
Mrs. Mary Royster McAfee
Mr. Roosevelt D. Odom, Sr.
Dr. Louis W. Pointer
Mr. Thad Rhodes, Jr.
Mr. Rudolph C. Worsley
Class of 1956 - $9,650
Class Agents: Mrs. Beatrice T.
Johnson
Mrs. Muriel D. Wiggins
Mr. Frank Theodore Gaither, Sr.
Mrs. Reather F. Green
Ms. Constance J. Hill
Mr. Ralph A. Hunt
Mrs. Beatrice T. Johnson
Mrs. Wilhelmina Page Kimpson
Mrs. Pecola A. Maxwell
Mrs. Frances McFadden
Mrs. Shirley T. Paramore
Mrs. Juanita Wideman Reynolds
Ms. Millie R. Snider
Class of 1957 - $4,650
Class Agent: Mr. Rufus D. Spears, Sr.
Mr. Isaac G. Alexander
Ms. Mary Frances Brown
Mr. Charles F. Davis
Mr. Floyd L. Davis
Ms. Louise Page Gordon
Mrs. Mildred L. Johnson
Mrs. Velvie B. Ketch
*Deceased
DONORS
Ms. Alice P. Lee
Dr. Eddie S. Moore
Ms. Carolyn Garrison Phillips
Ms. Lyda Helena Sammons-Slade
Mrs. Selma A. Simelton
Mr. Rufus D. Spears, Sr.
Mr. James A. Yancey
Class of 1958 - $7,653
Class Agents: Mr. Joseph H. Bugg
Mrs. Sarah Young Gist
Ms. Reba E. Adam
Ms. Catherine F. Allen
Mrs. Vernell G. Anderson
Mrs. Katie Barnhill
Mr. Joseph H. Bugg
Mrs. Charlotte B. Cade
Mr. Thomas G. Clyburn
Mr. Norman L. Deas
Mr. Lemuel H. Froneberger
Mrs. Ilda J. Green
Ms. Theon Hardy
Mr. William Hunter Harris
Mr. Crawford J. Jones
Mrs. Doretha L. Leak
Mr. Johnny M. Lunsford
Mr. Raymond A. McDougal
Mrs. Eartha Mae McMichael
Dr. William Bruce McMillan
Mrs. Christa E. Norment
Dr. Carroll J. Redfern
Mrs. Louise Y. Spencer
Mr. Ira Thompson IV
Mrs. Nannie B. Young
Class of 1959 - $18,425
Class Agents: Dr. Charlie L. Kennedy
Reverend Lloyd B. Morris
Mrs. Eleanor J. Moore Boyd
Mr. Willie T. Boyd
Mrs. Geraldine Helton Clyburn
Mrs. Patricia S. Dixon
Mr. James Edwards
Mrs. Bernice S. Ferguson
Ms. Virginia L.M. Johnson
Ms. Lucille Joyner
Ms. Georginna S. Knight
Mrs. Helen G. Lassiter
Mr. Edward Van Martin
Mrs. Lorraine Adams Orr
Ms. Nellie R. Purefoy
Mr. Carroll B. Saunders
Mr. James D. Shell
Mrs. Neutrice C. Quick Towens
Reverend George Murray Wilson
Mr. Harold B. Winston
Class of 1960 - $98,985
Class Agents: Mrs. Bernice
Corbett Smith
Ms. Loretta Crowder Stanley
Reverend James L. Allen
Mr. Oscar W. Bidgood
Mrs. Ortygia Mae Carnette
Mr. Hezekiah Chisholm
Ms. Annie Wallace Collier
Mr. John P. Cureton
Ms. Edith Strickland DeLaine
Estate of Gloria Smith
Mrs. Gloria Smith Frieson
Ms. Elberta D. Gordon
Dr. Argie Knox Johnson
Ms. Doris R. King
Mrs. Ruth A. Mann
Mr. Donald L. McIntosh
Mr. Otto N. Moore, Sr.
Mrs. Bernice Corbett Smith
Mrs. Verdell F. Smyrl
Trustee McKinley Washington, Jr.
Mrs. Amanda H. Wright
Class of 1961 - $24,740
Class Agent: Mr. Talmadge W. Fair
Mrs. Garnell D. Bailey
Mrs. Dorothy M. Ellis
Mr. Talmadge W. Fair
Mr. James W. Frazier
Mr. Frank Edney Gadsden
Ms. Cynthia Garrett
Mr. George K. Johnson
Ms. Gwendolyn H. Johnson
Mrs. Joetter Joyner Johnson
Mrs. Vera B. McIntosh
Mrs. Lena Helton Pickens
Ms. Nancy Patricia Smith
Mr. Lorenzo Steele
Ms. Anna M. Vernon
Mr. Russell Young
Class of 1962 - $11,683
Class Agents: Mr. James Walker
Mrs. Jeannette Dozier
Mrs. Mary Roberts Bailey
Mr. Frankie G. Barnes
Mrs. Jo Alice Blyther
Mrs. Hattie Ruth Brookens
Mrs. Vida P. Carter
Ms. Patricia W. Clayton
Mr. Charlie S. Dannelly
Mrs. Queen A. Davis
Mr. George Dorman, Jr.
Mrs. Jeannette Dozier
Ms. Ernestine G. Frye
Mr. Jimmie Gist
Mr. Arthur Graves
Mrs. Virginia Ann Graves
Mrs. Lucy A. Hamilton
Reverend Carnell Hampton
Mrs. Eva B. Irby
Mrs. Gretel Thomas James
Dr. William H. Joyner
Mr. Willie L. Little
Ms. Eleanor F. Long
Mrs. Gladys A. Massey
Mrs. Betty M. Stroud
Mr. James Walker
Ms. Judith E. Washington, Esq.
Dr. Thomas Wright, Jr.
Class of 1963 - $8,951
Class Agents: Mrs. Jean W. Graham
Mrs. Queen Esther Whaley
Ms. Barbara B. Clarkson
Mr. William A. Dabney
Mr. John N. Faxio
Ms. Gussie Floyd
Mr. Sidney Glee
Reverend George C. Goodman
Mrs. Jean W. Graham
Mrs. Sylvia Smith Ivey
Mr. Robert L. Johnson
Mr. Samuel Johnson, Jr.
Mr. Luther C. Jones
Ms. Barbara Ferguson Kamara
Mr. Robert L. Lane, Sr.
Mr. Fred Lewis
Mrs. Rosa Evans Martin
Mrs. Viella Hollaway Mason
Mr. Clyde McGriff
Mr. R. T. Nicholas
Ms. Carolyn Robinson Nix
Mr. John L. Shropshire
Ms. Carol E. Tunstall
Mr. Ira P. Washington
Mr. Cornelious W. Williams, Sr.
Ms. Maxine Dunn Woods
Class of 1964 - $54,200
Class Agent: Mrs. Dorothy
Gordon Mitchell
Dr. Boisey O. Barnes, Jr.
Mrs. Ella M. Barnes
Mrs. Marzeloraine Blackman Barnes
Dr. Pat Barr-Harrison
Dr. Leonard L. Bethel
Mrs. Veronica Bynum Bethel
Mr. Joe L. Blakeney
Mrs. Bettye Garrick Byrd
Mrs. Hattie Dunn Campbell
Mr. Samuel L. Campbell
Mr. Freddie Sinclair Clinton
Ms. Willie Beatrice Colson
Mrs. Dorothy Counts- Scoggins
Mr. Herbert N. Cunningham
Mr. Haywood Curry, Jr.
Dr. Richard F. Dozier, Sr.
Mrs. Ellen E. Eummer
Mrs. Ellen Dean Crawford Evans
Mr. Paul D. Faulkner
Mrs. Rebecca James Fulton
Mrs. Idell W. Glenn
Mr. George E. Goodman
Mrs. Janice Tate Gresham
Mr. George T. Hall
Ms. Martha Gamble Hall
Dr. Morris F. Hall
Ms. Ellaree Hampton
Ms. Muriel Byrd Hart
Mrs. Mary Ruth Haskins
Mr. J. C. Haynes
Mrs. Tenner Young Hemphill
Mrs. Vivian Jones Honor
Mrs. Shirley M. Hunter
Mr. Robert C. Johnson, Jr.
Dr. Lonnie Keith
Mr. Clarence Ellie Little
Mrs. Mae White Little
Dr. Shirley Wilson Logan
Mrs. Marian G. Mathes
Ms. Sheila McDowell
Ms. Vertelle D. Middleton
Mrs. Dorothy Gordon Mitchell
Ms. Amy L. Pasour
Mrs. Patsy Kimble Phillips
Mrs. Shirley Williams Purvis
Mrs. Brenda Long Sanders
Ms. Constance A. Sims
Dr. June M. Smith
Mrs. Mazie L. Storr
Ms. Willie Belton Suswell
Mrs. Mamie B. Thomas
Mr. Joseph A. Tisdale
Mr. Kenneth L. Turner
Mr. Sidney Vance
Mrs. Ella Belton Welch
Mrs. Bertha B. Woods
Reverend Thomasena Dodd Wright
Dr. Dorothy Cowser Yancy
Mrs. Barbara Y. Young
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Class of 1965 - $17,575
Class Agents: Mrs. Pearl V. Welch
Mrs. Doris M. Wilson
Mrs. Ida Isbella Adams
Mr. Isaiah Boyd
Mrs. Margaret Love Brandon
Ms. Lula M. Brown
Reverend Franklin D. Colclough
Dr. Harry T. Coleman
Ms. Doris C. Covington
Ms. Catherine Wallace Fields
Dr. William C. Flythe
Ms. Jeanette Goines
Miss Frances Clayton Gray
Mrs. Carrie E. Hampton
Mrs. Irene Neal Lowry
Mrs. Ossie H. Martin
Mr. Leon McClinton
Ms. Alice F. Mitchell
Mr. Richard Blackout Reeves
Dr. George G. Reynolds
Dr. Horace R. Rice
Mrs. Rachel B. Smith
Ms. Martha E. Warren
Mrs. Barbara M. Watkins-Sohan
Ms. Pearl V. Welch
Dr. Kenneth Whitted
Mrs. Pearlie Ann Williams
Class of 1966 - $51,129
Class Agent: Mr. James A. Gaither
Mr. Herman Carl Bagley*
Dr. Venton Lee Bell
Mr. Johnny R. Bowen
Dr. Henry Joseph Bowers
Mr. James W. Brandon
Reverend Shady Clark
Mrs. Sarah C. Crowder
Ms. Deborah L Doris
Mrs. Ruby F. Dubose
Mr. James Dyson, Sr.
Ms. Barbara J. Foster
Mr. James A. Gaither
Mrs. Lucille Garrick Gaither
Ms. Vera C. Gardner
Ms. Diana George Gilford
Ms. Annette P. Graham
Ms. Marguerite D. Greene
Ms. Gertude Hadley
Dr. Shirley Hart
Mr. Henry Hubbard, Sr.
Ms. Mary L. Lesesne
Mr. Norman T. Little
Mr. Marion Herman Massey
Mr. John Troy McQueen
Mrs. Beverly Patterson Pollard
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Mr. James Ray
Ms. Ida B. Reid
Mr. Samuel H. Reid
Mrs. Carolyn J. Richmond
Mrs. Pamela M. Robinson
Mr. Hezekiah N. Simmons
Mr. James E. Thomas
The Honorable Sandra Townes
Mrs. Brenda E. Twiggs
Class of 1967 - $30,872
Class Agents: Mr. Nathaniel
Baccus, Esq.
Mr. James Lee Greene
Mrs. Sandra Anthony-Tobias
Mr. Nathaniel Baccus, Esq.
Mrs. Sarah E. Bellamy
Mrs. Jeannie Frasier Bryant
Mr. Robert M. Carter
Mrs. Gayle B. Crawford
Dr. Samuel L. Cunningham
Ms. Florence J. Day
Ms. Barbara A. Floyd
Mr. James Lee Greene
Mrs. Carole Coles Henley
Mr. Grover Jackson
Mr. Ronald T. Johnson
Ms. Guinevere Scott Jones
Mr. Donald S. Lewis, Sr.
