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TABLE OF CONTENTS President’s Report 2012-2013 Message from the President...... 2 President Ronald L. Carter, Ph.D. Enrollment Services ...... 4 Vice President Joy Paige Institutional Advancement Academics ...... 6 Executive Editor Sherri Belfield Academic Support Services ...... 20 Editor Jennifer K. Gaskins Managing Editor Kate Marcus Student Success ...... 24 Special Section: Bright Ideas Through Challenging Times ...... 29 Photographers Jeff Cravotta | Chris Jenkins Jonathan Keitt | Kate Marcus Research ...... 44

Human Resources ...... 50 Institutional Advancement ...... 52 Community Engagement ...... 58 Intercollegiate Athletics ...... 60 The President’s Report is published annually by University Communications and Marketing for alumni, donors and Financial Statements ...... 64 friends of JCSU. Giving ...... 66

Johnson C. Smith University is accredited by the Southern Honor Roll of Donors ...... 72 Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Alumni Giving ...... 83 to award baccalaureate and masters degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Board of Trustees ...... 92 Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Johnson C. Smith University.

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In fall 2012, I had the privilege of hosting I believe that positive attitude is imbued in our JCSU Family. We have several presidents from other Historically chosen NOT to cower and meekly wait out the storm nestled in the harbor Black Colleges and Universities for a summit hoping for the best as the seas and winds of change whirl around us. sponsored by the Gates Foundation to discuss Rather, we have bravely left the harbor and sailed out to the open sea. We the future of HBCUs. have realized, as the old adage observes, “We cannot control the direction of I came away heartened from the the wind, but we can adjust our sails.” discussions with a renewed faith that we Practically speaking in the real world, that means turning to innovation, indeed shall overcome the tumultuous times creativity and independent thinking. Our students don’t just break the mold and era of disruptive change in which we ̶ they smash it. We at JCSU do not settle. We do not dream small. We do find ourselves. not accept what is. But I was also deeply heartened on a So it is only fitting that the theme of this issue is “The Adventure of Ideas more personal level. As the presidents walked Through Challenging Times.” The theme is illustrated in the profiles of our around our campus, what struck them most faculty, students and alumni who are going down new paths and inspiring ̶ and which they commented upon most others to do the same. They are living our vision: Become Yourself. Change frequently ̶ was the feeling of vitality that permeated every aspect of life Our World. here at JCSU. It’s also an institutional approach, as you’ll see in the stories about such I believe that is because we have created a community here dedicated recent projects as Mosaic Village, Financial Literacy, Charlotte’s Web, the to delivering on our brand promise: to be an independent, close-knit, urban Foster Village Network Center and Sustainability Village. In fact, our Foster university with a growing national reputation for integrating the liberal arts Care Initiative is unique in the nation. with business, the sciences, and technology in innovative, socially-conscious More than 145 years ago, our founders chose Sit Lux (Let there be light) ways to empower tomorrow’s diverse entrepreneurial citizens and leaders. as the University motto. If, as we steer “the good ship Johnson C. Smith” We understand our brand, we embrace it, and we demonstrate it. through the perilous storm waters of our time, we find it difficult to keep Recently, our beloved institution faced some challenging financial issues, our fires burning, we can also choose to reflect and celebrate the light, not the result of changes in the social, political and national economic landscape only from above, but within ourselves. that are beyond our power to affect in any significant way. But we successfully managed the situation and sailed through the storm. At JCSU, we see challenges and solve them. We see what needs to change, and we come through. We see a need for leaders, and we fill that role. That is why a sense of optimism pervades our campus, seen in the excited faces of our students, in the passionate teaching of our faculty, and Ronald L. Carter, Ph.D. in the welcoming, upbeat demeanor of our staff, from top administrators to President, Johnson C. Smith University the custodians.

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the enrollment services Division experienced another year of change Additionally, the new communications plan generated 301,637 email and transition coupled with progress and success, despite mounting messages to prospective students, with a 14.7 average click-through rate, competition among peer institutions for the highly talented and highly far exceeding the industry average of three to five percent. The plan ranged motivated students JCSU seeks to enroll. from general search to targeted campaigns such as waiving the application fee, federal student aid application tutorials and emails from the Council of The Office of Admissions continued to see positive recruitment results Deans, Residence Life and current students. for the 2012-2013 academic year. Enhanced communications, exposure from the Democratic National Convention and other major events The Office of Admissions integrated into its strategy, an initiative to contributed to this success. continue expanding the racial and ethnic diversity of the student body. Such efforts resulted in 11 percent of enrolled students reporting a As part of its communications message to prospective students and racial/ethnic group other than African-American and 3.5 percent reporting parents, the division explained how the University provides a transformative their racial/ethnic background as international. education with a global perspective that allows students to grow intellectually, physically, socially, culturally and spiritually. The Office of the Registrar implemented customer service improvements and successfully planned and executed the 2013 Commencement exercises Fall 2012 recruitment efforts yielded a diverse class of 529 freshmen, to confer degrees on 252 students. By using current technology, the office transfers and readmitted students. Traditional freshmen comprised 73 improved customer service and student access by automating change of percent of the entering class; transfers, 23 percent and readmits four address, major/minor declaration, enrollment verification, transcript percent. The freshman class of regular admitted students averaged a GPA ordering, advising features and archiving records. Students were also given of 3.23 and SAT median scores of 910. 24-hour access to their information.

In addition to academically qualified students, the team of admissions The Office of Financial Aid worked diligently with new and returning counselors recruited and admitted geographically diverse students from students and their families to ensure they understood the process to apply across the nation and abroad. for financial aid and scholarships. The office held workshops during the spring semester on how to complete the FAFSA and explained to students Counselors visited college fairs and high schools and scheduled events on and parents the changes in eligibility criteria for the Parent PLUS Loan and campus to encourage students to apply on site. The annual Admitted Day on other state and federal funding. campus drew an additional 78 students and the Golden Bull Academy served 155 students, exceeding last year by 33 students.

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the college of Arts and letters continued to make strides in establishing a solid reputation for global studies and initiatives.

In 2012, College of Arts and Letters faculty, in collaboration with the Office of Government Sponsored Programs and Research (GSPAR), won a highly competitive four-year grant from instructor of Chinese; Xia Cao, GSPAR take another cohort of JCSU students to Brazil for the Department of Education to support administrator; students Deanna Barker, JCSU’s Go Global initiative in 2014. American students learning Chinese. This Michael Darby, Laurence Logan, and Briana Fulbright-Hays Group Project will be used Robinson. Dr. Matthew DeForrest, interim chair Faculty excellence to immerse students from JCSU in Chinese of languages and literature, and Dionne Yelverton languages skills over the next four years. The of GSPAR, oversaw the logistics of the trip. and student research project enabled 17 students from JCSU, Queens University and UNC-Charlotte to travel to Beijing In addition, Dr. Brian Madison Jones, interim The college continued to support its and Guangzhou, China from June to August 2013. Dean of the College of Arts and Letters and excellent family of scholars as they produce Dr. Adelheid Eubanks, director of the Center for high quality scholarship. These faculty members The trip involved studying at Capital Normal Integrated Studies took three students on a study have supported students as they research at a University in Beijing and Guangdong Baiyun abroad trip to Russia in May 2013. Arts and high level and present their findings to the University in Guangzhou. The 2013 participants Letters faculty are currently leading the effort to academic community. from JCSU included: Lao Shi Xiaosong He,

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Nearly 50 full-time faculty in the college Annual James C. McCroskey and Virginia P. Academy of Television Arts and Sciences produced presentations and publications that Richmond Undergraduate Scholars Conference Foundation. She was able to see how deserve special recognition. Some of these are in Pittsburgh in April 2013. Senior Jordan primetime entertainment works behind the highlighted below: Broome was among the students selected for scenes. Only 20 fellows are chosen annually to his paper, “A Tale of Two Baseball Greats in USA attend the week of discussions, panels and • In the political science program, Today: A Textual Analysis of Barry Bonds and presentations in Los Angeles. Dr. Terza Lima-Neves, assistant professor Mark McGwire.” of political science, was awarded the James • In March 2013, psychology faculty and Bradford Ames Fellowship for the study • Dr. Matthew DeForrest, interim chair of students hosted the 22nd Annual Central of African-Americans and Cape Verdeans languages and literature, was elected to the Carolinas Conference in Psychology featuring in Nantucket, Mass. through the University Executive Council of the Association of Literary Dr. Robert Sellers, a Charles Moody collegiate of Massachusetts in Boston. Scholars, Critics and Writers. He presented professor and research associate at the "Ghosts in the Machines: The Haunting of Next University of Michigan’s Institute for Social • In the social and behavioral sciences program, Generation Texts,” at the 19th annual Research. Students from JCSU, UNC-Charlotte, Dr. Nicola Davis Bivens, assistant professor of conference of the Association of Literary Belmont Abbey College, Queens University, criminology, received the 2012 CATO Par Scholars, Critics and Writers at the University Livingstone College and visitors from the Excellence Teaching Award and was named a of Georgia–Athens in April 2013. Charlotte community attended the conference research fellow at the Homeland Security and sponsored by the Smith Institute for Workforce Development Institute in Durham, • Dr. Brian Madison Jones, interim dean Applied Research. N.C. She published an article titled of the College of Arts and Letters and associate “‘Gangster B*#@&’ or ‘Ride or Die:’ Sexual professor of history, presented “Eisenhower, • A research team led by Dr. Ruth Greene, Scripts and Accepted Criminality and the Castle Bravo and the Fallout Controversy,” at professor of psychology, presented in the Incarceration Rates of Black Women" in the North Carolina Association of Historians plenary session of the 2013 Dr. Lonnie E. Paradigm Shift: An Interdisciplinary Journal Annual Meeting in Cullowhee, N.C., in March Mitchell HBCU Behavioral Health Policy on the African American Experience. 2013. He also presented “Eisenhower’s Academy, sponsored by the Substance Abuse Nuclear Philosophy,” at the Eisenhower and Mental Health Services Administration • In the Department of Visual, Performing and Academy in Gettysburg, Penn., in July 2013. (SAMHSA). The team’s presentation was Communication Arts, Dr. Dakysha Moore, He also completed two book reviews for selected for best promising practices among associate professor, presented and published publication. the 22 HBCUs receiving grants. Greene’s team in areas related to African-American health received an award of excellence from SAMHSA issues. In addition, several students from her • Sitara Sadler, assistant professor of video for dedication and leadership to promote communication arts senior seminar class had and film production, participated as a 2013 behavioral health. papers accepted for presentation at the faculty fellow in The Faculty Seminar presented Eastern Communication Association’s Third by the Emmy Foundation, sponsored by the

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new family and new initiatives

Despite the many challenges the University has faced in recent semesters, the College of Arts and Letters persisted in its efforts to enrich and strengthen its innovative academic programs.

The Languages and Literature department received a $475,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support early career faculty development using new technologies for teaching and learning. Four students in the Xi Lambda Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society were accepted for a roundtable team presentation at its 2014 international convention in Savannah, Ga.

JCSU became the fourth four-year institution in innovation of new IDS degree program tracks organizational and individual skill sets for African- the state whose criminology program is certified promise a bright future for this marketable and American museum spaces. by the North Carolina Department of Justice attractive major program. Criminal Justice Standards Commission. It is also This past year, the college welcomed many the only private university in the state to earn the The Department of Visual and Performing Arts qualified and committed adjunct professors voluntary certification. The designation was helped beautify the West End with Hasaan who served students well. The Rev. Stephen awarded in August 2012. Kirkland's new mural at the Arts Factory. The Shoemaker, Ph.D., began as visiting assistant mural is visible to traffic headed outbound on professor of religion and scholar-in-residence. The political science program revised its West Trade Street. Kirkland, associate professor He is using his vast experience to teach courses curriculum to include three new courses in the of fine art, also participated in a Juried Exhibit, in the Christian religion and mentor students discipline: Women in Politics, Introduction to “Creative Movements,” in Winston-Salem, N.C., seeking a possible future in ministry. Contemporary African Politics and Introduction to and joined the Gathering Place Project as an Political Science. advisory board member. The project is a training Dr. Tom Priest, professor of sociology, retired and outreach initiative of the African-American after three decades of service and Joseph Turner, In the area of Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS), the Heritage Commission. It provides statewide professor of English and dean of the College of addition of new faculty, a renewed effort to shape assistance in connecting and growing community, Arts and Letters, retired after 37 years of service. new programs from current classes, and the

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When complete in 2015, the three-story building Designed by Gantt Huberman Architects, the colleGe oF will be the largest on campus. Special features will Science Center will enable the College of STEM to include a common atrium, teaching labs, offices increase admission from 300 to 450 by 2016. stem and a 250-seat tiered lecture hall/auditorium to accommodate guest lectures, conferences and As part of the groundbreaking ceremony, other multipurpose events. Microsoft Corporation announced a partnership science center groundbreaking with JCSU to improve teaching and learning and microsoft Alliance Not only will the new Science Center benefit through information technology. Microsoft will University students, the Charlotte community work with the University over the next year to On Oct. 25, 2012, the University broke ground will be able to use the center as a resource significantly enhance opportunities and training on a 62,000-square-foot Science Center that will through the JCSU STEM Innovation Center, in the field of technology. house innovative programs in the College of providing training, mentoring, think tanks and Science, Technology Engineering and STEM summer camps for students, teachers Mathematics (STEM). and professionals.

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Academic highlights of the year include: research projects. Three faculty and student Association of Pre-Medical Students completed • Collaboration with Wells Fargo Bank to develop teams formed to further strengthen and foster 247 volunteer hours of tutoring at Irwin Avenue and deliver a seminar series to JCSU and offer research communities on campus by enrolling Elementary School. a 10-week paid summer internship program at 38 students in STEM courses. Eleven went on Wells Fargo’s Retirement Technology Division to conduct additional research related to their Pre-professional organizations participated in course topic with a faculty researcher and a variety of activities in the Charlotte community • A one-week summer camp for 20 JCSU visiting scientist. during the school year. These included the students on emergent technology in NSBE’s Walk for Education, Habitat for Humanity emergency management The first two editions of the JCSU STEM abstract construction, a church-based safe Halloween • Full scholarships for two students to attend the journal showcased student researchers who observation and a nursing home visit. Utah College of Applied Technology graduate conducted research on campus and at colleges program in information assurance and universities across the nation. Students Students sponsored professional career • Full scholarship from the National Science presented their research at three conferences panels, annual end-of-semester study Foundation (NSF) for a student to attend the and attended additional conferences supported sessions, soft skills training and various student information assurance graduate program at by other STEM College programs where they development activities. They visited North UNC Charlotte presented research partially or fully supported Carolina A&T University, Clemson University by HBCU-UP. and various industries. • NSF CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service grant totaling $262,917 to support students studying Academic counseling for STEM students totaled the natural sciences and mathematics cyber security 3,800 hours of tutoring. To enhance students’ Department (nsm) began preparing for the HBcU-UP held a number of initiatives to critical transitioning to graduate studies, new Science Center by securing grant support support student researchers in STEM subjects. HBCU-UP provided GRE and MCAT prep courses for the programs that will be housed in the new The HBCU-UP/OASIS and Ambassador for 31 students. Those who took advantage of the building. A $660,000 NSF grant funded ASPIRE, Scholarship Program in Research and Education courses received scholarships to cover the cost providing scholarships and student development (ASPIRE) programs recognized 32 students who of the actual test fees. activities for STEM majors. The department conducted their first research projects in received another NSF grant for $399,536 to 2012-2013 by presenting them with lab coats STEM at JCSU extended its reach beyond campus purchase new instrumentation and develop a student during a special ceremony. They joined an as 96 freshmen engaged in a service-learning mastery certification program for these instruments. additional 16 students who received scholarship activity during Family Science Night at Steele certificates as part of ASPIRE. Creek Elementary School where they designed For the first time, JCSU became a member of and facilitated eight hands-on science activities. the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU), Financial support in the form of nine mini and sent four students to its annual meeting at grants, the largest number to date, enabled Students in the National Society of Black Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., April 5 to 7, students to team up with faculty and complete Engineers (NSBE), the Math Club, and Minority 2013. While attending the meeting, hosted by

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President Bill Clinton, the students attended Village initiative as they competed with some of The garden provides vegetables and herbs for the sessions on global concerns and presented their the nation’s top institutions for funding awards. campus and surrounding community while serving Commitment to Action as they addressed as a living-learning prototype. sustainability on their campuses, in their local Sustainability Village is an innovative living-learning communities and around the world. prototype on campus that incorporates academic As a member of the CGIU network, JCSU is part coursework, service-learning activities and of a rapidly growing consortium of academic Students Christophe Fatton and Sandy humanitarian work that will be replicated in Haiti. institutions committed to contributing Mathurin of Haiti, Omar Cossio of Asheboro, As part of their project, the students raised tilapia sustainable solutions through student-driven, N.C., and Shaquana Jackson of Greensboro, N.C., in the University’s first aquaponic garden, in a action-oriented projects all geared towards presented their work on the JCSU Sustainability sustainable system of farming that combines growing alleviating the most pressing global concerns. crops and cultivating fish in a closed loop environment.

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Retention and graduation rates remained at high levels among NSM students. Curriculum also improved with the addition of electronic learning supports for the organic chemistry program. Other improvements included an upgrade of a Perry Science Hall classroom to meet modern multimedia standards. A new major track in pre-financial mathematics was added while anatomy and physiology courses expanded with the addition of three genetics courses and a bioinformatics unit.

Student and faculty research opportunities expanded in nine areas of study, from computational protein modeling to organic synthesis.

Several NSM students and faculty were recognized for their excellence. Dr. Alexa Rosypal, associate professor of biology, won the CATO Par Excellence Award for teaching excellence and Thanh-Thuy Nguyen, math lab coordinator, won the Sit Lux Award for scholarly research and publications.

Dr. Dawn McNair, assistant professor of mathematics, was selected for the Chicago School of Professional Psychology Opportunities for UnderRepresented Scholars Fellowship. Student Jamaris Burns received the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association l to r: Christophe Fatton, Shaquana Jackson, Omar Cossio, and Sandy Mathurin representing JCSU at Clinton Global Memorial Scholarship for $5,000. Initiative University in St. Louis. The group presented its Sustainability Village project.

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Fifth Third Bank and JCSU. The networking event Initiative. This opportunity enabled them to learn colleGe oF with Charlotte’s financial community gave and discuss the current thinking about different students first-hand knowledge about the nation’s branches of international business. ProFessionAl economic and financial markets. the Department of elementary education stUDies At another networking event, students heard is proud to have placed 14 students in the BB&T executives address issues of capitalism and teaching profession. Students in the state- the Department of Business Administration finance at the annual BB&T Free Enterprise and approved education program at JCSU also and economics collaborates with businesses Capitalism Luncheon. Leaders of the Ph.D. excelled in service-learning projects and volunteer to bridge classroom learning with real-life Pipeline Opportunity Program Annual Partnership service with CMS leaders and teachers. In return, experience. As a result, corporate leaders at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business the new CMS superintendent and principals continue to reach out to business students also networked with faculty and students. attended workshops on the JCSU campus. and faculty to share their expertise. In a move to help students better understand To prepare students for the teaching One such opportunity brought several students, the relationship between major fields in environment, the department created learning the department chair and academic deans business, the department shifted the focus of its opportunities around the new teacher education together at a business breakfast sponsored by investigative paper required for seniors. With mandates and developed innovative ways for the new approach, students conduct an students to learn, grow and prepare for the Praxis in-depth analysis of a business and tests. Students received essential preparation for make recommendations. In addition the tests at professionally run workshops sponsored to enhancing practical knowledge, the by the University. new focus better prepares students for most MBA programs. Two courses Jamila Gittens, class of 2012, was awarded were specifically established to improve Most Outstanding First Year Teacher at Barringer writing skills and offer more direction and Elementary School in Charlotte. In 2013, Ellecia teaching in the analysis of companies. Sims, a 2011 graduate, was named the Mooresville (N.C.) Independent School District As part of faculty development, the Teacher of the Year. department sent instructors to the June CIBER International Business Conference the social Work Department served 52 declared in Memphis, Tenn., to conclude a three- social work majors, 22 of whom enrolled in year partnership with Duke University the traditional program and 30 in Metropolitan Business majors stand with mentor Jesse Cureton (r), regional executive and the CIBER International Business College. The department remained committed and managing director for U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management. Education and Research Outreach in its pursuit to secure faculty members,

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More than 100 male students, faculty and staff walked in high heels to denounce violence against women during the HBCU Denim Day Walk.

create and adjust program curricula and work Dr. Roberta Greene, a well-known social work JCSU’s Safety and Prevention Coalition toward completing the reaccreditation of the author, educator and practitioner, also visited established the “I Matter” grant on campus to undergraduate program and candidacy status for campus in April. generate awareness about domestic violence the graduate program. Dr. Jeanne Cook, director through events such as “Walk a Mile in Her of the Master of Social Work (MSW) Program and Faculty and staff celebrated several professional Shoes,” during Denim Day in April 2013. Kai Burkins, director of MSW internships, held accomplishments. Their work appeared in the an initial commissioner visit as part of the Journal of Family Social Work, and was presented Thirteen graduating seniors began their candidacy status process, which included a at the 30th Annual Friends of Black Children field placements in January 2013 throughout luncheon with the commissioner and 17 Conference, the Thompson Child and Family Charlotte. They worked at nearly a dozen potential MSW field advisors. Focus Conference and ExCEL in Social Work: agencies including Mélange Health Solutions, Excellence in Cancer Education & Leadership.

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Communities in Schools, Another Choice the Department of Health and Human In addition, students enrolled in the facility adoption agency and the Salvation Army Shelter. Performance promoted the importance of management class helped plan the department’s professional growth and development through third annual Sport Management Symposium. eight workshop sessions led by faculty and staff. In January 2013, students and field instructors For 24 students looking to continue their The workshops enabled students to interact with participated in a training titled: “Don’t Get Caught education, the department sponsored two faculty outside of the classroom while learning in a Traffic Jam: Learning How to Navigate the graduate school field trips to six universities about student success, graduate school and in the Carolinas. World of Field.” To prepare for graduate school, career preparation. students also attended the 2013 Diversity Day at Faculty members presented at professional UNC Chapel Hill along with other students from In October 2012, the department launched conferences and made contributions to scholarly HBCUs across the state. a community service project titled “Beyond refereed Health, Physical Education, Recreation the Lights,” with the nonprofit organization and Dance (HPERD) journals. Dr. Bernadette the Foster care initiative continues to Firm Foundations of the Carolinas, Inc. Lawson-Williams published “Let’s Get Physical: ensure students who have aged out of the foster Students served as positive role models to Getting and Staying Fit through Folk Dance,” and care system receive the support they need enlighten participants about college life and presented her work at the Share the Wealth to perform at their highest potential academically, careers in health and sport management. Conference at Jekyll Island, Ga. emotionally and socially. The retention rate To enhance academics, the department among students in the program is two percentage Students also took part in professional integrated the following service and experiential points higher than JCSU students in general. development activities and scholarly learning projects into its course offerings collaborations with faculty at conferences Because the program relies on key partnerships • Students in the drug education course sponsored by national and regional organizations with businesses and community organizations, collaborated with Trinity Episcopal School including: the addition of LPL Financial as a community to serve as mentors for students in the • North Carolina Athletic Trainer Association partner was significant. The company created extended day program. paid internships for students and provided • American Alliance for Health, Physical • The sports information class attended holiday gift bags for students who are often Education, Recreation and Dance a Charlotte Bobcats game to assist with lacking funds for personal needs. media-related tasks. • TPG Sport Management

The program’s success also continues to attract • Students in the program planning and • UNCA Queer Studies new students. During the spring semester, 24 evaluation course helped organize a • Infant Mortality Conversation Conference students from the Cuyahoga County Department health fair. of Children and Family Services in Cleveland, • The athletic injury care and prevention class Ohio, visited campus and six of the students assisted during the Special Olympics Winter applied for the fall semester. Games by providing athletic training assistance to athletes.

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Adult degree program Nikefa Salter, Dana Hope, Tracy Billups, metroPolitAn Geoffrey Barber, Chevia Gary, Lavaris Nelson, The charter class of the adult degree program Tracie Walker, Charlotte Hargett and Valeria colleGe at Metropolitan College graduated in May 2012. Briddell-Burns. Of the 11 students, four graduated with Bachelor metropolitan college reached a milestone as it of Arts degrees, two with Bachelor of Science The Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society awarded degrees to the first graduates in the degrees, and five with Bachelor of Social Work for nontraditional students inducted 32 adult traditional and nontraditional academic programs. degrees. Eighty-two percent of these students into the Mu Chi Alpha chapter on The college also began a mentoring program and nontraditional students graduated with honors. Feb. 24, 2013. To qualify, students must have added new academic programs and methodologies. Their achievements made a mark in the history a GPA of 3.0 or higher and 24 credit hours. Metropolitan College continued to forge ahead by of the University. Graduates in the charter class creating mold-smashing academic opportunities included: Howard Estell, Stephanie Savage, that foster educational achievement.

