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Barringer Earns Top Summer Internship with the Department of Health and Human Services

Gabrielle Isaac Allison
Charlotte native and Public Health major Whittney Barringer ’24 is a prime example of a model scholar-athlete.

It was the connections she made on the softball team that helped her land an internship with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) as a part of the department’s Historically Black Colleges and Minority Serving Institutions Internship Program.
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Alumni Couple Helps Refurbish Residence Halls on Campus During Summer Renovation Projects

Gabrielle Isaac Allison
James ’78 and Valerie ’80 Vanderhall met on the campus of Johnson C. Smith University as undergraduate students. They focused on their academics, graduated, married and started their careers. Decades later, the couple found themselves and their business, V&D Corporation, back on campus assisting in the renovations of the residence halls they stayed in as students. 
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JCSU Names Monterika Warren as Head Women’s Basketball Coach

Johnson C. Smith University announces the selection of Monterika Warren as head women’s basketball coach, effective August 1, 2023. Warren has served as assistant women’s basketball coach and assistant athletics director of Student Affairs since joining JCSU’s Department of Athletics in January 2023.
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His Head is in the Game: Willie Johnson ’25 Commentates Hornets Venom Esports Match

Gabrielle Isaac Allison
Willie Johnson ’25 won a raffle at a Hornets game that gave him the opportunity to play NBA 2K with Dennis Smith Jr. and JT Thor.

The Interdisciplinary Studies student had no idea that this lucky draw would lead him to the opportunity to commentate a live NBA 2K game between Hornets Venom and Celtics Crossover Gaming at the Spectrum Center.
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Johnson C. Smith University’s College of Business and Professional Studies Announces Inaugural Dean’s Executive Advisory Board (DEAB)

Johnson C. Smith University’s College of Business and Professional Studies has formed a Dean’s Executive Advisory Board to ensure the program offerings remain relevant to the industry.  
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JCSU Department of Facilities Announces its 2023 Summer Renovation Project

Gabrielle Isaac Allison
Johnson C. Smith University’s more than 150-year-old campus is getting a facelift this summer as the Department of Facilities rolls out upgrades in academic, athletic, administrative and residential buildings across campus.
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JCSU Serves as Host Location for Adams Hunger Initiative Update

Congresswoman Alma Adams and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) held the second of four “Focus on Food” meetings at Johnson C. Smith University on Thursday, June 29, 2023.
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Students from Kingston University in the United Kingdom Learn about JCSU During Summer Program

More than a dozen students from Kingston University in Kingston, South West London, arrived in Charlotte in mid-June for a summer program at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte to study anti-racism and climate change.
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U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm Hosts Town Hall at JCSU

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm hosted an energy town hall meeting in the Duke Hall Community Room at Johnson C. Smith University on Monday, June 26, 2023.
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