Mrs. Lorraine E. Manning
Mrs. Marjorie McIver
Mrs. Melba D. Mobley
Mrs. Gretta Moorhead
Ms. Claudia Nichols
Mrs. Virginia W. Peterkin
Mr. Curtis O. Peters
Mr. Aaron L. Reynolds
Mrs. Joyce Freeman Sanders
Mrs. Trudelle G. Stroman
Ms. Vivian Reed Terry
Ms. Margo Judge Watts
Mr. Arcelia Wicker, Sr.
Ms. S. Marie Williams
Mrs. Frances Wofford-Schley
Class of 1968 - $13,820
Class Agent: Reverend Calvin Lewers
Mr. Robert Arnold
Mrs. Ann Austin
Mr. Guy Barnes
Mr. Horace D. Black
Mrs. Carolyn Bridges-Graves
Ms. Rebecca Dortch Brown
Mr. Richard Colson, Sr.
Mrs. Candace Bynum Currence
Mr. Rhenn T. Darensburg
Ms. Yolanda Ford
Mr. Frank Franklin
Mr. Jesse B. Goode, Jr.
Mrs. Barbara M. Howell
Ms. Michele Evon Hutchinson
Mr. Johnny C. James
Mr. Johnny J. Jenkins
Ms. Deidre G. Johnson
Mr. Tyron S. Johnson
Mrs. Rosemary L. Lawrence
Reverend Calvin Lewers
Mrs. Viola B. Myers-Williams
Mrs. Don Yvonne Owens
Ms. Gloria A. Pickett-McNeill
Mrs. Eula C. Richardson
Mrs. Betty Rivers
Mr. Luke Salley
Mr. Stephen J. Schley
Mr. Mack H. Shannon
Mr. Rudolph D. Wheeler
Mr. James L. Williams
Ms. Patricia D. Williams
Mrs. Dorothy Brown Zamora
Class of 1969 - $47,148
Class Agents: Mr. Calvin Banks
Mrs. Shirley Means Greene
Dr. Edwin D. Ayers
Ms. Safiya E. Bandele
Mr. Calvin Banks
Mrs. Jacqueline P. Barnes
Mr. Noah William Barnes, Jr.
Mr. Bruce E. Bivins
Mrs. Jessie M. Broadaway
Mr. William L. Broadaway
Mr. David J. Cauthen, Jr.
Mr. Hubert I. Davis, Sr.
Mr. Lionel D. Davis, Esq.
Miss Nevonia Dean
Mrs. Margaret M. Dorsey
Mr. Walter Kenneth Edwards
Ms. Jo Ella Cooper Ferrell
Ms. Angie Foster
Mrs. Veronica Seabrook Fountain
Mrs. Dorothy G. Franklin
Ms. C. Dianne Freeman
Mrs. Saundra G. Gaffney
Mrs. Evelyn Gentry-Howie
Mr. Richard H. Glover, Sr.
Mrs. Daphne Jones Graves-Smith
Mrs. Shirley Means Greene
Mr. Langston C. Harley
Mrs. Bertha Harris
Mrs. Mary Ellen Jenkins Haynes
Mrs. Velma O. Pruitt Hill
Ms. Linda C. Hines
Mr. Charles Hodges
Mr. James Truman Humbert
Dr. William Eugene Jackson
Ms. Eddy R. Jennings
Mrs. Carolyn Blount Johnson
Mr. Raymond Johnson, Jr.
Mrs. Saundra Ross Johnson
Mr. Albert E. Kennedy
Mrs. Vera W. Lewers
Mr. Leroy B. Long
Mrs. Sandra McBee Mack
Mrs. Vivian Wallace Mathewson
Mr. Vincent C. McBee
Mr. Cornell McBride
Ms. Portia E. McCollum
Ms. Denise McDaniel-Henderson
Mr. Wayne McLaughlin
Mr. James I. Melvin
Mrs. Arie Gaddy Miles
Ms. Amelia L. Parker
Mr. Preston Pendergrass, Jr.
Mrs. Donna Epps Ramsey
Mrs. Carolyn E. Randall
Mrs. Carolyn Y. Reese
Mr. Derrick B. Reese
Ms. Gloria J. Rhodes
Mrs. Ann Marie Riley
Mrs. Brenda M. Donnell Salley
Mr. Robert G. Seabrooks, CPA
Mrs. Roslyn G. Smith, PhD
Mr. Ivory W. Tate, Jr.
Mr. Fred L. Tatum
Mrs. Correll Loundermon Townes
Reverend David L. Wallace, Sr.
Mrs. Geraldine Smith Walls
Mrs. H. Yvonne G. Williams
Dr. Julie Brown Williams
Mr. Frederick A. Wilson, Jr.
Mr. Otto Wingate, Jr.
Class of 1970 - $10,698
Class Agent: Ms. Gloria Tiller
Captain Parks G. Adams
Mrs. Deborah Marioneaux Allen
Mrs. Gloria M. Beller
Mrs. Mabel Washington Brown
Mrs. Dorothy Velores Caldwell
Mr. Mack Daniel Canady, Jr.
Dr. James Benjamin Ewers, Jr.
Dr. John E. Floyd
Ms. Clara McMillan Foster
Mrs. Carolyn Scipio Glover
Mrs. Bessie Meeks Green
Reverend Dr. Lloyd Green, Jr.
Mrs. Jacquelyn C. Hammond
Mrs. Oree M.R. Johnson
Mr. Albert L. Jordan
Mrs. Juanita Reid Jordan
Mrs. Nellie Dunn Kennedy
DONORS
Ms. Verta Witherspoon Looper
The Honorable Larry D. Martin
Ms. Tommye M. McMillan
Mrs. Mercedes M. Munnerlyn
Mrs. Carrie R. Murray
Reverend Lonnie Jones Oliver
Reverend Omotolokun Omokunde
Dr. Melvin T. Pinn, Jr.
Mr. Delano R. Rackard
Mr. Charles Thomas Robinson
Mrs. Kaye W. Rogers
Mrs. Sandra Simmons
Trustee Grover Smith
Mrs. Cheryl Oglesby Sullivan
Ms. Gloria Jean Tiller
Mrs. Jo Ann Townsend
Dr. Michael Anthony Turner
Mrs. Forestine D. Vaughn
Mr. Elijah Washington
Mr. Edward G. West
Mrs. Donise B. White
Mrs. Theodoshia Jeraldene Williams
Class of 1971 - $34,497
Class Agents: Dr. James Phillip Jeter
Mr. Thomas E. Baldwin
Mr. Joseph L. Alston
Dr. Curtis W. Branch
Mrs. Emily Ann Chavis
Mr. Harold S. Dawkins
Mrs. Anita Garcia
Mr. Charles Harvey
Reverend Larry Hill
Mrs. Veronica M. Isaac
Mr. Charles N. Jackson
Mrs. Jacquelyn M. Jenkins
Dr. James Phillip Jeter
Ms. Comatha B. Johnson
Mr. Joseph Johnson
Mrs. Jacquetta Jones
Mrs. Emma Y. Martin-Goodman
Mr. Bernard V. McGraw
Ms. Ivy A. Metz
Dr. Georthia M. Moses
Mr. Nolan L. Nolley
Mrs. Yvette B. Patterson
Dr. Warner L. Pinchback, Jr.
Ms. Julia Rose Shepherd
Reverend James E. Simmons
Mrs. Kaffie H. Sledge
Ms. Lolita S. Turner
Mrs. Phyllis P. Wade
Reverend Ralph Edward Williamson
Mrs. Alberta Wilson-Anthony
Class of 1972 - $28,207
Class Agents: Mr. William H. Gunn
Mr. Matthew H. Holland
Ms. Brenda Jenkins Bennett
Dr. John J. Brown, Jr.
Ms. Linda Curry Brown
Mrs. Velma Butler-Brown
Ms. Alyce Calmore
Mr. Robert D. Craven
Mr. James E. Daughtridge
Ms. Gloria A. Davis
Dr. Bobby G. Dawkins
Mr. Joseph Faust
Trustee Parran L. Foster III
Mrs. Patricia C. Foster
Ms. Barbara Jean Fuller
Mr. William H. Gunn
Mr. Malloy T. Harris, Jr.
Mrs. Gerald E. Hatcher
Mrs. Phyllis T. Hilliard
Mrs. Lettie C. Holland
Mr. David W. Hughes
Mrs. Carlenia G. Ivory
Mrs. Francesina Regester Jackson
Mr. Richard E. Jenkins, Jr.
Mr. Thomas Latimer
Dr. Michael L. Lindsey, Sr.
Mr. Robert N. Logan, Jr.
Mr. James Mather
Mrs. Shirley J. McDonald
Mr. Steve Miller
Mrs. Emma Motley-Broadnax
Mr. Ronald L. Nelson
Mrs. Sula Henderson Page
Mr. Benjamin E. Rawlins
Ms. Patricia N. Robinson
Mrs. Gwendolyn Smith
Mrs. Kutricia A. Spann
Mrs. Remona Spencer
Mrs. Jacqueline D. Stewart
Ms. Cynthia Williams
Ms. Levern M. Younger
Class of 1973 - $123,781
Class Agents: Ms. Dorothy A. Prioleau
Ms. Cassandra Reynolds
Mrs. Willa Martin Bailey
Mrs. Joyce Blakeney
Mrs. Debora S. Blakney
Mr. William H. Cameron, Jr.
Mr. Charles J. Cutler
Ms. Daisy L. Davis
Mrs. Margaret A. Faust
Ms. Wanda B. Foy-Burroughs
Mr. Andrew and Mrs. Joyce Gray
Mr. John Henry Heath
Mrs. Metter Hodges
The Honorable Philemina M. Jones
Mrs. Cassandra Reynolds Jordan
Mr. Edward Richard Jordan
Mr. Stephen W. Joyner, Sr.
Ms. Gayle Smith Logan
Mrs. Jennifer Simmons McDowell
Mrs. Yolanda B. McGraw
Mr. Franklin J. McQueen
Mr. Thurman K. Page
Mrs. Jeanette McLean Praylor
Ms. Dorothy A Prioleau
Mr. Marion B. Robinson
Reverend Mark R. Royster, Sr.
Mr. Mickel Singleton
Mr. Roddy P. Starr
Mrs. Lovieree L. Warren
Mrs. DeLois A. Washington
Mrs. Barbara Johnson Waters
Ms. Vicki Gilchrist Weathers
Ms. Sidonie Webber
Ms. Faye Wright
Class of 1974 - $16,832
Class Agents: Dr. Lucinda Bowen Blue
Dr. Rhonda O. Covington
Mrs. Diane H. Barton
Dr. Lucinda Bowen Blue
Mr. Stephen K. Brown
Ms. Vara Smith Burns
Mrs. Peggy Jeter Cureton
Ms. Leondras Perry Davis
Mr. Kenny H. Faulkner
Ms. Debra Dry Frazier
Mr. Daniel Harvin
Mr. James E. Howard, Jr.
Mr. Alfred Hudson
Mrs. Dorothy Baldwin Latimer
Mrs. Carolyn Latimore Means
Ms. Constance Lesesne
Ms. Carolyn Parker
Ms. Glenda L. Pyant
Ms. Wanda Herdon Scott
Mrs. Norma A. Thompson
Ms. Shirley A. Tillman
Dr. Vereda Johnson Williams
Mrs. Norris Moore Wilson
Class of 1975 - $13,880
Class Agents: Dr. Phyllis Worthy
Dawkins
Ms. Christy Shelton Bryant
Ms. Geraldine Dawson
Mrs. Pamela Fuller Brown
Mr. Luther Carter, Jr.
Dr. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins
Mr. Bruce Dale Duke II
Ms. Carolyn McClain Ellis
Mr. Mallory D. Felder
Mr. Claude Green
Reverend Ethel Kelly Grinkley
Mr. Alton P. Myers
Ms. Billie D. Nichols
Mrs. Linda Washington Williams
Ms. Eulalia A. Winstead
Mr. Gregory L. Woods
Class of 1976 - $6,305
Class Agents: Ms. Shelia D. Harvey
Ms. Jacqueline Glover
Mr. Tracey C. Barrett
Ms. Joyce Ryals Bynum
Mrs. Jacqueline R. Cherry
Mr. Jerry Clark
Reverend James R. Covington, Jr.
Mr. Kelly L. Darden, Jr.
Mr. Wallace H. Davis, Jr.
Mr. Lawrence Graves
Ms. Gisele V. Hamilton
Ms. Shelia D. Harvey
Mr. James E. Hicks, Jr.