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Sherell Mobley, a junior majoring in social work, presentation by Dr. Jeanne Cook, Ph.D., director Due to its encouraging retention and graduation received the Women Initiating and Nurturing of the Master of Social Work program under results, the University appointed Dr. Antonio Growth through Scholarships (WINGS) award. development at JCSU. Henley, assistant dean of Biddle Institute, to lead Mobley operates an in-home daycare business in a research initiative where prospective students Charlotte. She plans to expand and enhance the Biddle institute are reviewed based solely on their non-cognitive services at the facility to assist more families with and metacognitive attributes. The students affordable daycare and offer greater community The Biddle Institute is comprised of three distinct complete an essay-based addendum to their support for struggling families. units: the Biddle Freshman Program, Academic regular application, submit recommendation Center of Excellence and the Charlotte’s Web letters from their academic teachers and The adult degree program continued to build Technology Mentoring program. participate in a series of group interviews a positive working relationship with Childcare conducted by faculty and staff. Accepted students Resources, Inc., by awarding professional the Biddle Freshman Program (BFP) enroll several days prior to Freshman Orientation. certificates to members of the Director’s Leader is for participants who fail to meet certain This new academic program is called Sit Lux. Academy during the 2012-2013 academic year. admission criteria. They are vetted instead for Participants are held to academic expectations The college offered certificate programs their non-cognitive strengths. These students and guidelines similar to students of the BFP. Marketing for Childcare Professionals in the fall would otherwise be denied acceptance into the and Management for Childcare Professionals in University. Once enrolled in the program, the Peer mentoring, a new support feature of the BFP, students take a limited number of credits during the spring. was conceptualized and implemented by Henley their first semester and are taught by a cohort of upon his arrival in 2012. Former Biddle Freshmen dedicated faculty. The students are expected to In October 2012, the college hosted the applied and were trained to be a part of this participate regularly in co-curricular activities that University’s inaugural Fetal Alcohol Spectrum initiative. Each Biddle mentor was assigned to add practicality to the theoretical learning that Disorders Conference in partnership with the support a Biddle Freshman orientation section. occurs in the classroom. Charlotte Area Health Education Center. The Mentors attended class, assisted with homework conference featured several prominent educators and planned activities for the new students. The Sixteen students from the Biddle Freshman and practitioners from Child and Adolescent Program that began in 2009 graduated during program continues to grow in popularity among Neuropsychology, The Carolina Institute for the University’s 141st Commencement exercises. students and faculty. Developmental Disabilities at the University Of that group, seven earned Bachelor of Arts of North Carolina School of Medicine, and degrees, eight earned Bachelor of Science the Academic center of excellence (Ace) the Department of Professional and Medical degrees and one received a Bachelor of Social is the advising arm of Biddle Institute. All Education at Meharry Medical College. The Work degree. More than half of the students (56 University students who have not formally conference, attended by JCSU students and percent) graduated with honors and at least three declared a major are advised through ACE. In the area healthcare professionals, featured a planned to enter graduate school. This was the spring of 2013, ACE Director Stacey Sandeford- panel discussion on children with fetal first class to graduate from the University since Lyons received a grant from North Carolina alcohol spectrum disorders and a the BFP’s inception. Independent Colleges and Universities (NCICU)

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to fund undergraduate academic research. The program, Success Through Academic Research (STAR), afforded students in the BFP the opportunity to team up with a faculty member and conduct research during the academic year and over the summer. The grant also funded housing and meals for the student researchers. Some of the research topics included: the leadership development needs of first-year l to r: Charlotte's Web Director Cory Carter and Co-Director Michael McAllister students, comparisons of the technology infrastructure of a West African nation and the Northwest Corridor, and the influence of were apprised of this vital information for use Bruns Academy. Both schools are located high school support on the persistence of during their campaigns and during their tenure as in the heart of the Northwest Corridor. The African-American male collegians. elected officials. program is coordinated by Cory Carter and Michael McAllister, who serve as technology Public leadership e-learning coaches. Dr. Melvin Herring functions as the administrative lead. Metropolitan College houses the Department of To promote e-learning, the University began Public Leadership, chaired by Dr. Bryan Patterson, offering many of the general education course During the mentorship's inaugural year, 23 as well as the Center for Applied Leadership and requirements and some of the major coursework participants learned to develop a website, how Community Development, led by Interim Director online and as hybrid courses. Online courses are to code elementary video games and the basics Malcolm Graham. Curricular offerings at the entirely virtual, while hybrid courses are hosted of A+ certification. Participants enjoyed several University expanded with courses in public with a blend of in-class and online learning. co-curricular activities, such as a trip to the Gantt leadership, critical thinking and personal Andrea Hylton joined the staff to coordinate Center to experience the “America I Am” exhibit, branding. The intent is to develop a major and e-learning for the University. and a tour of Time Warner Cable Arena where minor in public leadership. they also enjoyed a Bobcats game. The group the charlotte’s Web technology mentorship, took a field excursion to the Family Dollar As one of its initial projects, the Department of in partnership with Project L.I.F.T. (Leadership corporate facility to hear from professionals in Public Leadership began the initiative, Giving & Investment For Transformation) and West technical fields. The summer program culminated Voice to the Northwest Corridor, to understand Charlotte High School, facilitates positive with a trip to Florida where they toured the and influence effective political leadership and relationships, and provides personal enrichment University of Florida and the University of Tampa, representation of the community. Residents and technology training to underserved and visited the Museum of Science and Industry registered their preferences and priorities for African-American and Hispanic/Latino male and Busch Gardens. their elected political leaders, and candidates youth from West Charlotte High School and

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the Department of information technology supports the University’s strategic technology initiatives to enhance teaching and learning while improving the administration of the University.

Major projects included upgrades to the campus network and Jenzabar system to better meet increased demand for network services. A campus-wide initiative also began to replace and standardize desktop computers.

The campus network upgrade addressed rising overall demand for network services, dramatic growth in the community’s use of the wireless network, energy efficiency and aging network equipment. Significant enhancements to the campus wireless network enabled faculty and students to more easily work, learn and teach anywhere on campus.

The department’s five-year network refresh project completed eight academic and administrative buildings and residence halls. As a result, the campus bandwidth doubled student validation and registration process instituted in 2010 continued to replace computers from 50 MB to 100 MB. and using the system for employee performance for full time faculty, staff and computing laboratory evaluations. facilities every 36 months. An upgrade of the Jenzabar system enabled greater customization without requiring In order to ensure University personnel have In September 2012, the JCSU network and modifications to the base programs. Long-term access to current computing technology, a wireless infrastructure for research and education projects include improving and automating the Computer Life Cycle Replacement Program extended to Mosaic Village. This first-ever

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network extension beyond the main campus Organic garden grows Library digitizes Peeler enabled JCSU students and staff to access Collection resources as if they were on the main campus. through library partnership To empower the Northwest Corridor community The library received $94,417 from the Library Since jcmail launched, students have taken full with the necessary skills to live a healthy and Services and Technology Act to digitize the James advantage of the features of the system, sending active lifestyle, the library partnered with the Gibson Peeler Collection. The grant will enable more than 7,400 emails a day. During the spring University’s Center for Applied Leadership and the library to digitize and create an online exhibit of 2013, the department completed an exchange Community Development, the Center of Excellence of Peeler’s 40,000 photographs to provide a visual system upgrade that provided larger account in Minority Health and the Health and Human documentation of Charlotte’s African-American quotas for faculty and staff, as well as improved Performance Department to develop an organic heritage and culture. performance and reliability on mobile devices. community garden on campus at Sustainability Village. Peeler's collection is the most extensive and well- the James B. Duke memorial library received The project, funded by Blue Cross Blue Shield preserved visual documentation of Charlotte's $20,000 from the United Negro College Fund of North Carolina, enabled the University to host urban African-American community. This important Special Programs Corporation and the National a Community Youth Health Day and to conduct work has appeared in several publications and Library of Medicine to extend the Know Your Plate 16 community workshops for adults and youths. exhibits. The Peeler family has entrusted the entire project to the community. The project to promote The attendees learned about food preparation, collection to Johnson C. Smith University. awareness of obesity in the African-American weight management and how to use the National community involved students from the computer Library of Medicine/Medline Plus database to sciences, communication arts and visual arts locate health and wellness resources. programs. Together, the students developed an interactive game, skit and a poster session using resources from the National Library of Medicine/MedlinePlus online collection.

Through a collaborative partnership with the Beatties Ford Regional Public Library, Central Piedmont Community College, the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts+Culture and Kamit Natural Foods, the students conducted eight healthy, fun activities that reached more than 200 residents.

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the office of institutional Planning, Assessment, effectiveness and research (iPAer) provides analytical research services and statistical data to assist the University with its strategic and long-range planning, assessment and decision making.

SACS Fifth Year Interim Report

In September 2012, the University successfully submitted its Fifth Year Interim Report to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), which included the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Impact Report. The report is a review that monitors the institution to ensure ongoing compliance and marks the conclusion of the reporting on the QEP.

The University received notification in January Kelli Rainey, dean of Academic Support Services 2013 from SACSCOC that its Fifth Year Interim Report was reviewed for compliance with the Each of the standards was reviewed by the The University’s Fifth Year Interim Report has selected standards of the Principles of identified University officials, and revisions or been reviewed in full, and the institution remains Accreditation. Based only on those reviewed additions were made to comply with SACSCOC in compliance with SACSCOC standards. standards, the institution was asked to submit a requests. Additional supporting documentation referral report to the Commission on Colleges by was provided for the standards. Quality Enhancement Plan April 15, 2013, addressing the following standards of the principles: The University submitted the referral report Impact Report • Physical facilities to the Committee on Fifth Year Interim Reports which was then forwarded to the Committee The Committee on Fifth Year Interim Reports also • Accrediting decisions of other agencies on Compliance and Reports for action at the reviewed the institution’s QEP Impact Report, • Student achievement June SACSCOC meeting. Based on their recent which was designed to strengthen the quality of • Title IV responsibilities review, SACSCOC decision states “no additional the freshman year experience through student • Financial aid audits report required.” engagement. The committee accepted the report

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in January 2013, indicating that the institution As a result, “provided rich assessment data from the use of a communication within wide variety of assessment tools.” Moreover, the and between institution has successfully demonstrated and departments was documented sustained support for the QEP. inconsistent and unclear. To address the challenges Based on this success, the institution is faced, JCSU invested in now beginning work on its second QEP. Under Compliance Assist, a the leadership of Dr. Elfred Anthony Pinkard, web-based solution to executive vice president and chief operating create a comprehensive, officer, a new QEP steering committee has been systematic and appointed. These individuals will carefully design consistent approach a course of action that addresses a topic related to strategic planning, to enhancing student learning and accomplishing outcomes assessment the mission of the institution. The work of this and accreditation committee is a component of the reaffirmation reports. process that reflects and affirms the commitment of the commission to enhancing the quality of As a collaborative tool, higher education and focusing attention on Compliance Assist l to r: Nataya Lewis, research assistant and Harriet Hobbs, director of Institutional Planning, Assessment, Effectiveness and Research student learning. organizes all relevant data, tracks progress Strengthening institutional toward each goal and prepares detailed To build on the momentum gained after reports—all using proven technology. Every the Fifth Year Interim Report and strengthen effectiveness division, department, faculty and staff member the institutional effectiveness efforts of the can access this online platform to showcase University, IPAER hosted several faculty and As the Office of IPAER began preparing to submit accomplishments. Therefore, the campus staff development sessions on planning, the Fifth Year Interim Report, it discovered that community will be able to see the connections assessment and accreditation. These sessions the current process of capturing data as well between unit learning outcomes, divisional goals will continue to help the institution move forward as supporting documentation was inconsistent and the University’s mission. Moreover, people on its reaffirmation journey more efficiently and limited. Moreover, members of the campus will be able to see how JCSU’s Mission-in-Vision is and effectively by centralizing and streamlining community could not continuously view and being achieved comprehensively in its academic the process of cataloging data. modify the information needed for the report. programs, student support services and administrative functions.

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the Division of student success was instrumental in the opening of Mosaic Village on Oct. 4, 2012. The facility is helping to revitalize the Northwest Corridor by providing convenient apartment-style living options for students. The facility housed more than 200 student-tenants upon its opening and a full-time staff member was hired to oversee the daily operations.

The 80 apartment-style furnished suites at Mosaic Village are complemented by amenities that include a parking deck, rooftop terrace, courtyard, game room, fitness room, business center and four syndicate rooms. Photo by Sean Busher The University opened the Village’s fourth floor to guests attending the CIAA and other University-related events. The division also worked with the Charlotte School of Law,

Davidson College and Duke University to house mosaic village rooftop terrace their students attending summer programs and internships. On April 16, 2013, No Grease! Barber Independent Colleges and Universities (NCICU). Distinguished guest Amadou Shakur, Shop became the first business to open at Staff members gained insight into student a noted historian, led a discussion with Mosaic, and will be joined by restaurants in success measures by participating in The Duke community elders and students about how the future. Endowment’s conference on student resiliency. youths are unable to follow the principles of the struggle and acknowledge the historical efforts The division also expanded services with the office of multicultural Affairs kicked that have contributed to the enhancement of the addition of a new female counselor and a off Black History Month with the screening African-American lives. minority mentoring grant from North Carolina of “The Legacy of Civility and Reconciliation.”

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Students attended a series of lyceum programs the world. R&B artist Keni Myles closed the event the office of residence life experienced called “Transnational Conversations,” to build with a musical performance. several transitions with the opening of Mosaic understanding among the University’s diverse Village and the closing of Berry Hall while working student body. Two students from the S.A.F.E Pride student diligently to fulfill student housing needs on organization attended the 18th Annual Human campus. Progress continued on the Duke Hall The office formed the campus Multicultural Rights Campaign Gala “Mission Equality” on Feb. renovation project. The current structure has Advisory Council comprised of the presidents 23, 2013. The federally-sponsored Power House been converted into two-bedroom suites of student organizations and clubs such as Partnership collaborated with S.A.F.E Pride to and will house 70 students. In addition, the the International Club, Karibbean Vybz, S.A.F.E provide outreach educational programs for gay University residence halls housed over 1,000 Pride and International Spanish Club, along with and bisexual young men in Charlotte and educate police officers during the Democratic National faculty and staff from key areas on campus. students on HIV and AIDS prevention. Convention.

To extend its reach beyond campus, the The office also the office of student Activities Multicultural Advisory Council brought established a soccer updated its Mission and Vision, the together key international community leaders club on campus constitutions of the Student Government to help establish a “host family initiative” for and helped international Association, the Golden Bulls Activities international students who have difficulty students obtain social Committee and the National Pan-Hellenic returning to their home countries during security numbers Council. In addition to planning University breaks. to secure Homecoming activities, the office employment developed consistent marketing In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, on campus. materials and signage promoting the the office planned and executed a celebration office location and services. on campus for 250 attendees. Sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank, Food Lion, FDY Incorporated Spring intramural sports expanded and Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated, with the addition of basketball, the event recognized 18 students for swimming and volleyball. Basketball leadership, entrepreneurial and academic formed eight teams with more than excellence. 100 students registered through imleagues.com, an internet-based Other signature events sponsored by the office service that tracks collegiate included Multicultural/International Day and intramural sports programs. the third annual International Cultural Expo Swimming was held three days a showcasing food, fashion, performances and week for 10 to 15 students. exhibitions from over 20 cultures from around

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student support services successfully submitted its annual performance report to the U.S. Department of Education and issued $78,000 in grant aid to help students with gaps in tuition and fees to meet their financial obligations for the 2012 spring and summer semesters.

The office also collaborated with the Center for Applied Leadership and Community Development to host the inaugural Campus Leadership Conference during the Spring 2013 term. More than 200 students representing 55 campus organizations attended the event to enhance campus life as they gained an understanding of organizational development, finance and leadership.

To prepare students for the workplace, Student Support Services partnered with the Center for Career and Professional Development to hold a special session on communication skills for internships and interviews.

the office of retention helps students needing the office of counseling services formed train the student population on how to recognize assistance with purchasing books. The Round Men of Smith, a program designed to address and intervene in cases of substance abuse. Robin Book Loan Program donated over 500 new the needs of male students. It also collaborated and used textbooks to support this endeavor. with Dr. Ruth Greene, professor of psychology, The office held a number of events ranging from As of October 2012, approximately 110 students in securing the 2012-2013 Behavioral Health a health fair to MLK Day and Black History Month received books from the program, saving them Capacity Expansion Mini-Grant. The grant programs. More than 500 students attended over $12,000 in book costs. afforded the Office of Counseling Services and these events. Greene’s research students the opportunity to

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Student Union mural by Antoine Scott of Hi-Rez Graphix

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Bright ideas Through Challenging Times Monroe Miller Chairman, Board of Trustees

What are the challenges facing education some of the changes in higher education five of a shared commitment to maintaining an today? I read an article recently where the author years ago and embarked on a radical environment where students can learn, grow was quoted saying the future is not what it used transformation that will allow us to adapt to the and succeed. to be. It struck me that this might be a clever yet changing environment. accurate characterization of the rapidly shifting in what ways do you implement creative higher education landscape in America. This shift How are you helping to prepare students for and innovative ideas in your role at JcsU? presents numerous challenges for institutions of success in college and beyond? As board One opportunity came out of the student higher learning, particularly HBCUs and other members, we constantly remind ourselves that registration and validation process in the fall of Minority Serving Institutions. first and foremost we exist to ensure student 2012. This was a particularly stressful experience success both before and after graduation. We for the students and the staff because it occurred We are in the midst of a dramatic demographic share a belief that an uncompromising focus on when the U.S. Department of Education abruptly shift in this country. This trend, combined with a student engagement is critical to a student’s changed the criteria for the Parent PLUS Loan. decline in the college-bound population over the overall growth, development and ultimate success As a result, many students who depended on next decade, presents enrollment growth in life. I recently heard someone define student the loan as a primary funding source were challenges, particularly for HBCUs. Despite this engagement as time and energy devoted to disqualified. The University took very aggressive perfect storm, I am convinced our demonstrated educationally purposeful activities. It starts with steps to provide as much funding as possible commitment to establishing a diverse and meeting students when they arrive and taking all until it could not prudently go any further. motivated student body will position us well to steps to make a difference in the quality of the compete. Another significant challenge is the sea collegiate experience. I believe engagement is a I saw this as an opportunity for the board to change in college funding. Critical public funding holistic approach that extends far beyond the create the President’s Gap Scholarship Fund. sources are either in full retreat or have changed classroom and into all aspects of college life. We announced a board gift of $100,000 at the their criteria so that many students no longer Arch of Triumph Gala in 2013 to launch the fund qualify. Over the past two years, we have been What challenges do you face as chairman? drive, and it has been heartening to witness the disproportionately impacted by this change I view my role as less of a challenge and more responses we have received from many who in direction. of a privilege or opportunity to serve this share our commitment to giving students a wonderful institution. I am fortunate to have a chance to pursue their dreams. This program is There are other challenges we face as an board of individuals who are very talented and not a one-time effort, but one that must evolve institution, but I am confident that the strong experienced, and who share a passion to ensure into an ongoing source of funding. I strongly partnership forged between the board and the the success of this institution. As a board we believe that the long-term success of the president positions us well to meet the challenges enjoy a great working relationship with Dr. Carter President's Gap Scholarship Fund is a strategic we face now and in the future. The good news is and his team. In fact, it is more appropriately and operational imperative. that the board and the president anticipated characterized as a partnership forged out

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Wilhelmina Page Kimpson, Class of 1956 Member, Columbia, S.C. Alumni Chapter

What are the challenges facing education What are the challenges you have faced in What advice would you share with students today? Financial stability is a student’s greatest your life and how do you approach solving to ensure their success? I think from day one challenge. Although a person’s inner drive may them? I grew up in Dillon County, S.C.. My when students come here they should have a help to overcome monetary obstacles, it’s easier mother was a domestic and my father worked for strong orientation. We need to teach them that if the student has financial support such as Schaeffer Distribution Company. Since my sister they should be loyal and instill in them the love scholarships. and I were going to college, my mother and father for their school and how to take responsibility for worked hard to afford our education. My sister, helping each other. Students also need to know How are you helping to prepare students for Louise Page Gordon, class of 1957, was a math they don’t have to pay for their entire education. meeting such challenges? As an alumna, I give major at JCSU. There are a lot of people who can help them out. financial support to the best of my ability as long Lastly, they need to be positive about their school. as I am able. I pledged a $25,000 scholarship for a During college, I overcame financial challenges deserving student who works hard and has good by working four years in the theological seminary. My husband and I both strongly believe in character. Now that I’ve paid that off, I am I also had a small scholarship when I first enrolled education. On my mother’s side, she was one repeating my pledge. at JCSU. When I graduated, I didn’t have any debt, of 11 siblings and seven of them went to college. thanks to others who came forward to support If you can get an education, you can have a better I felt that setting up a scholarship was one way to my education. life for yourself and your family. And, if you really pay tribute to my parents, who had meager jobs want to do something in this world, work to and made great sacrifices for my sister and me. I in what ways do you implement creative improve your own life first and then improve the wanted to demonstrate the deep love I have for and innovative ideas? Our Columbia Alumni lives of those around you. the kind of life they have afforded me because of Chapter came up with the idea to contribute to their sacrifices. the President’s Gap Scholarship Fund as a group to help cover the financial gap for students so they can concentrate on their studies. We also encourage students to come to JCSU.

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Dr. Dawn McNair Assistant Professor of Mathematics Principal Investigator, ASPIRE Program

What are the challenges facing education internships, academic support and STEM Students are readily able to see the connectivity today? Affordability of a college education exploration for its students. As principal and are able to put their skills to work in both the continues to be a challenge for our students. investigator of ASPIRE, I am excited about the personal and professional aspects of their lives. Changes in the eligibility criteria for several opportunity to foster the holistic growth of the federal programs have created unforeseen gaps next generation of STEM scholars. in what ways do you implement ideas in student funding, thereby affecting students’ in your role at JcsU? Efforts to create abilities to pay their tuition. With the majority of What are the challenges of your own job and synergy among two seemingly opposing new jobs requiring a credential beyond the high how do you approach solving them? Having ideas or disciplines have often provided the school diploma, students are forced to be creative taught for 20 years, I have seen the classroom springboard for developing and implementing in finding means to finance their education if they landscape shift. In previous years, students were creative ideas. As a seasoned educator, I have plan to be competitive in the global job market. primarily focused on their education with no learned that many creative ideas fail to become other responsibilities. Today’s students are innovations because they are flawed in application. How are you helping to prepare students multitaskers who often find themselves juggling Hence, I am very deliberate in evaluating current for meeting such challenges? In an effort their pursuit of post-secondary education with resources, assessing benefits and risks, identifying to assist students with the cost, the University family responsibilities and jobs. Some are parents possible stumbling blocks and developing a plan was awarded the National Science Foundation’s and others are even primary caregivers to aging of action. I then create constituency ownership Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering parents and grandparents. by showing the individual value of the innovation, and Mathematics (STEM) grant in July 2013. how that value can be claimed and its potential Known on campus as the Ambassador Scholarship Millennial students are grappling with issues impact at JCSU. Moreover, as an educator of the Program in Research and Education (ASPIRE), this that center around existence and survival. “Net Generation,” I understand the importance grant provides students majoring in STEM with As an educator, I must be cognizant of the of aligning innovations that meet the needs of continual financial support each year through population I now serve and continue to ask individual students, the campus, the community graduation. In addition to scholarships, ASPIRE myself the question, “How can my teaching and the nation. provides a comprehensive program to assist and interaction with students equip them to be students in their transitions to graduate school a more knowledgeable citizenry?” I respond to or the STEM global workforce. Over the next five this challenge by using virtual resources to years, ASPIRE will provide mentoring, research demonstrate the relevance of what we learn.

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Bright ideas Through Challenging Times Dr. Diane Bowles Vice President, Government Sponsored Programs and Research Executive Director, Smith Institute for Applied Research Director, Title III Programs

What are the challenges facing higher the dwindling pool of resources available to meet What are the challenges of your job and how education today? There are myriad their needs. do you approach solving them? My main challenges facing American colleges and challenge is to find creative ways to support universities to which institutional leaders must Concomitant with these major challenges are faculty who want to apply for grants in a respond in order to remain viable and competitive. student considerations for choosing a college or government environment of dwindling resources Higher education officials across the country university which may be based on such factors as where our faculty must compete with research generally agree with and bemoan the fact that renovations and modernization of facilities, and graduate institutions. I approach this the most prolific challenges directly facing our campus safety, innovative technology support challenge by identifying our niche strengths and students are affordability, access, student and student diversity concerns. make narrowing our search to specific agencies. indebtedness, retention and graduation rates, We also support faculty when they make agency changing demographics and adapting to the How are you helping to prepare students for visits to discuss their student initiatives with online learning environment. In other words, meeting such challenges? Through Sponsored agency program directors to gather more many students are concerned about paying for Programs, our office has assisted faculty in information relevant to grant submissions. higher education once their Pell Grants and securing extramural funding to support STEM loans are exhausted and about the changing scholarships and aid through student support in what ways do you implement ideas in your government regulations concerning Parent services to meet funding gap needs and offer role at JcsU? I have set aside funds to support PLUS Loans. co-curricular opportunities. We also offer faculty replacement time if they want to seek meaningful undergraduate research study out extramural funding opportunities and apply Students want to know about other resources and specialty summer experiences at other for grant solicitations. I have also established the such as scholarships, grants and work study comprehensive universities and in national labs. Building Research, Innovation, Collaboration opportunities that can make up the tuition and With Title III funding, there is support for faculty and Knowledge (BRICK) resource lab to offer a fees shortfall. Moreover, they want to know to make curriculum updates and improvements, space for faculty to share ideas across disciplines whether they will receive a high quality education as well as for the University to improve campus and gain staff support for their scholarship, that will prepare them for a career in the future, technology, facilities, student academic advising research and outreach endeavors when given the indebtedness they will incur during their and campus safety. There are also student submitting proposals to agencies. four-year matriculation. On the other hand, opportunities to travel for research presentations colleges and universities are concerned about and conduct faculty-mentored applied research.

