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After an extensive national search, °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ announces the appointment of Dr. Karen D. Morgan as senior vice president for Academic Affairs (SVPAA).

It is with tremendous sorrow that °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ shares the loss of Fred "Curly" Neal, a 1975 alumnus who was a former member of the Harlem Globetrotters and the Golden Bulls basketball team.Ìý

°ÅÀÖÊÓƵ announces the appointment of Rochelle D. King as director of Financial Aid. King currently serves as assistant director of Financial Aid at Livingstone College where she is responsible for budgetary compliance, program disbursements, and staff training. She will assume her new role at JCSU on April 1.

The CIAA tournament is a time for student athletes to shine on and off the court; and this year’s, Student Athlete Empowerment Symposium offered some °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ student-athlete leaders the opportunity to fellowship and discuss the importance of mental health and the 2020 Census.

Dr. Helen Caldwell is credited with creating what is now known as the School of Social Work on the campus of °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ, in which she serves as dean. As a social worker of nearly 40 years, she prides herself on her work, and the impact she’s made on faculty and students at the University.

°ÅÀÖÊÓƵ’s School of Social Work is accepting donations for the Dorothy I. Height Scholarship Fund, aimed at furthering the well-being of students continuing the legacy of the iconic social worker.

Justice Jackson ’21 attended the 2020 conference Beyond the Yard: Your Path, Your Future, sponsored by Amazon from January 31 – February 2, 2020.

For Tawanda Nyahasha '20, the power of his pen and voice, has led him from his home country of Zimbabwe, Africa to °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ. The creative wordsmith recently released his first book of poetry entitled "The Burdens of a Wise Man."

Before the start of the fall semester, Cameron Mitchell ’19 learned he was selected to intern for Congresswoman Alma Adams. Mitchell, a Charlotte native, served as Congressional Press Intern to Adams, who serves North Carolina’s 12thÌýCongressional District in which Johnson C. Smith is located.

Dejah Gilliam ’16 was used to working in the fast lanes as a member of NASCAR’s Integrated Marketing Communications Department. The former °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ communication arts major is shifting gears and joined the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office.Ìý