Mrs. Lavone C. Hicks
Mr. Kenneth R. Hopkins
Ms. Angela R. Jacobs
Ms. Patricia Ann Jessup
Mrs. Ann Gupton Jones
Mr. Steffen C. Knight
Mrs. Velma B. Leavens
Ms. Janice McCall
Mrs. Diane Wilson Proctor
Mr. Linwood J. Spindle, Sr.
Mrs. Warrenell Lesane Spindle
Mr. Harold Talley
Ms. Robbie J. Thompson
Ms. Delores Timberlake
Mr. Anthony K. Tolbert
Mrs. Gail W. Tolbert
Ms. Deborah A. Wadsworth
Mrs. Joann Mays Walker
Ms. Dorothy Jean Wilkins
Class of 1977- $11,917
Class Agent: Mr. Johnny L. Headen
Mr. Leonard E. Bodrick
Dr. Sheila Renee Brown
Mrs. Dawn Carter
Mr. Albert Tim Catlett
Mr. Earl A. Clipper
Mr. Paul Coleman, Jr.
Ms. Deltha J. Cousar-Jeffries
Mr. Frederick A. Davis
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Mrs. Jacqueline Denise Duke
Ms. LaFrieda Flack
Mr. Lloyd Beaver Gibson
Mrs. Jacqueline C. Green
Mrs. Sadie M. Haney-Morgan
Mr. Timothy Harkness
Mr. Johnny L. Headen
Ms. Joni Mills Hicks
Ms. Helen Hinton
Mrs. Bernice Lewers Irby
Mr. Gerald Leon Jackson
Mr. Gerald L. Johnson
Mrs. Mary Foxx Johnson
Mrs. Juanita Jones-Hall
Mrs. Emma H. Kurtz
Mrs. Catherine Laster-Cook
Reverend Warren J. Lesane, Jr.
Ms. Marie W. Matthews
Mr. Timothy McCoy
Dr. Ronald E. McFarland, Sr.
Ms. Theresa Y. Morris-Brown
Mrs. Cheryl Legette Myrick
Mr. Blane J. Newberry
Mrs. Germaine Patterson-Smith
Mrs. Treva G. Pettis
Ms. Phyllis Watkins Ratliffe
Ms. Verida Arnell Sarratt
Mrs. Vonshier V. Simpson
Mr. John K. Stokes
Ms. T. Diane Phillips Surgeon, Esq.
Mrs. Blanche E. Talley
Mr. Michael A. Travis
Mrs. Marilyn M. Watkins
Ms. Edith Worsham
Reverend Johnnie Lee Wright
Class of 1978 - $3,614
Class Agents: Mrs. Shelia B. Petty
Mrs. Annette Graddick Wright
Mr. Armenous Adams
Ms. Michelle Andrews
Ms. Carolyn Austin-Younge
Mr. Marconi Buchanan
Mr. Bobby Byrd
Ms. Cheryl Carpenter
Mrs. Miriam Butts Choice
Mrs. Sharron McKnight Clipper
Dr. Valencia P. Covington
Mr. Micheal W. Giles
Mr. Duane L. Griffith
Mr. William D. James
Mrs. Sandra Lutz
Mrs. Joan F. Manns
Mr. Ron L. Matthews
Ms. Dorothy A. Mayo
Mr. Michael A. McClinton
Mr. Willie McMahand, Jr.
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Mrs. Rita Wray Miller
Mrs. Sharon Thompson Moorer
Mr. Kevin Michael Paige, Sr.
Mr. Kimmie Patterson
Mr. Robert Michael Patton
Mrs. Shelia B. Petty
Mr. Dwight Pinson
Mr. Orrin K. Reeder
Mr. Mickel L. Roseborough
Mrs. Nedra Burns Snow
Ms. Charlene L. Strong
Mr. Alvin B. Wideman
Class of 1979 - $15,017
Class Agent - Mrs. Peggy Lide
Mrs. Earldene Boyd
Trustee Steven L. Boyd
Mrs. Siclinda Canty-Elliott
Mr. William J. Crutchfield
Ms. Renee Everett
Mr. Willie H. Golphin
Mrs. Joyce Gottlieb
Dr. Doreen Bowen Hilton
Ms. Anita Barber Ingram
Mr. Clarence Johnson
Mrs. Paula W. King
Mr. Andrew Ladd
Mrs. Peggy McCloud Lide
Reverend Carl L. Manuel, Jr.
Ms. Debra E. Massey
Ms. Rita Ann Mickey
Mr. Kenneth Myers
Dr. Edward "Pep" Peppers
Ms. Cynthia Peters
Ms. Heather F. Philpott
Mrs. Ellen Freeman Reid
Mr. Roy J. Rivers
Mrs. Hedy J. Stevenson
Mrs. Miriam Alston Summers
Mrs. Helen Turner
Ms. Valerie R. Wade
Mr. Nathan Walker
Class of 1980 - $1,000
Class Agents: Mrs. Maxie C. McRae
Mrs. Cynthia McAfee
Ms. Karen E. Watson
Dr. Gloria S. Boutte
Mr. William T. Harper
Mr. Anthony Hayes
Mrs. Vickie Teresa Moseley-Jones
Mr. Alfred Owens
Ms. June E. Pearson
Ms. Vanessa Ragsdale
Mrs. Cynthia McAfee Smith
Mr. Edwin D. Smith
Ms. Kathy Cohen Tatum
Ms. Karen E. Watson
Mrs. Cynthia Zorn-Pettigrew
Class of 1981 - $987
Class Agent: Mr. Dennis K. Branch
Mr. Dennis K. Branch
Ms. Angela T. Caldwell
Mrs. Blessyng Mychele Conway
Mrs. Sarah-elaine Jones
Ms. Albertha H. Lawson, PhD
Mrs. Barbara Jean Massey-Arnold
Mr. Dwight S. Miller
Mr. Robert A. Owens
Ms. Fernanda G. Tate-Owens
Class of 1982 - $2,920
Class Agent: Ms. Stephanie M.
McLeod
Mrs. Jewel Y. Coan
Ms. Nadine Y. Ford
Mrs. Debra T. Givens
Mr. Johnny Hall
Ms. Brenda J. Hammond
Dr. James H. Harris, Jr.
Mrs. Susie S. Page
Mr. William Lee Roberts
Mr. Willie T. Smith III
Mrs. Yvette H. Smith
Mr. Perry E. Solice, Jr.
Class of 1983 - $4,991
Class Agents: Mrs. Leanna M. Rogers
Mrs. Deborah Byrd White
Ms. Winifred Battle
Ms. Cathy Carter
Mrs. Pernevlyn Covington Coggins
Ms. Juanzia Sabrina Dewalt
Mrs. Sherry Ford-Ellis
Mrs. Charell M. Harper
Mrs. Valencia Jones High
Ms. Sondra E. Zonobia Hines
Ms. Camilla Jones
Mrs. Anita McAfee Lee
Ms. Helen D. Lindsey
Mr. G. Wayne Mallory
Ms. Nancy E. Mark
Mrs. Brenda L. McMurray
Mr. Terry S. McPherson
Mrs. Glennette B. McRae
Mr. Charles E. Merriweather
Mrs. Rosalyn Merriweather
Mr. Carl E. Muldrow
Mr. Mark G. Packard
Mr. Francis L. Pendergrass
Mrs. Leanna M. Rogers
Mrs. Antone Davis Scott
Ms. Robin Lynn Simmons Blackwell
Ms. Carol Tue
Mrs. Phyllis A. Washington
Ms. Jacqueline P. Waters
Mrs. Pamela Y. Whitted
Mr. M. Ray Wiggins
Mrs. Joan Bulger Williams
Ms. Wanda Michelle Wilson
Class of 1984 - $1,631
Class Agents: Jane E. Wallace-Black
Ms. Elizabeth Anthony
Mr. Timothy L. Alston, Jr.
Mrs. Cheryl McCullough Davis
Mr. Joseph K. Farrow
Mr. Leroy Forney, Jr.
Ms. Laverne Ingrid Fuller
Mr. Calvin Goss, Jr.
Mrs. Kathy Wallace Goss
Mr. Ervin L. Gourdine
Mr. Chris Johnson
Mr. Marcus Morgan
Ms. Phyllis Throckmorton
Mr. Ricky G. Wade
Mrs. Jane E. Wallace-Black
Mr. Herbert L. White
Mr. Arthur L. Wilson
Mr. Randolph Worsley
Class of 1985 - $1,075
Class Agents: Mrs. Tammy MarshallLenoir
Mrs. Felicia C. Morgan
Mrs. Kimberley Dawson Munn
Mr. David E. Blair
Mrs. Stephanie B. Burrell
Ms. Vanessa Latrale Giles
Ms. Brenda J. Harris
Mr. Charles L. Mason lll
Mrs. Felicia C. Morgan
Mrs. Sherri Jackson Paysour
Mr. James Erwin Saunders II
Mr. Darrel J. Wesley
Class of 1986 - $130
Class Agent: Ms. Deedra O. Wright
Mr. Anthony M. Bright
Mr. Joseph Buskey
Mr. Melvin W. Parker, Jr.
DONORS
Class of 1987 - $1,500
Class Agent: Mr. Craig A. Bell
Mr. Mark L. Alexander
Mr. Billy M. Banks
Mr. Craig A. Bell
Ms. Alisa R. Fryar
Dr. Walter J. Hill
Mr. Abraham McCormick
Mrs. Vicki Bell Morris
Class of 1988 - $25,965
Class Agent: Ms. Belinda Jackson
Colter
Mr. Erik Andrews
Mrs. Demetrice Andrews Griffin
Dr. Octavia M. Cannon
Mr. James Ely III
Ms. Marian Flowers
Mrs. Kim McLean Graham
Mr. Benjamin Greene
Mr. Kenneth Griffin
Mr. Douglas G. Jones
Mrs. Cheryl Bunn Mallory
Mrs. Hope E. Manigault
Mrs. Carolyn Green McCullough
Dr. Paula Eaton Orr
Mr. Brian P. Willis
Class of 1989 - $7,070
Class Agent: Mr. Gregg P. Hankins
Colonel Morris L. Bodrick
Mr. Gregory Bryant
Ms. Jennifer A. Jones
Ms. Katherine Pamela Keitt
Ms. Andrea Knotts
Mrs. Jamela Middleton Wintons
Class of 1990 - $2,590
Class Agents: Mrs. Wanda Holloway
Ms. Velda G. Fludd
Ms. Belinda Williams Carr
Ms. Sonya Crump-Greene
Ms. Iris Dawn Gaylord
Ms. Ivy Jones-Turner
Dr. Rosalind C. Lee
Mr. Kenneth D. Snow, Esq.
Class of 1991 - $895
Class Agents: Mrs. Malacy TaylorWilliams
Ms. Patricia Wilson
Mr. Eric S. Ellis
Mr. Roderick D. Ford
Ms. Shania L. Jackson
Ms. Kimberly D. Jarvis
Mr. John M. Norris
Ms. Tracey L. Stallworth
Mrs. Malacy Taylor-Williams
Mr. Jonathan D. Truesdale
Ms. Patricia Wilson
Mr. Hervery Young
Class of 1992 - $4,862
Class Agents: Reverend Adrian
Harper
Ms. Nina La Dawn Newton
Dr. Joy M. Barnes-Johnson
Mr. Edwin O. Benjamin
Mr. Harold Black
Ms. Latonya Dilligard Edwards, Esq.
Ms. Kathryn L. Goins
Mrs. Felicia Walton Gray
Reverend Adrian Harper
Mr. Charlton J. Harris
Mr. Benjamin C. Heatley
Ms. Dionne Holley
Ms. Sophia Jackson
Mr. Donald Jones
Mr. Shedrick D. Kirkpatrick
Ms. Angel Manago
Mr. Victor D. Martin
Ms. Janea D. Matchett
Mr. Michael Powell
Mr. Eric B. Robinson
Senator Christopher L. Smith
Dr. Terrill Tops
Ms. Norma Walker
Mr. Hazel Williams, Jr.