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Greg Petzke Vice President, Business and Finance

What are the challenges facing education today’s students, preparing them to be Finally, I want to be part of improving the today? Historically, the primary issue facing all future leaders. school’s validation process. Unfortunately, college students has been the ability to finance the current process is similar to when their college experience. Today is no different What plans do you have for helping to solve I was in school. Currently, we have MyJCSU.edu, than years past except that additional barriers some of the problems facing the University? a tool to automate, but we need to organize have been erected in the federal government’s In all of my previous roles in financial all supporting functions in alignment with the decision to change the qualifying standards for management, my initial focus has always been website. My vision is to eliminate the need for the the Parent PLUS Loan Program. For students solidifying the financial foundation to promote majority of students to validate in person and already being financially challenged by tuition future growth. At JCSU, this was no different. allow this process to be performed electronically. costs, these restrictive changes have further Immediately upon my appointment, I worked compromised alternative solution paths that were with the executive staff to develop a 15-point plan in what ways do you implement ideas previously available. As the Vice President of specifically directed at creating financial strength. in your role at JcsU? Two critical traits that Business and Finance at JCSU, it is my Although some tough decisions were required, I bring to any position are leadership and responsibility to work within this environment to this plan, upon its full execution, will better the ability to effectively communicate. Fully assist students in removing these financial position the University to address its supporting the team approach, I try to blend hurdles and creating opportunities to finance transformative goals. these traits and my experiences with those of my their education. teammates. One benefit I bring to the table is an In addition, I’ve been involved with a task “outsider’s point of view.” With this being my first What made you decide to come to JcsU? team to convert the University to a full eBooks experience in academia, I bring a plethora of After 30 years in accounting, primarily campus. Beginning from a conversation at an ideas from the outside. When this knowledge is as a change agent, I wanted the opportunity to Administrative Council meeting, this concept has combined with the wealth of experience provided employ my experience and knowledge. More blossomed into an interactive effort involving by my peers here at the University, there are no important though, was for that opportunity to various departments and third-party vendors. boundaries to our creativity and innovation. be in an area that aligned with my passion to With implementation scheduled for fall give back in support of the greater good. In my 2014, I feel this is a “win-win” for all parties opinion, there is no better way to serve than to involved—students, parents, administration, contribute to the educational development of faculty and the University’s business partners.

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Bright ideas Through Challenging Times Catherine Hurd Dean, Enrollment Services

What are the challenges facing education education and have a good understanding to help them find options to pay their balances. today? One major challenge facing higher of the options available to them to afford a Denying students the opportunity to earn a education today is the competition among college education. college degree and watching them put their colleges and universities to recruit students to academic dreams on hold because they cannot their respective institutions. Johnson C. Smith In the fall 2013 academic year, we introduced a meet the financial gap is not easy. Many of our University is not isolated from this challenge. In financial literacy program titled Money Matters. students are the first in their family to have an addition, the constant reduction in both federal A variety of workshops have been conducted with opportunity to pursue a higher education, and it and state funding for higher education continues our freshman students and their families through is difficult when students realize that they cannot to impact colleges and universities. Many higher Golden Bull Academy, New Student Week and continue their education because of a lack of education institutions find themselves thinking Freshman Orientation classes. These workshops financial resources. outside traditional academia, looking for creative included Dollars and Sense (JCSU specific), Money ways to provide higher education opportunities Management, Debit and Credit, Investing in in what ways do you implement ideas in to students. Yourself, Money Potholes, Budgeting, and Student your role at JcsU? Implementing creative Loans. These workshops have been facilitated by and innovative ideas is part of my day-to-day Challenges facing our students and families community volunteers who are subject matter environment. This includes student recruitment, are associated with paying for higher education. experts in the area of financial literacy as well student financial resources and academic Again, as both state and federal financial aid as by JCSU faculty and staff. In addition, we have records. Technology, e-communications decreases for students, the gap between the partnered with CashCourse, a web-based self-directed and social media play a vital role in the way cost of higher education and the financial aid learning tool that helps students and their we recruit and communicate with students. received increases. These financial stresses families understand financial planning, budgeting, In the area of recruitment, we have increased placed on our students and their families impacts saving and spending wisely. our e-communications with prospective students, their persistence to graduation. participated in virtual college fairs and increased What are the challenges of your own job our presence in social media. In financial aid, we How are you helping to prepare students for and how do you approach solving them? have implemented an online process students meeting such challenges? Financial literacy, One of the biggest challenges I face in my job as can use to receive, review and accept their resources and communication are all key Dean of Enrollment Services is when it comes to financial aid. And, finally, in the Registrar’s Office elements in our efforts to help students persist assisting students and parents with the financial we have implemented online resources for to graduation. It is important that students and gaps they have after state and federal aid have students that include graduation applications, their families understand the value of a higher been applied. I work diligently with all students transcript requests and declaring a major.

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Bright ideas Through Challenging Times DeVondia Roseborough ‘16 Student, Metropolitan College

What are the challenges you face today as I needed to know and what I needed to do to be in what ways do you implement creative a student? One of my greatest challenges was successful in completing what I had started. One and innovative ideas as a student at JcsU? being a 42-year-old going back to college after takeaway I hold dear to my heart is the alliance I have applied what I am learning in my nonprofit 20-plus years. How was I going to retain all of the formed with the group of adults who came to organization, The Rasberrirose Foundation, Inc. relevant information? When I first got here, I was JCSU the same time as me. We support one We have linked up with JCSU’s Association of overwhelmed by so much information at one another through study groups, sending Black Social Workers for the second year in time in regard to registration, validation, getting encouraging emails and hanging out with one a row for my fifth annual Bless a Family for my email and Jenzebar access as well as trying to another to keep each other grounded. Thanksgiving, a collection for needy families in navigate a campus that was unfamiliar to me. the Charlotte area. In my personal health course, This experience allowed me to test my faith in To be honest, just being accepted into the program I took the lead on a group project on substance how badly I wanted to return to school and make was a powerful gesture in itself. It has given me abuse. We played a game of HIV Bingo which a difference. confidence and the realization that I am great is something HIV educators do with substance enough to achieve my goal as a graduate in 2016. abuse clients. The group learned about HIV, What helps you succeed as an adult student? and it allowed my mission as an advocate of I try to become engaged in campus life as in what ways has JcsU helped you to meet HIV awareness to complement my coursework. much as time permits. For example, I participated those challenges? JCSU has helped me to in my first ever tailgate on campus during our meet my challenges through the kindhearted Homecoming. I also had the pleasure of speaking professors who respond to my needs and to graduating seniors in the Metropolitan College understand my mission to accomplish something adult degree program to learn from their I’ve wanted for so long. experiences. Each of them poured into me things they learned through trial and error such as who

Devondia roseborough is an outspoken advocate for young African-American females who are battling self-esteem issues. At age 42, she speaks from experience. She battles HIV, a disease that almost took her life in 2004, one year after she discovered she was infected. Roseborough has self-published two books: “Put it on Paper,” based on her life, and "My Last First Kiss: The Baptized N' Warm Milk Collection based on Temptations of the Flesh," a fiction book based on true-to-life temptations. In addition to running her own foundation, she performs contract work for two local nonprofit agencies, Carolina Family Alliance and Each One Reach Two.

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the office of Government sponsored Programs $6,000,000 Government sponsored Programs and research and research (GsPAr) enhances the fiscal health 2012-2013 Dollar Amount of Awards of the University by creating a resource base beyond $5,000,000 the general fund to facilitate and expand research, scholarly activity and creative expression. Such $4,000,000 enhancements are provided through leadership, resources, coordination, oversight and innovative $3,000,000 services. GSPAR serves as the central administrative office for coordinating proposal submissions, $2,000,000 internal grant reviews, submission, compliance and overall management of government grants $1,000,000 and contracts for the University. $4,949,110 $3,645,411 $3,781,333 $5,124,396 $5,560,371 $4,735,918 $4,561,128 $4,466,334 $0 The office enjoyed an active and productive year 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 with more than $4,466,334 million in government grants and contracts awarded from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013. GSPAR submits many title iii Funds Utilization proposals in order to receive government funding by Focus Area for JCSU programs. To inform and guide the future $800,000 direction of the division, GSPAR looks for patterns $700,000 and trends that emerge from the external economic Institutional Management $600,000 environment, fiscal strength of the University and Fiscal Stability performance indicators. More specifically, past $500,000 performance, data collected on proposals submitted, $400,000 Academic Quality/ proposals pending, awards received and total award Student Services amounts are factors that intensify the direction of this $300,000 division. Despite the constrained fiscal climate with $200,000 imposed sequestration that adversely impacted all $100,000 government funding, faculty and professional staff,

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especially junior faculty grant writers, helped the University remain steadfast scholarships or through instructional services. The most noteworthy support in submitting proposals that resulted in grant awards to the University. of academic quality and student services came from the National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Education. In addition, student services the office of title iii is responsible for implementing the institution-wide were enhanced through faculty relationships and collaborations with local Title III grant program awarded by the U.S. Department of Education. The and national institutions. The Department of Education/Fulbright-Hayes purpose of the program is to assist eligible institutions with planning and Group Study Abroad Program not only afforded students lifelong quality development activities that will enable them to become viable thriving experiences in China, but also strengthened JCSU’s efforts to maintain institutions that eventually are free from the need for continued assistance. valuable relationships with secondary and higher education institutions. The University uses funds to strengthen physical plants, fiscal management, academic quality and student outcomes and support. Sponsored programs, including Title III efforts, generated $4,589,710 to support the four colleges and departmental auxiliaries with a focus on The funding received from Title III was applied to the following activities mentorship and scholarships. related to the strategic and comprehensive development plan:

• Institutional management received $575,800 (34.6 percent) to assist combined extramural Funding $4,000,000 with completing the HealthPlex, including the swimming pool, as well Utilization by Focus Area as repairs to Duke Library. The funds also covered University and $3,500,000 classroom technology upgrades, the institutionalization of Institutional $3,000,000 Planning, Assessment, Effectiveness and Research (IPAER) and Institutional Management improvements to campus security. $2,500,000 Fiscal Stability $2,000,000 • Bolstering JCSU’s fiscal stability, the University received $383,800 $1,500,000 Academic Quality/ (23 percent) of Title III funds for the Building Research, Innovation, Student Services Collaboration and Knowledge (BRICK) resource room, which is used $1,000,000 by faculty and staff across disciplines. The funding also supported Odum $500,000 Institute workshops and grant submission training. $0 • Enhancing academic quality and student services, $704,000 (42.3 percent) was awarded for curricula enhancements in the arts and institutional management $808,590 17.6% sciences, upgrades to classrooms at the Arts Factory and student advising and mentorship. Fiscal stability $406,395 8.9%

Academic Quality/student services $3,374,725 73.5% Extramural funding in the past year supported a diverse group of 200 students at an average of $17,000 per student, either in direct wages and

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tHe smitH institUte the mAcmAs lab enjoyed a year of faculty-mentored student growth and innovation. Students created the smith institute for Applied research is a computational method and technique to store creating and sustaining a robust infrastructure to and capture confidential data at registration, both support faculty and students in best practice off and on-site. Under the supervision of faculty methods and trends in applied research. Major research mentors, 21 students conducted more activities in 2012-2013 included: than 380 hours of applied research. Guiding them • Maintaining the four Centers of Excellence were faculty research mentors, Dr. Ruth Greene, Dr. Thomas Priest, Dr. Anita Bledsoe-Gardner, • Promoting the state-of-the-art resource for Instructor Cynthia Cole, Dr. Vanessa Figgers Multidisciplinary Applied Computational and Dr. Awatif Amin. MACMAS Lab Manager Modeling and Simulations (MACMAS) lab Connie Van Brunt also provided guidance in • Producing the annual publication of computational models for applied and Smith Institute, the Periodical quantitative methods for participatory action • Hosting the Annual Invitational Symposium on research. In partnership with Charlotte- leading-edge applied research topics Mecklenburg Schools (CMS), Dr. Katrina Bledsoe, consultant, began leading an in-depth qualitative • Offering students quality faculty-mentored exploration on parental engagement with applied research experiences educational thought leaders such as President • Facilitating student training sessions with Ronald L. Carter and Dr. Heath Morrison, internationally recognized experts and JCSU superintendent of CMS. research faculty • Offering travel opportunities for students to the center of excellence in Global education present at conferences continued to raise awareness about global issues through campus events and study abroad In addition, the institute supported faculty opportunities. In April 2013, the center sponsored professional development through pilot grants for an event that provided a venue for students, conducting participatory research projects in the faculty and staff to discuss cultural differences, International Way, a new venture in global Northwest Corridor. Such projects resulted in the similarities and stereotypes along with a education, was created to display information publication of working papers, white papers and discussion about ways to create a united front about different countries and highlight the policy briefs. at JCSU. In May 2013, JCSU students traveled to geographic diversity of JCSU students and faculty. Russia to gain additional insight about cultural The monthly displays for the year covered the differences and similarities.

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countries and U.S. territories listed below: First Program with data from the kinship care • A one-week intensive summer camp population to determine appropriate services opportunity for 20 students titled “Emergent for their improved intervention. Using a mixed Technology in Emergency Management” and JCSU’s far-reaching research method to determine needed services, four weeks of summer research for eight the team presented strong recommendations students, funded by the DHS Center of GloBAl imPAct to the leaders in social services. The project Excellence. Virgin Islands, Brazil, India, and presentation received commendations and • A three-year cyber defense scholarship grant Venezuela, Canada, Panama, resulted in a paper on foster care services in awarded to the College of STEM from the Bangladesh, Barbados, St. Lucia, higher education that was presented at Jackson National Science Foundation, in partnership Liberia, Mexico, Guyana, State University. with UNC Charlotte's College of Computing Nicaragua, El Salvador, Tonga, and Informatics. The $262,917 grant supports the center of excellence in Homeland Colombia, Fiji Islands and Peru students studying cyber security. This unique security transformed STEM from a traditional program is designed to increase and to market-driven approach to meet the strengthen the cadre of federal information the center of excellence in minority Health nationwide and global demands for a workforce assurance professionals that protect the and Family Wellness examined health-related that can grow the economy through government's critical information infrastructure. issues dealing with preconception health and STEM innovation. Major departmental This program provides scholarships that fully foster care as part of the Northwest Corridor accomplishments for the JCSU STEM program fund the typical costs that students pay for Kinship Care Project. Led by Dr. Antonia Mead, included: books, tuition and room and board while assistant professor of health education, the • Approval of a minor in cyber security attending JCSU. In addition, students receive an project focused on helping men and women available during the 2013-2014 academic year annual stipend of $20,000. Dr. Hang Chen, chair engage in healthy behaviors to avoid the of the Computer Science and Engineering • A $75,000 grant to integrate emergency health disparity of infant mortality. Students Department, leads the program at JCSU. management technology into core learning implemented a lyceum, “A Look at Preconception objectives for computer science and engineering. Health through the Arts,” and other various the center of excellence in Diversity, The sub award with Jackson State University projects across campus with a focus on the Workforce and small Business Development from the Department of Homeland Security subject throughout the year. (DHS) will fund a disaster response intelligence launched several initiatives through Innovo system that can be used for teaching and Laboratory to promote entrepreneurship. Another aspect of the research project was practical exercises while developing new During a student interest meeting in October led by Dr. Helen Caldwell, dean of the College disaster-related courses and an undergraduate 2012, Innovo scholar hopefuls pitched ideas of Professional Studies, and funded by the research project. to their peers, business professionals, and Mecklenburg County Department of Social entrepreneurs at Packard Place in Uptown Charlotte. Services. It was designed to provide the Work

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On April 20, 2013, Innovo scholars learned Innovo Laboratory developed a partnership The U.S. Department of Education and the about Chinese culture and industry. The module with the McColl Center For Visual Art and a Small Business Administration convened leaders included a presentation by entrepreneur and three-credit-hour course designed to inspire from minority-serving institutions to discuss engineer Jimmy Chao, who discussed how to do creativity and improve problem solving skills in entrepreneurship programs and best practices. business with a Chinese businessperson, and the professional world. The course includes a Hosted by Innovo at Packard Place, the August how historical U.S. relations have impacted series of lectures and workshops by professional 2012 meeting was part of an ongoing White Chinese culture. Later, the group attended a artists and expert facilitators that explore such House initiative to promote small business workshop on traditional Chinese knots and topics such as “Unlocking the Creative Voice,” development and entrepreneurial education their symbolism. “Pushing the Edge” and “The Value of Failure.” and training in urban communities.

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JCSU faculty and students assist with STEM and arts activities during Mayfest.

Students in grades K-12 visited the campus with their families for performance, prizes and resources for caregivers to help their students with Mayfest, a day of family fun, on May 4. The event was a highlight of the their studies. In addition, JCSU’s faculty-led student researchers developed Smith Institute and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) partnership proprietary barcode scanning technology to capture research data and study focusing on parental engagement. It provided CMS families with educational what factors contribute to increased parental engagement and the impact of exhibits, intergenerational aerobics, story time, a traditional Mexican dance learning through play.

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In order to support the University as it the University recognized the need navigates the turbulent waters of change to make wellness a core component and transformation, the Human resources of its business strategy. After years Department is compelled to shift from of escalating healthcare costs, the transactional processing to that of a strategic University was challenged to generate a business partner. In this evolving role, the meaningful return on its investment in department has focused on collaborating employee wellness programs as well as with business unit managers to develop its contribution toward employee new approaches for achieving their health care premiums. organizational goals. The Human Resources Department During the 2012-2013 fiscal year, the sought the expertise of members of department’s key priorities included attracting the Board of Trustees to assist in and retaining talent, improving employee solving this problem. An ad hoc engagement and organizational performance, committee, comprised of Trustees developing career paths and succession plans, with expertise in human resources, and controlling benefit costs. Work of this insurance and finance, forged a l to r: Payroll Coordinator Deborah Frady, Assistant Vice President of magnitude and scope cannot be performed partnership with the president, vice Human Resources Latrelle McAllister and Human Resources Manager/ in isolation. The department relies on strategic president of business and finance and Title IX Coordinator Maudre R. Addison alliances with stakeholders across the campus to assistant vice president of human resources. assist in addressing the most pressing challenges. to the return on investment yielded by wellness The evolution from passive to active employee programs and incentives. Paving the way for participation in the University’s wellness program had been gradual. In 2012-2013, the University Consequently, the University also made cost savings increased the reward for completing a Health several changes to the plan design that Risk Assessment (HRA) substantially by offering a required employees to pay a greater share Like most employer-sponsored wellness $100 premium reduction per month for enrolled of the first dollars of their medical costs. When programs, JCSU’s program was “stuck.” The employees no matter what tier they selected. The employees have “skin in the game,” they are program’s initial efforts focused primarily on reward motivated employees to comply with their more apt to ask questions of their physicians wellness education and awareness; however, personal health coaches. However, there is a limit

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such as, “Is there an effective generic drug that completed their probationary period are eligible Faced with complaints from users that the you would recommend?” or “Is this test medically for appointment to the council. University’s key technology systems did necessary?” Although employees were not excited not meet their needs, the Human Resources about the idea of the assessments and wellness The council carries out its duties while demonstrating Department collaborated with the president coaches, early indicators show the programs are the University’s core values of servant leadership, and the director of information technology to paying off. Employees identified as having health enterprise, quality, innovation and caring. In restructure the service delivery model for the risks were asked to commit to working with a addition, the council develops and recommends Information Technology Department. Further personal health coach and demonstrate that programs and initiatives to enhance mutual inquiry into the complaints revealed that they were actively engaged in addressing their respect, cooperation, intellectual and spiritual resolving this issue required a two-pronged risk factors. growth, creative imaginings and pride in a job approach. In some cases, technology systems well done. were updated or reconfigured to enhance their Changing an organization’s culture is a slow, functionality. However, there were also instances To help strengthen communication among arduous process, and creating a culture of where employee training and more aggressive campus stakeholders, the council provides input wellness is even more challenging. By partnering performance expectations were required to more on staff-related issues by seeking input from their with board members who were not only experts effectively integrate existing technology and team members, commenting on policies and in their fields, but also committed to sustaining business processes. procedures, and contributing to the University’s the success of the University, the department was culture of community and recognition. In able to develop and implement a plan to slow the Engaging in an exercise to identify the core addition, the council assists with the annual trajectory of spiraling health insurance costs. competencies needed for employees who were Faculty/Staff Luncheon, Coffee on the Courtyard, hired or promoted into key business roles was new hire recognition programs and other necessary to ensure the improvements realized engaging front-line employees special events. through restructuring would be sustained. After to strengthen communication these competencies were identified, the director Generating ideas through of IT developed a comprehensive training Recognizing the correlation between employee collaborative partnerships schedule for employees and managers to assist engagement and organizational performance, them in achieving their training goals. As a final the University established the Staff Advisory Although many examples exist of collaborative phase of this process, job descriptions will be Council in 2012. The council is an ad hoc partnerships between the Human Resources reviewed to ensure employees continue to committee designed to foster communication Department and the University’s business unit develop their expertise in areas of technology between staff employees and University managers, one in particular best illustrates that significantly impact the University’s ability administrators. The council is comprised of how to generate ideas that impact an entire to serve students effectively and efficiently. a diverse group of employees throughout the organization. University who are appointed by the president. Non-temporary staff employees who have

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the Division of institutional Advancement (iA) has primary responsibility for cultivating and managing the University’s relationships with external constituents to facilitate understanding and foster support for our Mission-in-Vision. At JCSU, IA includes Alumni Affairs, Career and Professional Development, University Communications and Marketing and University Development. (see Giving report, p. 67)

AlUmni AFFAirs

Director of Alumni Affairs Ron Matthews (second from left) with JCSU alumni the office of Alumni Affairs partnered with a group of young JCSU alumni to kick off their first The Golden Legacies oral history project, alumni volunteers David Washington ’91, Homecoming party on Oct. 26, 2012. More than coordinated by alumni affairs and the university Kenneth Snow ’90, Lauren Scott ’03 and 800 guests attended the event, which raised archivist, began capturing stories of notable Nepherterra Estrada ’99. $6,000 for the JCSU Fund. The alumni committee alumni. Initial interviews featured Attorney members who assisted with the event included: Charles Jones ’61 and Army COL. Louis W. Pointer other opportunities for alumni interaction Octoria Ridenhour ’10, Kendell Ridenhour ’10, ’55. Jones led sit-ins in Charlotte in the 1960s and with students: and Matthew Robertson ’10. participated in the Freedom Rides throughout the • 2013 Health Extravaganza South. Pointer served 28 years as a U.S. Army On Dec. 15, 2012, 15 alumni in Greenville, S.C., chaplain starting with a tour in Vietnam where he • Kemba Smith Program assembled to reactivate the regional alumni was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. • American Cancer Society Research Study chapter by electing executive officers and reviewing organizational guidelines. The chapter The Office of Alumni Affairs invited several • Political science classes is reaching out to the more than 120 JCSU alumni alumni to participate in the Student Leadership • Communications Arts Alumni Forum in the area. The JCSU Concert Choir traveled to Summit on campus in January 2013. The summit • Business and economics classes Reedy River Missionary Baptist Church in presented a unique opportunity for students to Greenville, S.C., to perform at their first alumni learn and develop valuable leadership skills. • Department of Natural Science and chapter event. Students attending the summit heard from Mathematics classes

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In October 2012, alumni leaders were trained on fundraising principles and met the new Institutional Advancement Development team at the Leadership Academy for alumni leaders.

The University also continued to reach out to alumni and enhance communication through an Alumni Engagement Tour. Dr. Ronald L. Carter wrapped up the tour this past year with a visit to the New York Alumni Chapter in March 2013 where some 60 alumni attended to hear the president’s words and offer feedback.

tHe center For cAreer AnD ProFessionAl DeveloPment JCSU Career Fair 2013

the center for career and Professional internships ranged from banking to retail at locations throughout the region including: Development continued to work with students, • Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation • U.S. Department of Homeland Security helping them polish their resumes, and teaching them how to network at career fairs and dress • TD Bank, N.A. • Veterans hospitals for the workplace in order to secure internships, • Belk, Inc. • Community Link employment or admission to graduate school. • Wells Fargo Home Mortgage • Snyder’s-Lance, Inc. As a result of the center’s efforts, 57 percent of 2013 graduates participated in at least one internship • City of Charlotte • Time Warner Cable or worked part-time over the course of their college years. • North Carolina Department of Transportation • Communities In Schools • Fox Chase Cancer Center • Democratic National Convention 2012 • Carolinas Healthcare System

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As of June 30, 2013, 35 percent of graduates had secured jobs in the other recent graduates began their careers with companies such as: financial services, healthcare, retail, education, government and law enforcement industries, a slight increase over the previous year. • Belk, Inc. • Presbyterian Hospital • Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools • Sacramento County Office of Education Class Valedictorian Hanoi Darden, an accounting major, accepted • Department of Public Safety • State of North Carolina employment with BB&T’s Leadership Development Program in Winston-Salem, N.C. Class Salutatorian Kirashae Graham, an information • Enterprise Rent-A-Car • TIAA-CREF system engineering major, accepted employment with AT&T in Atlanta • Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s • U.S. Department of Homeland Security as a senior specialist and network design engineer. Department • Vanguard • Microsoft Corporation • Wells Fargo Bank • Nike • Wells Fargo Home Mortgage • PepsiCo

A large share of students made the decision to pursue advanced degrees.

