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JCSU News Release
Chronology of Significant Events at JCSU During
President Yancy’s Tenure
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Dorothy Cowser Yancy, Ph.D. |
- Johnson C. Smith University Board of Trustees
inaugurate Dorothy Cowser Yancy, Ph.D., as president of
the university.
- Community service adopted as a graduation
requirement for JCSU students and
the first Community Service Office director hired.
- Certificate of Excellence for Enhancement of
Undergraduate Teachers awarded to JCSU as part of the
TIAA-CREF Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for
Faculty Development.
- Division of Academic Affairs reconfigured into the
College of Arts and Sciences, the College of
Professional Studies, and the Honors College.
- Upward Bound math and science programs funded
through grant from U.S. Department of Education.
- Daniel J. Sanders Leadership Development Institute
initiated for student leaders.
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation awards
“genius” grant of $750,000 to JCSU, the first and only
HBCU chosen to receive such funding.
- JCSU receives the largest single endowment in its
history - $2 million from The Duke Endowment for the
James B. Duke Scholars.
- Comprehensive Computerization Strategy integrates
technology throughout all areas with a massive effort to
rewire campus, install a fiber optics network, upgrade
the central AS400 computer, and partnering with
Microsoft. The university’s web also went online during
this period.
- The computer ratio for students improves to one
computer for every four students.
- JCSU receives $1 million from Irwin Belk for
construction of a track/stadium/academic complex. Belk’s
gift is the largest single financial gift from a living
individual to the university.
- JCSU accreditation is reaffirmed by the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
- Biddle Hall’s exterior is completely tuck-pointed,
restoring the historic building’s façade to its original
glory.
- Legacy Society established for individuals who
include the university in their estate plans.
- “A Vision Shared: Campaign for the 90’s” concludes
with a total of $63.8 million raised in five years,
exceeding the campaign goal of $50 million.
- JCSU is one of 135 colleges designated as
Character-Building College by the John Templeton
Foundation.
- Construction of the state-of-the art Technology
Center is completed, funded by a $1.4 million grant from
the
National Science Foundation, the largest construction
grant in the school’s history.
- The three-story, 23,000 square foot Technology
Center was dedicated on October 23, 1998.
- Ground-breaking marks the beginning of the $7
million renovation and modernization of the James B.
Duke
Memorial Library.
- JCSU becomes the first HBCU to establish a boot camp
for its Student Technology Assistance Program and to
establish a teaching, learning and technology
affiliation with the American Association of Higher
Education.
- Kresge Foundation awards $2.5 million, five-year
grant to JCSU to strengthen its development and
fundraising operations.
- Black Issues In Higher Education names Dr. Yancy as
one of the nation’s top educators of the 20th century.
- Dr. Yancy is one of three college presidents, and
the only African American, to address the U.S. Senate
Web-based Education Commission in Washington D.C.
- IBM Thinkpad initiative provides every full-time
student a laptop.
- Black Enterprise Magazine names JCSU as one of the
50 best schools in the nation for African-American
students.
- In October 2000, a 20-foot-tall “Golden Bull”
sculpture donated by Irwin Belk is installed at the new
stadium complex.
- JCSU launches $75 million “Pathways to Success”
capital campaign.
- The Duke Endowment awards a $10 million, three-year
grant to JCSU.
- The JCSU men’s basketball team’s best record in
school history includes winning the Central
Intercollegiate Athletic Association tournament and the
South Atlantic Regional Championship, before advancing
to the
NCAA Division II quarterfinals.
- Dr. Yancy is the first female to be elected
president of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Association (CIAA).
- The Commission on Accreditation for the Council on
Social Work Education grants accreditation to JCSU’s
social work program.
- JCSU receives the USA Today-NCAA Academic
Achievement Award for highest student athlete graduation
rate.
- Renovation and restoration of historic Biddle Hall
begins. Project will transform the campus landmark into
a modern
day building while preserving its historic integrity.
- JCSU is the only HBCU ranked in the top 50 by Yahoo
Internet Life Magazine as the most wired small colleges
in the nation.
- JCSU makes CIAA history when both its men’s and
women’s tennis teams win division titles.
- Freshman learning communities expanded to aid
retention of students and increase success in the
classroom.
- JCSU partners with NASA’s Glenn Research Center as
the only education institution in the U.S. to possess a
prototype millimeter camera. Research with the equipment
will allow planes to land on fogbound airport runways.
- University marks its largest graduating class – 237
students.
- Irwin Belk Complex officially opens. The complex
features classrooms, offices, training facilities and an
Olympic-sized track.
- The Duke endowment grants more then $3.9 million to
JCSU, the largest cash grant in school history.
- JCSU observes 10th anniversary of Dr. Yancy’s
inauguration.
- University expands to wireless connectivity.
- American Association for Higher Education Black
Caucus presents Dr. Yancy with the Delaney Award, given
to those whose life and career have helped advance
issues of access and opportunity for African Americans.
- Dr. Yancy chairs the Member College Presidents for
the United Negro College Fund.
- $2.5 million grant awarded to JCSU by the National
Science Foundation for a Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) learning community.
- Black Issues in Higher Education names JCSU one of
the top degree-producing schools in computer and
information sciences and in English.
- The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA)
Board of Directors awards the 2006-2008 Annual CIAA
Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament to the city of
Charlotte.
- The Tom Joyner Foundation provides a $100,000 grant
to encourage current minority teachers to complete their
certification and then teach minority children in urban
and rural public schools. JCSU is the Carolinas’ only
university chosen to participate
- The Cannon Foundation, Inc. awards $50,000 to repair
one of the school’s oldest residence halls—Berry Hall.
- Bank of America Foundation awards $250,000 to
support a scholars program for business majors.
- After more than two years of construction and
renovation, university administration and staff move
into historic
Biddle Hall.
- JCSU garners national recognition from Campus
Compact as a campus that is civically engaged through
its service learning efforts.
- Freshman Academy launches as cohesive learning
environment for new students, dividing the freshman
class into 17 learning communities with mentors.
- Preservation North Carolina awards JCSU the coveted
Gertrude S. Carraway Award for the renovation of Biddle
Hall.
- JCSU is one of 31 colleges to receive funding for a
violence prevention program through the U.S. Department
of Justice Office on Violence Against Women.
- College students displaced by Hurricane Katrina are
accepted for classes at JCSU.
- Dr. Yancy serves as chairwoman of the HBCU
Congressional Forum Steering Committee, in a meeting at
the Library of Congress.
- Diverse magazine names JCSU as the top university in
North Carolina that produces African-American students
with computer science degrees. JCUS is 29th nationally.
- Dr. Yancy earns recognition from the Charlotte
Business Journal as a Top Women in Business.
- JCSU accreditation is reaffirmed by the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
- Temporary Library becomes home for
technology-centered laboratory classes in the Department
of Communication Arts, Music and Fine Arts.
- Sophomore Initiative, building on Freshman Academy,
offered for first time at JCSU.
- Duke Energy Foundation contributes funding to JCSU’s
“Cultivating Women in Technology” program.
- Dr. Yancy announces first national championship to
be hosted at Irwin Belk Center – the NCAA Division II
Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
- Dr. Yancy receives the Sisters Delaney Honor Society
Achievement Award at St. Augustine’s College and the
William J. Stanley III Award from the Georgia Tech
African American Student Union.
- Renovations to history Carnegie Library get
underway.
- Dr. Yancy becomes a member of the Association of the
Governing Board Commission on the Presidency
- “Pathways to Success” campaign closes, exceeding $75
million goal.
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