Class of 1993 - $1,821
Class Agent: Mrs. Jeri M. Thompson
Mrs. Darlene Simmons Boles
Mr. Desi L. Campbell
Mr. Julian Coaxum
Mr. Anthony L. Holloman
Ms. Juana Renee Jordan
Mrs. Vereatta A. Lowe
Ms. Nicole McNeil
Mrs. Dawn R. Perry
Mr. LaMonte Richardson
Mr. Carlton Riddick
Ms. Latissa Simmons
Dr. Pamela L. Taylor
Ms. Nannie Priscilla Willingham
Ms. Dawn C. Yarber-Josey
Class of 1994 - $1,455
Class Agent: Ms. Tifferney Michelle
White
Ms. Regina Javelle Boyd
Mr. William Bullock
Ms. LaFrance Carpenter
Dr. Melanie L. Kennedy
Mrs. Lanette R. Madison-Hinton
Ms. Millicent McMillian
Mrs. Tamara Alford Neely
Mrs. DeLone Dupree Pittman
Mrs. Lisa M. Reid-Drayton
Ms. Jennifer Robinson
Ms. Andrea Swindler
Ms. Andrea D. Watts
Class of 1998 - $1,245
Class Agent: Ms. Petrina Smith
Ms. Tileshia B. Alford
Ms. Jennifer Bell
Ms. Tennille Brown
Mr. Dion Butcher
Dr. Johvonne Claybourne
Ms. Toye D. Griffin
Dr. Davida Loren Haywood
Mrs. Crystal Henry
Ms. Joy M. Jackson
Ms. Nedra Morant
Mrs. Eunice Murray
Ms. Shanikwa Peterkin
Ms. Allyson L. Shropshire
Mr. Kenya M. Sullivan
Mr. Rodney Wagner, Jr.
Ms. Desiree' Wells
Class of 1995 - $540
Class Agents: Dr. Brian L. Johnson
Jeannine Hunler
Rasheda McMullin
Ms. Olaiya Kelly
Ms. Nicole Balaam
Mr. Richard Colson II
Mr. Roy D. English
Ms. Jeannine F. Hunter
Ms. Freda Patterson Jackson
Dr. Brian L. Johnson
Mr. Chad Dion Lassiter
Mrs. Cynthia D. Richardson
Ms. Monique Taylor
Ms. Crystal M. Wilson
Class of 1999 - $2,370
Mr. Lorenzo Bradshaw
Ms. Monica T. Brown
Mr. Jason O. Davis
Ms. Alicia Dickerson
Mr. Anwar Y. Dunbar, PhD
Mrs. Leandra Hayes-Thomas
Mr. Conyus R. Johnson, Jr.
Ms. Ieshia Kreshunda Jones
Ms. Rashida Lawrence
Ms. Malaika Lesesne
Mr. Kraig Marable
Ms. Angela S. McClain
Ms. Shantel Mitchell
Ms. Tasmanika J. Rich
Mr. Robert Ridley IV
Mr. Travis Smith
Mrs. Twyla Smith Sterling
Class of 1996 - $2,237
Class Agent: Ms. Tonya L. Johnson
Mrs. Kristen J. Berry
Ms. Demetrial Shavon Coleman
Mrs. Deena Davenport-Beasley
Ms. Kiona DeWitt
Ms. Terricia Y. Gaines
Mr. Robert Johnson
Ms. Valerie F. Kinloch, PhD
Ms. Natalie Nesbit
Ms. Angela Simmons
Mr. Gerald L. Terrell, Jr.
Ms. Michelle Wilkins
Class of 1997 - $2,752
Class Agents: Mrs. Shemeka Barnes
Johnson
Mr. Keisha Ramey Wilson
Mr. Alpha Arnett
Ms. Traci Charlene Benjamin
Ms. Laila C. Brinson
Ms. Okeatta Brown
Ms. Joycelyn Gray
Mrs. Shemeka Barnes Johnson
Ms. April Potts
Mrs. Nakia Reynolds Robinson
Ms. Lori A. Staples
Mrs. Heather Brown Stowe
Ms. Marcia Tonkins
Mrs. Keisha Ramey Wilson
Class of 2000 - $600
Class Agents: Mr. Derrick Dillard
Mr. Herman Brian Gloster
Mr. Justin Dickerson
Mr. Derrick Dillard
Mrs. Veronica Brooks Duck
Mr. Cornelius R. Henderson II
Mrs. Kristene Brathwaite Kelly
Ms. Shamika Morris
Mr. Kemuel Murray
Ms. Lauakia Richburg, PhD
Mr. Charles Walls
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Class of 2001 - $2,695
Class Agents: Mr. Andrew Lovett
Ms. Felicia Carol Brooks-Gadson
Ms. Tameika Badger-Carter
Ms. Trinnette Cooper
Mrs. Akeisha Carraway Foster
Mr. Dmoro L. Foster
Ms. Anitra Goshea
Mr. Omari Greene
Ms. Syeetah Hampton-El
Mr. Joseph Hollington
Mr. Andrew Lovett, Jr.
Mr. Manuel L. McGriff
Mr. Rashad Phillips
Class of 2002 - $879
Class Agents: Mrs. Unique MorrisHughes, PhD
Mrs. Shayla Jackson Ward
Ms. Christie J. Blackmon
Ms. Jessica C. Davis
Mr. Eric L. Hill, Jr.
Ms. Talathia S. Joyner
Ms. Danielle Kelly
Mrs. Christine Landry
Ms. Elva Lynch
Mrs. Unique N. Morris-Hughes, PhD
Ms. Tennille T. Price
Ms. Toni V. Session
Ms. Nushat A. Thomas
Class of 2003 - $975
Class Agent: Ms. Kristin E. Hicks
Ms. Angela Beverly-Kibler
Sergeant Jonte L. Colclough
Ms. Gwendolyn Eaton
Ms. Akilah Luke Garvin
Ms. Robin Hazward
Ms. Kristin E. Hicks
Ms. Masaley L. Kargbo
Ms. Voneisa McBride
Ms. Sharifa McKerson Morris
Mr. Ricky Muse, Jr.
Dr. Kristen P. Nickens
Ms. Tanique Laurette Odom
Ms. Ryanne Persinger
Mr. Kevin Randolph Richardson II
Class of 2004 - $250
Class Agents: Mr. Robin M. Phillips
Ms. LeAnn Harley
Ms. Shannon Elaine Cross
Ms. Jessica Janelle Gay
Mr. Walter Jermane Hall
Mrs. Latrise Halls Hunter
Ms. Erika LaShawn Johnson
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Ms. Kerri Christina Legette
Ms. Fabrese Logan
Mr. Viticus Sentino Thomas
Class of 2005 - $371
Class Agent: Mr. Alexis Bibbs
Mr. Alexis Bibbs
Ms. Indya Davis
Mr. Ricky Elum
Mr. Frederick Engram
Ms. Natasha Hairston
Ms. Barbara J. Hamilton
Mr. Tyrell Hughes
Mr. Wesley McGill
Ms. Nicole Owens
Ms. Michelle R. Sturdivant
Mr. Anthony D. Tindall
Class of 2006 - $2,528
Class Agents: Mr. William Utley
Ms. Ebonee Mayo-Mitchell
Mr. Alliancy Calice
Ms. Krystal C. Cherry
Mr. LeVar Terrell Crooms
Mrs. Rhonda Lynn Dorsey-Prude
Mr. John Nicholas Holmes
Ms. Nichole L. Johnson
Ms. Nisa Kibona
Mr. Edward Jermaine Shepard
Mr. William Utley
Miss Judene Wright
Class of 2007 - $335
Class Agents: Mr. Daryl D. Jackson
Ms. Aisha Nicole Lide
Mr. Travis Burgin
Mr. Andre Gibson
Mrs. Quiesha S. Gibson
Ms. Dawnita M. Gilmore
Mr. Daryl D. Jackson
Ms. Mercy Clymonteen Lineberry
Ms. Ruth P. Mitchell
Mr. David Eugene Neal, Jr.
Mr. John Stuckey
Class of 2008 - $70
Class Agents: Mr. Tony A. White
Ms. Zena Conway
Mr. Aljamon Davis Alexander
Ms. Shana Johnell Collins
Mr. Christopher Alexander Manning
Ms. Anika Therese Pimentel
Class of 2009 - $284
Class Agents: Mr. Durrell Brown
Ms. Ashley Patrice Smith
Mr. Brandon Christopher Benjamin
Ms. Cheryl Howard Carrothers
Mr. Kelvin Carl Deadwyler, Jr.
Ms. Cierra Arsenia Irving
Mr. Carlton Alexander Richardson
Mrs. Erin Davis Sherman
Ms. Kianna Culver
Ms. Erica Camille Logan
Ms. Jasmine McKoy
Ms. Lashaundra J. Polk
Ms. Amber T. Quattlebaum
Ms. Joi D Robins-Monroe
Ms. Nikefa Karima Salter
Ms. Faith Angeleik Shore
Ms. Ruth Elizabeth Williams-Hines
Class of 2010 - $529
Class Agents: Ms. Ariel Danyette Watts
Ms. Octoria Ridenhour
Ms. Demetria Lynne Bell
Ms. Shante' Unique Brown
Mr. Justin Louis Burch
Mr. Dante' Ashif Drummer
Ms. Joy Evita Francis
Mr. Raheem L. Roberts
Mr. Matthew Alexander Robertson
Mr. Rashad Jermaine Smith
Mr. Jason Randall Stuckey
Ms. Tyleia Rashad Wallace
Mr. Devo'n LeSalle Williams
Class of 2014 - $31
Ms. Kevin Wendell Billups II
Mr. Ronald A. Bishop
Mr. Christophe Martino Fatton
Miss Bryana Rachelle Goode
Mr. Clayton Gordon
Ms. Shaquana D. Jackson
Mr. Jordan Joseph Lewis
Ms. Breonna Shanece Myers
Ms. Unequea D. Patterson
Ms. Jonathan W. Savage
Ms. Veronica Stansberry
Ms. Elizabeth Austin
Ms. Joselyn K. Bowers-Watts
Mr. Andre A. Dingle
Ms. Teressa Chasten Fields
Ms. Juanita J. Hicklin
Mr. Tyree Johnson
Mr. James N. Murray
Mr. Richard Punter
Ms. Jocelyn M. Pyles-Elo
Ms. Frances L. Steiner
Class of 2011 - $468
Class Agents: Gernae' Adele Chase
Ms. Erica Hilton
Ms. Santucee S. Bell
Ms. Doneka Dori Edwards
Ms. Regina L. Fields
Mr. Eric Glenn, Sr.
Ms. Sheria Jenae Hatcher
Ms. Erica N. Hilton
Ms. Corey Lamont'e Jenkins, Jr.
Ms. Derek Jamell Jenkins
Ms. Sapphira Emmanuelle Martin
Ms. Marshae Shaneice Puryear
Ms. Jerald Carlton Stuckey
Ms. Ashley Lynnaire Wright
Class of 2012 - $152
Class Agents: Ms. Christina O. Onunu
Ms. Trajana C. Wright
Ms. Vadale L. Hamilton
Ms. Saishea L. McNeill-Cook
Ms. Mecia Moore
Ms. Christina O. Onunu
Ms. Rolanda Sue
Class of 2013 - $431
Class Agents: Ms. Janelle M. Clarke
Ms. Nikefa Salter
Ms. Pamela Bailey
Mr. Clement Ray Bowman II
Ms. Alexa Brown
Ms. Deidre Crowder
DONORS
Alumni Organizations
Alumni organizations serve as the catalyst for alumni
engagement around the nation. We applaud all alumni
chapters and organizations for continuously holding
high the Gold and Blue.
JCSU 100 Club
JCSU Baltimore Alumni Chapter
JCSU Charleston Alumni Chapter
JCSU Charlotte Alumni Chapter
JCSU Columbia Alumni Chapter
JCSU Groove Phi Groove Chapter
JCSU National Alumni Association
JCSU Pittsburgh Alumni Chapter
JCSU Raleigh Durham Chapter
JCSU Richmond Alumni Chapter
JCSU Sumter Regional Alumni Chapter
JCSU Washington Metropolitan Chapter
GRAND TOTAL
$22,500
$1,210
$2,000
$8,529
$2,135
$1,000
$17,674
$1,225
$1,084
$700
$1,600
$12,100
$71,757
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Memorial Gift Donors
Mr. Matthew and Mrs. Tammie Alan
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.