Approximately 23 percent of 2013 graduates applied to 62 graduate schools and received acceptance letters from schools such as:

• American University • University of Arkansas • Case Western Reserve University • University of Dayton • East Carolina University • University of Maryland • Florida Atlantic University • University of Maryland, Baltimore • Howard University • University of New Haven • Life University • University of North Carolina at Charlotte • Loyola University Maryland • University of Southern California • New Mexico Highlands University • University of South Carolina • North Carolina A&T State University • Wake Forest University • North Carolina Central University l to r: Valedictorian Hanoi Darden '13 and Salutatorian Kirashae Graham '13

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INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT University services it offers to the campus community. outstanding public relations tactics, and the The department also launched a website with department received an Award of Excellence for commUnicAtions resources for internal and external audiences, its press kit and an Honorable Mention for its AnD mArketinG including downloadable logos and brand guidelines press conference announcing the UFUTURE cyber as well as online forms to request services. summit held during the DNC. the University communications and marketing Department provides strategic University Communications and Marketing (UCM) Peer institutions and major universities in North communications and integrated marketing was instrumental in making Johnson C. Smith Carolina and South Carolina also recognized the services to advance the University’s reputation, University a hotspot for media coverage during department for its success in pitching local, build its brand and enhance its image through the Democratic National Convention (DNC). As a regional and national media stories about the media relations, public relations, marketing result of a communications strategy that included University during the DNC. The College News communications, web/digital communications, a press conference and other media outreach, Association of the Carolinas (CNAC) selected the sports information and graphic design. The JCSU was featured in several national, regional department’s strategy, tactics and results as a department also facilitates two-way and local media outlets during DNC week, “best practice” for higher education communications communication between the University and its including National Public Radio, Black and marketing. Sherri Belfield, director of various internal and external audiences. Entertainment Television and CBS News. The University Communications and Marketing, department was recognized by the North Carolina presented the department’s DNC communication As part of implementing its mission, the Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America plan, collateral materials, and measurement department held fall and spring workshops for with two Bronze InSpire Awards for its matrix during the CNAC annual conference in faculty, staff and students to increase awareness communications centered on the University’s March 2013. of its functions in the organization and the DNC activities. Bronze InSpire Awards recognize

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Digital communications continued to become increasingly important for all in U.S. Airways Magazine in September 2012 when people flew to the city for higher education institutions. UCM enhanced email marketing significantly the DNC. A billboard at the Beatties Ford Road/Highway 16 overpass proudly by using a web-based service for developing and distributing monthly announced Homecoming 2012 to the community in the fall. After newsletters and special announcements to alumni, donors, Trustees Homecoming, the same billboard featured images of the University’s and friends. The department created nearly 40 e-newsletters and other Northwest Corridor initiatives and helped raise local awareness about the e-marketing communications such as the Alumni E-Bulletin, Alumni E-News University’s commitment to community engagement. Flash, Institutional Advancement Insider, JCSU in the Media, and special editions for the Mosaic Village grand opening, the Science Center On the branding front, BooneOakley, a Charlotte-based nationally groundbreaking, Homecoming, Founders' Week, and Commencement. award-winning advertising and marketing agency, created a dynamic brand vision based on research completed in 2011. The office began incorporating Social media continued to play a major role on the digital communications the brand vision and key messages into University marketing initiatives. front by engaging stakeholders, particularly students and alumni, with the University. The department added Instagram, Pinterest and LinkedIn to its In the area of sports information, JCSU’s student-athletes and coaches social media platform which already included Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. received weekly honors as well as other awards and recognitions from The social media sites were particularly effective in maximizing engagement the CIAA, NCAA and various sports media outlets. Likewise, media coverage around special events such as Homecoming, the CIAA Tournament and the of JCSU sports continued to increase, particularly in Charlotte-area media. opening of Mosaic Village. The Sports Information office also maximized the appearances of Leford Green ’11 and Shermaine Williams ’11 in the London 2012 Olympics as The website evolved with additional sections dedicated to the Northwest members of the Jamaica National men’s and women’s track teams by Corridor, new construction on campus, specific campus departments and documenting their progress on JCSU Athletics' social media sites, providing programs as well as a more robust archive of news releases and media race results to the campus community and garnering local media coverage stories about JCSU. “Great Stories of JCSU” was also established as a special of the two Olympians. section of the website to highlight stories about faculty, staff, students and alumni. Golden Bulls fans benefitted from an upgraded, user-friendly athletics website that incorporates video content and increases social media functionality. Traditional University publications also played a key role in connecting In addition to covering the 15 sports teams, sports information helped plan with alumni, donors and friends. To maximize these vital connections, the and implement the annual Eddie C. McGirt Luncheon, the Commemorative department upgraded photography and provided more comprehensive Classic and handled media coordination for the conference during the coverage of University news and feature stories in The Bulletin and the CIAA Tournament. President’s Report. Complementary digital versions for easy use on mobile devices enabled wider distribution of these publications. Lamont Hinson, sports information director, was rewarded by his colleagues for a successful year when he was named the John Holley Sports Information Marketing was essential to the University’s increased reputation and brand Director of the Year by the CIAA Sports Information Directors Association. recognition. The University gained national attention in an advertorial placed

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the center for Applied leadership and community Development in June for participants and their parents to the International Civil Rights (cAlcD) continued its role as the University liaison between its community Center and Museum in Greensboro, N.C. partners and residents while launching several new initiatives to increase Through a partnership with the North Carolina Community Development the center’s impact in the Northwest Corridor. Initiative’s (NCCDI) Community Enterprise Fund, several community programs were created including the Women’s Entrepreneurship Symposium, Workforce Malcolm Graham was named interim director for the center, replacing Development Initiative and Community Empowerment Workshop. Sherrill Hampton. He formerly worked in the Office of the President as a special assistant, responsible for community and governmental affairs. In this new role, Graham began Serving Our Community merging the operations of his former and current JCSU’s Total Contribution: Community service projects focused positions with an even more direct and powerful aim strategically on a range of categories: on the Corridor revitalization efforts and community 25,115 hours in capacity building. 2012 - 2013 Schools/Education 961 hours Faith JCSU continued to expand the Indaba, which is That’s roughly 8 hours for each person 140 hours * Indaba based on an important conference held by leaders living in the Northwest Corridor! Youth HISTORIC WEST END of indigenous peoples of South Africa. For the third Students and faculty working together 199 hours annual Indaba, the center focused on giving a voice to Athletics Students Faculty/Staff 321 hours Nutrition the community. Teaming up with Dr. Bryan Patterson from the Department 340 hours of Public Leadership, the center conducted a leadership audit survey and Healthcare candidate seminar to give community residents an opportunity to create 308 hours Neighnorhoods job descriptions for future elected leaders. JCSU students were able to 22,039 hours 3,076 hours 593 hours connect with the community by administering the surveys of which Student organizations Coordinated 33 served 3,140 hours service projects Environment 1,046 were collected. 792 hours Center for Applied Leadership and Community Development Social Justice coordinated 60 service projects 508 hours * Based on NWC population of 3,114 given in the 2010 West Trade Street/ Saturday Academy, a tutorial and enrichment program for third through Beatties Ford Road Corridor Charlotte, North Carolina Urban Land Institute Study fifth grade CMS students, started its 15th year on the JCSU campus. The program centers on closing the achievement gap and maximizing the A partnership with the Charlotte Housing Authority enabled the center to academic potential of minority and at-risk students primarily from schools address critical housing improvements. In addition, the Beatties Ford Road along the Northwest Corridor. The highlight of last year was a field trip Task Force continued its efforts to revitalize the Northwest Corridor.

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University faculty, staff and students contributed 22,039 volunteer hours Another town meeting centered on the economic consequences of land-use for the 2012-2013 academic year to earn a place on the President’s Higher regulations on jobs, families, communities and housing affordability in Education Community Service Honor Roll. The University has received this Mecklenburg County. The research shared at the meeting was provided national recognition for four consecutive years. by the center, along with the Department of Business and Finance and Jud & Associates. During the year, the CALCD staff coordinated 60 group service projects, including Saturday Academy. In addition, faculty and staff coordinated 33 service projects and student organizations held additional service projects ranging from tutoring to neighborhood clean-ups. One such service activity involved the Chris Canty Foundation’s annual Neighborhood Cleanup for Change in the Historic West End.

In observance of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on Jan. 19, 2013, 50 students, faculty and staff volunteered at Walter G. Byers Elementary School, the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Crisis Assistance Ministry and the McCrorey YMCA.

As the University neared completion of the Duke Hall renovation project, JCSU employees participate in launch of B-cycle program. old windows found new homes through Habitat Charlotte Center City Partners launched its B-cycle bike rental program in for Humanity’s ReStore. July 2012 with 20 bike rental stations around the city, including a station at During the residence hall’s the University’s front gates. A group of employees participated in an inaugural $5.5 million renovation, bike ride from Uptown Charlotte to the campus on July 24, 2012. The 100 windows were program, made possible by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, removed and donated offers a convenient network of public-use Trek bikes for rent at a low cost to the local nonprofit for short distance trips. organization. In the area of sustainability, the Environmental Defense Fund recognized The center organized several town meetings and news conferences related JCSU for its outstanding commitment to a clean energy future and cultivation to transportation and economic development in the Historic West End. of the next generation of environmental leaders. As part of its sustainability In addition to launching a bike share program, the center organized town efforts, the University is involved with the Environmental Defense Fund’s meetings on campus to discuss the proposed streetcar line extension Climate Corps program. to the Northwest Corridor.

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the Department of Athletics achieved a historic men’s basketball finished the regular season Women’s basketball finished the regular and remarkable year of accomplishments during with a 16-11 overall mark, 9-7 in the CIAA, and 5-5 season with an 8-18 overall mark, 5-11 in the CIAA the 2012-2013 athletic season. The Golden Bulls in the Southern Division. JCSU entered the CIAA and 3-7 in the Southern Division. JCSU entered had another successful year bringing home Tournament as the No. 3 seed. the CIAA Tournament as the No. 5 seed. several team and individual accolades. Senior guard Brittany Dorsett earned All-CIAA Football capped the 2012 season by trouncing honors. Junior guard Karnina Bunch received Livingstone College 57-6 in the annual CIAA Newcomer of the Week honors before Commemorative Classic at the Irwin Belk suffering a season-ending injury. Stephen Joyner Jr. Complex. JCSU finished 6-4 in the overall was named CIAA Coach of the Week after the standings and 5-2 in the CIAA. The Golden Bulls second week of competition. reached consecutive winning seasons for the first time since the 1972-73 season. They also ended Women’s softball supported the National the year with a four-game winning streak, their Fastpitch Coaches Association's (NFCA) “Strike longest since 1996. Out Cancer” program by wearing pink uniforms to raise cancer awareness. The team also joined Senior running back Dedrick Anderson became Dean of Enrollment Services Catherine Hurd for the first 1,000-yard rusher at JCSU since 1991 and a celebratory balloon release at home plate. earned All-CIAA honors. Senior wide receiver Matthew Jeffries set a single game school record Senior short stop Alexandra Buckley and junior for most receiving yards with 170 during the right fielder Britney Warren joined the All-CIAA Homecoming victory over Saint Augustine’s Second Team. Freshman pitcher Melissa Vierra, University. Freshman wide receiver Fred Scott catcher Alicia Chaudion and outfielder Cabrisha was named to the 2012 CIAA All-Rookie Team. Anderson claimed spots on the CIAA All-Rookie Team. Senior guard Trevin Parks and sophomore forward Emilio Parks earned All-CIAA honors. Women’s volleyball showed a slight progression men’s tennis saw freshman Yusuf Barnes earn Freshman guard Joshua Linson was named to the by finishing 5-19 in the overall standings and a spot on the men’s All-CIAA Team. He competed CIAA All-Rookie Team. Stephen Joyner Sr. was 3-12 in conference play. The Golden Bulls only the majority of the season at the number two named CIAA Coach of the Week on two occasions reached four overall victories and two wins in the singles position. He finished 3-6 in CIAA play during the season. Trevin Parks also received one CIAA during the 2011 season. Freshman Gracyn in singles competition and 3-5 in CIAA doubles regional honor and two All-American honors as Doctor became the first Golden Bull elected to competition. Barnes is the first Golden Bull the leading scorer in the CIAA. He will be the CIAA All-Rookie Team since 2007. All-CIAA selection since Robert Butts and attempting to continue his playing career by Jamil Jones in 2011. working out in several pre-draft NBA camps.

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Women’s tennis finished with an overall record of 10-15 and 10-6 in the CIAA. Sophomore Rankin Anderson earned a slot on the women’s All-CIAA Team. Head coach James Cuthbertson announced Victoria Glover and Victoria Ogundipe would be attending JCSU in the fall of 2013 as freshman tennis student-athletes.

men’s outdoor track and field tallied a total of 14 points to place 17th overall at the 2013 NCAA Division Outdoor Championships. Senior Andre Collins (110m hurdles) and junior Rolando Berch (400m dash) both earned All-American honors for their performances at the championships.

The teams received the CIAA Highest Team GPA Awards for achieving a cumulative GPA of 3.06 for All-American honors in all three events. Williams Women’s Coach of the Year by the USTFCCCA; the indoor team and a 3.2 GPA for the outdoor was also named the 2013 National Division II this is a first-time honor for the JCSU track team. Senior Akino Ming was one of two Golden Outdoor Women’s Track Athlete of the Year by the program. Graham was also named the 2013 CIAA Bulls named to the 2013 CIAA Commissioner’s U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Women’s Track Coach of the Year for both indoor All-Academic Team. Association (USTFCCCA). She is the first female and outdoor seasons. from JCSU to win the award. Women’s outdoor track and field captured men’s golf placed sixth out of eight competing their second team championship in three Sophomore Samantha Elliott won the national squads at the 2013 CIAA Golf Championships with years at the 2013 CIAA Outdoor Track and Field individual title in the 400m hurdles. Elliott earned a two-day score of 676 (342-334). Sophomores Championships. The women’s team also placed All-American honors for the 400m hurdles and Brencis Stanford, Calvin Mason and Johanan second overall at the 2013 NCAA Division Outdoor the 100m hurdles. Edmeade all qualified to compete in the 2013 Championships–their highest finish in school history. PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship in The women’s indoor and outdoor track and field Port Lucie, Fla. Stanford finished the tournament Junior Danielle Williams won two individual teams joined the men in earning the CIAA Highest in the Men’s Independent Division in 12th place national titles, set three JCSU records, and set a Team GPA Awards. The indoor team had a after shooting a three-day total of 242, scoring new NCAA record at the NCAA Championships. cumulative GPA of 3.13 and the outdoor team an 84-81-77 in the first, second and third Williams won the 100m and 200m races and had a GPA of 3.27. Head coach Lennox Graham rounds respectively. placed second in the 100m hurdles. She earned was named the 2013 National Division II Outdoor

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For the year ended June 30 2013 2012 Assets $ $ Cash and cash equivalents 13,767,347 17,489,696 Investments 53,785,653 50,254,408 Accounts receivable, net allowance for uncollectible accounts 1,180,052 912,405 of approximately $1,160,000 in 2013 and $815,000 in 2012 Grants and receivable, net 1,508,236 1,483,758 Contributions receivable, net 17,816,142 25,024,253 Notes of receivable, net of allowance for uncollectible accounts 981,525 1,073,833 of approximately $951,000 in 2013 and $760,000 in 2012 Inventories - 189,896 Prepaid expenses 752,748 131,744 Beneficial interest in trust 1,400,798 1,771,244 Institutional property and equipment, net 43,224,041 38,976,944 total assets 134,416,542 137,308,181

liabilities and net assets Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 5,321,443 3,446,521 Bonds payable 4,140,000 4,865,000 Advances form federal government for student loans 329,132 329,132 Deferred revenues and other liabilites 24,658 1,030,868 Capital lease obligations 499,726 777,851 Line of credit 1,891,636 - Notes payable 2,068,035 1,794,555 Asset retirement obligation 1,215,444 1,210,127 total liabilities 15,490,074 13,454,054

commitments and contingencies net assets: Unrestricted 43,058,068 43,927,885 Temporarily restricted 42,705,851 46,539,512 Permanently restricted 33,162,549 33,386,730 total net assets 118,926,468 123,854,127 total liabilities and net assets 134,416,542 137,308,181

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2013 2012 For the year ended June 30 Unrestricted temporarily restricted Permanently restricted total total

revenues, gains and other support: $ $ $ $ $ Tuition and fees 27,844,964 - - 27,844,964 26,723,234 Less–student assistance (9,794,666) - - (9,794,666) (7,322,465) tuition and fees, net 18,050,298 - - 18,050,298 19,400,769

Federal grants and contracts - 4,219,712 - 4,219,712 5,660,793 State and local grants and contracts - 38,531 - 38,531 54,360 Private gifts, grants and contracts 1,918,327 3,138,491 146,265 5,203,083 37,909,580 Investment income 54,516 14,594 - 69,110 894,897 Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments 1,066,319 4,486,818 (370,446) 5,182,691 299,307 Other income 2,052,849 183,288 - 2,236,137 822,676 Sales and services of auxiliary enterprises 7,344,874 - - 7,344,874 8,172,901 total revenues and gains (losses) 30,487,183 12,081,434 (224,181) 42,344,436 73,215,283

Net assets released from restrictions 15,915,095 (15,915,095) - - - total revenues, gains (losses) and other support 46,402,278 (3,833,661) (224,181) 42,344,436 73,215,283

expenses and losses: Educational and general: Instruction 12,050,264 - - 12,050,264 12,162,347 Student services 8,590,887 - - 8,590,887 8,459,547 Public service 1,125,299 - - 1,125,299 1,360,316 Academic support 4,833,485 - - 4,833,485 4,936,853 Institutional support 11,079,078 - - 11,079,078 9,771,064 total educational and general expenses 37,679,013 - - 37,679,013 36,690,127

Auxiliary enterprises 9,593,082 - - 9,593,082 7,390,714 total expenses 47,272,095 - - 47,272,095 44,080,841

(Decrease)/increase in net assets (869,817) (3,833,661) (224,181) (4,927,659) 29,134,442 net assets, beginning of year 43,927,885 46,539,512 33,386,730 123,854,127 94,719,685 net assets, end of year 43,058,068 42,705,851 33,162,549 118,926,468 123,854,127

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campaign for JcsU: In addition, the University has secured $9,567,396 in gifts and pledges tomorrow is What We make it through April 30, 2014 (FY 2014). Finally, the University has secured $30,540,059 in public funds as of April 30, 2014. We are encouraged by early Johnson C. Smith University is engaged in the advanced gift phase of a commitments to the campaign. We view these gifts, from many different comprehensive fundraising campaign (Tomorrow is what WE make it), that corporate, foundation, individual and government sources, as affirmation of focuses on transitioning the institution to become Charlotte’s nationally our ambitious effort to create a new paradigm for historically black colleges recognized Premier Independent Urban University. The fund drive and universities. Please see recap as of April 30, 2014. will consist of capital, endowment and operating funds to achieve this transformational vision. With the approval and support of the JCSU Board comprehensive campaign report of Trustees, the planning phase began in 2008, the advanced gifts phase (Fy 2010 - Fy 2016) began in July 2009, and the public phase of the campaign is expected to begin in April 2015. The advance gifts phase of the campaign is a crucial Private Giving/FY 2010 $11,718,122 period and is the reason the personal solicitation of prospects has Private Giving/FY 2011 $7,659,996 concentrated on acquiring leadership gifts of $25,000 or more. Private Giving/FY 2012 $39,544,261 Private Giving/FY 2013 $5,447,236 The campaign is designed to appeal to alumni and other special friends of the University, foundations, corporations, government agencies Private Giving/FY 2014 (4/30/14) $9,567,396 and businesses located and headquartered both within Mecklenburg Private Giving total $73,937,012 County, N.C. and outside of the state. The campaign will seek a total of Public Giving total $30,540,059 $150 million during the period from July 2009 through June 2016 to increase totAl commitments (Gifts and Pledges) $104,477,071 scholarship support, improve the campus experience, including new academic buildings, and increase academic resources through endowed funds for professorships, academic departments and curriculum Please join us on April 11, 2015, at the Seventh Annual Arch of Triumph Gala development. The private fundraising goal is $125 million with a government (Charlotte Convention Center) as we publicly launch the comprehensive grants goal of $25 million. The total campaign goal is comprised of four campaign and share our vision moving forward for the final phase of this major elements: 1) Enrollment Management, $42 million; 2) Vibrant Campus fundraising initiative. This is the largest campaign in JCSU’s history, and Experience, $60 million; 3) Academic Resources, $41 million; and, 4) Ongoing almost every area of University life will benefit from this effort. We are very Unrestricted Support, $7 million (JCSU Fund). close to reaching our ambitious goal and are working hard to spread the word to alumni, parents and other friends of the University. It will require As of April 30, 2014, $104.4 million has been raised toward the goal everyone’s help to bring this campaign to a successful conclusion. During the of $150 million. During the first three fiscal years of the campaign, the public phase of the campaign, the University will continue its intensive University received charitable gifts and pledges totaling $64,369,615 from fundraising activities through June 2016 to reach its $150 million goal. donors, including individuals, foundations, corporations and other sources.

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GivinG: Fy 2013 year-end Private Giving report and directors meet programmatic costs as well as the financial needs of JCSU students. The JCSU Fund (unrestricted) also includes In fiscal year 2013, the University received charitable gifts totaling general scholarships, athletics, choir and band. $5,447,236 from 1,678 donors (up from 1,588 donors in 2012), including individuals, foundations, corporations and other sources. The Duke Endowment was the largest single donor, with gifts supporting the 2013 JcsU Fund and other related Funds: Sustainability Village, Food and Farming Initiative, the Resilience Project and Band 12,952 research. Other notable gifts include $100,000 from the Cannon Foundation, Choir 11,758 $100,000 from the William T. Morris Foundation, $100,000 from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation, $50,000 from the Belk Athletics 58,587 Foundation and $50,000 from the Coca-Cola Foundation. In addition, the SMART classroom 7,296 University secured $461,000 in naming commitments for the new Science JCSU Fund 598,116 Center (169 auditorium seats, two medium-sized classrooms, one math lab, JCSU Scholarship 62,938 a faculty office and a research center). totAl $751,647

Alumni gifts totaled $576,229 (including trustee/alumni and alumni trustee/trustee emeriti continue to support priorities across the campus organizations) with alumni participation at 15 percent (compared to and serve as philanthropic leaders. In 2013, they contributed $258,938 $560,231 in 2012). Alumni participation remained at virtually the same level, (a 59 percent increase from $162,919 in 2012) to the University. Specifically, with 958 alumni donors in 2013 and 952 alumni donors in 2012. trustee participation was at 87 percent and 68 percent for trustee emeriti. The Board of Trustees also made an early and significant commitment to the Top priorities for this year include increasing alumni support of the JCSU Comprehensive Campaign. Trustee campaign leaders are currently meeting Fund, capital projects, and endowments for scholarships and programs. with fellow trustees to secure campaign commitments, including support Staff will continue its targeted marketing plan and outreach to alumni for the JCSU Fund. As of Fiscal Year 2013, trustees have made verbal constituencies, including proposals, direct mail, volunteer contacts, commitments totaling $1,351,500, with approximately $467,225 committed brochures, printed and electronic materials. The JCSU fund manager as unrestricted gifts. Remaining visits will be completed by the end of 2014. (development officer) will lead this initiative and manage the tele-fundraising campaign during the winter and spring terms. Friends (including parents) contributed $240,818 to the University in 2013 (a 70 percent increase from $141,434 in 2012). The Office of Development JcsU Fund Through gifts to the JCSU Fund, approximately 958 donors will seek to enhance parent engagement and giving over the next year. provided operating support in the amount of $598,116 (up from $521,678 in 2012) to the University’s academic departments and to key programs in 2013. In a year when endowment distributions and other revenue were down, these immediately expendable funds were key in helping the deans

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Biddle society in honor of Major Henry J. Biddle whose widow’s sizable gift to the then Freedmen’s College of North Carolina precipitated a name change to Biddle Memorial Institute.

cumulative gifts ranging from $500,000 - $999,999 Mr. Floyd D. Young

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 Trustee Monroe Miller Trustee Gregory W. Norwood

Duke society in honor of James B. Duke, who included Johnson C. Smith University in the Duke Endowment in 1924.

cumulative gifts ranging from $50,000 - $99,999 Reverend James L. Allen ‘60 Trustee Argie Knox Johnson ‘60 Mr. Aaron Reynolds ‘67

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1867 Giving societies inductees for 2012-2013

myers society in honor of Col. William R. Myer’s gift cumulative gifts ranging from Mr. Raymond Johnson Jr. ‘70 of eight acres of land to establish a permanent site for $10,000 - $24,999 Mrs. Gretta Moorhead ‘67 the then Biddle Memorial Institute. Reverend State W. Alexander ’41 Reverend Lloyd B. Morris ‘59 (deceased) Mrs. Nancy Springs Morris ‘62 cumulative gifts ranging from Mr. Gregory Bryant ‘89 Trustee Patricia Roderick Morton $25,000 - $49,999 Dr. Octavia M. Cannon ‘88 Mrs. Carolyn C. Ray ‘66 Trustee J. Porter Durham Jr. Mr. Dorothy B. Cherry ‘60 Mr. James Ray ‘66 Trustee Obie Patterson ‘65 Mr. Michael W. Crowell ‘72 Mrs. Ida B. Reid ‘66 The Honorable Sandra Townes ‘66 Mrs. Jeannette Dozier ‘62 Mr. Samuel H. Reid ‘66 Dr. Richard F. Dozier Sr. ‘64 Mr. Russell Robinson sanders society in honor of Dr. Daniel J. Sanders, Ms. Louise Page Gordon ‘57 Mrs. Sally Robinson the first African-American President of Johnson C. Mrs. Daphne Jones Graves-Smith ‘69 Mr. James E. Stewart Smith University. Ms. Martha Gamble Hall ‘64 Mr. Malloy T. Harris ‘72

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J. Porter Durham Jr.

