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Johnson C. Smith University is known as home of a comprehensive Esports and Gaming Program that is the first of its kind at an HBCU.
Esports and Gaming at JCSU is comprised of an academic program, an esports lab and a highly competitive esports club, which makes it different from programs at other institutions.

With sights set on increasing diversity in the field by educating more esports and gaming professionals, JCSU hosted Esports and Gaming Week, which attracted more than 400 middle and high school students to campus March 1 and 2.

March is designated as National Social Work Month, a month celebrated at JCSU with meaningful discussions, special guest appearances and opportunities for social work students to network with their peers.

Johnson C. Smith University’s Communication Arts department was invited to send one student journalist to attend a White House briefing, and they decided to send senior Jayla DeBoles.

The briefing was hosted by Keisha Lance Bottoms, the senior advisor to the President for Public Engagement, and featured a visit from Vice President Kamala Harris.

A six-person debate team from Johnson C. Smith University recently traveled to Raleigh for the annual North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (NCICU) Ethics Bowl.

The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) recently awarded Johnson C. Smith University $5.7 million for campus technology upgrades and broadband 5G deployment. This is the largest government grant the University has received. 

Johnson C. Smith University organizations and academic programs will be debuting a number of events in celebration of Black History Month throughout February.

But I Am Black History Week, put on by the Office of Student Leadership and Engagement, the JCSU Royal Court and the Golden Bulls Activity Committee (GBAC) will host daily events from Feb. 13 to 17.

Faculty from 15 institutions of higher learning were selected as candidates for the Faculty Innovation Fellowship at Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school), one of whom is Johnson C. Smith University’s own Dr. John Bannister.

Johnson C. Smith University added Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, N.Y. to its JCSU Connect Program during an articulation agreement signing.

During a recent Mecklenburg County Commissioner meeting, Johnson C. Smith University’s Lactation and Doula Program became one of 75 local projects funded with money allocated from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA).

While some faculty and students spent their winter break home with family celebrating the holidays, Criminology major Alexis Lawson ’23 flew to Hawaii with Dr. Anita Bledsoe-Gardner, professor of Criminology, to present collaborative research at the International Academic Forum (IAFOR[BSD1]) Conference.

“This was more than an academic trip,” said Lawson, who visited Hawaii last year for a similar presentation. “I wanted experience giving another presentation because I could add it to my resume. Plus, it was Hawaii, so why not go again?”