Mr. Calvin Banks
Ms. Wanda W. Beamon
Dr. William and Mrs. Adrian Blount
Dr. O. Diane Bowles
Trustee Steven and Mrs. Earldene Boyd
Ms. Betty D. Brown
Mr. Ronnie Bryant
Mr. John and Mrs. Kay Cardella
Ms. Pamela Carolan
Mr. Ellison Clary, Jr.
Ms. Jeanne Cook
Mrs. Ollie Cook
Ms. W. Gale Crews
Ms. Doris T. Davis
Mrs. Adelaide G. Douglas
Durham Graduate Chapter of Groove
Phi Groove SFI
Mr. William and Mrs. Linda Farthing
Ms. Vildred Fitzgerald
Ms. Vivian Leeper Ford
Dr. Linette Fox
Mr. James and Mrs. Lucille Gaither
Mrs. Janeen J. Gammage
Mr. Hugh Gaskill
Ms. Carolyn Gilchrist
Mr. Sidney Glee
Ms. Sonia C. Glover
Mr. Joshua Hamilton
Dr. Lizzie Harrell
Mrs. Sharon Carr Harrington
Trustee Kevin A. Henry
Mr. Alfred and Mrs. Pauline Hinson
Ms. Gassennie Hodge
Mrs. Valita Holmes-Wingate
Trustee Shirley J. Hughes
Mrs. Selena M. Hunter
Mrs. E. Rochelle Anderson Jackson
Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Yvonne Johnson
Mr. LaHarve M. Johnson
Mr. Ronald E. Johnson
Mrs. Rosetta Johnson
Ms. Veronica B. Johnson
Ms. Almeta G. Jordan
Mr. Albert and Mrs. Mercedes Kennedy
Mr. William and Mrs. Queen Lawrence
Ms. Iris D. Layne
Ms. Margaret Leatherberry
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Ledbetter
Mr. Clarence Lewis
Mrs. Mamie Lewis
Mike, Latrelle and Michael McAllister
Trustee Monroe Miller
Mint Museum of Art
Ms. Gwendolyn Moore
Ms. Mattie Moss
New Salem Baptist Church
Office of the 12th Congressional District
of North Carolina
Trustee Richard J. Osborne
Ms. Dorothy A. Prioleau
Dr. Carol E. Quillen
Mrs. Alleane S. Reeves
RL Enterprise & Associates, LLC
Ms. Andrea Robinson
Mr. Russell and Mrs. Sally Robinson
Ms. Grace Rowland-Curtis
Ms. Constance B. Scott
Mr. Curtis Shade
Mr. Charles and Mrs. Evelyn Slappy
Mr. W.T. Small
Ms. Eurydice W. Smith
St. Stephen United Methodist Church
Ms. Bettye J. Straughter
Mr. Robert Stroupe
Ms. Martha Tanner
The Duke Endowment
The Roberts Family
Ms. Wilhelmenia Thornton
Mrs. Janette Warsaw
Mr. Leon Washington
Mr. Roger Washington
WASPCO Corporation
Ms. Geraldean Williams
Ms. Jacqueline Williams
Ms. Claudia Woods
Ms. Faye Wright
Mrs. Philipa I. Wright
Ms. Lucy Wynn
Giving in Memory of
Mrs. Rosa Bell "Lady" Gibson Carter
Mrs. Levonia Bailey Chaney
Dr. David M. Dupree '48
Dr. William C. Fitzgerald '52
Dr. Arthur E. Frazier '48
Mr. Kevin B. Glover '93
Dr. James P. Green '48
Mrs. Thelma M. Harrison '44
Mr. Fred D. McLeod '48
Mr. Thomas A. Reeves '50
Mr. Jason Floyd Smith
Mrs. Willie Belle Tolliver '48
Mr. Reginald J. Washington '69
Mrs. Luvenia Stewart Washington
Mrs. Mamie Williams White '45
Mrs. Zeddie Williams Whitehead '48
Ms. Kimberly Michele Wright '99
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COVER STORY
Honor Roll of Donors
The Honor Roll of Donors reflects all gifts – trustees, faculty/staff, alumni, friends, corporations and foundations
received during July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014 fiscal year. The University thanks all who invest in JCSU to meet the
immediate needs of students.
Platinum Circle Plus
($100,000 or more)
Founder's Circle
($10,000 to $24,999)
President's Circle
($5,000 to $9,999)
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Bank of America Foundation
Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Association
The Duke Endowment
Foundation For The Carolinas
John M. Belk Endowment
The Leon Levine Foundation
UNCF, Inc.
William T. Morris Foundation Inc.
Drs. Yele and Shirley Aluko
ARA of the Carolinas, Inc.
Trustee Thomas L. Barnhardt/NCFI
Polyurethanes
BB&T
Trustee Steven and
Mrs. Earldene Boyd
Duke Energy
Mr. James Ely III
Mr. Talmadge W. Fair
Food Lion, Inc.
Trustee Parran L. Foster III
Mr. James and Mrs. Shirley Greene
Mrs. Mattie Solice Grigsby
Hendrix Business Systems, Inc.
Trustee Kevin A. Henry
Trustee Shirley J. Hughes
JCSU 100 Club
JCSU National Alumni Association
JCSU Washington Metropolitan
Chapter
Anonymous Jewish Foundation
Johnson & Johnson Family of
Companies
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Trustee Monroe Miller
NC Community Development
Initiative, Inc.
NC Legislative Black Caucus
Foundation, Inc.
Trustee Richard J. Osborne
Mr. Aaron L. Reynolds
Dr. Condoleezza Rice
Estate of Dr. Annie Louise Richardson
Mr. Rudolph C. Worsley
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Blue Cross Blue Shield
of North Carolina
Ms. Joyce M. Brayboy
Mr. Gregory Bryant
Dr. Ronald L. Carter
The Charlotte Links, Inc.
ExxonMobil Foundation
Mrs. Ellen Polk Fligel
Mr. Bernard and Mrs. Ann Ford
Gantt Huberman Architects
Mrs. Gail Polk Green
Gregory Grier, Inc.
Dr. David L. Hunter
JCSU Charlotte Alumni Chapter
Mr. Johnny and Mrs. Jacquelyn
Jenkins
Dr. Argie Knox Johnson
Mr. George and Mrs. Joetter Johnson
Mrs. Wilhelmina Page Kimpson
Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Dorothy
Latimer
Mrs. Tasse A. Little
Mrs. Marian G. Mathes
Mr. Leon and Mrs. Irine McClinton
Mrs. Viola B. Myers-Williams
National Collegiate Athletic
Association
North Carolina Independent Colleges
& Universities
Trustee Gregory W. Norwood
Mr. Larry and Mrs. Audrey Polk
Presbyterian Church USA Foundation
Mr. Russell and Mrs. Sally Robinson
Mr. Carroll B. Saunders
State Farm Companies Foundation
The Jocelyn Hunter Charitable
Foundation
The Tom Joyner Foundation, Inc.
The Honorable Rebecca and
Mr. Noell Tin
The Honorable Sandra Townes
UTC Aerospace Systems
Trustee McKinley Washington, Jr.
Webber Marketing & Consulting, LLC
Platinum Circle
($50,000 to $99,999)
BB&T
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Consolidated
Estate of Gloria Smith
Estate of Evelyn Stinchcomb
Mrs. Loretta Jean Webber
Wells Fargo
Prestigous Five Star Circle
($25,000 to $49,999)
Aetna Foundation, Inc.
Reverend James L. Allen
American Schlafhorst
Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Henry Joseph Bowers
Carolinas Healthcare System
Trustee J. Porter Durham, Jr.
Electrolux
Fifth Third Bank
Trustee Patricia Roderick Morton
PNC Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina
Foundation, Inc.
Snyder's - Lance, Inc.
Xerox Corporation
WFF Facility Services
Dr. Dorothy Cowser Yancy
Mrs. Joan Zimmerman
Blue and Gold Circle
($2,500 to $4,999)
500 Foods, LLC
Alwinell Foundation
Mr. Calvin Banks
Dr. Boisey O. Barnes, Jr.
Dr. Leonard and Mrs. Veronica Bethel
Dr. Lucinda Bowen Blue
Bobcats Charitable Foundation
The Charlotte Observer
The Charlotte Post
The Honorable Eva McPherson
Clayton
Ms. Edith Strickland DeLaine
First Baptist Church - West
Mr. Richard and Mrs. Carolyn Glover
Goldman Sachs and Company
Trustee Cameron M. Harris
Mr. Malloy T. Harris, Jr.
IBM International Foundation
Mrs. Gretel Thomas James
Dr. James Phillip Jeter
Mr. Samuel Johnson, Jr.
Mr. Scott C. Lea
Mr. Clarence Ellie Little
Dr. Shirley Wilson Logan
Mrs. Minnie G. Maxwell
Mr. Bernard and Mrs. Yolanda
McGraw
McGuireWoods LLP
Microsoft Corporation
Mrs. Emma Motley-Broadnax
Nationwide Life Insurance Co.
Neighboring Concepts PLLC
Novant Healthcare
Orthocarolina
Piedmont Natural Gas Company
Presbytery of Eastern Virginia
Mr. David L. Pugh
The Honorable Carl T. Ratliff
Mr. Samuel and Mrs. Ida Reid
Ms. Wanda Herdon Scott
Mr. Robert G. Seabrooks, CPA
Trustee Tami Simmons
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The Presbytery of New Hope
TIAA-CREF
University Volvo
WAXN-64
Reverend George Murray Wilson
Women Executives For Community
Services, Inc.
Mrs. Bertha B. Woods
Tower Circle
($1,000 to $2,499)
Mr. Richard R. Anderson
AT&T Corporation
Mr. Noah and Mrs. Jacqueline Barnes
Dr. Pat Barr-Harrison
Belk, Inc.
Dr. Venton Lee Bell
Mr. Alston and Mrs. Sarah Bellamy*
Mrs. Evelyn J. Blackwell
Colonel Morris L. Bodrick
Dr. Curtis W. Branch
Mr. William and Mrs. Jessie
Broadaway
Mr. Paul and Mrs. Leora Broady
Ms. Okeatta Brown
Ms. Rebecca Dortch Brown
Mr. Talmadge Brown
Mrs. Jeannie Frasier Bryant
Mrs. Bettye Garrick Byrd
Mrs. Charlotte B. Cade
Dr. Octavia M. Cannon
Carolina Panthers
Mr. Luther Carter, Jr.
Mr. Albert Tim Catlett
Center for Intentional Leadership
Charlotte Center City Partners
Charlotte Chamber
Mr. Freddie Sinclair Clinton
Mrs. Johnnie M. Collins
Ms. Willie Beatrice Colson
Dr. Samuel L. Cunningham
Dr. Charles Lorenza Curry
Trustee Horace A. Davenport
Mr. Hubert I. Davis, Sr.
Ms. Ireta Taylor Dawson
Mr. Norman L. Deas
Mr. John D. Dennis
Mrs. Patricia S. Dixon
Donald H. and Barbara K. Bernstein
Family Foundation
Dr. Richard and Mrs. Jeannette
Dozier
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Elon Homes and Schools for Children
Mrs. Carmen Fair
Mr. William and Mrs. Linda Farthing
Mr. Kenny H. Faulkner
Mr. Paul D. Faulkner
Mrs. Bernice S. Ferguson
Ms. Jo Ella Cooper Ferrell
Ms. Fannie Flono
Mrs. Akeisha Carraway Foster
Mr. Dmoro L. Foster
Mrs. Patricia C. Foster
Dr. Telezee Littlejohn Foster
Mr. Frank and Mrs. Dorothy Franklin
Ms. Debra Dry Frazier
Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
Ms. Ernestine G. Frye
Mrs. Rebecca James Fulton
Mr. James and Mrs. Lucille Gaither
Mrs. Idell W. Glenn
Reverend Lawrence T. Glenn, Sr.