“I still remember the day I received my admission letter to college,” said J. Porter Durham Jr., a member of the JCSU Board of Trustees. That day, he immediately shared his good news from Duke University with his father, Joe, who taught in Nashville, Tenn., public schools, and his mother, Everett, who worked for a florist. While his parents were proud of his accomplishment, they informed him that they would be unable to help him financially. He would have to find his own way to college. Through a combination of scholarships and financial aid, Durham graduated cum laude in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and history. He trimmed one year off his tuition bill by completing his degree in three years, and continued at Duke to earn a law degree.

As Partner, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of Global Endowment Management (GEM), Durham has never forgotten his humble beginnings and those who paved the way for him on the road to college through scholarships and other financial assistance. “The scholarship support I received made it possible for me to explore my dreams and better myself,” he said. “It made all the difference to me and to my family.”

To honor his father and an educational legacy of his family that spans several generations, Durham and his wife, Vicki, established the Durham Family Annual Scholarship Fund at JCSU in May 2013. The scholarship first-generation college attendees, to reach their fullest potential and provides humanities students from Mississippi and select areas of North pursue their dreams and ambitions is critical. It is my pleasure to advance Carolina with up to $5,000 annually. “I believe scholarship support is the this mission and serve as an ambassador for JCSU.” most important way that my family and I can help support someone else’s dream,” said Durham. “I am humbled to be able to help in this way.” Durham has held a broad array of professional roles in the legal and corporate arenas. He is former Chairman of the Corporate and Securities Prior to joining GEM in 2007, Durham worked for The Duke Endowment as Department at the Baker Donelson law firm. He also has served as a Staff Counsel and Director of the Education Division. In this role, he worked guest lecturer and adjunct professor at universities in North Carolina and closely with University leadership and became familiar with JCSU’s mission Tennessee, and is a member of numerous boards including the North and vision. “I truly love Smith,” he added. “JCSU works to prepare students Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Duke University School of Law, for a diverse and complex world. Helping these students, many of whom are and Trinity Episcopal School.

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Platinum circle Plus Trustee Patricia Roderick Morton The Honorable Sandra Townes PNC Bank ($100,000 or more) NC Community Development Initiative, Inc. Dr. Clarence W. R. Wade The Honorable Carl T. Ratliff The Cannon Foundation, Inc. NC Legislative Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. WFF Facility Services Mr. Samuel and Mrs. Ida Reid Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated NCFI/Barnhardt Foundation Dr. Henry Russell Reverend Wilburn M. Sanders, Sr. The Duke Endowment North Carolina Independent Colleges & Blue and Gold circle Mr. John Stallworth Follett Higher Education Group Universities ($2,500 to $4,999) Trustee Gregory W. Norwood Ms. Sarah B. Stevenson Foundation for the Carolinas Alwinell Foundation Trustee Richard J. Osborne Thompson Hospitality Corp. UNCF, Inc. Trustee Thomas E. Baldwin '71 Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. BB&T Walgreens William T. Morris Foundation, Inc. Piedmont Public Policy Institute Dr. Henry Joseph Bowers Trustee McKinley Washington, Jr. Presbyterian Church USA Foundation Classic Party Rentals Women Executives For Community Platinum circle Robert W. Woodruff Library Mr. Theaoseus and the Honorable Eva Service, Inc. ($50,000 to $99,999) Mr. Rudolph C. Worsley Clayton The Belk Foundation Xerox Corporation Mr. Jesse Cureton tower circle Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Mr. Robert and Mrs. Joan Zimmerman Ms. Edith Strickland DeLaine ($1,000 to $2,499) Coca-Cola Foundation Don West Marketing LLC The Allstate Foundation FDY, Inc. President's circle Mrs. Eva G. Donaldson Arts & Science Council Mrs. Loretta Jean Webber ($5,000 to $9,999) Mr. Talmadge W. Fair Ms. Elizabeth Austin Wells Fargo Reverend James L. Allen Mr. Frank and Mrs. Dorothy Franklin Mr. Jack S. Bailey III Bank of America Mr. James and Mrs. Lucille Gaither Mr. Calvin Banks '69 Prestigious Five star circle Belk, Inc. Gantt Huberman Architects Dr. Venton Lee Bell Mr. Gregory Bryant German Language & Culture Foundation Mr. Alston and Mrs. Sarah Bellamy ($25,000 to $49,999) Dr. Ronald L. Carter Goodwill Industries of the Southern Mrs. Veronica Bynum Bethel Carolinas Healthcare System Compass Group USA, Inc. Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Piedmont Mrs. Evelyn J. Blackwell Electrolux Dr. Lucinda Bowen Blue Mrs. Jessie Cook Mrs. Kim Graham Estate of Clarence D. Turner Lieutenant Colonel Morris L. Bodrick The Charlotte Mecklenburg Community Estate of Floretta D. Gunn Mrs. Mattie Solice Grigsby Mr. Malloy T. Harris, Jr. BooneOakley Foundation ExxonMobil Foundation Mr. William and Mrs. Jessie Broadaway DCI Group, LLC Food Lion, Inc. Trustee J. Frank Harrison III IBM Ms. Okeatta Brown Trustee J. Porter Durham Jr. Mr. Bernard and Mrs. Ann Ford Mrs. Veronica M. Isaac Dr. Sheila Renee Brown CSU 100 Club Mr. James and Mrs. Shirley Greene Ms. Mary Frances Brown The Jocelyn Hunter Charitable Foundation Mrs. Gretel Thomas James Mrs. Jeannie Frasier Bryant Mr. George and Mrs. Joetter Johnson JCSU Charlotte Alumni Chapter Founder's circle Dr. Octavia M. Cannon Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies JCSU Columbia Alumni Chapter ($10,000 to $24,999) Cannon Campaign Mrs. Wilhelmina Page Kimpson JCSU Sumter Regional Alumni Chapter ARA of the Carolinas, Inc. Carnival Cruises The Lance Foundation JCSU Washington Metropolitan Chapter Ms. Christy Shelton Bryant Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Dorothy Latimer Mr. Johnny and Mrs. Jacquelyn Jenkins Carolina Panthers Duke Energy Foundation Lyrasis Trustee Michael A. Jones Mr. Luther Carter, Jr. Mr. James Ely III Marine Corps Recruiting Command Mr. Stephen W. Joyner, Sr. Mr. Albert Tim Catlett Fifth Third Bank Mr. Leon and Mrs. Irine McClinton Mr. Scott C. Lea Charlotte Bobcats Trustee Parran L. Foster III Mrs. Viola B. Myers-Williams Lowe's Companies, Inc. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Trustee Shirley J. Hughes NCAA The Main Event, Inc. Center Dr. David L. Hunter Neighboring Concepts PLLC Mrs. Minnie G. Maxwell The Charlotte Post JCSU National Alumni Association Mr. David L. Pugh The Eddie C. & Minnie McGirt Ms. Barbara B. Clarkson Trustee Argie Knox Johnson R.H. Bolton, Inc. Foundation, Inc. Mr. Freddie Sinclair Clinton Ms. Willie Beatrice Colson LPL Financial Mr. Russell and Mrs. Sally Robinson Microsoft Corporation Estate of Trustee Kathleen R. Crosby Trustee Monroe Miller Rockefeller Foundation NC Mutual Life Insurance Company Snyder's - Lance, Inc. Presbyterian Hospital Mrs. Hyla Sue B. Cundiff 72 PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2012-2013 JCSU_REPORT_vFinal_Layout 1 6/26/2014 9:39 PM Page 73

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Dr. Samuel L. Cunningham Mr. Charles W. Hargrave Mr. Donald L. McIntosh Mr. Mickel Singleton Dr. Sadye B. Curry Ms. Shelia D. Harvey Mechanics and Farmers Bank Trustee Grover and Mrs. Gwendolyn Mr. W. R. Cuthbertson, Jr. Harvey B. Gantt Center Mecklenburg County DSS-YFS Smith Mr. Wendell A. Daniel for African-American Arts + Culture Mr. James I. Melvin Mr. Willie T. Smith III Trustee Horace A. Davenport Mrs. Gerald E. Hatcher Merck Partnership for Giving Mrs. Rachel B. Smith Mr. Charles F. Davis Mrs. Carole Coles Henley Messer Construction Company Mr. Kenneth D. Snow, Esq. Dr. Bobby and Phyllis Dawkins Mrs. Helen V. Henry Ms. Ivy A. Metz Society of Information Management Ms. Ireta Taylor Dawson Dr. Maben Dixon Herring Mrs. Dorothy Gordon Mitchell Mr. James E. Stewart Mr. Norman L. Deas Ms. Joni Mills Hicks Reverend Lloyd and Mrs. Nancy Morris Mr. John Sumner Mr. Buane DeLaine Mr. James Hynes Mrs. Emma Motley-Broadnax Ms. Willie Belton Suswell The Dickson Foundation Inc. Mr. Curtis L. E. Ifill Mrs. Gloria P. Munoz-Martin Mrs. Mattie Carter Sydnor Dr. Barbara Dawson Dilligard Mrs. Eva B. Irby Myers Park United Methodist Church Mr. Ivory W. Tate, Jr. Discovery Place Mr. Charles N. Jackson National Black College Hall Of Fame Ms. Vivian Reed Terry Ms. Latonya Dilligard Edwards, Esq. Mr. Grover Jackson Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Margaret H. Thomas Elon Homes and Schools for Children Mr. James R. Jackson Mr. Troy C. Newman Drs. Joseph and Shirley Thompson Mr. Matthew Evans Ms. Angela R. Jacobs Ms. Billie D. Nichols TIAA-CREF Mr. Paul D. Faulkner JCSU Class of 1948 No Grease! Barber Shop Mr. T. Michael Todd, Esq. Mr. John N. Faxio JCSU 100 Club North Carolina Community Mr. Jumaane Torrence Mrs. Bernice S. Ferguson JCSU Alumni Chapter of Groove Phi Groove Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Helen Turner Ms. Jo Ella Cooper Ferrell JCSU Baltimore Alumni Chapter Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP University Volvo Dr. John and Mrs. Juanita Floyd JCSU Detroit Alumni Chapter Mrs. Germaine Patterson-Smith Urban League of Central Carolinas, Inc. Dr. Gwendoline Young Fortune JCSU Los Angeles Alumni Chapter Mrs. Magnolia M. Pickens USTFCCCA NCAA Division II Dr. Telezee Littlejohn Foster JCSU Philadelphia Alumni Chapter Dr. Warner L. Pinchback, Jr. Verizon Foundation Mrs. Akeisha Carraway Foster Dr. James Phillip Jeter Dr. Melvin T. Pinn, Jr. Mrs. Frances T. Wade Mrs. Patricia C. Foster Jewel Glenn Protocol Consulting Group, LLC Mr. Billy and Mrs. Ruth Pitts Mr. Fred Wagner III Ms. Debra Dry Frazier Mr. Ronald T. Johnson Dr. Louis W. Pointer Ms. Martha E. Warren Gamma Lambda Delta Sigma Theta Mr. Samuel Johnson, Jr. Pride Communications Mrs. Lovieree L. Warren Mr. Harvey B. Gantt Mrs. Saundra Ross Johnson Prime Care Medical Center Mr. Leon C. Watkins Ms. Fatina P. Gaston Mr. Raymond Johnson, Jr. The Presbytery of New Hope The Honorable Mel Watt Mr. Peter Gilchrist Mr. Gerald L. Johnson Mrs. Beth W. Pryor WAXN-64 Mr. Sidney Glee Dr. William H. Joyner Ms. Nellie R. Purefoy Wayne Presbyterian Church Mrs. Idell W. Glenn Ms. Lucille Joyner Mr. James and Mrs. Carolyn Ray Ms. Pearl V. Welch Mrs. Vernilla Glenn Mrs. Barbara Ferguson Kamara Red Ventures Mrs. Rosa Wells-Garris Reverend Lawrence T. Glenn Sr. Dr. Charlie L. Kennedy Mr. Richard Blackout Reeves Dr. Kenneth and Mrs. Willetta Whitted Ms. Sonia C. Glover Reverend Calvin Lewers Mrs. Alleane S. Reeves Mrs. Pearlie Ann Williams Goldman Sachs and Company Mr. Fred Lewis Ms. Mary W. Reid Mrs. Joan Bulger Williams Mrs. Meg Goldstein Lincoln Financial Group Foundation Dr. Condoleezza Rice Mrs. Doris M. Wilson Ms. Louise Page Gordon Mr. Willie L. Little The Risk Management Group, Inc. Ms. Patricia Wilson Ms. Annette P. Graham Ms. Verta Witherspoon Looper Mr. William and Mrs. Gail Roberts Mr. Stephen and Mrs. Frances Schley Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star Mrs. Johnsie Anthony Lowe Mr. Marion B. Robinson Dr. David H. Woodbury, Jr. PHA Grant Thornton LLP Mr. Johnny M. Lunsford Ms. Patricia N. Robinson Estate of Mrs. Addie M. Word Mrs. Daphne Jones Graves-Smith Dr. Maggie Lynch Mallory Rodgers Builders Mrs. Amanda H. Wright Mr. Andrew and Mrs. Joyce Gray Mr. Marion Herman Massey Ms. Ruby K. Rucker Mrs. Philipa I. Wright Dr. Ronald K. Gray Mrs. Latrelle McAllister Ms. Lyda Helena Sammons-Slade Ms. Barbara J. Yancey Greater Enrichment Program McCrorey YMCA Mrs. Brenda Long Sanders Ms. Marguerite D. Greene Mrs. Jennifer Simmons McDowell Sargent Memorial Presbyterian Church Mr. Arthur Griffin, Jr. Dr. Ronald E. McFarland, Sr. Mr. Stoney Sellars Ms. Martha Gamble Hall Mr. Bernard and Mrs. Yolanda McGraw Mr. Ned Sergew Ms. Brenda J. Hammond Dr. James E. McGriff, Jr. Reverend James E. Simmons Mr. Clyde W. McGriff PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2012-2013 73 JCSU_REPORT_vFinal_Layout 1 6/26/2014 9:39 PM Page 74

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Golden Bull Mr. Joel Dancy Mrs. Sharon Carr Harrington Mrs. Shelia B. Petty Mr. Rhenn T. Darensburg Mr. William Hunter Harris Mr. David Pfleeger ($500 to $999) Mr. Hubert I. Davis, Sr. Mr. J. C. Haynes Dr. Elfred Anthony Pinkard ACN Gobal Reach Charities Inc. Mrs. Gwyn M. Davis Mrs. Tina B. Henry Mr. Dwight Pinson Mr. Armenous Adams Ms. Joni Davis Reverend Larry Hill Ms. Lyvonne Pleasant Dr. Stephen Kwasi Agyekum Mr. Harold S. Dawkins Mr. Solomon Hilliard, Jr. Mr. David and Mrs. Jacquelyn Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Ms. Deborah L. Doris Mr. Robert L. Hodges Poignard Mrs. Sandra Anthony-Tobias Ms. Catherine Elaine Hurd Mr. David O. Prince Mr. Alvin Austin Ms. Cassandra D. Jackson Ms. Dorothy A. Prioleau Mr. James Babb JCSU Charleston Alumni Chapter Priscilla Literary and Art Club Mrs. Mary Roberts Bailey JCSU Pittsburgh Alumni Chapter Ms. Glenda L. Pyant Balfour Beatty Mr. Gregory Jenkins Mr. Joseph Ramey Dr. Boisey O. Barnes, Jr. John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. Dr. Carroll J. Redfern Trustee Thomas L. Barnhardt Mr. Kerman D. Johnson Dr. George G. Reynolds Ms. Regina Beard Mrs. Beatrice T. Johnson Mrs. Earline Richardson Ms. Demetria Lynne Bell Ms. Carol D. Jones Mrs. Betty Rivers Mr. Raphael O. Black Mr. Harry Jones Ms. Jennifer Robinson Mrs. Debora S. Blakney Mr. Luther C. Jones Ms. Mary Ann Rosemond Mrs. Jo Alice Blyther Ms. Janice M. Jones Ms. Tori L. Scarborough Bobcats Charitable Foundation Ms. Mary L. Jones Mr. Robert G. Seabrooks, CPA Mr. Stephen and Mrs. Velma Brown Ms. Nisa Kibona Mr. Adolph Shiver Mrs. Pamela Fuller Brown Mr. William Dunbar Langhorne Trustee Tami Simmons Ms. Lula M. Brown Dr. Rosalind C. Lee Dr. June M. Smith Ms. Rebecca Dortch Brown Mrs. Frances G. Lewis-Steiner Mrs. Mary Alyce Smith Ms. Toria Burch Mrs. Viella Hollaway Mason Mr. George and Mrs. Laura Snyder Mr. Dave and Mrs. Doris Burns Mr. Michael B. McAllister Mrs. Remona Spencer Mrs. Bettye Garrick Byrd Mrs. Ruby F. Dubose Mr. Abraham McCormick St. James Presbyterian Church C.N. Jenkins Memorial Presbyterian Church Duke Energy Mr. Timothy McCoy State Farm Companies Foundation Dr. Georgetta Merritt Campbell Mr. Prince A. Erwin, Jr. Mr. Walter A. McCullough Trustee John B. Stedman, Jr. Mr. Leonard Carpenter Ms. Dedra L. Eummer Mrs. Josephine McKissick Mr. Lorenzo Steele Mrs. Elizabeth A. Carrothers Mr. Kenny H. Faulkner Dr. William Bruce McMillan Mrs. Mazie L. Storr Charlotte Center City Partners Ms. Lisa B. Fewell Mrs. Melba D. Mobley Mrs. Trudelle G. Stroman Charlotte School of Law LLC Dr. Winona L. Fletcher Reverend Johnnie Monroe SunTrust Bank Charlotte Sports Commission Ms. Carolyn Flowers Dr. Eddie S. Moore Dr. Pamela L. Taylor City of Charlotte Dr. William C. Flythe Mrs. Zaidee Reasoner Morris Mrs. Jennye E. C. Taylor Mr. Oliver N. Clark Mrs. Mary Foxx Johnson Mr. Charles and Mrs. Henrietta Motley The Swanks Social Club Mr. Jerry Clark Mrs. Mildred M. Frederick Mr. Thanh-Thuy T. Nguyen Reverend Benjamin F. Thompson Dr. Harry T. Coleman Mrs. Rebecca James Fulton Mrs. Carolyn Robinson Nix Mrs. Queen Elizabeth Thompson Ms. Bevelyn A. Coleman Dr. William W. Funderburk Mr. Nolan L. Nolley Mrs. Neutrice C. Quick Towens Dr. Thomas Collins, Jr. Mr. Frank Edney Gadsden Mr. Stewart T. Oatman Mrs. Jo Ann Townsend Mrs. Johnnie M. Collins Mrs. Lucille Garrick Gaither Mr. Roosevelt D. Odom, Sr. Mr. Oscar* and Mrs. Janetta Trice Ms. Claudean Cooper Genesis Project 1, Inc. Ms. Joy E. Paige Dr. Joseph W. Turner Mrs. Betty H. Cornwell Mr. Ervin L. Gourdine Dr. Jane Paige Mrs. Brenda E. Twiggs Covenant Presbyterian Church Mrs. Katina Graham Mrs. Shirley T. Paramore US Bancorp Foundation Reverend James and Dr. Valencia Covington Ms. Jada Grandy Ms. Amy L. Pasour Mrs. Fannie Vincent Dr. Rhonda O. Covington Mr. Herb Gray III Ms. Irvelle Celeste Penn Cowan Mrs. Phyllis P. Wade Mr. John and Mrs. Gayle Crawford Reverend Carnell and Mrs. Carrie Hampton Ms. Doris Graham Pennington Mr. Kenneth D. Wade Mr. John P. Cureton Dr. William Harmon Mrs. Virginia W. Peterkin Ms. Deborah A. Wadsworth Mr. R.I. Dalton

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Mrs. Darwin McBeth Walton Ms. Carolyn Austin-Younge Mr. Simon Broom, Jr. Ms. Marsha Corley Dr. Alicia Nicki Washington Mr. Robert and Mrs. Julia Babbs Mrs. Mabel Washington Brown Corning Incorporated Foundation Ms. Judith E. Washington, Esq. Ms. Joyce Bachman Ms. Natalie J. Brown Ms. Jacquelyn Philson Corsmith Wealthbuilders Enterprises LLC Ms. Donna Stroud Baddy Ms. Mary A. Bryant Costco Mr. Jameson P. Wells P.A. Mr. Herman Carl Bagley Mr. Marconi Buchanan Mr. John W. Costner III Ms. Regina Y. Wharton Mrs. Garnell D. Bailey Ms. Kai Burkins Ms. Patricia Cotham Mr. Joseph William White, Jr. Mr. Matthew Luther Bailey Mr. Gregory and Mrs. Stephanie Burrell Ms. Deltha J. Cousar-Jeffries Mr. Arcelia Wicker, Sr. Mr. Thomas Bakke Mr. William and Mrs. Carlether Burwell Mr. T. Kelvin Crenshaw Mrs. Muriel D. Wiggins Ms. Denise M. Ball Mr. Robert E. Bush, Jr. Mrs. Lotess Priestley Cright Ms. Winnye Wilks Mr. Wayne V. Banks Ms. Joyce Ryals Bynum Mrs. Edith Foster Crisp Mr. Cornelious W. Williams, Sr. Mr. Guy Barnes Ms. Lorraine Cade Ms. Bessie Jean Crisswell Mrs. Juanita G. Williams Mrs. Katie Barnhill Dr. Helen T. Caldwell Ms. Jessie Joan Crisswell Dr. Thomas C. Williams Dr. Pat Barr-Harrison Mr. Sammy Caldwell Ms. Kristin Crosby Mr. Richard T. Williams Mrs. Miriam G. Bates Mrs. Hattie Dunn Campbell Reverend Volina Cross-Dukes Dr. Laura F. Williams Ms. Lucille Batts Mr. Derek B. Canty Mrs. Helena T. Cunningham Ms. Latasha M. Wilson-Batch Mr. James Bauer Ms. Margaret Louise Carr Mr. Herbert N. Cunningham Mr. Otto Wingate, Jr. Ben Salem Presbyterian Church Mrs. Delia M. Carr Mr. Theol and Mrs. Katherine Fleming Ms. Rhoda Alice Winstead Ms. Veronica J. Best-Clarke Ms. Linora JoVithy Carr Mr. James Cuthbertson Mrs. Bertha B. Woods Mr. Oscar W. Bidgood Mr. John W. Carter Mr. William A. Dabney Trustee James H. Woodward Dr. Nicola Davis Bivens Mrs. Sarah E. Carter Ms. Syrell Daniel Ms. Velva W. Woollen Mr. Horace D. Black Ms. Barbara Carter Mr. Charlie S. Dannelly Mr. Thomas Worth Mr. Ozzie L. Black, Jr. Mrs. Ruth S. Cathey Mr. James E. Daughtridge Mrs. Annette Graddick Wright Ms. Christie J. Blackmon CBS Radio Ms. Nina E. Davenport YMCA of Greater Charlotte Mr. Samuel Blackwell Dr. Julius L. Chambers Mrs. Katherine Davis Mr. Russell and Mrs. Barbara Young Mr. David E. Blair Ms. Arneatha Chambers-Khan Dr. Edna L. Davis Ms. Blenda D. Younger Dr. Caesar R. Blake Charlotte Mecklenburg County NAACP Mrs. Sandra Patterson Davis Ms. Levern M. Younger Mr. Gerald and Mrs. Joyce Blakeney Mrs. Chon Chase Ms. Daisy L. Davis Dr. Samuel and Mrs. Emily Mr. Joe L. Blakeney Ms. Mary B. Chasten Mr. Floyd L. Davis Zimmern I Mr. Ben Boakye-Yiadom Mr. Julian Cheek Mrs. Melissa H. Davis Mr. Leonard and Mrs. Sharon Bodrick Ms. Gloria Chevers Mr. James L. Davis century Mr. Calvin J. Bonaparte Dr. Bryant and Mrs. Elma Clancy Mr. Lionel D. Davis, Esq. ($100 to $499) Ms. Marian Bowden Mrs. Heather Clark Mrs. Judith H. Davis Mrs. Patricia Judice Adair Mrs. Mary J. Bowden Mr. T. Hal Clarke Mrs. Tracy D. Davis Mrs. Hattie Smalls Adams Mr. Johnny R. Bowen Ms. Ruth B. Clarke Ms. Charlene Davis Mr. Cecil L. Adderley, Jr. Dr. O. Diane Bowles Mr. Ellison Clary, Jr. Ms. Gloria A. Davis Ms. Maudre R. Addison Mr. Willie and Mrs. Eleanor Boyd Mr. Thomas G. Clyburn Ms. Florence J. Day Reverend State W. Alexander Mr. Isaiah Boyd Mrs. Geraldine Helton Clyburn Day Care Services for Children, Inc. Ms. M. Lauryn Alexander Ms. Regina Javelle Boyd Mrs. Gwendolyn A. Cobb-Durham Dr. Matthew DeForrest The Honorable Martha B. Alexander Mrs. Kristin Bradberry Coca-Cola Matching Gift Program Ms. Brenna Delaine Dr. Robert and Mrs. Deborah Allen Mrs. Mary A. Bradley Mr. Robert L. Coffey Mr. John Desmond Dr. Niathan Allen Mr. Richard and Mrs. Joan Braithwaite Ms. Sarah M. Coleman Ms. Juanzia Sabrina Dewalt Ms. Michelle Andrews Mr. James and Mrs. Margaret Brandon Ms. Quintana Theresa Coles Mr. Andre A. Dingle Ms. Deidra Andrews Mrs. Cheryl Butler Brayboy Ms. Annie Wallace Collier Mr. Howard T. Dodd Mr. Furness J. Armstead Mrs. Jeanne Brayboy Mrs. Blessyng Mychele Conway Ms. Pamela Doiley Mr. Charles Lewis Assenco Ms. Marilyn Brendle Ms. Jeanne Cook Mr. Keith Donaldson Dr. Magdy F. Attia Mrs. Carolyn Bridges-Graves Ms. Mary Ardrena Cooke Ms. Vermell H. Drayton Mrs. Ann Austin Mrs. Hattie Ruth Brookens Mrs. Lollie O. Cook-Redd Mr. Christopher Dunn Mrs. Calvine Webber Brooks Mr. Robert Kelly Corbett, Jr.

