JCSU Heads to CIAA Football Championship in Highly Anticipated Rematch
The Johnson C. Smith University Golden Bulls are heading back to the CIAA Football Championship with one goal: Repeat! Bring home the trophy to 100 Beatties Ford Road again! After defeating Livingstone College 27–14 in the 2026 Commemorative Classic, Johnson C. Smith University will face the Virginia Union University Panthers in the 56th CIAA Football Championship on Saturday, November 14, at Durham County Memorial Stadium.
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With the 2026 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA®) football regular season officially concluded, the conference has finalized the four-team field and seeding for the 2026 CIAA Football Championship Weekend, scheduled for November 13 and 14 at Durham County Memorial Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.
Visiting Scholar Shares Decades of Archaeological Work in Egypt
Author, archaeologist and cultural historian Anthony T. Browder shared more than three decades of research and firsthand experience in Egypt with students at Johnson C. Smith University during a lecture in the James B. Duke Memorial Library as part of the College of Liberal Arts Visiting Scholar Series.
JCSU Debate Team Prepares to Defend the Trophy in the 2027 Ethics Bowl
Last year, the Johnson C. Smith University debate team smashed through the glass ceiling, snagging the North Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities (NCICU) Ethics Bowl Trophy. It was a moment for the record books.
Success Derives from Authenticity in your Journey Beyond Graduation
Mister JCSU Tyler Bowers hosted alongside alumnus Rashad Smith ’10 as co-host for a panel discussing Life After College: Navigating What Comes Next. Guest panelists Dr. Leonard Brock, National Systems Change leader, and Ms. Jontel Worrel ’07 and Mr. Anthony Brown ’07 spoke about their journey after graduation.
President Kinloch URGES Competitive Collaboration for Community Impact
It was a rainy Thursday in September. Leaders in business, healthcare, and education descended on Blume Studios for Invest: Charlotte 2026. Johnson C. Smith University President Valerie Kinloch, Ph.D. ’96, served as moderator for the second panel of the day, “Leveraging the Development of Charlotte’s Anchor Institutions for Long-Term Growth.” A panel of experts broached topics of risk and resilience, investment and impact.
JCSU Students Gain Insight and Inspiration at the 13th Annual 2026 National HBCU Pre-Law Summit
Students from Johnson C. Smith University joined peers from 48 other HBCUs for the 13th annual HBCU Pre-Law Summit, held on the campus of North Carolina Central University in Durham from Thursday, September 24 through Sunday, September 27, 2026. The summit brought together political science, criminology, and business majors for four days of professional insight, mentorship, and motivation ahead of their legal careers.
Manneni Selected for NFL’s Future Leaders in Football Fellowship
Johnson C. Smith University student athletic trainer and women’s tennis student-athlete Divija Manneni has been selected to participate in the National Football League's Future Leaders in Football Fellowship.
Leadership and Legacy Panel Prepares Students for Professional Labyrinth
Success rarely begins with a complete plan. For students who attended Johnson C. Smith University’s Leadership and Legacy Panel in September 2026, the more useful starting point was learning how to prepare for the professional labyrinth ahead, and how to recognize opportunities, and pursue them full-throttle.
Dr. Kinloch Challenges the Class of 2030 to Be Bold and Remember the Assignment
An important moment of initiation begins with an auspicious sound: the African drums with infectious rhythm, the click-clack of heels all in a row calling across the landscape. The Johnson C. Smith University Class of 2030 began its march to the Jane M. Smith Memorial Church. Freshman Convocation 2026 would soon begin, a formal start to the students’ JCSU journey.