Ms. Sonia C. Glover
Mrs. Meg Goldstein
Goodwill Industries of the Southern
Piedmont
Ms. Louise Page Gordon
Ms. Annette P. Graham
Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern
Star PHA
Grant Thornton LLP
Mr. Andrew and Mrs. Joyce Gray
Ms. Marguerite D. Greene
Mr. Dale Halton
Mr. Watts Hamrick
Mr. Charles W. Hargrave
Ms. Shelia D. Harvey
Harvey B. Gantt Center
Mr. J. C. Haynes
Mrs. Mary Ellen Jenkins Haynes
Mr. Benjamin C. Heatley
Mrs. Carole Coles Henley
Ms. Joni Mills Hicks
Ms. Joan Higginbotham Mitchell
Mrs. Valencia Jones High
Mr. Ivan Hinrichs
Mrs. Vivian Jones Honor
Mr. James Truman Humbert
Mr. Ralph A. Hunt
Mr. James Hynes
Mr. Charles N. Jackson
Ms. Angela R. Jacobs
Jacobs Family Foundation
JCSU Alumni Chapter of Groove
Phi Groove
JCSU Baltimore Alumni Chapter
JCSU Charleston Alumni Chapter
JCSU Pittsburgh Alumni Chapter
JCSU Raleigh Durham Chapter
JCSU Sumter Regional Alumni
Chapter
Joe T. McMillan and Billie Carole
McMillan Foundation
Mr. Gerald L. Johnson
Mrs. Mary Foxx Johnson
Mr. Raymond Johnson, Jr.
Mrs. Saundra Ross Johnson
Mr. Stephen W. Joyner, Sr.
Dr. Lonnie Keith
Mr. Stanley Liston Law
Ms. Mary L. Lesesne
Reverend Calvin and Mrs. Vera
Lewers
Mr. Norman and Mrs. Mae Little
Mr. Willie L. Little
Mrs. Christy Long
Mr. Nigel Long
Ms. Verta Witherspoon Looper
The Honorable Johnny M. Lunsford
Mr. Edward Van Martin
Mrs. Viella Hollaway Mason
Mr. Marion Herman Massey
Mr. Timothy McCoy
McCrorey YMCA
Mrs. Jennifer Simmons McDowell
Dr. Ronald E. McFarland, Sr.
Mr. Donald and Mrs. Vera McIntosh
Mr. Wayne McLaughlin
Mechanics & Farmers Bank
Mr. James I. Melvin
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Merck Partnership for Giving
Mr. Charles and Mrs. Rosalyn
Merriweather
Ms. Ivy A. Metz
Mrs. Dorothy Gordon Mitchell
Mrs. Melba D. Mobley
National Black College Alumni Hall
of Fame
Ms. Caroline Noonjin
Nsoro Educational Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Thornell K. Page
Ms. Joy E. Paige
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Mrs. Magnolia M. Pickens
Piedmont Plastics
Dr. Warner L. Pinchback, Jr.
Dr. Melvin T. Pinn, Jr.
Pride Communications
Priscilla Literary and Art Club
Ms. Nellie R. Purefoy
Ms. Glenda L. Pyant
Quality Home Care Services
Mr. Benjamin E. Rawlins
Mr. James Ray
RBC Bank
Dr. Carroll J. Redfern
Mrs. Alleane S. Reeves
Mr. Richard Blackout Reeves
Ms. Gloria J. Rhodes
Mr. Marion B. Robinson
Ms. Patricia N. Robinson
Rodgers Builders
Dr. Henry Russell
Mrs. Brenda Long Sanders
Sargent Memorial Presbyterian
Church
Mr. Stephen and Mrs. Frances Schley
Ms. Minor Shaw
Ms. Julia Rose Shepherd
Reverend James E. Simmons
Mr. Mickel Singleton
Senator Christopher L. Smith
Trustee Grover and Mrs. Gwendolyn
Smith
Dr. June M. Smith
Mr. Willie T. Smith III
Mr. Kenneth D. Snow Esq.
Staples Business Advantage
Mr. James and Annie Stewart
Ms. Margaret E. Stokes
Mrs. Trudelle G. Stroman
Mrs. Mattie Carter Sydnor
Ms. Julie Szulczewski
Mr. Ivory W. Tate, Jr.
The Dickson Foundation Inc.
Mrs. Margaret H. Thomas
Mr. Joseph A. Tisdale
Mrs. Helen Turner
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte
Verizon Foundation
Vi Alexander Lyles Foundation
Mrs. Frances T. Wade
Reverend David L. Wallace, Sr.
Ms. Martha E. Warren
Ms. Nanella Warren
Ms. Judith E. Washington, Esq.
Mr. Eric Watson
Ms. Margo Judge Watts
Ms. Pearl V. Welch
Dr. Kenneth Whitted
Mrs. Joan Bulger Williams
Dr. Julie Brown Williams
Mrs. Pearlie Ann Williams
DONORS
Mr. Harold B. Winston
Dr. David H. Woodbury, Jr.
Mrs. Amanda H. Wright
Mrs. Philipa I. Wright
Mr. Lawrence Yizar
Mr. Russell and Mrs. Barbara Young
Golden Bull
($500 to $999)
100 Black Men Of Greater Charlotte
ACN Gobal Reach Charities Inc.
Senior Bishop John Hurst Adams
Mr. Hugh and Mrs. Natalie Allen
Mrs. Sandra Anthony-Tobias
Mrs. Ann Austin
Ms. Carolyn Austin-Younge
Mr. Robert L. Babbs, Jr.
Mr. Herman Carl Bagley*
Ms. Safiya E. Bandele
Mr. Frankie and Mrs. Ella Barnes
Mr. Lamar W. Bates
Mr. William and Mrs. Sonya Bates
Ms. Regina Beard
The Benevity Community Impact
Fund
Ms. Debra Bridges Benjamin
Mrs. Jo Alice Blyther
Mr. Robert H. Bolton
Mrs. Mary J. Bowden
Mr. James and Mrs. Margaret
Brandon
Ms. Mary Frances Brown
Dr. Sheila Renee Brown
Mr. Joseph Major and Ms. Toria Burch
C. N. Jenkins Memorial Presbyterian
Church
Dr. Helen T. Caldwell
Mr. Samuel L. Campbell
Mr. Derek B. Canty
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Carrothers
Ms. Jean L. Carson
Mr. David J. Cauthen, Jr.
Ms. Mary B. Chasten
Mrs. Geraldine Helton Clyburn
Mr. Kenneth S. Coe
Reverend Franklin D. Colclough
Ms. Bevelyn A. Coleman
Dr. Harry T. Coleman
Dr. William K. Collins
Mrs. Dorothy Counts- Scoggins
Mr. LeVar Terrell Crooms
Mr. John P. Cureton
Mr. Haywood Curry, Jr.
Mr. Wendell A. Daniel
Mr. Rhenn T. Darensburg
Mr. Charles F. Davis
Mr. Jason O. Davis
Ms. Joni Davis
Mr. Willie E. Davis
Drs. Bobby and Phyllis Dawkins
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Ms. Kiona DeWitt
Discovery Place
Ms. Deborah L. Doris
East Hudson Realty Investors, LLC
Mr. Prince A. Erwin, Jr.
Mrs. Ellen E. Eummer
Mr. Victor Fetter
Ms. Lisa B. Fewell
Ms. Regina D. Fisher
Ms. Vildred Fitzgerald
Dr. Winona L. Fletcher
Ms. Carolyn Flowers
Dr. John E. Floyd
Mrs. Mildred M. Frederick
Ms. C. Dianne Freeman
Ms. Terricia Y. Gaines
Dr. Ophelia Garmon-Brown
Mr. David Garth
Mr. Hugh Gaskill
Ms. Fatina P. Gaston
Mr. Casper Glenn
Mrs. Vernilla Glenn
Mr. Ervin L. Gourdine
Mr. David Grace
Ms. Jada Grandy
Dr. Jeffrey F. Grant
Mr. Claude and Mrs. Jacqueline
Green
Reverend Fred Grosse
Sabine Guerrier
Mrs. Hilda Gurdian
Ms. Martha Gamble Hall
Dr. Morris F. Hall
Reverend Carnell and Mrs. Carrie
Hampton
Mr. Langston C. Harley
Mrs. Bertha Harris
Mr. William Hunter Harris
Mrs. Tenner Young Hemphill
Reverend Larry Hill
Dr. Walter J. Hill
Mr. Curtis E. Hines
Mr. Charles and Mrs. Metter Hodges
Mr. Anthony L. Holloman
Mr. Hubert Humphrey
Dr. U. Phillip Igbinadolor
Internetwork Engineering
Mr. Grover Jackson
Mr. Harry L. Jackson
JCSU Richmond Alumni Chapter
Ms. Deidre G. Johnson
Ms. Nichole L. Johnson
Mr. Ronald T. Johnson
Mr. Luther C. Jones
Ms. Lucille Joyner
Dr. William H. Joyner
Ms. Nisa Kibona
Kiwanis of Shepard Park
Latin American Chamber
of Commerce
Law Offices of Alan S. Gordon, P.A.
Mr. Fred Lewis
Mrs. Peggy McCloud Lide
Ms. Eleanor F. Long
Mrs. Mary L. Massey-Jones
Mr. Ron and Mrs. Sharon Matthews
Ms. Latrelle McAllister
Mr. Vincent C. McBee
Ms. Janice McCall
Ms. Portia E. McCollum
Mr. Walter A. McCullough
Mr. Clyde McGriff
Mrs. Marjorie McIver
McKesson Foundation
Mr. James Mitchell
Mr. Tom Mitchell
Morgan Stanley
Mr. Charles and Mrs. Henrietta
Motley
Mr. Carl E. Muldrow
Mrs. Carrie R. Murray
Ms. Claudia Nichols
Mr. Nolan L. Nolley
Mrs. Cornelia Norwood-Dobbins
Mr. Thurman K. Page
Mrs. Shirley T. Paramore
Ms. Amy L. Pasour
Mr. Kevin Pate
Mr. Preston Pendergrass, Jr.
Mr. William W. Perry
Ms. Geraldine Pickett
Dr. Elfred Anthony Pinkard
Dr. Louis W. Pointer
Ms. Katherine E. Ponds
Ms. Laurie Porter
Dr. Carol E. Quillen
Ms. Bea Quirk
Mr. Herman C. Ragin, Sr.
Dr. George G. Reynolds
Mr. Robert Ridley IV
Mr. William Lee Roberts
Ms. Jennifer Robinson
Mr. Solomon Royster
Mr. Luke and Mrs. Brenda Salley
Ms. Lyda Helena Sammons-Slade
Mr. James D. Shell
Dr. Clier Sherman
Mr. Stephen Shoemaker
Ms. Nancy Patricia Smith
Mrs. Mazie L. Storr
Mr. Fred L. Tatum
Ms. Claire Taylor
Reverend Benjamin F. Thompson
Dr. Terrill Tops
Mrs. Neutrice C. Quick Towens
Dr. Michael and Mrs. Lolita Turner
Mrs. Brenda E. Twiggs
University Park Baptist Church
Mr. Kenneth D. Wade
Mr. James Walker
Dr. Lester Wallace
Ms. Rubye B. Wallace
Mr. Roger Washington
Mr. Linwood N. Watson
Ms. Regina Y. Wharton
Mr. Rudolph D. Wheeler
Mr. Arcelia Wicker, Sr.
Ms. Winnye Wilks
Ms. S. Marie Williams
Mr. Otto Wingate, Jr.
Trustee James H. Woodward
Ms. Levern M. Younger
Century
($100 to $499)
33rd Prince Hall Masonic District
Accounting Bookkeeping & Tax
Financial Services Plus, Inc.
Mr. Armenous Adams
Mrs. Ida Isbella Adams
Captain Parks G. Adams
Mr. Cecil L. Adderley, Jr.
Ms. Maudre R. Addison
Mr. Matthew and Mrs. Tammie Alan
Ms. Tileshia B. Alford
Mrs. Deborah Marioneaux Allen
Mr. Thomas Allen
Ally Financial
Mr. Timothy L. Alston, Jr.
American Health and
Home-Care, LLC
American Honda Motor
Company, Inc.