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century continued Mr. Frank Theodore Gaither, Sr. Mr. Charlton J. Harris Mrs. Mattie P. Ivey Mrs. Helen G. Lassiter Mrs. Anita T. Garner Mrs. Mozella T. Harris Mrs. Sylvia Smith Ivey Ms. Crystal Lattimer Mr. Charles Dupree Ms. Mary Garner Ms. Brenda J. Harris Mrs. Carlenia G. Ivory Mrs. Mozelle Smith Lawrence E. & J. Gallo Winery Matching Gift Ms. Jennifer Koch Gaskins Mr. Curtis Harvell Mr. Harry L. Jackson Dr. BerNadette Lawson-Williams Program Ms. Juanita Gates Mr. Calvin Hastie Mr. Eric B. Jackson Mrs. Maxine Wallace Leak Mr. James Early III Ms. Sharon Gilbert Ms. Cammie Hauptfuhrer Mr. Martist Daron Sam Jackson Commissioner Vilma D. Leake Mrs. Georgette M. Edgerton Ms. Vicki D. Gilchrist Mr. Anthony and Mrs. Betty S. Hayes Ms. Gladys James Mr. Randy Lee Ms. Cynthia D. Edwards Ms. Vanessa Latrale Giles Dr. Leonard L. Haynes III JCSU Durham Alumni Chapter Ms. Constance Lesesne Ms. Spamvetta Edwards Mr. William T. Gillespie Ms. Carole Haynes-Bell JCSU Richmond Alumni Chapter Mrs. Emma Jean Levi Ms. Esther Elder Mrs. Maggie Lloyd Gilliam Mr. Johnny L. Headen Ms. Pamela Jefsen Miss Harriett L. Lewis Mr. Melton Ellerby Dr. Leon H. Ginsberg Mr. Henry B. Heath Johns Hopkins University Mrs. Peggy McCloud Lide Mrs. Dorothy M. Ellis Mrs. Sarah Young Gist Mr. John Henry Heath Mr. Robert C. Johnson, Jr. Ms. Carol Lilly Mr. Eugene and Mrs. Angela Mrs. Carolyn Scipio Glover Mr. Benjamin C. Heatley Dr. Brian and Mrs. Shemeka Mr. Clarence Ellie Little Ellison Ms. Jeanette Goines Ms. Grace Henderson Outlaw Johnson Mrs. Mae White Little Mr. Eugene Ellison Esq. Ms. Kathryn L. Goins Mrs. Gwendolyn A. Mrs. Mildred L. Johnson Mrs. Gloria B. Locke Mr. Christopher Embrey Mrs. Esther F. Goins Henderson-Gethers Ms. Letitia B. Johnson Mr. Douglas C.E. Loftin Mrs. Julia M. England Mr. Jesse B. Goode, Jr. Mrs. Crystal Henry Ms. Virginia L.M. Johnson Mr. Robert N. Logan, Jr. Ms. Dianne Ward English Mr. George E. Goodman Ms. Kristin E. Hicks Mr. Stephen and Mrs. Araminta Mrs. Vereatta A. Lowe Mr. Derek Epps Ms. Cheryl Graber Ms. Joan Higginbotham Johnston Mrs. Irene Neal Lowry Epsilon Theta Womans Club Mr. David Grace Dr. Walter J. Hill Ms. Audrey Johnston Ms. Akilah Luke Mrs. Deloris G. Evans Mrs. Jean W. Graham Ms. Sadie L.A. Hill Mrs. Cathy W. Jones Luquire George Andrews, Inc. Evans Tours Mrs. Elizabeth Worthy Graves Mrs. Phyllis T. Hilliard Ms. Ieshia Kreshunda Jones Mrs. Viola Lyles Dr. James Benjamin Ewers, Jr. Mr. Arthur Graves Mrs. Shannon Belk Hilton Mrs. Ann Gupton Jones Ms. Elva Lynch Dr. Nelson A. Fain Greater Galilee Baptist Church Ms. Erica N. Hilton Mr. Brian M. Jones Macy's Foundation Ms. Claire Green Fallon Rev. Dr. Lloyd and Mrs. Bessie Green Mr. Ivan Hinrichs Mrs. Mamie E. Jones Mr. Julius W. Mallard Mr. Paul and Mrs. Mary Faulkner Mrs. Jacqueline C. Green Mrs. Metter C. Hodges The Honorable Philemina M. Jones Mrs. Maxine S. Mallory Mr. Joseph Faust Mrs. Janice Tate Gresham Ms. Tea Hoffman Mrs. Barbara A. Jones Mrs. Hope E. Manigault First Presbyterian Church Mr. Larry A. Griffin Mrs. Lettie C. Holland Mrs. Rosa Johnson Jones Mrs. Lorraine E. Manning Mrs. Regina D. Fisher Mr. Duane L. Griffith Mr. Peter Holman, Jr. Ms. Wilhelmena Jones Reverend Carl L. Manuel, Jr. Ms. Gussie Floyd Reverend Fred Grosse Mrs. Elease Jackson Holmes Mrs. Juanita Reid Jordan Ms. Nancy E. Mark Ms. Yolanda Ford Ms. Nicole M. Guiberteaux Mrs. Valita Holmes-Wingate Mrs. Cassandra Reynolds Jordan Mr. Harrison and Mrs. Margaret Ms. Milbry Jane P. Ford Mr. William H. Gunn Ms. Anna Hood Mr. Albert L. Jordan Marshall Mrs. Sherry Ford-Ellis Ms. Jacqueline H. Guynn Mr. Charles Howard Mr. Chester Jordan Mrs. Rosa Evans Martin Ms. Mary Forte Ms. Noreta Ann Gwynn Mrs. Kim Simpson Howard Ms. Doris Jordan Mr. Victor D. Martin Ms. Barbara J. Foster Ms. Gertude Hadley Mr. Leon L. Howard, Sr. Mrs. Eunice B. Joyner Mrs. Emma Y. Martin-Goodman Ms. Clara McMillan Foster Ms. Natasha Rene Hairston Mr. Vincent W. Howell Dr. Lonnie Keith Mrs. Marian G. Mathes Trustee Linette P. Fox Mr. Johnny Hall Mrs. Barbara M. Howell Ms. Anisa Keith Mr. Ron L. Matthews Ms. Wanda B. Foy-Burroughs Mr. George T. Hall Ms. Dorothy Howell Mr. Albert E. Kennedy Ms. Marie W. Matthews Mr. James W. Frazier Ms. Curtis Hall Mr. Wei Huang Mrs. Nellie Dunn Kennedy Ms. Gloria P. McNeill Mrs. Gloria Howard Free Ms. Sherrill Ann Hampton Mr. Alfred Hudson Mrs. Paula W. King Mrs. Billie Mitchell Matthews Ms. C. Dianne Freeman Ms. Ellaree Hampton Mr. David W. Hughes Ms. Doris R. King Reverend Joe E. Maxwell Mrs. Annie Miller Freeman Ms. Ronnise C. Handy Mr. James Truman Humbert Dr. William King Mrs. Pecola A. Maxwell Mr. Lemuel H. Froneberger Mrs. Sadie M. Haney-Morgan Dr. Brian J. Hunt Mr. Harold O. King Ms. Lawana Mayfield Mr. Pearl Fryar Mr. Gregg P. Hankins Mrs. Kathleen Kelly Hunter Dr. Valerie F. Kinloch Mr. Godfrey C. Mbah Mr. Trevor Fuller Mr. William T. Harper Mrs. Shirley M. Hunter Mr. Shedrick D. Kirkpatrick Mr. Walter A. McAllister Ms. Barbara Jean Fuller Ms. Michelle Harper Ms. Lory A. Hurst Mr. Steffen C. Knight Ms. Portia E. McCollum Ms. Laverne Ingrid Fuller Ms. Lucille G. Harris Mr. Aaron M. Hutcherson Ms. Susan Knights Mrs. Johnnie Steward McCray Mr. William W. Funderburk, Jr. Dr. James H. Harris, Jr. IBM International Foundation Ms. Margaret G. Labat Ms. Joy McCrimmon Ms. Terricia Y. Gaines

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century continued Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) Ms. Denise McDaniel-Henderson Ms. Rosilyn Denise Outen Mrs. Shirley J. McDonald Mr. Robert A. Owens Mr. Raymond A. McDougal Ms. Karen Huntley Owens Ms. Sheila McDowell Mr. Alfred and Mrs. Fernanda Owens Mr. Richard A. Mcelrath Mrs. Don Yvonne Owens Ms. Evenleen K. McFadden Mrs. Levidia Owens-Lugo Mr. Andrew J. McGhee, Jr. Mrs. Sula Henderson Page Ms. Paula M. McIntyre Mr. Kevin Michael Paige, Sr. Mr. Wayne McLaughlin Mr. Thomas A. Pajewski Mr. Fred D. McLeod Mrs. LaVerne R. Parker Mrs. Eartha Mae McMichael Mrs. Yvette B. Patterson Ms. Brenda Means Ms. Cynthia Peters Mr. James E. Melton Mrs. Treva G. Pettis MetLife Foundation Ms. Carolyn Garrison Phillips Mr. Mark and Mrs. Kathleen Meyers Mrs. Lena Helton Pickens Mr. Shawn A. Miklaucic Mrs. Gwendolyn Pickett Mr. Steve Miller Ms. Lureen Samuel Mrs. Daisy S. Stroud Ms. Llhryne Polite-Coleman Mr. Samuel and Mrs. Kerry Miller Mr. Othniel Samuels Mrs. Cheryl Oglesby Sullivan Port City Chapter of the Links, Inc. Milliken & Company Mr. James Erwin Saunders II Mr. Kenya M. Sullivan Ms. Etheline Powell Mr. James Mitchell Ms. Ella Scarborough Ms. Andrea Summerville Mrs. Jeanette McLean Praylor Mr. James Mitchell Ms. Lauren Marion Scott SunTrust Bank Mrs. Diane Wilson Proctor Mrs. Pearl Monroe Mrs. Odelle Steele Searles Mr. Charles Syrkett Mr. Willie Pruitt Chief Rodney and Mrs. Marvette Monroe Mrs. Jenene Herring Seymour Mr. Oscar D. Tate Dr. Deborah Brown Quick Mrs. Marilou Kennedy Moore Mrs. Devenure Nivens Shamsid-Deen Ms. Claire Tate Ms. Demetrius Rainer Ms. Charlsie Moore Mrs. Roberta Brooks Shearin Mr. Fred L. Tatum Ms. Kelli Rainey Ms. Vaughn D. Moore Mr. Donnie Shell Ms. Helen E. Telson Mrs. Bessie Smith Ransome Mrs. Sharon Thompson Moorer Mr. Addison Shepard Temple Beth El Mr. Dennis and Mrs. Betty Rash Mrs. Gretta Moorhead Mr. William H. Shepperson III Mrs. Krista Faye Terrell Mrs. Iris M. Rattley Ms. Debbie Morant Sherwin-Williams Company Mrs. Evelyn A. Terry Ms. Beth Y. Reddick Mrs. Felicia C. Morgan Mrs. Selma A. Simelton Mr. Bedford C. Thaxton, Jr. Mr. Arthur C. Redding Dr. Charles Morris, Jr. Mrs. Sandra Simmons Mrs. Phyllis T. Thibodeaux Mrs. Juanita Wideman Reynolds Ms. Shamika Morris Mr. Hezekiah N. Simmons Mr. Frank R. Thies III Ms. Alice R. Rhodes Mrs. Vickie Teresa Moseley-Jones Ms. Lois A. Simms Mr. James E. Thomas Dr. Horace R. Rice Mr. Carl E. Muldrow Sixth District Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Ms. Georgia E. Thomas Ms. Margaret L. Rich Mrs. Cathy Murray Mrs. Kaffie H. Sledge Ms. Ann D. Thomas Ms. Gloria W. Richards Mr. James N. Murray Mrs. Linda Upperman Smith Ms. Pearl Thomas-Lewis Mr. LaMonte and Mrs. Cynthia Richardson Mr. Ricky Muse, Jr. Mrs. Cynthia McAfee Smith Mr. Ira Thompson IV Mrs. Florence Ridley Mrs. Cheryl Legette Myrick Mrs. Lilla Alberta M. Smith Thomson Reuters Mr. Charles Thomas Robinson Ms. Frances Napoli Mrs. Yvette H. Smith Ms. Gloria Jean Tiller Mr. O'Dell Robinson Mrs. Alma B. Nappier Ms. Nancy Patricia Smith Ms. Shirley A. Tillman Roche Carolina, Inc. Ms. Linda M. Newkirk Mrs. Verdell F. Smyrl Ms. Delores Timberlake Dr. Bertha L. Roddey Mr. R. T. Nicholas Ms. Millie R. Snider Mrs. Eddimae G. Tisdale Ms. Nancy E. Rodriguez Ms. Claudia Nichols Mrs. Kutricia A. Spann Mr. Edison Towe, Jr. Mr. Mickel L. Roseborough Mr. John M. Norris Mr. Charles Squire Mrs. Correll Loundermon Townes Ms. Virginia C. Rowe-Anderson Mrs. Lorraine Adams Orr Ms. Barbara Stanford Mr. Michael A. Travis Reverend Mark R. Royster, Sr. Mr. Bernard Osa Dr. Clarence F. Stephens Mr. Chester R. Trower, Jr. Saint Luke Missionary Baptist Church Mrs. Hedy J. Stevenson Ms. Carol E. Tunstall Mr. Luke Salley

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Dr. Michael Anthony Turner Mrs. Jamela Middleton Wintons Ms. Brittany Renee Bratcher Dr. Carol Ann Davenport Mr. James Turner Mrs. Ethel A. Woodard Reverend Phillip C. Brickle Mrs. Deena Davenport-Beasley Mr. Andrew W. Turner, Jr. Mr. Gregory L. Woods Mr. Anthony M. Bright Ms. Kymberly Davidson Mr. Jeffrey Lynn Turner Ms. Maxine Dunn Woods Mr. Edward E. Brinson Ms. Diane L. Davis Mrs. Brenda K. Tyrance Ms. Edith Worsham Mrs. Cynthia N. Brock Mrs. Maxine Davis Mrs. Constance W. Van Brunt Ms. Deedra O. Wright Mr. Curtis L. Brooks Ms. Tiara Davis Mr. Paul and Mrs. Mary Van Loon Ms. Juanita Yates Mr. Warren Brooks Ms. Tracy Davis Ms. Linda H. Vassell Mrs. Nannie B. Young Ms. Betty D. Brown Mr. Willie E. Davis Mrs. Forestine D. Vaughn Mr. James C. Yourse, Jr. Ms. Sandra Brown Ms. Runita Daviston-James Ms. Anna M. Vernon Ms. Valgene Brown Mrs. Richertine S. Dean The Honorable William W. Vogel Ms. Patricia Bryant Mr. Derrick Dillard Ms. Valerie R. Wade Patron Dr. Karen Butler Mr. Salvatore Dimartino Mr. Nathan R. Walker (Up to $99) Mrs. Katina L. Caldwell Mr. Tyrone Dimery Ms. Margaret A. Walker Ms. Catherine Lynn Adams Mrs. Patsy Camp Ms. Anna D'Ippolito Mr. Reginald* and Mrs. DeLois Ms. Tolshea D. Adams Ms. Rosa Means Campbell Ms. Dominique Christina Dixon Washington Mr. Roline L. Adolphine Reverend Arthur William Canada, Sr. Ms. Georgette Dixon Ms. Pearl Washington-Ferguson Ms. April Agyapong Mr. Mack Daniel Canady, Jr. Ms. Leola Dixon Mrs. Dorothy P. Watkins Mr. Hakeem A. Akande Mrs. Siclinda Canty-Elliott Ms. Jennifer Dodd Mrs. Barbara M. Watkins-Sohan Ms. Donna Alexander Mrs. Xia Cao Ms. Kimberly T. Doggett Ms. Andrea D. Watts Mrs. Barbara A. Allen Cardinal Health Foundation, Inc. Mr. George Dorman, Jr. Mrs. Eleanor Wayman Ms. Catherine F. Allen Mrs. Barbara Carr Mrs. Rhonda Lynn Dorsey-Prude Mr. Howard W. Ways Mr. Timothy L. Alston, Jr. Mrs. Dawn Carter Mrs. Vernika Douglas Ms. Sidonie Webber Mr. Herman Appling Mr. Miller Carter Dr. Carole A. Drew Mr. Darrel J. Wesley Ms. Kimberlee G. Archie Mr. Robert M. Carter Mrs. Shermika Snow Duerson Mr. Edward G. West Mrs. Karen G. Armstrong-Williams Ms. Elizabeth Cauthen Mrs. Jacqueline Denise Duke Mrs. Queen Esther Whaley Mr. Philander Carlton Asaka Dr. Timothy D. Champion Mr. Anwar Y. Dunbar Mr. Rudolph D. Wheeler Mr. Greggory M. Ashe Miss Ria Marlo Chandler Ms. J. Constance Dunne Ms. Mary H. Whisonant Mr. Mario Bahena Mr. Preston E. Chavis Ms. Carla DuPuy Mr. Stacy Whitaker Mr. Johnny L. Bailey Mrs. Janie Clinkscales Chavis-Lucas Ms. Azalea Durant Mr. Dylan Whitehead Ms. Emma Barksdale Mrs. Jacqueline R. Cherry Ms. Stephanie Lamarr Dyer Mr. Aaron E. Whitfield Ms. Winifred Battle Ms. Vernetta Chesimaid-Wilkinson Miss Melissa D. Eades Ms. Gwendolyn Olivia Whitsell Mr. Robert L. Bayless Mrs. Miriam Butts Choice Ms. Tiffany Eastman Mr. Alvin B. Wideman Mr. Craig A. Bell Ms. Angelica Denise Clark Ms. Gwendolyn Eaton Ms. Dorothy Jean Wilkins Ms. Santucee S. Bell Ms. Rashanda Clark Ms. Shirley Edmond Ms. Saundra G. Wilkins Ms. Traci Charlene Benjamin Mr. Earl A. Clipper Ms. Thereasea Elder Mrs. Diane Willis Williams Mr. Mark Bernard Mr. Julian Coaxum Mrs. Nik-Cole Robinson Elmore Ms. Deborah Williams Mr. Gerald and Mrs. Carlise Blakey Ms. Vanessa Coffey Mrs. Susie Wright Enoch Mr. Howard Williams Ms. Germaine Marie Blakey Ms. Cynthia D. Cole Dr. Amos Etukudoh Mr. Thomas Williams Mr. DuRon Blount Mr. Paul Coleman, Jr. Dr. Adelheid Rundholz Eubanks Mr. John Ervin Williams Mr. George B. Blount Mrs. Gwenellen Corley-Bowman Mrs. Ellen E. Eummer Mr. Roderick Williams Ms. Zoe M. Bogan Ms. Viola Cox Mrs. Pamela Everett Mr. Ronald E. Williams Mrs. Darlene Simmons Boles Mr. LeVar Terrell Crooms Mr. Torrey E. Feimster Mrs. Theodoshia Jeraldene Williams Mrs. Nancy Boley Mrs. Sarah C. Crowder Mr. Ramon Fernandez Ms. S. Marie Williams Mr. John L. Bolling III Mrs. Mary L. Crumley Mr. Adan L. Figueroa Mrs. Sandrea T. B. Williamson Ms. Betty Borden Ms. Deloris R. Cue Mrs. Julie Fincher Ms. Nannie Priscilla Willingham Dr. Gloria S. Boutte Ms. Joan Cummings First Legacy Credit Union Mrs. Keisha Ramey Wilson Mr. Dennis K. Branch Reverend John A. Cuthbertson Ms. LaFrieda Flack Ms. Beryl Duncan Wilson Ms. Sebrina Branch Ms. Shavon Daise Mrs. M.P. Flowe Ms. Elyse Dashew PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2012-2013 79 JCSU_REPORT_vFinal_Layout 1 6/26/2014 9:40 PM Page 80

