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ALUMNI INVITED TO 140TH
ANNIVERSARY Johnson C. Smith Alumni and their families are
invited to attend the university's 140th Anniversary during
Founders' Day at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 22, 2007.The event will begin
at 2 p.m. in the Jane M. Smith Memorial Church on campus. This
year's speaker is our own Trustee and Alumna Melva Costen. JCSU is
the second black institution in North Carolina to be recognized as a
standard four-year-college by the North Carolina Board of
Education.Back to top REUNION WEEKEND (May 4 - 6, 2007) Classes ending in "2" and "7" will be in reunion at the Hilton Charlotte Center City 222 East Third Street Charlotte, NC 28202 Phone: 704-377-1500 Toll Free: 877-667-7213 Single/Double Rate: $79.00 Code: JCSU Commencement CUT OFF DATE TO MAKE ROOM RESERVATIONS FOR THE $79.00 RATE IS APRIL 18, 2007. PLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS TODAY!! For those of you who have not registered with the Office
of Alumni Affairs Back to top JCSU CLASS NOTES Class of 1945 Esther Nell K. Glymph Witherspoon, a native of Gaffney, SC, was listed as one of the 10 "Notable African American Women: In Their Own Voices". This documentary notes the former librarian, humanitarian, social activist, life time member of the United Methodist Church, and widow of minister and educator, Dr. James Witherspoon. "In Their Own Voices" is a beginning celebration of African-American women from South Carolina who have helped shape lives and change their communities and, the state and the country through ordinary acts of courage. Class of 1946 Kinston, NC native Ola M. Bryant Watford broke down a number of barriers in building a career as a geophysicist and a top official with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Featured in The Free Press during Black History Month, Watford began her work with the federal government as a statistics clerk in the Naval Oceanographic Office in 1951. By 1973, she was employed as the only female staff geophysicist in the Department of Commerce. She eventually rose to become chief of the Space Management and Design Branch of NOAA. Watford credited education with opening a world of possibilities for her. Class of 1957 Joe Craig was featured in the Asheville Citizen-Times during black history month. Craig played center for coach Stonewall Jackson, who played with the NY Giants. He was an all-CIAA selection for the 1956-57 season and was a starter who played both ways for 60 minutes, never suffering an injury in his final three seasons. "In college when I played it didn't matter how many touchdowns we had run or how much talent we had. If we didn't maintain a C average, we didn't play. We were students first and athletes second." Class of 1980 Congratulations to Wilbert Harper for his promotion to the position of SVP, Senior Risk Officer of First Charter Corporation (NASDAQ:FCTR). Harper is responsible for commercial risk management in the Charlotte, Monroe, Lincolnton, and Lake Norman markets. Class of 1995 Featured in the Charlotte Weekly, head PTA advocate Kim Graham analyzes the current state of Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools (CMS). After buying a Parent-Teacher Association raffle ticket seven years ago, she embarked on her quest as an elementary school volunteer to becoming president of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Council of PTAs and PTSAs, Inc., overseeing, training and recruiting more than 130 PTA groups of CMS's 160 schools. When asked why bother giving up her valuable free time - spending time away from her children - to better the area's troubled education system, she answered, "Because I firmly believe that student achievement is deeply connected to parent involvement. A school's PTA is conduit for helping parents be the best teachers they can be…if they would become involved. The kids who need the most need teachers who can give the most." Class of 1999 As she approaches her next birthday, Cheris Hodges, has much to celebrate. She has come a long way since she self-published her first book in 2001 and is currently geating up for her seventh romance novel, Just Can't Get Enough, to hit shelves in August. A former police and courts reporter at the Covington News in Covington, Ga., Hodges' novels too were born from the stress of her job. She began writing novels to relieve the tension she experienced at work, but soon enough, her hobby became her life. Back to top CHAPTER NEWS DC Alumni Chapter DC Alumni Club 5th Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament
Philadelphia Chapter Join the Philadelphia Alumni Chapter on a Fundraiser Caribbean Cruise on October 14-21, 2007. The cruise is on the Carnival Valor, visiting the western Caribbean islands of Grand Cayman, Isla Roatan, Belize, and Costa Maya. We will be leaving from Miami and the price includes cruise, meals, shipboard gratuities, entertainment, activities, taxes, fees, roundtrip air from PA, NC, NY, NJ, and CT AND a donation to JCSU. Please join us! You can contact Pat Owens, powens1292@aol.com or 856-727-4331.Back to top ALUMNI GIVING UPDATE!  Help JCSU Meet the Challenge! This year's alumni
giving goal is 26% alumni participation and $670,000. As of today,
the alumni have contributed nearly $400,000 and approximately 9%
have made a gift. JCSU has not missed its participation goal in 6
years. Please let us not ruin our record. Remember that participation refers to the number of alums who support, so all gifts of any amount count towards the goal. Please support. Click here to make your donation now http://www.jcsu.edu/friends.htm Back to top DECEASED ALUMNI Bishop Charles Lee Helton ('64), March 29, 2007 Margaret (Marty) Johnson Saunders ('55), March 25, 2007 Bertha Brown Robinson ('48), March 20, 2007 Frances Lela Bowens Hansome ('46), March 16, 2007 Rosina Izzard ('79), March 15, 2007 Emma Lucille Hairston Dunlapp ('44), March 7, 2007 Erie Louise Flake Chichester ('51), March 3, 2007 Georgia Green McCluney ('52), February 27, 2007 Walter Franklin Davis ('49), January 3, 2007 Back to top YOUNG ALUMNI CLUB(YAC) Reunion Weekend Welcome Party for the classes of 1992, 1997, and 2002 at 10:00 p.m. on Friday, May 4, 2007 at Jillian's, 200 East Bland Street, Charlotte, NC. Back to top JCSU TO HOST 2007 NCAA DIVISION II TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS JCSU has been awarded the NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships, May 24-26, 2007. Alumni volunteers wanted. Click below for more information. http://www.jcsu.edu/athletics/ncaa/07DIINationals.htm http://goldenbullsports.cstv.com/sports/c-track/specrel/020507aaa.html Back to top SAVE THE DATES! Hilton Charlotte Center City (Headquarters) A first night’s deposit is refundable up to 3 days (72 hours) in
advance of the Homecoming date.
Alternative Housing – Homecoming 2007
Hilton Garden Inn Courtyard Charlotte City Center $129.00 Double
$144 King Suite
Code: JCSU Alumni JSAJSAA – King
Back to top JCSU FALL FOOTBALL SCHEDULE  The JCSU Athletics Department recently released
the 2007 Golden Bull football schedule. The 10-game slate is
highlighted by two championship subdivision opponents. The Golden
Bulls will play a full compliment of Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Association (CIAA) games with only three non-conference
opponents gracing the schedule. JCSU takes on Edward Waters College
(September 8, 2007), as well as championship subdivision opponents
Savannah State University (September 8, 2007) and Charleston
Southern University (September 15, 2007). Charleston Southern posted
a 9-2 record last year and was the Big South champion in 2005. To
see the full schedule, visit the athletics web site at http://goldenbullsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/030607aac.html. Back to top Thanks, see you
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