Dr. Carolyn Anderson
Mrs. Vernell G. Anderson
Mr. Erik Andrews
Mr. Alvin Austin
Ms. Elizabeth Austin
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Mrs. Pauline L. Avant
Dr. Edwin D. Ayers
Ms. Tameika Badger-Carter
Mrs. Garnell D. Bailey
Mrs. Willa Martin Bailey
Mr. Billy M. Banks
Mr. Guy Barnes
Mrs. Marzeloraine Blackman Barnes
Dr. Joy M. Barnes-Johnson
Mrs. Katie Barnhill
Ms. Jennifer Bell
Ms. Brenda Jenkins Bennett
Better World Books
Ms. Angela Beverly-Kibler
Mr. Oscar W. Bidgood
Dr. Nicola Davis Bivens
Mr. Bruce E. Bivins
Mr. Horace D. Black
Mr. Raphael O. Black*
Ms. Christie J. Blackmon
Mr. David E. Blair
Mr. Joe L. Blakeney
Mrs. Joyce Blakeney
Mr. Leonard E. Bodrick
Mr. Calvin Bonapart
Ms. Shanta W. Bost
Mr. Johnny R. Bowen
Dr. O. Diane Bowles
Mr. Isaiah Boyd
Ms. Regina Javelle Boyd
Mr. Willie and Mrs. Eleanor Boyd
Mr. Lorenzo Bradshaw
Ms. Laila C. Brinson
Mrs. Hattie Ruth Brookens
Ms. Lula M. Brown
Mrs. Mabel Washington Brown
Mrs. Pamela Fuller Brown
Mr. Stephen and Mrs. Velma Brown
Mr. Ronnie Bryant
Mr. William Bullock
Mr. Dave E. Burns
Mrs. Stephanie B. Burrell
Mr. Robert E. Bush, Jr.
Ms. Joyce Ryals Bynum
Mr. Curtis Caldwell
Mr. Alliancy Calice
Ms. Alyce Calmore
Mr. William H. Cameron, Jr.
Mrs. Hattie Dunn Campbell
Mrs. Siclinda Canty-Elliott
Mr. John and Mrs. Kay Cardella
Carolinas Music Group/Grammy U
Mr. Leonard Carpenter
Ms. Margaret Louise Carr
Ms. Cathy Carter
Ms. Nora Chambers Carter
Mr. Robert M. Carter
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Mrs. Ruth S. Cathey
Anonymous Donor - Class of 1969
Charlotte B-cycle
Charlotte Bobcats
Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority
Mrs. Janie Clinkscales Chavis-Lucas
Mr. Jerry Clark
Mr. Oliver N. Clark
Reverend Shady Clark
Mr. T. Hal Clarke
Ms. Barbara B. Clarkson
Mr. Ellison Clary, Jr.
Dr. Johvonne Claybourne
Mr. Thomas G. Clyburn
Mrs. Jewel Y. Coan
Mr. Julian Coaxum
Ms. Demetrial Shavon Coleman
Ms. L. Polite Coleman
Ms. Annie Wallace Collier
Ms. Jeanne Cook
Mrs. Lollie O. Cook-Redd
Ms. Trinnette Cooper
Ms. Marsha Corley
Trustee Melva W. Costen
Ms. Mary Ingle Council
Reverend James and Dr. Valencia
Covington
Mrs. Pernevlyn Covington Coggins
Ms. Vivian Steele Cox
Central Piedmont Community
College
Mr. Robert D. Craven
Mrs. Lotess Priestley Cright
Mrs. Edith Foster Crisp
Ms. Sallie Cuffee
Mrs. Hyla Sue B. Cundiff
Mr. John E. Cunningham
Mrs. Candace Bynum Currence
Mr. James Cuthbertson
Mr. Charlie S. Dannelly
Mr. James E. Daughtridge
Ms. Beverly Ann Davenport
Ms. Nina E. Davenport
Mrs. Deena Davenport-Beasley
Mrs. Cheryl McCullough Davis
Ms. Daisy L. Davis
Dr. Edna L. Davis
Mr. Floyd L. Davis
Ms. Gloria A. Davis
Mr. Hubert Davis
Ms. Leondras Perry Davis
Mr. Lionel D. Davis, Esq.
Mrs. Melissa H. Davis
Mrs. Queen A. Davis
Mr. Wallace H. Davis, Jr.
Mr. Harold S. Dawkins
Mr. James and Mrs. Rita Dawkins
Ms. Florence J. Day
Miss Nevonia Dean
Ms. Brenna Delaine
Mr. Justin Dickerson
Mrs. Gabrella Toatley Dimery
Mr. Andre A. Dingle
Mr. Keith Donaldson
Mr. Kenneth Donaldson
Mrs. Adelaide G. Douglas
Ms. Bessie J. Dozier
Mrs. Ruby F. Dubose
Mr. Bruce and Mrs. Jacqueline Duke
Mr. Anwar Y. Dunbar, PhD
Mr. James Dyson, Sr.
Educational & Institutional
Cooperative Service, Inc.
Ms. Doneka Dori Edwards
Mr. James Edwards
Ms. Latonya Dilligard Edwards, Esq.
Mr. Walter Kenneth Edwards
Ms. Thereasea Elder
Mr. Melton Ellerby
Ms. Barbara Ellis
Mrs. Dorothy M. Ellis
Mrs. Julia M. England
Mrs. Deloris G. Evans
Mrs. Ellen Dean Crawford Evans
Ms. Renee Everett
Dr. James Benjamin Ewers, Jr.
Dr. Nelson A. Fain
Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Margaret Faust
Mr. John N. Faxio
FDY, Inc.
Flint Hill Baptist Church
Ms. Barbara A. Floyd
Ms. Gussie Floyd
Dr. William C. Flythe
Ms. Nadine Y. Ford
Ms. Yolanda Ford
Mrs. Sherry Ford-Ellis
Dr. Gwendoline Young Fortune
Ms. Barbara J. Foster
Mrs. Veronica Seabrook Fountain
Ms. Wanda B. Foy-Burroughs
Mr. James W. Frazier
Mr. James T. Freeman
Mrs. Gloria Smith Frieson
Mr. Lemuel H. Froneberger
Ms. Barbara Jean Fuller
Mr. Carl Fuller
Ms. Patrice Funderburg
Mr. Frank Edney Gadsden
Mr. Frank Theodore Gaither, Sr.
Trustee Sarah Belk Gambrell
Mrs. Janeen J. Gammage
Mrs. Anita Garcia
Ms. Vera C. Gardner
Mrs. Anita T. Garner
Ms. Cynthia Garrett
Ms. Akilah Luke Garvin
Ms. Iris Dawn Gaylord
Mr. R. Trent Gazzaway
Mr. Lloyd Beaver Gibson
Dr. Jenine Giles
Mr. William T. Gillespie
Mrs. Maggie Lloyd Gilliam
Mr. Norvin Gilliam
Mr. Jimmie Gist
Mr. Sidney Glee
Goal Sports, Inc.
Ms. Jeanette Goines
Ms. Kathryn L. Goins
Mr. Willie H. Golphin
Mr. Jesse B. Goode, Jr.
Reverend George C. Goodman
Ms. Elberta D. Gordon
Ms. Katrina L. Gordon
Mr. Calvin and Mrs. Kathy Goss
Ms. Darlene Graham
Mrs. Jean W. Graham
Mrs. Kim McLean Graham
Mr. Arthur Graves
Mr. Lawrence Graves
Mrs. Virginia Ann Graves
Mr. Herb and Mrs. Felicia Gray
Miss Frances Clayton Gray
Ms. Joycelyn Gray
Greater Galilee Baptist Church
Reverend Dr. Lloyd Green
Mrs. Reather F. Green
Mr. Benjamin Greene
Mrs. Janice Tate Gresham
Mrs. Mildred S. Grier
Mr. Larry A. Griffin
Ms. Toye D. Griffin
Mr. William H. Gunn
Ms. Gertude Hadley
Ms. Natasha Hairston
Mr. George T. Hall
Mr. Johnny Hall
Ms. Gisele V. Hamilton
Mr. Robert Hammock
Ms. Ellaree Hampton
Mrs. Sadie M. Haney-Morgan
Mrs. Miriam C. Hardge
Ms. Theon Hardy
Mr. William T. Harper
Dr. Lizzie Harrell
Mrs. Sharon Carr Harrington
Mr. Charlton J. Harris
Dr. James H. Harris, Jr.
Mrs. Mozella T. Harris
DONORS
Dr. Shirley Hart
Mr. Daniel Harvin
Mr. William Hayden
Mr. Anthony and Mrs. Betty Hayes
Ms. Debra Ann Hayes
Ms. Robin Hazward
Mr. Johnny L. Headen
Mr. John Henry Heath
Mr. Cornelius R. Henderson II
Mrs. Helen V. Henry
Mr. James E. Hicks, Jr.
Ms. Constance J. Hill
Mrs. Phyllis T. Hilliard
Dr. Doreen Bowen Hilton
Hilton Charlotte Center City
Ms. Linda C. Hines
Mrs. Pauline Bynum Hinson
Mrs. Lettie C. Holland
Mr. Thomas & Alice Holloway
Mr. David Mark Horace
Mr. James E. Howard, Jr.
Mr. Vincent W. Howell
Mr. Alfred Hudson
Mr. David W. Hughes
Ms. Karen C. Humbert
Dr. Brian J. Hunt
Ms. Michele Evon Hutchinson
Ms. Anita Barber Ingram
Mrs. Bernice Lewers Irby
Dr. Bettye Shropshire Irwin
Mrs. Sylvia Smith Ivey
Mr. Eric B. Jackson
Mr. Gerald Leon Jackson
Dr. William Eugene Jackson
Mr. Johnny C. James
Dr. Lawrence and Mrs. Katherine
James
Ms. Patricia N. Jeffers
Mr. Corey Lamont'e Jenkins, Jr.
Ms. Eddy R. Jennings
Mr. Paul Jennings
Ms. Patricia Ann Jessup
Mrs. Beatrice T. Johnson
Dr. Brian and Mrs. Shemeka Johnson
Mrs. Carolyn Blount Johnson
Mr. Clarence Johnson
Mr. James Henry Johnson
Mrs. Mildred L. Johnson
Mr. Robert C. Johnson, Jr.
Mr. Robert Johnson
Mr. Tyron and Mrs. Oree Johnson
Ms. Virginia L.M. Johnson
Mr. Conyus R. Johnson, Jr.
Mrs. Ann Gupton Jones
Ms. Ieshia Kreshunda Jones
Mrs. Mamie E. Jones
The Honorable Philemina M. Jones
Mrs. Sarah-elaine Jones
Jones Lang Lasalle Americas
Mr. Aaron Jordan
Mr. Albert L. Jordan
Mr. Edward and Mrs. Cassandra
Jordan
Mrs. Juanita Reid Jordan
Ms. Barbara Ferguson Kamara
Ms. Katherine Pamela Keitt
Mr. Albert E. Kennedy
Mrs. Nellie Dunn Kennedy
Ms. Doris R. King
Mrs. Paula W. King
Ms. Valerie F. Kinloch, PhD
Mr. Steffen C. Knight
Ms. Andrea Knotts
Mrs. Emma H. Kurtz
Mr. Andrew Ladd
Mrs. Christine Landry
Mr. Robert L. Lane, Sr.
Las Delicias Bakery, Inc.
Mrs. Helen G. Lassiter
Ms. Albertha H. Lawson, PhD
Mrs. Velma B. Leavens
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Ledbetter
Reverend Warren J. Lesane, Jr.
Ms. Constance Lesesne
Ms. Malaika Lesesne
Mr. Donald S. Lewis, Sr.
Mr. Randall Light
Dr. Michael L. Lindsey, Sr.
Ms. Gayle Smith Logan
Mr. Robert N. Logan, Jr.
Mr. Leroy B. Long
Mr. Andrew Lovett, Jr.
Mrs. Vereatta A. Lowe
Mrs. Irene Neal Lowry
LPL Financial
Mr. David Luciano
Mrs. Viola Lyles
Ms. Elva Lynch
Mr. Julius W. Mallard
Mrs. Hope E. Manigault
Mrs. Ruth A. Mann
Mrs. Lorraine E. Manning
Mrs. Joan F. Manns
Reverend Carl L. Manuel, Jr.
Mr. Kraig Marable
Ms. Nancy E. Mark
The Honorable Larry D. Martin
Mrs. Rosa Evans Martin
Mr. Victor D. Martin
Mrs. Emma Y. Martin-Goodman
Mr. Charles L. Mason lll
Ms. Debra E. Massey
Ms. Robyn Massey
Mrs. Vivian Wallace Mathewson
Mrs. Billie Mitchell Matthews
Mrs. Pecola A. Maxwell
Mr. Abraham McCormick
Mrs. Carolyn Green McCullough
Ms. Denise McDaniel-Henderson
Mrs. Shirley J. McDonald
Mr. Raymond A. McDougal
Ms. Sheila McDowell
Mrs. Frances McFadden
Mr. Andrew J. McGhee, Jr.