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Ms. Brenda Foote Mr. John Harvey Ms. Masaley L. Kargbo Mr. Judge Meadows Ms. Sandra L. Frazier Mrs. Paula H. Harvey Ms. Selena D. Kelemen Ms. Tanisha Mickles Mr. Marc Leslie Fuller Mrs. Mary Ruth Haskins Mrs. Kristene Brathwaite Kelly Mrs. Frances Middleton Ms. Kristen Ebony Gaines M.L. Hawthorne Dr. Britt Kern Ms. Vertelle D. Middleton Mr. Gerald and Mrs. Rebecca Mr. Reginald S. Hayes Mr. Jemayne Lavar King Ms. Crystal L. Miller Gapinski Mr. Chester M. Hazel Mr. Hasaan Kirkland Mrs. Rita Wray Miller Mrs. Lauryetta G. Gentry Mr. XiaoSong He Dr. Cindy J. Kistenberg Mr. Vida Mingo Ms. Teosha Gladys Gerrick Ms. Beverly T. Heaggans Ms. Jasleen Kohli Ms. Alice F. Mitchell Ms. Alvine H. Geter Ms. Dymilah Hewitt KoKoMo's Coffeehouse III, Inc. Ms. Kathy L. Mitchell Mr. Herbert Gidney, Jr. Mrs. Lavone C. Hicks Dr. Doreen Land Mrs. Willie B. Mobley Mr. Anthony Gilmore Ms. Debra M. Hill Mrs. Catherine Laster-Cook Mrs. Juanita Montgomery Ms. Dawnita M. Gilmore Dr. Doreen Bowen Hilton Ms. Angela Beasley Leach Ms. Moya Montgomery Mr. Stephen Gilmore Mr. Lamont Malcolm Hinson Mr. Jeffrey Leak Dr. DaKysha P. Moore Mrs. Valerie D. Glenn Mrs. Beatrice S. Hodges Ms. Stefanie Elizabeth Leak Mrs. Loretta B. Moore Mr. Eric Glenn, Sr. Mr. Walter Keith Holcomb Ms. Kerri Christina Legette Ms. Racinda S. Moore Ms. Jacqueline Glover Ms. Vivian Holliday Ms. Malaika Lesesne Ms. Bonnie Morris Dr. Indhumathi Gopal Mr. John Nicholas Holmes Mr. Donald S. Lewis, Sr. Ms. Theresa Y. Morris-Brown Ms. Katrina L. Gordon Mr. Kenneth R. Hopkins Mr. Ronald Paul Lewis, Sr. Mr. James Everett Morrison, Jr. Ms. Anitra Goshea Mr. David Mark Horace Ms. Mary Liverman Mrs. Sarah Ayer Ms. Virginia Grafton-King Ms. Cora C. Howard Dr. Anya Lockett-Evans Morrison Mount Hope Machinery Ms. Amanda B. Graham Ms. Jennifer E. Howard Mr. Ronald Logan Mr. Peter W. Murray Ms. Phyllis Louise Gray Reverend Robert C. Hull Mrs. Marilyn S. Long Ms. Sherietta Murrell Mr. Omari Greene Mrs. Ellen L. Hunley-Walker Mrs. Rosena Lucas Dr. Aman Nadhiri Mr. Damon Gregory Mrs. Latrise Halls Hunter Mr. Brandon D. Lunsford Mr. David Eugene Neal, Jr. Ms. Patricia Lena Gregory Ms. Madelynn G. Hunter Ms. Pam Macarthur Ms. Marilyn R. Nelsen Mr. Keary L. Griffin Mr. Dwain L. Irvin Mrs. Lanette R. Madison-Hinton Mrs. Claryce H. Nelson Mr. Kenneth Griffin Ms. Callie Jackson Ms. Christi M. Manley Dr. Kristen P. Nickens Mr. Chet Lee Grimsley Ms. Latesha Jackson Mrs. Joan F. Manns Ms. Kaiharah Turrayya Nixon Ms. Demisha Grimsley Mr. Roderick C. Jackson Mr. John Mantini Ms. Nancy Nolley Ms. Donna J. Grimsley Ms. Kimberly D. Jarvis Ms. Kate Marcus Ms. Rebecca A. Oats Mr. Sunil K. Gupta Ms. Inez V. Jenkins Ms. Linda Marshall Ms. Jon-Alicia Rafaella Palazzo Ms. Leslie Nicole Gutierrez Mr. Barry T. Johnson Mrs. Ossie H. Martin Mrs. Jean Tucker Parker Mr. John and Mrs. Virginia Hackett Ms. Comatha B. Johnson Mrs. Gladys A. Massey Mr. Bryan Q. Patterson Ms. Genevieve Hall Ms. Donnette Y. Johnson Ms. Izetta B. Massey Mr. Kimmie Patterson Mr. Maurice Hall Ms. Erika LaShawn Johnson Mrs. Vivian Wallace Mathewson Mr. Samuel Patterson Ms. Barbara J. Hamilton Ms. Katie Anthanette Johnson Ms. Angela Nicole Mauldin Mr. Carl V. Payne II Ms. Vadale L. Hamilton Mr. Sean Johnson Mr. David B. Maxwell Ms. Y. Nicole Payseur Ms. Michelle P. Hardmon Ms. Tina M. Johnson Mr. Marvin M. Maynor Ms. Elaine Pearce Mr. Azon Hargrove Ms. Guinevere Scott Jones Ms. Dorothy A. Mayo Ms. Miriam Aretia Pearson Ms. Pamela C. Harrell Ms. Marian Jones Mr. Houston McGowan PepsiCo Foundation Mr. James and Mrs. Bertha Harris Mrs. Peggy Jones Ms. Janice McCall Mr. Wade Perrault Mr. Gregory Curtis Harris Mrs. Juanita Jones-Hall Ms. Birdie M. McKay Mrs. Nonnie B. Perry Mr. James F. Harris Ms. Ivy Jones-Turner Ms. Sharifa T. McKerson Ms. Patrione Davelle Perry Ms. Lauri Moore Harris Reverend Barbara Jordan Ms. Kym Mclean Ms. Ryanne Persinger Ms. Mary Harris Ms. Charla Jordan Mr. Willie McMahand, Jr. Mrs. Gabrielle Person Ms. Shirley Harris Ms. Sadie Jordan Ms. Sylvia McNair Ms. Shanikwa Peterkin Ms. Patrice Harrison Ms. Talathia S. Joyner Ms. Nicole McNeil Mr. Curtis O. Peters Ms. Karen B. Harriss JPMorgan Chase Mr. Terry S. McPherson Ms. Christola Phoenix Mr. Charles Harvey Mr. Garrett J. Kamerling Mr. John Troy McQueen Ms. Beth A. Pickering Dr. Antonia Mead Ms. Anika Therese Pimentel 80 PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2012-2013 JCSU_REPORT_vFinal_Layout 1 6/26/2014 9:40 PM Page 81

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loretta “Jean” Webber

“Our family believes in education. For if you can help a child earn an education, that child will go back to the community and help inspire others to learn,” said Jean Webber, of Charlotte, who pledged one of the largest individual gifts to the University for the “Tomorrow is what WE make it” Comprehensive Campaign. Her gift will name the Webber Family Research Center in the new Science Center in honor of her late husband, Dr. Spurgeon Webber Jr. and the entire Webber family. Both parents of the late Dr. Webber, the late Spurgeon Sr. and the late Dorothy Webber, attended JCSU.

As the University embarked on its $150 million campaign, Jean expanded her support of JCSU and its students. A chemistry major and registered nurse, Jean said the decision to invest in Smith’s new Science Center was an easy one. “The science field has grown tremendously, and we need to make sure that JCSU students are prepared to meet the new realities in this field,” she said. “I am especially excited about the innovative design of the new science facility. This outstanding building will be a visible symbol of the great progress that JCSU is making.”

The Webber Family Research Center is designed for flexibility, sustainability as well as energy and water conservation. Special attention is paid on creating a collaborative, interdisciplinary space to accommodate the needs of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) majors as well as non-STEM majors. While state-of-the-art equipment, lighting established a computer parts distribution company, AMICO, Inc., and technology are the central design features, the space is also intended Jean has served on numerous boards including the Charlotte Chamber of to be fashioned as a connective educational experience, ensuring students, Commerce and the predecessor governing body of the Charlotte Regional faculty and the community engage with one another for more team-based Visitor’s Authority. The Webbers received the 2010 Harvey B. Gantt Center research approaches. Award and were major donors to the center’s Founders Society capital campaign. Jean is a graduate of Meharry Medical College. She is the mother Jean, former program director of the Metrolina Lung Association also served of Spurgeon Webber III and Deidra Webber Humphrey, and grandmother as a health analyst with the City of Charlotte. An entrepreneur who of Symphony Webber and Tolison Humphrey.

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Ms. Eileen Placeres Ms. Mary Polk Ms. Jill C. Potter Ms. Lenora V. Powe Ms. Alix Preston-Becton Mr. Gregory Preyor Mr. Eugene E. Price Ms. Jeanette D. Price Ms. Marquia Arlette Price Ms. Tennille T. Price Ms. Vanessa Ragsdale Ms. Crystal E. Ratliff Mrs. Karen Denise Ray Dr. Sharon Raynor Mrs. Dorthy M. Redd Ms. Peggie Reid Mrs. Lisa M. Reid-Drayton Ms. Jayne Reuben Ms. Monika Rhue Ms. Tasmanika J. Rich Ms. Ruth Faye Richards Ms. Arwilda T. Richardson Mr. Carlton Alexander Richardson Mrs. Eula C. Richardson Ms. Fifi Smith Mr. James M. Talley, Jr. Mr. Olden Walker III Ms. Pamela S. Wilks Mr. Kevin Randolph Richardson II Mrs. Frances R. Smith Ms. Raeneice V. Taltoan Dr. Michael Walker Dr. Anderson Williams Ms. Tamika LaShonda Richardson Mr. John N. Smith Ms. Debra M. Tate Ms. Thelma Walker-Wallace Mrs. Valencia Williams-Burton Mr. Carlton Riddick Ms. Joyce B. Smith Mr. Tom Tate Ms. Michelle Renee' Wallace Mr. Arthur L. Wilson Mrs. Ann Marie Riley Mr. Stacey Smith Ms. Kathy Cohen Tatum Ms. Danielle Marie Walters Ms. Crystal M. Wilson Mrs. Rebecca Lynn Rippy Mr. Travis Smith Ms. Christine C. Taylor Mr. Rudolph E. Walters Ms. Delma D. Wilson Reverend James Deotis Roberts Mr. Yamani Smith-Murrell Mrs. Mary K. Thomas Mrs. Hazel Ward Mr. James Thomas Wilson Mr. Matthew Alexander Robertson Mrs. Nedra Burns Snow Ms. Nushat A. Thomas Mrs. Shayla Jackson Ward Ms. Eulalia A. Winstead Ms. Juanita M. Robinson Mrs. Louise Y. Spencer Mr. Willie C. Thomas Mr. Brian Wardell Ms. Cynthia Y. Withrow Ms. Valerie R. Robinson Mr. John A. St. Hill Mrs. Dora R. Thompson Ms. Zenobia E. Washington Mr. Randolph Worsley Mrs. Ethel Rogers-Grundy Ms. Pauline Staggers Mrs. Jeri M. Thompson Ms. Ethie P. Watermann Ms. Jasmina B. Worthy Ms. Doritha N. Ross Dr. Mack Staton Ms. Nicole Joi Thompson Mr. Frank Watson Ms. Trajana C. Wright Ms. Rasheeda Ross Mrs. Pansy P. Steele Ms. Robbie J. Thompson Ms. Karen E. Watson Ms. F. Dianne Wyche Dr. Alexa C. Rosypal Ms. Sylvia E. Steele Ms. Lillie Grafton Tillman Ms. Sandra E. Watson Mr. James A. Yancey Ms. Shelia R. Rule Ms. Barbara M. Stephens Mr. Anthony D. Tindall Ms. Margo Judge Watts Ms. Dawn C. Yarber-Josey Ms. Raquel Santiago-Martinez Ms. Christina Stephens Ms. Cheryl R. Townsend Mrs. Barbara M. Waymer Ms. Dionne E. Yelverton Mrs. Dorothy Scoggins Ms. Regina Stewart Ms. Ann Truell Ms. Glenda P. West Ms. Clara S. Young Ms. Constance B. Scott Ms. Jennifer L .Stith Mr. William Utley Mr. Michael West Ms. Martha Helen Young Ms. Gabriel Sealey-Morris Mr. Shaun M. Stone Mr. James Vanderhall Mrs. Jacqueline Whitaker Mrs. Taiia Smart Young Ms. Marissa Leigh Sherman Ms. Charlene L. Strong Mr. Matthew Verley Mr. Robert L. White Ms. Janet Zukowski Ms. Amber Shoecraft-Griffin Mrs. Betty M. Stroud Mr. Ricky Wade Ms. Vesterine White Mr. Michael Simms Ms. Rolanda Sue Dr. Daisy Walker Mrs. W. Marie White Mrs. Fay G. Sinkoe Mrs. Miriam Alston Summers Ms. Esther A. Walker Mr. Dale Whitney Mr. Ronald S. Sloan Mrs. Vera P. Swann Ms. Marsha Ilene Walker Ms. Michelle Hunter Wilkins Ms. Carolyn B. Smith

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CLASS OF 1937 - $5,500 CLASS OF 1946 - $1,600 CLASS OF 1948 - $24,680 Mrs. Magnolia Pickens Dr. Clarence Wade Estate of Clarence D. Turner Ms. Margaret Carr Dr. Georgetta Campbell Mrs. Juanita Williams Estate of Trustee Kathleen R. Crosby Ms. Mary Chasten CLASS OF 1938 - $2,300 Reverend Joe Maxwell Mrs. Lollie Cook-Redd Mrs. Edith Crisp CLASS OF 1949 - $7,610 Dr. Clarence Stephens Mrs. Hyla Sue Cundiff Ms. Rosa Campbell Estate of Mrs. Addie WordWord Trust CLASS OF 1947 - $2,450 Mrs. Mary Crumley Dr. Nelson Fain Mrs. Katherine Davis Mrs. Anita Garner Dr. Winona Fletcher Mrs. Eva Donaldson CLASS OF 1939 - $8,461 Mrs. Maggie Gilliam Mrs. Mozella Harris Dr. Gwendoline Fortune Estate of Floretta D. Gunn Mr. Charles Hargrave Ms. Susan Knights Ms. Fatina Gaston Dr. Maben Herring Mrs. Mozelle Lawrence Mrs. Mattie Grigsby Ms. Doris Pennington CLASS OF 1940 - $1,000 Mr. Julius Mallard Mr. Henry Heath Reverend Wilburn Sanders, Sr. Ms. Ireta Dawson Mrs. Gloria Munoz-Martin Mrs. Johnsie Lowe Mrs. Odelle Searles Reverend James Roberts Mr. Fred McLeod* CLASS OF 1941 - $500 Mrs. Frances Smith Mrs. Zaidee Morris Reverend State Alexander* Dr. Anderson Williams Ms. Lois Simms CLASS OF 1942 - $1,500 Trustee Horace Davenport Mr. Prince Erwin, Jr.

CLASS OF 1943 - $200 Mr. Andrew McGhee, Jr. Mrs. Dorothy Watkins CLASS OF 1944 - $2,300 Mrs. Vernilla Glenn Mr. William Langhorne Mrs. Roberta Shearin Mrs. Jennye Taylor CLASS OF 1945 - $2,350 Dr. Caesar Blake Ms. Mary Reid Dr. Joseph Thompson, Sr. Mrs. Darwin Walton

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CLASS OF 1950 - $2,150 Mr. David Pugh CLASS OF 1957 - $7,725 Mrs. Lorraine Orr Reverend Benjamin Thompson Ms. Nellie Purefoy Mr. Raphael Black Ms. Mary Brown Mrs. Frances Wade Mrs. Neutrice C. Towens Mrs. Ruth Cathey Mr. Charles Davis Mr. Howard Williams Mrs. Julia England Mr. Floyd Davis Mrs. Eunice Joyner Mrs. Esther Goins CLASS OF 1960 - $28,890 Mr. O'Dell Robinson CLASS OF 1954 - $2,425 Ms. Louise Gordon Reverend James Allen Mrs. Lilla Smith Mr. Robert Babbs, Jr. Mrs. Mildred Johnson Mr. Oscar Bidgood Mrs. Mattie Sydnor Mrs. Janie Chavis-Lucas Dr. Eddie Moore Ms. Annie Collier Mrs. Helena Cunningham Ms. Carolyn Phillips Mr. John Crawford CLASS OF 1951 - $9,445 Mrs. Annie Freeman Ms. Lyda Sammons-Slade Mr. John Cureton Mr. Willie Davis Mrs. Billie Matthews Mrs. Selma Simelton Ms. Edith DeLaine Mrs. Mildred Frederick Mrs. Henrietta Motley Mr. Edison Towe, Jr. Trustee Argie Knox Johnson Reverend Lawrence Glenn, Sr. Mrs. Bessie Ransome Mr. Leon Watkins Ms. Doris King Mr. Harry Jackson Dr. Bertha Roddey Mr. James Yancey Mr. Donald McIntosh Dr. Maggie Mallory Mrs. Margaret Thomas Mrs. Verdell Smyrl The Honorable Carl Ratliff CLASS OF 1958 - $5,990 Trustee McKinley Washington, Jr. Mrs. Amanda Wright Mrs. Iris Rattley CLASS OF 1955 - $32,550 Ms. Catherine Allen Mr. William Shepperson III Mr. Cecil Adderley, Jr. Mrs. Katie Barnhill Mrs. Vera Swann Mr. Alston Bellamy Mr. Thomas Clyburn CLASS OF 1961 - $13,700 Mr. Andrew Turner, Jr. Mrs. Evelyn Blackwell Mrs. Betty Cornwell Mrs. Garnell Bailey Dr. David Woodbury, Jr. Mrs. Elizabeth Carrothers Mr. Norman Deas Mrs. Dorothy Ellis The Honorable Eva Clayton Mr. Lemuel Froneberger Mr. Talmadge Fair CLASS OF 1952 - $2,710 Mr. Theaoseus Clayton Mrs. Sarah Gist Mr. James Frazier Mr. Oliver Clark Mr. Wendell Daniel Mr. William Harris Mr. Frank Gadsden Mr. Melton Ellerby Mr. Matthew Evans Mr. Johnny Lunsford Ms. Lucille Harris Dr. William Funderburk Dr. Telezee Foster Mr. Raymond McDougal Mr. George Johnson Ms. Amanda Graham Mrs. Gloria Free Mrs. Josephine McKissick Mrs. Joetter Johnson Mrs. Mamie Jones Dr. David Hunter Mrs. Eartha Mae McMichael Ms. Katie Johnson Ms. Mary Jones Mrs. Rosa Jones Dr. William McMillan Mrs. Lena Pickens Mr. Ronald Lewis, Sr. Mr. Roosevelt Odom, Sr. Dr. Carroll Redfern Ms. Nancy Rodriguez Dr. Charles Morris, Jr. Dr. Louis Pointer Mrs. Louise Spencer Ms. Nancy Smith Mr. Arthur Redding Mr. Rudolph Worsley Mr. Ira Thompson IV Mr. Lorenzo Steele Mr. Oscar Tate Mrs. Nannie Young Ms. Anna Vernon Mr. Russell Young CLASS OF 1953 - $10,500 CLASS OF 1956 - $8,650 CLASS OF 1959 - $7,425 Mrs. Mary Bowden Mr. Frank Gaither, Sr. Mrs. Eleanor J. Boyd CLASS OF 1962 - $9,600 Mrs. Johnnie Collins Mrs. Beatrice Johnson Mr. Willie Boyd Mrs. Mary Bailey Mrs. Lotess Cright Mrs. Wilhelmina Kimpson Mrs. Geraldine Clyburn Mrs. Jo Alice Blyther Mrs. Deloris Evans Mrs. Pecola Maxwell Mrs. Bernice Ferguson Mrs. Mary Bradley Mrs. Helen Henry Mrs. Shirley Paramore Ms. Sadie Hill Mrs. Hattie Brookens Miss Harriett Lewis Mrs. Juanita Reynolds Ms. Virginia Johnson Mr. Charlie Dannelly Mrs. Sarah Morrison Ms. Millie Snider Ms. Lucille Joyner Mr. George Dorman, Jr. Mr. Charles Motley Mrs. Muriel Wiggins Dr. Charlie Kennedy Ms. Vermell Drayton Mrs. LaVerne Parker Mrs. Ethel Woodard Mrs. Helen Lassiter Ms. Mary Forte Mrs. Maxine Mallory Mr. Arthur Graves Reverend Lloyd Morris Reverend Carnell Hampton

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Mrs. Eva Irby Mrs. Delia Carr Mr. Luther Jones Mrs. Mary Smith Mrs. Gretel James Ms. Barbara Clarkson Ms. Doris Jordan Mr. Charles Syrkett Dr. William Joyner Dr. Sadye Curry Mrs. Barbara Kamara Mrs. Eddimae Tisdale Mrs. Emma Levi Mr. William Dabney Mr. Fred Lewis Ms. Carol Tunstall Mr. Willie Little Mrs. Sandra Davis Mr. Douglas Loftin Mr. Howard Ways Mrs. Gladys Massey Mrs. Mary Faulkner Mrs. Rosa Martin Mrs. Rosa Wells-Garris Mrs. Nancy Morris Mr. John Faxio Mrs. Viella Mason Mrs. Queen Whaley Mrs. Betty Stroud Ms. Gussie Floyd Mr. Clyde McGriff Mr. Joseph White, Jr. Ms. Judith Washington, Esq. Mr. Sidney Glee Dr. James McGriff, Jr. Mr. Cornelious Williams, Sr. Mrs. Jean Graham Reverend Johnnie Monroe Mrs. Diane Williams CLASS OF 1963 - $22,070 Mrs. Shannon Hilton Mrs. Marilou Moore Dr. Shirley Williams-Thompson Ms. Cora Howard Mr. R.T. Nicholas Ms. Maxine Woods Mrs. Hattie Adams Mrs. Ellen Hunley-Walker Mrs. Carolyn Nix Dr. Niathan Allen Mrs. Sylvia Ivey Mr. Joseph Ramey Mr. Gerald Blakeney Mr. Samuel Johnson, Jr. Ms. Ruby Rucker

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CLASS OF 1964 - $19,224 CLASS OF 1965 - $19,900 Mr. Marion Massey CLASS OF 1968 - $22,190 Mr. John McQueen Dr. Boisey Barnes, Jr. Mr. John Bolling III Mrs. Ann Austin Mr. David Prince Dr. Pat Barr-Harrison Mr. Isaiah Boyd Ms. Donna Baddy Mrs. Carolyn Ray Mrs. Veronica Bethel Mrs. Margaret Brandon Mr. Guy Barnes Mr. James Ray Mr. Joe Blakeney Ms. Lula Brown Mr. Horace Black Ms. Ida Reid Mr. Curtis Brooks Dr. Harry Coleman Mrs. Carolyn Bridges-Graves Mr. Samuel Reid Mrs. Bettye Byrd Dr. William Flythe Ms. Rebecca Brown Mr. Hezekiah Simmons Mrs. Hattie Campbell Mrs. Idell Glenn Mr. Rhenn Darensburg Mr. James Thomas Mr. Freddie Clinton Ms. Jeanette Goines Dr. Barbara Dilligard The Honorable Sandra Townes Dr. Thomas Collins, Jr. Mrs. Carrie Hampton Ms. Yolanda Ford Mr. Chester Trower, Jr. Ms. Willie Colson Mrs. Shirley Hunter Mr. Frank Franklin Mrs. Brenda Twiggs Mr. Herbert Cunningham Mrs. Irene Lowry Mr. Jesse Goode, Jr. Ms. Margo Watts Reverend John Cuthbertson Mrs. Ossie Martin Dr. William Harmon Mrs. Ellen Eummer Mr. Leon McClinton Ms. Grace Henderson Outlaw Mr. Paul Faulkner Mrs. Johnnie McCray CLASS OF 1967 - $22,026 Mrs. Barbara Howell Mrs. Rebecca Fulton Mr. James Melton Mrs. Sandra Anthony-Tobias Ms. Gladys James Mr. George Goodman Ms. Alice Mitchell Mr. Philander Asaka Mr. Johnny Jenkins Mrs. Elizabeth Graves Mr. Richard Reeves Mrs. Sarah Bellamy Ms. Audrey Johnston Mrs. Janice Gresham Dr. George Reynolds Mrs. Jeannie Bryant Reverend Calvin Lewers Mr. George Hall Dr. Horace Rice Mr. Robert Carter Mrs. Frances Lewis-Steiner Ms. Martha Hall Mrs. Rachel Smith Mr. Robert Coffey Mrs. Lorraine Manning Ms. Ellaree Hampton Mrs. Evelyn Terry Mrs. Gayle Crawford Ms. Gloria P. McNeill Mrs. Mary Haskins Ms. Martha Warren Dr. Samuel Cunningham Mrs. Viola Myers-Williams Mr. J. Haynes Mrs. Barbara Watkins-Sohan Ms. Florence Day Mr. Stewart Oatman Mr. Leon Howard, Sr. Ms. Pearl Welch Dr. Ronald Gray Mrs. Don Yvonne Owens Mrs. Mattie Ivey Dr. Kenneth Whitted Mr. James Greene Ms. Irvelle Penn Cowan Mr. Robert Johnson, Jr. Mrs. Pearlie Williams Mrs. Carole Henley Mrs. Eula Richardson Dr. Lonnie Keith Mrs. Doris Wilson Mr. Dwain Irvin Mrs. Betty Rivers Mr. Clarence Little Mr. Grover Jackson Mr. Luke Salley Mrs. Mae Little CLASS OF 1966 - $26,841 Mr. Ronald Johnson Mr. Stephen Schley Mrs. Marian Mathes Ms. Guinevere Jones Mr. Bedford Thaxton, Jr. Mr. Herman Bagley Ms. Sheila McDowell Mr. Donald Lewis, Sr. Mrs. Queen Thompson Dr. Venton Bell Ms. Vertelle Middleton Mrs. Melba Mobley Ms. Zenobia Washington Mr. Johnny Bowen Mrs. Dorothy Mitchell Mrs. Gretta Moorhead Mr. Rudolph Wheeler Dr. Henry Bowers Ms. Amy Pasour Mr. Troy Newman Mr. James Brandon Mrs. Willetta Whitted Mr. Willie Pruitt Ms. Claudia Nichols Mrs. Patsy Camp Mrs. Brenda Sanders Mrs. Virginia Peterkin Mrs. Sarah Crowder Mrs. Dorothy Scoggins Mr. Curtis Peters Ms. Deborah Doris CLASS OF 1969 - $16,375 Dr. June Smith Ms. Lenora Powe Mrs. Ruby Dubose Dr. Stephen Agyekum Mrs. Mazie Storr Mrs. Devenure Shamsid-Deen Ms. Barbara Foster Mr. Calvin Banks Ms. Willie Suswell Mrs. Trudelle Stroman Mr. James Gaither Mrs. Jessie Broadaway Mrs. Bertha Woods Ms. Vivian Terry Mrs. Lucille Gaither Mr. William Broadaway Mrs. Barbara Young Dr. Michael Walker Mr. Herbert Gidney, Jr. Mr. Lionel Davis, Esq. Mr. Arcelia Wicker, Sr. Ms. Annette Graham Ms. Jo Ella Ferrell Ms. S. Williams Ms. Marguerite Greene Mrs. Dorothy Franklin Mrs. Frances Wofford-Schley Ms. Gertude Hadley Ms. C. Dianne Freeman

