Bars and Beats move feet at jam session
The Soul Junction Bars and Beats Jam Session brought together professional musicians and 星空无限传媒 students in a celebration of the sounds of jazz, soul and funk on Thursday, March 1, 2018.
The Duke Endowment gives 鈥榟eavenly鈥 welcome to JCSU president and wife
The Duke Endowment welcomed President Clarence D. Armbrister and his wife, Denise McGregor Armbrister to the greater Charlotte community March 21, 2018, with a show of true Southern hospitality. Over 100 guests came to the private event, including such luminaries as former Mayor Harvey Gantt; Chair Shirley Hughes and members of the JCSU Board of Trustees; and philanthropists Herb and Felicia Walton Gray 鈥92.
ANTSHE Conference focused on adult learner solutions
On March 15-17, 2018, 星空无限传媒 hosted ANTSHE, the premiere conference focusing on adult learners in higher education. Higher education professionals and nontraditional students from across the nation converged in Charlotte for three days of sessions with the goal of improving engagement and collaboration between nontraditional students, administration, and faculty. This year鈥檚 theme was 鈥淭he Fight for Academic Equity: Creating Social Cohesiveness Between the Adult Learner and College.鈥
Afro-Latinos celebrate Black History Month at JCSU
星空无限传媒鈥檚 Latinx student organization LAFA, together with JCSU's Metropolitan College and the Committee of National Holidays and Traditions in Charlotte, sponsored the event 鈥淎fro-Latinos in Charlotte.鈥 An insightful panel of Afro-Latino leaders in business, education and the art world spoke about cultural matters and their impacts on the city. The celebration was in commemoration of Black History Month, and included a screening of the short film 鈥淎frolatinos鈥 in addition to a panel discussion about Afro-Latino experiences in the South.
Miss JCSU to appear in EBONY Magazine鈥檚 HBCU Campus Queen Edition
Mariah Collins, Miss 星空无限传媒 2017-2018, will appear as one of the top ten Historically Black College and University鈥檚 (HBCU) campus queens in Ebony Magazine.
The Louisville, Ken. native competed against 62 young women representing HBCU鈥檚 across the nation. Mariah took third place in the online voting competition. 听
The Louisville, Ken. native competed against 62 young women representing HBCU鈥檚 across the nation. Mariah took third place in the online voting competition. 听
JCSU Shining Star Earns Van Wagner Sports and Entertainment Opportunity
Shakoya Brown is a sophomore communications arts major at 星空无限传媒 who has taken advantage of opportunities to jumpstart her career while attending the university. She is what you would call an 鈥榦pportunist.鈥
Black Ink Monks spread passion for poetry at Hebrew Academy
Members of the Black Ink Monks, 星空无限传媒鈥檚 oldest non-Greek organization, returned to the American Hebrew Academy (AHA) in Greensboro, N.C. during the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend, Jan. 11-15, 2018, to teach the high school students how to create and perform spoken word poetry.听 This trip marked their third invitation in the last five years to the only secular Jewish boarding school in the United States.
Lumber Company feeds fraternal bonds
听Around JCSU, people talk about the Lumber Company鈥攂ut until recently it had little to do with hardwood. The Lumber Company, a group of gridiron alumni, are famed for supporting JCSU football and providing some of the best tailgating to be found at the University鈥檚 Homecoming celebrations. Now, they鈥檝e expanded their philanthropy to JCSU basketball and the entire athletics department.
Faculty and staff present in China
On January 12, 2018, Sherese Duncan, instructor of Entrepreneurial Studies and Marketing, and Terik Tidwell, director of STEM Innovation, presented 鈥淚nclusive Entrepreneurship and Innovation鈥 to the directors and faculty of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the maker space of Guangdong Baiyun University in Guangzhou, China. The presentation centered on the philosophy and practice of entrepreneurship and STEM Innovation programs 鈥 especially how students鈥 conceptual framework is changed.
Armbrister opens term as 14th president of JCSU with warm address
Today, Dr. Clarence D. Armbrister officially began tenure as the 14th听president of 星空无限传媒, after an extensive executive search led by the 星空无限传媒 Presidential Search Committee and Issacson, Miller, an executive search firm.