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Since graduating from °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ, Diondre Pratt ’16 has accomplished yet another goal.ÌýJanuary 29, 2020 he was sworn in as an officer with the Salisbury Police Department.

Three Charlotte universities are banding together to support racial healing and transformation. As the Charlotte Racial Justice Consortium, UNC Charlotte, °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ, and Queens University of Charlotte will collaborate to listen to Charlotte’s many racial truths, encourage aÌýcommunity that understands its history of race and racism, and develop student, university, and community leaders who work across our region towards truth, racial healing, and equity.

It’s not every day you get to golf with a professional athlete, but for two members of °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ’s golf team, that dream became a reality.ÌýÌýVictor A. Beatty ’20 and Myles Moore ’21 had the opportunity to hit the course off with Carolina Panthers safety Tre Boston last month.

Our hearts and prayers go out to the friends and loved ones of alumnus Joseph Charles Jones Sr. ’58, who died at the age of 82 December 27, 2019.

Cody Byrd’s ’17 quick thinking helped to save the life of an 8-year-old girl. Byrd, who was recently featured by WXII 12 News, the NBC affiliate in Greensboro, said he was shocked to learn his efforts helped officers.

Ten business administration students along with Professor Jacqueline Robinson and Dr. Tiffanie Turner-Henderson participated in the annual Food Lion Scholars Day November 13, 2019.

Dr. Terza Lima-Neves, associate professor of Political Science °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ, took a different approach to teaching her hip-hop class, POL 491: Seminar on Black Women and Hip-Hop music. The course, intended to be a collaborative effort between students and the professor, is the first of its kind at JCSU.

°ÅÀÖÊÓƵ was well represented during the 14th annual Human Rights Campaign (HRC) HBCU Leadership Summit. This year, 49 students from 33 HBCU’s convened in Washington, D.C. November 7 – 12, 2019, including JCSU’s Emanuel Hester ’22 and Jasmine White ’20.

Professor Jemayne King, who teaches Sole Food: Digestible Sneaker Culture at °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ, knows all too well the value sneakers have on trends. King’s class is the only one of its kind taught on a collegiate campus in the world. His niche has gained him global media coverage, most recently with ESPN’s docuseries, SneakerCenter.

November is recognized as National Marrow Awareness Month, which honors the people who donate stem cells and bone marrow to help give others a second chance at life. This year Dr. Antonia Mead, professor of Health Education, donated her stem cells to a blood cancer patient.