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Ms. Virginia Grafton-King Ms. Paula McIntyre CLASS OF 1972 - $25,756 Mr. Solomon Hilliard, Jr. Mrs. Daphne Graves-Smith Dr. Melvin Pinn, Jr. Mrs. Metter Hodges Mrs. Velma Butler-Brown Mrs. Shirley Greene Mr. David Poignard Mrs. Kathleen Hunter Mr. James Daughtridge Mrs. Bertha Harris Mr. Charles Robinson The Honorable Philemina L. Jones Ms. Gloria Davis Mr. James Harris Mrs. Sandra Simmons Mrs. Cassandra Jordan Dr. Bobby Dawkins Mr. James Humbert Trustee Grover Smith Mr. Stephen Joyner, Sr. Mr. Joseph Faust Mrs. Saundra Johnson Mrs. Cheryl Sullivan Mrs. Jennifer McDowell Trustee Parran L. Foster III Mr. Albert Kennedy Ms. Gloria Tiller Mrs. Yolanda McGraw Mrs. Patricia Foster Dr. William King Mrs. Jo Ann Townsend Ms. Linda Newkirk Ms. Barbara Fuller Mrs. Vivian Mathewson Dr. Michael Turner Mrs. Jeanette Praylor Mr. William Gunn Ms. Portia McCollum Mrs. Forestine Vaughn Ms. Dorothy Prioleau Mr. Malloy Harris, Jr. Ms. Denise McDaniel-Henderson Mr. Edward West Mr. Marion Robinson Mrs. Gerald Hatcher Mr. Wayne McLaughlin Mrs. Theodoshia Williams Reverend Mark Royster, Sr. Mrs. Phyllis Hilliard Mr. James Melvin Mr. Thomas Williams Mr. Mickel Singleton Mrs. Lettie Holland Mr. Billy Pitts Ms. Rhoda Winstead* Mrs. Brenda Tyrance Mr. David Hughes Mrs. Ann Riley Ms. Juanita Yates Mrs. Lovieree Warren Mrs. Carlenia Ivory Mr. Robert Seabrooks, CPA Mrs. DeLois Washington Mr. Thomas Latimer Mr. Ivory Tate, Jr. Ms. Sidonie Webber CLASS OF 1971 - $20,975 Mr. Robert Logan, Jr. Mr. Fred Tatum Trustee Thomas Baldwin Mrs. Shirley McDonald Ms. Lillie Tillman Mr. Simon Broom, Jr. Mr. Steve Miller CLASS OF 1974 - $9,300 Mrs. Correll Townes Mr. John Costner III Mrs. Emma Motley-Broadnax Dr. Robert Allen Mr. Reginald Washington* Ms. Bessie Crisswell Mrs. Sula Page Dr. Lucinda Blue Mrs. Sandrea Williamson Ms. Jessie Crisswell Mrs. Jacquelyn Poignard Mr. Stephen Brown Mr. Otto Wingate, Jr. Mr. Harold Dawkins Ms. Patricia Robinson Dr. Rhonda Covington Mr. Charles Harvey Mrs. Gwendolyn Smith Mr. Kenny Faulkner CLASS OF 1970 - $12,035 Reverend Larry Hill Mrs. Kutricia Spann Ms. Debra Frazier Mrs. Deborah Allen Mrs. Elease Holmes Mrs. Remona Spencer Mr. Alfred Hudson Mrs. Mabel Brown Mr. Charles Howard Ms. Georgia Thomas Mrs. Dorothy Latimer Reverend Arthur Canada, Sr. Mrs. Veronica Isaac Ms. Gwendolyn Whitsell Ms. Constance Lesesne Mr. Mack Canady, Jr. Mr. Charles Jackson Ms. Cynthia Withrow Ms. Glenda Pyant Mr. Robert Corbett, Jr.* Mrs. Jacquelyn Jenkins Ms. Levern Younger Ms. Shirley Tillman Mr. Hubert Davis, Sr. Dr. James Jeter Ms. Blenda Younger Mrs. Richertine Dean Ms. Comatha Johnson CLASS OF 1973 - $14,886 Dr. James Ewers, Jr. Mrs. Emma Martin-Goodman Mrs. Karen Armstrong-Williams CLASS OF 1975 - $13,075 Dr. John Floyd Mr. Bernard McGraw Mr. Ozzie Black, Jr. Mrs. Pamela Brown Mrs. Juanita Floyd Ms. Ivy Metz Mrs. Joyce Blakeney Ms. Christy Bryant Ms. Clara Foster Mr. Nolan Nolley Mrs. Debora Blakney Mr. Luther Carter, Jr. Mrs. Carolyn Glover Mrs. Yvette Patterson Mrs. Gwendolyn Cobb-Durham Mrs. Gwenellen Corley-Bowman Mrs. Bessie Green Dr. Warner Pinchback, Jr. Ms. Claudean Cooper Dr. Phyllis Dawkins Reverend Dr. Lloyd Green, Jr. Ms. Ruth Pitts Mr. T. Crenshaw Ms. Billie Nichols Mr. Gregory Jenkins Reverend James Simmons Ms. Daisy Davis Mr. John Polk Mr. Raymond Johnson, Jr. Mrs. Kaffie Sledge Ms. Wanda Foy-Burroughs Ms. Eulalia Winstead Mr. Albert Jordan Mrs. Phyllis Wade Ms. Sharon Gilbert Mr. Gregory Woods Mrs. Juanita Jordan Ms. Vicki Gilchrist Mr. James Yourse, Jr. Mrs. Nellie Kennedy Mr. Andrew Gray Mrs. Maxine Leak Mr. John Heath Ms. Verta Looper

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CLASS OF 1976 - $5,080 Mrs. Diane Proctor Mr. Earl Clipper Ms. Marie Matthews Ms. Lureen Samuel Mr. Paul Coleman, Jr. Mrs. Catherine McCoy Ms. Joyce Bynum Ms. Robbie Thompson Ms. Deltha Cousar-Jeffries Mr. Timothy McCoy Mrs. Jacqueline Cherry Ms. Delores Timberlake Mrs. Jacqueline Duke Dr. Ronald McFarland, Sr. Mr. Jerry Clark Ms. Deborah Wadsworth Mrs. Pamela Everett Ms. Theresa Morris-Brown Reverend James Covington, Jr. Ms. Dorothy Wilkins Ms. LaFrieda Flack Mrs. Cheryl Myrick Mrs. Susie Enoch Mrs. Mary Foxx Johnson Mrs. Germaine Patterson-Smith Ms. Jacqueline Glover Ms. Cheryl Graber Mrs. Treva Pettis Ms. Shelia Harvey CLASS OF 1977 - $11,547 Mrs. Jacqueline Green Mrs. Pansy Steele Mrs. Lavone Hicks Mr. Wayne Banks Mrs. Sadie Haney-Morgan Mr. Michael Travis Mr. Kenneth Hopkins Mrs. Carlise Blakey Mr. Johnny Headen Ms. Edith Worsham Ms. Angela Jacobs Mr. Gerald Blakey Ms. Gwendolyn Henderson-Gethers Mr. Barry Johnson Mr. Leonard Bodrick Ms. Joni Hicks Mrs. Ann Jones Mrs. Sharon Bodrick CLASS OF 1978 - $7,371 Mr. James Jackson Mr. Steffen Knight Reverend Phillip Brickle Mr. Armenous Adams Mr. Gerald Johnson Ms. Janice McCall Dr. Sheila Brown Ms. Michelle Andrews Mrs. Juanita Jones-Hall Ms. Rosilyn Outen Mrs. Dawn Carter Ms. Carolyn Austin-Younge Mrs. Catherine Laster-Cook Ms. Mary Polk Mr. Albert Tim Catlett Mr. Johnny Bailey

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Mr. Matthew Bailey CLASS OF 1980 - $1,802 CLASS OF 1983 - $1,460 CLASS OF 1987 - $841 Mr. Samuel Blackwell Dr. Gloria Boutte Ms. Winifred Battle Mr. Craig Bell Mr. Marconi Buchanan Mrs. Cynthia Brock Ms. Juanzia Dewalt Ms. Lauri Harris Mrs. Miriam Choice Mrs. Valerie Glenn Ms. Jennifer Howard Dr. Walter Hill Dr. Valencia Covington Mr. William Harper Ms. Nancy Mark Mr. Abraham McCormick Ms. Runita Daviston-James Mr. Anthony Hayes Mr. Terry McPherson Dr. Mack Staton Mr. Charles Dupree Ms. Tina Johnson Mr. Carl Muldrow Mrs. Georgette Edgerton Ms. Carol Jones Mrs. Joan Williams CLASS OF 1988 - $16,745 Mr. Duane Griffith Mrs. Brenda Lee Mr. Chet Grimsley Dr. Octavia Cannon Mrs. Loretta Moore CLASS OF 1984 - $1,505 Mr. James Davis Mr. Reginald Hayes Mrs. Vickie Moseley-Jones Mr. Timothy Alston, Jr. Ms. Tiffany Eastman Mrs. Kim Howard Mr. Alfred Owens Mr. Gregory Burrell Mr. James Ely III Mr. Randy Lee Ms. Vanessa Ragsdale Ms. Laverne Fuller Mrs. Kim Graham Mrs. Gloria Locke Mrs. Cynthia Smith Mr. Ervin Gourdine Mr. Kenneth Griffin Mrs. Joan Manns Ms. Kathy Tatum Mr. James Morrison, Jr. Mr. Sean Johnson Mr. Ron Matthews Ms. Pearl Washington-Ferguson Mrs. Karen Ray Mrs. Hope Manigault Ms. Dorothy Mayo Ms. Karen Watson Mr. Willie McMahand, Jr. Mr. Jeffrey Turner Mr. Ned Sergew Mrs. Rita Miller Mr. Ricky Wade Ms. Kathy Mitchell CLASS OF 1981 - $610 Mr. Aaron Whitfield CLASS OF 1989 - $8,865 Mr. Arthur Wilson Mrs. Sharon Moorer Mr. Dennis Branch Lieutenant Colonel Morris Bodrick Mr. Randolph Worsley Ms. Debbie Morant Ms. Valgene Brown Mr. Gregory Bryant Mrs. Cathy Murray Mrs. Blessyng Conway Mr. Gregg Hankins Ms. Karen Owens Mrs. Lauryetta Gentry CLASS OF 1985 - $1,020 Mr. Othniel Samuels Mr. Kevin Paige, Sr. Mr. Robert Owens Mr. David Blair Mrs. Jamela Wintons Mr. Kimmie Patterson Ms. Fernanda Tate-Owens Mrs. Stephanie Burrell Mrs. Shelia Petty Ms. Diane Davis CLASS OF 1990 - $2,350 Mr. Dwight Pinson CLASS OF 1982 - $5,750 Ms. Vanessa Giles Ms. Catherine Adams Mr. Mickel Roseborough Ms. Katherine Curtis-Fleming Senator Malcolm Graham Mr. Addison Shepard Mrs. Calvine Brooks Mr. Theol Fleming Ms. Ronnise Handy Mrs. Tracy Davis Mrs. Nedra Snow Mr. Johnny Hall Ms. Brenda Harris Ms. Charlene Strong Ms. Callie Jackson Ms. Brenda Hammond Mr. Walter McAllister Ms. Ivy Jones-Turner Mr. James Vanderhall Dr. James Harris, Jr. Mrs. Felicia Morgan Mr. Alvin Wideman Dr. Rosalind Lee Mrs. Gail McFadden-Roberts Mr. Darrel Wesley Mr. Kenneth Snow, Esq. Mrs. Annette Wright Mrs. Pearl Monroe Mr. William Roberts CLASS OF 1986 - $495 Mr. Willie Smith III CLASS OF 1979 - $1,160 Mr. Anthony Bright Mrs. Yvette Smith Mrs. Siclinda Canty-Elliott Mr. Jeffrey Leak Mrs. Phyllis Thibodeaux Dr. Doreen Hilton Mr. James Saunders II Mrs. Paula King Ms. Deedra Wright Mrs. Peggy Lide Reverend Carl Manuel, Jr. Ms. Cynthia Peters Mrs. Hedy Stevenson Mrs. Miriam Summers Ms. Valerie Wade Mr. Nathan Walker

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CLASS OF 1991 - $1,425 CLASS OF 1995 - $1,140 CLASS OF 2001 - $2,006 CLASS OF 2004 - $300 Ms. Kimberly Jarvis Mr. Peter Holman, Jr. Ms. Veronica Best-Clarke Mr. Julian Cheek Mr. Marvin Maynor Dr. Brian Johnson Ms. Rashanda Clark Ms. Quintana Coles Mr. John Norris Mrs. Cynthia Richardson Mrs. Akeisha Foster Mr. Marc Fuller Ms. Demetrius Rainer Dr. Thomas Williams Ms. Anitra Goshea Mrs. Latrise Hunter Ms. Monika Rhue Ms. Crystal Wilson Mr. Omari Greene Ms. Erika Johnson Ms. Debra Tate Mrs. Taiia Young Mr. Kerman Johnson Ms. Kerri Legette Ms. Patricia Wilson Ms. Angela Leach Ms. Nicole Thompson CLASS OF 1996 - $473 CLASS OF 2005 - $105 CLASS OF 1992 - $3,835 Mrs. Deena Davenport-Beasley CLASS OF 2002 - $630 Ms. Kristen Gaines Ms. Latonya Edwards, Esq. Ms. Terricia Gaines Ms. Barbara Hamilton Mr. Hakeem Akande Ms. Kathryn Goins Dr. Valerie Kinloch Ms. Charla Jordan Ms. Christie Blackmon Mr. Charlton Harris Mr. Vida Mingo Mr. Michael Simms Mrs. Shermika Duerson Mr. Benjamin Heatley Mrs. Willie Mobley Mr. Anthony Tindall Mr. Curtis Ifill Ms. Michelle Wilkins Ms. Talathia Joyner Mr. Shedrick Kirkpatrick Ms. Elva Lynch CLASS OF 2006 - $948 Mr. Victor Martin CLASS OF 1997 - $1,892 Ms. Tennille Price Ms. Nushat Thomas Mr. Greggory Ashe Mr. Stacey Smith Ms. Traci Benjamin Mrs. Shayla Ward Mr. LeVar Crooms Ms. Okeatta Brown CLASS OF 1993 - $895 Mrs. Rhonda Dorsey-Prude Mr. Roderick Jackson Mr. John Holmes Mrs. Darlene Boles CLASS OF 2003 - $1,395 Mrs. Shemeka Johnson Ms. Nisa Kibona Mr. Julian Coaxum Ms. Germaine Blakey Ms. Rasheeda Ross Ms. Tanisha Mickles Mrs. Vereatta Lowe Mr. DuRon Blount Mrs. Krista Terrell Mr. William Utley Mr. LaMonte Richardson Mrs. Keisha Wilson Ms. Shavon Daise Mr. Carlton Riddick Ms. Gwendolyn Eaton Dr. Pamela Taylor CLASS OF 1998 - $250 Mr. Derek Epps CLASS OF 2007 - $196 Ms. Dawnita Gilmore Mrs. Jeri Thompson Mrs. Crystal Henry Ms. Patrice Harrison Mr. Martist Jackson Ms. Michelle Wallace Ms. Shanikwa Peterkin Ms. Kristin Hicks Mr. David Neal, Jr. Mr. Kenya Sullivan Ms. Masaley Kargbo CLASS OF 1994 - $1,245 Ms. Selena Kelemen Ms. Amber Shoecraft-Griffin Ms. Crystal Lattimer Ms. Regina Boyd CLASS OF 1999 - $985 Ms. Akilah Luke Mrs. Heather Clark CLASS OF 2008 - $27 Mr. Tyrone Dimery Mr. David Maxwell Ms. Spamvetta Edwards Ms. Anika Pimentel Mrs. Nik-Cole Elmore Ms. Joy McCrimmon Mrs. Katina Graham Ms. Leshia Jones Ms. Sharifa McKerson Mrs. Lanette Madison-Hinton Ms. Malaika Lesesne Ms. Racinda Moore CLASS OF 2009 - $385 Mrs. Lisa Reid-Drayton Ms. Tasmanika Rich Ms. Sherietta Murrell Ms. Angelica Clark Ms. Andrea Watts Mr. Travis Smith Mr. Ricky Muse Jr. Ms. Nicole Guiberteaux Ms. Latasha Wilson-Batch Dr. Kristen Nickens Ms. Kaiharah Nixon Ms. Ryanne Persinger Mr. Carlton Richardson CLASS OF 2000 - $925 Mr. Kevin Richardson II Ms. Linora Carr Ms. Doritha Ross Mr. Derrick Dillard Ms. Lauren Scott Miss Melissa Eades Ms. Raeneice Taltoan Mrs. Kristene Kelly Mr. Olden Walker III Ms. Shamika Morris Dr. Alicia Washington

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CLASS OF 2010 - $655 Ms. Demetria Bell MEMORIAL GIFTS GIVING BY ALUMNI Ms. Dominique Dixon Mr. Aaron Hutcherson Donors ORGANIZATIONS Mr. Matthew Robertson Mrs. Patricia Judice Adair Ms. Pam Macarthur Ms. Danielle Walters Mrs. Miriam G. Bates Mr. John Mantini JCSU 100 Club $26,500.00 Mr. James Bauer Mrs. Pecola A. Maxwell JCSU National Alumni Association $20,817.00 CLASS OF 2011 - $209 Ms. Marilyn Brendle Ms. Bonnie Morris JCSU Sumter Regional Alumni Chapter $4,500.00 Ms. Santucee Bell Reverend Volina Cross-Dukes Mount Hope Machinery JCSU Charlotte Alumni Chapter $4,162.00 Mr. Eric Glenn, Sr. Mr. W. R. Cuthbertson, Jr. Mrs. Gloria P. Munoz-Martin JCSU Washington Metropolitan Chapter $3,395.00 Ms. Erica Hilton Ms. Anna D'Ippolito Ms. Alma B. Nappier JCSU Columbia Alumni Chapter $3,000.00 Ms. Jon-Alicia Palazzo Mr. Christopher Dunn Ms. Marilyn R. Nelsen Class of 1948 $1,744.12 Mr. Yamani Smith-Murrell Mr. Eugene Ellison Organization for Safety, Asepsis and JCSU Philadelphia Alumni Chapter $1,520.00 Mrs. Angela Ellison Prevention (OSAP) JCSU Los Angeles Alumni Chapter $1,500.00 CLASS OF 2012 - $80 First Presbyterian Church Mr. Thomas A. Pajewski JCSU Detroit Alumni Chapter $1,200.00 Ms. Brenda Mickles Foote Mrs. Jean Tucker Parker JCSU Baltimore Alumni Chapter $1,200.00 Ms. Brittany Bratcher Mr. Gerald and Mrs. Rebecca Gapinski Ms. Elaine Pearce JCSU Alumni Chapter of Groove $1,000.00 Ms. Tiara Davis Ms. Juanita Gates Port City Chapter of the Links, Inc. JCSU Pittsburgh Alumni Chapter $750.00 Ms. Teosha Gerrick Mrs. Idell W. Glenn Mrs. Dorothy M. Redd JCSU Charleston Alumni Chapter $500.00 Ms. Vadale Hamilton JCSU Richmond Alumni Chapter $395.00 Ms. Rolanda Sue Ms. Sonia C. Glover Mrs. Alleane S. Reeves JCSU Durham Alumni Chapter $342.95 Ms. Trajana Wright Mrs. Mattie Solice Grigsby Ms. Gloria W. Richards Mr. Calvin Hastie Mrs. Fay G. Sinkoe JCSU Class of 1948 Mrs. Rachel B. Smith GrAnD totAl $72,526.07 CLASS OF 2013 - $500 JCSU Columbia Alumni Chapter Mrs. Betty M. Stroud Mr. Robert Hodges JCSU Pittsburgh Alumni Chapter Mrs. Mary K. Thomas Mrs. Saundra Ross Johnson Rev. Paul and Mrs. Mary Van Loon Mrs. Peggy Jones Mrs. Eleanor Wayman Mr. Garrett J. Kamerling Dr. Anya Lockett-Evans Mrs. Viola Lyles

GIVING IN MEMORY OF In memory of Mrs. Frankie McCree Butler In memory of Mr. Thomas A. Reeves In memory of Mrs. Kathleen Crosby In memory of Mrs. Carrie Reynolds In memory of Mr. Paul Fyffe, Jr. In memory of Mr. Jason Floyd Smith In memory of Mr. Alexander Butler Gates In memory of Ms. Phyllis Tillmon In memory of Reverend Ernest W. Glenn, Jr. In memory of Dr. Spurgeon Webber, Jr. In memory of Mr. Kevin B. Glover In memory of Mrs. Zeddie B. Whitehead In memory of Mr. James Hastie In memory of Ms. Rhoda Winstead In memory of Dr. Charles G. James In memory of Ms. Esther Witherspoon In memory of Mr. Ivan and Mrs. Juanita Reeves

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oFFicers Melva Wilson Costen (’53) Patricia R. Morton trUstee emeriti Interdenominational Theological PRM Advisors, LLC Trustee Parran L. Foster III (’72) Center Howard A. Counts (’69) Chairman Gregory W. Norwood Kathleen R. Crosby (’46) * Akcess, Inc. Hanoi Darden (’13) First Niagara Bank Peggy Culbertson Johnson C. Smith University Judge Horace A. Davenport (’42) Trustee Monroe Miller SGA President Richard J. Osborne William H. Dougherty Vice Chairman Duke Energy Corporation (Retired) George Flanigan (’51) IBM Networking Division (Retired) J. Porter Durham Jr. Sarah Belk Gambrell Global Endowment Management Obie Patterson (’65) Mattie S. Grigsby (’48) Argie Knox Johnson, (’60) Prince George County Council Dr. James H. Hargett (’52) Secretary Linette Fox Dr. Charlie Kennedy (’59) Chicago Public School System (Retired) Johnson C. Smith University Tami Simmons Scott C. Lea Faculty Senate President Civic Leader Rev. W. Flemon McIntosh (’49) N. Horace Mann (’51) Cameron M. Harris Grover Smith (’70) Pettis Norman (’62) At-lArGe memBers Cameron M. Harris and Co. (Retired) National Alumni Association President Dr. Douglas M. Orr Jr. Dr. Clarence W.R. Wade (’48) Thomas E. Baldwin (’71) J. Frank Harrison III John B. Stedman Jr. BB&T Bank Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated JBS Capital

Thomas Barnhardt Kevin A. Henry McKinley Washington Jr. (’60) Barnhardt Manufacturing Company Synder’s-Lance, Inc. South Carolina Employment Security Commission Steven L. Boyd (’79) Shirley Hughes The Coca-Cola Company Ceridian Corporation (Retired) James Woodward UNC Charlotte Michael Jones Lowe's * Deceased 92 PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2012-2013 JCSU_REPORT_vFinal_Layout 1 6/26/2014 9:41 PM Page 93

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Patricia r. morton richard J. osborne

trustee morton has more than 30 years of trustee osborne is a retired executive in experience in the international financial services Charlotte, N.C., who volunteers in arts, social industry. She began her career in 1978 at services, educational and religious organizations. J.P. Morgan (JPM) in New York with initial He moved to Charlotte in 1975 to join Duke Energy responsibilities for asset management, foreign Corporation in finance where he held several key exchange and global cash management advisory. positions before retiring in 2006 as Group Vice In 1981, JPM assigned her to the Singapore office where she traded the President for Public and Regulatory Affairs. deposit and forward books. After four years, she moved to the Hong Kong office to manage securities trading and the funding of the firm’s During his tenure with Duke Energy, Osborne became involved with proprietary book. In 1985, Morton was assigned to London as senior a number of groups serving the energy industry. He chaired the finance investment officer for J.P. Morgan Capital. divisions of the Southeastern Electric Exchange and Edison Electric Institute, was a founding board member of the Committee of Chief Risk In 1994, she joined Alex. Brown & Sons in London as a producing Officers, and served on the board of Nuclear Electric Insurance, Ltd. office manager, covering large international institutions. Two years later, Since his retirement from Duke Energy, Osborne has provided special she returned to the firm’s New York office to continue working with management consulting to clients serving utilities and other energy London-based institutions. She expanded her responsibilities through producers. He served on the advisory board of Helix Wind, an two successive acquisitions, first by Bankers Trust and then Deutsche alternative energy company, and currently serves on the corporate Bank where she served as a managing director of the firm’s top global board of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure. relationships. In 2002, she moved to North Carolina with her family and joined Franklin Street Partners as a member of the Management In addition to serving as Trustee of Johnson C. Smith University Committee and Board of Directors and retired from the firm in 2009. and chairing the Institutional Advancement Committee, he serves on the boards of Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte, Charlotte Jewish In addition to her leadership at Johnson C. Smith University serving on Day School, Spay Neuter Charlotte, North Carolina Dance Theatre the President’s Gap Scholarship Fund Committee, Morton serves on the and Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, where he served as interim boards of the Bechtler Arts Foundation, the Duke University-Catholic executive director. Advisory, Nasher Museum of Art, National Humanities Center, the North Carolina Biotechnology Center and Carolina Performing Arts at UNC-CH. Born in New York City and reared in Gastonia, N.C., Osborne received a bachelor's degree from Tufts University, Magna Cum Laude, and his She earned a B.A. degree in political science and economics from MBA from UNC-Chapel Hill. Duke University and an MBA in accounting and finance from the University of Pittsburgh.

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