Mr. Wesley McGill
Mr. Manuel L. McGriff
Mr. Vernon McKenzie
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Mr. Alfred and Mrs. Fernanda Owens
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Mrs. Sula Henderson Page
Dr. Jane Paige
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Mr. Kimmie Patterson
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Ms. Mamie L. Paul
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Nandiyel Pelshak
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Dr. Edward Pep Peppers
Perkins Management Services
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Mr. Rashad Phillips
Mrs. Lena Helton Pickens
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Mr. Dwight Pinson
Mrs. DeLone Dupree Pittman
Mr. Bernard Poindexter
Mrs. Beverly Patterson Pollard
Mr. John Henry Potts
Priester Corporation LLC
Ms. Dorothy A Prioleau
Mrs. Diane Wilson Proctor
Mrs. Shirley Williams Purvis
Ms. Jocelyn M. Pyles-Elo
Dr. Deborah Brown Quick
Ms. Lorraine Ragone
Mrs. Donna Epps Ramsey
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Mr. Arthur C. Redding
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Mr. Derrick and Mrs. Carolyn Reese
Ellen G. and Clayton Reid
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Mr. Thad Rhodes, Jr.
Dr. Horace R. Rice
Mr. Carlton Alexander Richardson
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Mrs. Ann Marie Riley
Mr. Roy J. Rivers
Mr. Charles Thomas Robinson
Mr. O'Dell Robinson
Mrs. Pamela M. Robinson
Mr. Michael W. Rodelius
Mr. Raymond P. Rorie, Jr.
Mr. Mickel L. Roseborough
Mrs. Beatrice Royster
Ms. Nikefa Karima Salter
Ms. Verida Arnell Sarratt
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Mr. William H. Shepperson III
Mr. John L. Shropshire
Mrs. Selma A. Simelton
Mr. Hezekiah N. Simmons
Mrs. Sandra Simmons
Dr. Sharon Simmons
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Mrs. Vonshier V. Simpson
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Mr. Arthur Slade
Dr. Lisa Slade
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Mr. Travis Smith
Mrs. Verdell F. Smyrl
Ms. Millie R. Snider
Mr. Perry E. Solice, Jr.
Mrs. Kutricia A. Spann
Mr. Rufus D. Spears, Sr.
St. Michael & All Angels Church
Mr. John Stallworth
Dr. Clarence F. Stephens
Mrs. Hedy J. Stevenson
Mrs. Jacqueline D. Stewart
Mrs. Betty M. Stroud
Ms. Nancy Stroud
Mr. Jason Randall Stuckey
Mrs. Cheryl Oglesby Sullivan
Mr. Kenya M. Sullivan
Ms. T. Diane Phillips Surgeon, Esq.
Ms. Willie Belton Suswell
Mr. Harold and Mrs. Blanche Talley
Mr. Oscar D. Tate
Mr. Gerald L. Terrell, Jr.
Ms. Vivian Reed Terry
Mr. Frank R. Thies III
Mr. James E. Thomas
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Mr. Ira Thompson IV
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Dr. Joseph E. Thompson, Sr.
Mrs. Norma A. Thompson
Ms. Phyllis Throckmorton
Ms. Gloria Jean Tiller
Ms. Delores Timberlake
Mr. Anthony and Mrs. Gail Tolbert
Mrs. Correll Loundermon Townes
Mr. Oscar and Mrs. Janetta Trice
Mr. Jonathan D. Truesdale
Ms. Carol Tue
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Mr. Andrew W. Turner, Jr.
Mr. Kenneth L. Turner
Underground Sounds
US Bancorp Foundation
Ms. Constance W. Van Brunt
Mr. Sidney Vance
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Dr. Clarence W. R. Wade
Ms. Valerie R. Wade
Ms. Deborah A. Wadsworth
Ms. Esther A. Walker
Mr. Nathan Walker
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Mr. Brian Wardell
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WASPCO Corporation
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Ms. Vicki Gilchrist Weathers
Ms. Sidonie Webber
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Mr. Darrel J. Wesley
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Mr. Dylan Whitehead
Mr. M. Ray Wiggins
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Mr. Howard Williams
Mr. James L. Williams
Mrs. Juanita G. Williams
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Dr. Vereda Johnson Williams
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Zechariah Alexander Senior Lodge
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8 Star Construction, Inc.
Ms. Reba E. Adam
Mr. Aljamon Davis Alexander
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Mr. Mark L. Alexander
The Honorable Martha B. Alexander
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
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Anonymous - Class of 1978
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Mr. Alexis Bibbs
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Mr. Harold Black
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Mr. Marconi Buchanan
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Mr. Joseph H. Bugg
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Ms. Angela T. Caldwell
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Mrs. Dawn Carter
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Dr. Timothy D. Champion
Mr. James Chandler
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Mrs. Jacqueline R. Cherry
Ms. Krystal C. Cherry
Mr. De'Marcus Antwan Chestnut
Mr. Kelechi K. Chieke
Mr. Sergio Andres Chisaca
Mr. Hezekiah Chisholm
Mrs. Miriam Butts Choice
Ms. Brianna A. Clark
Ms. Patricia W. Clayton
Mr. Earl and Mrs. Sharron Clipper
Sergeant Jonte L. Colclough
Ms. Cynthia D. Cole
Mr. Paul Coleman, Jr.
Ms. Shana Johnell Collins
Mr. Richard Colson, Sr.
Mr. Richard Colson II
Mrs. Blessyng Mychele Conway
Mrs. Ollie Cook
Corning Incorporated Foundation
Ms. Deltha J. Cousar-Jeffries
Mr. Demaria Lamar Covington
Ms. Doris C. Covington
Mr. Michael A. Cozza
Mrs. Gayle B. Crawford
Ms. W. Gale Crews
Ms. Shannon Elaine Cross
Ms. Deidre Crowder
Mrs. Sarah C. Crowder
Mrs. Mary L. Crumley
Ms. Sonya Crump-Greene
Mr. William J. Crutchfield
Ms. Kianna Culver
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Mr. Herbert N. Cunningham
Mrs. Peggy Jeter Cureton
Mrs. Pearlie M. Cureton-Borders
Mr. Charles J. Cutler
Mr. William A. Dabney
Mr. Kelly L. Darden, Jr.
Ms. Elyse Dashew
Mr. Alandre' LeTrell Davis
Ms. Doris T. Davis
Mr. Frederick A. Davis
Ms. Indya Davis
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Mr. DeAngelo Peter Dean
Ms. Juanzia Sabrina Dewalt
Mr. David Diaz
Ms. Alicia Dickerson
Mr. Derrick Dillard
Ms. Noluthando Excelentia Dlomo
Mr. George Dorman, Jr.
Mrs. Margaret M. Dorsey
Mrs. Rhonda Lynn Dorsey-Prude
Mr. Dante' Ashif Drummer
Mrs. Veronica Brooks Duck
Ms. Jazzmyn Dunlap
Ms. Azalea Durant
Ms. Ernestine Durante
Durham Graduate Chapter of Groove
Phi Groove SFI
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Mr. Bryan Arnel Edgerson
Ms. Carolyn McClain Ellis
Mr. Eric S. Ellis
Mr. Ricky Elum
Mr. Roy D. English
Mr. Frederick Engram
Ms. Claire Green Fallon
Ms. Elaine Farias
Mr. Joseph K. Farrow
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Mr. Deion Johnathan Felix
Ms. Catherine Wallace Fields
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Ms. Teressa Chasten Fields
Ms. LaFrieda Flack
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Ms. Marian Flowers
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Mr. Roderick D. Ford
Ms. Vivian Leeper Ford
Mr. Leroy Forney, Jr.
Ms. Angie Foster
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Ms. Sarah G. Foxx
Mrs. Deborah Frady
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Ms. Dana B. French
Mr. Landry Alexander Frison
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Mrs. Quiesha S. Gibson
Ms. Carolyn Gilchrist
Mr. Micheal W. Giles
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Ms. Dawnita M. Gilmore
Mrs. Donna L. Gilmore
Mr. Stephen Gilmore
Mrs. Debra T. Givens
Ms. Felicia M. Glasper
Mr. Lamont Glasper
Mr. Eric Glenn, Sr.
Miss Bryana Rachelle Goode
Ms. Chelcia Genedra Goodman
Mr. George E. Goodman
Dr. Indhumathi Gopal
Mr. Clayton Gordon
Ms. Anitra Goshea
Mrs. Joyce Gottlieb
Ms. Aryn Graham
Ms. Anjelica Jasmin Grant
Mrs. Ilda J. Green
Mr. Omari Greene
Mr. Kenneth and Mrs. Demetrice
Griffin
Mr. Duane L. Griffith
Reverend Ethel Kelly Grinkley
Dr. Sunil Gupta
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Mr. Maurice Hall
Mr. Ralph W. Hall
Mr. Walter Jermane Hall
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Mr. Joshua Hamilton
Mrs. Lucy A. Hamilton
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Mrs. Jacquelyn C. Hammond
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Mrs. Charell M. Harper
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XiaoSong He
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Ms. Helen Hinton
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Ms. Gassennie Hodge
Mr. Walter Keith Holcomb
Ms. Dionne Holley
Mr. Joseph Hollington
Mr. John Nicholas Holmes
Mrs. Valita Holmes-Wingate
Ms. Josephine Hoover
Mr. Kenneth R. Hopkins
Miss Sharrenda La'Shamirr Hopkins
Mr. Millard L. House
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Mr. Wei Huang
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Mr. Eliu Otoniel Iraheta
Mrs. Eva B. Irby
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Mr. Daryl D. Jackson
Mrs. E. Rochelle Anderson Jackson
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Mr. William D. James
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Mr. Richard E. Jenkins, Jr.
Mr. Myles Aaron Jennings
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Mr. Robert L. Johnson
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Mr. Tyree Johnson
Ms. Veronica B. Johnson
Mr. Brian M. Jones
Ms. Camilla Jones
Mr. Crawford J. Jones
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Mrs. Jacquetta Jones
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Ms. Ivy Jones-Turner
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Mr. Clarence D. Jordan
Ms. Juana Renee Jordan
Ms. Talathia S. Joyner
Ms. Wylle Grae Joyner
Ms. Masaley L. Kargbo
Ms. Danielle Kelly
Mrs. Kristene Brathwaite Kelly
Ms. Viola Kelly
Dr. Melanie L. Kennedy
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Mrs. Velvie B. Ketch
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Mr. Chad Dion Lassiter
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Mrs. Catherine Laster-Cook
Mrs. Carolyn Latimore Means
Ms. Rashida Lawrence
Mrs. Rosemary L. Lawrence
Mr. William and Mrs. Queen
Lawrence
Dr. BerNadette Lawson-Williams
Ms. Iris D. Layne
Mrs. Doretha L. Leak
Ms. Stefanie Elizabeth Leak
Commissioner Vilma D. Leake
Ms. Margaret Leatherberry
Ms. Alice P. Lee
Mrs. Anita McAfee Lee
Dr. Rosalind C. Lee
Ms. Kerri Christina Legette
Mr. Clarence Lewis
Mr. Jordan Joseph Lewis
Mrs. Mamie Lewis
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Ms. Voneisa McBride
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Mr. Michael A. McClinton
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Ms. Mae McPhail
Mr. Terry S. McPherson
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Mr. John Troy McQueen
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Mr. Marcus Elliotte Means
Mrs. Arie Gaddy Miles
Mrs. Rita Wray Miller
Mint Museum of Art
Ms. Alice F. Mitchell
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Ms. Shantel Mitchell
Dr. DaKysha P. Moore
Mr. Kelvin Moore
Ms. Mecia Moore
Mrs. Sharon Thompson Moorer
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Mrs. Vicki Bell Morris
Ms. Theresa Y. Morris-Brown
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Ms. Alishia Mosley
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Ms. Breonna Shanece Myers
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New Salem Baptist Church
Dr. Kristen P. Nickens
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Mrs. Susie S. Page
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Pepsico Foundation
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Mrs. Roslyn G. Smith, PhD
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Mr. Isreal Devon Spencer
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Spindle
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St. Stephen United Methodist Church
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