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Biddle University

Johnson C. Smith University
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Seal of Johnson C. Smith University
Former names
Biddle Memorial Institute
Biddle University
Motto Sit Lux
Motto in English
Let There Be Light
Type Private, HBCU
Established 1867
Religious affiliation
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Endowment $51.1 million (Beneficiary of the Duke Endowment, 1924)
President Ronald L. Carter
Academic staff
159
Students 1,438
Undergraduates 1,375
Postgraduates 63
Location Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
35°14′35″N 80°51′22″W / 35.243°N 80.856°W / 35.243; -80.856Coordinates: 35°14′35″N 80°51′22″W / 35.243°N 80.856°W / 35.243; -80.856
Campus Urban 105 acres
Colors Gold and Navy blue
         
Athletics NCAA Division IICentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Nickname Golden Bulls
Affiliations UNCF
Sports basketball
bowling
cross-country
football
golf
softball
volleyball
tennis
track and field
Mascot The Golden Bull
Website www.jcsu.edu
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Biddle Memorial Hall, Johnson C. Smith University
Johnson C. Smith University is located in North Carolina
Johnson C. Smith University
Location Beatties Ford Rd. and W. Trade St., Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°14′37″N 80°51′25″W / 35.2435°N 80.8569°W / 35.2435; -80.8569
Area less than one acre
Built 1883
Architectural style Romanesque
NRHP reference # 75001281
Added to NRHP October 14, 1975
Presidents
1870–1884 Stephen Mattoon
1884–1885 William Alexander Holliday
1886–1891 William F. Johnson
1891–1907 Daniel J. Sanders
1907–1947 Henry Lawrence McCrorey
1947–1956 Hardy Liston
1956–1957 James W. Seabrook
1957–1968 Rufus P. Perry
1968–1972 Lionel Newsome
1973–1982 Wilbert Greenfield
1983–1994 Robert Albright
1994–2008 Dorothy Cowser Yancy
2008–present Ronald L. Carter

Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) is a private, co-ed, historically black four-year research university in the heart of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. It is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), and Council on Social Work Accreditation (CSWE). The school awards Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Social Work and Master of Social Work, degrees to its graduates.

Johnson C. Smith University was established on April 7, 1867 as the Biddle Memorial Institute at a meeting of the Catawba Presbytery in the old Charlotte Presbyterian Church. Mary D. Biddle, a churchwoman, donated $1,400 to the school. In appreciation of this first contribution, friends requested Mrs. Biddle to name the newly established school after her late husband, Henry Biddle. Two ministers, Samuel C. Alexander and Willis L. Miller, saw the need for a school in the south and after the birth of the school they were elected as some of the first teachers. Its coordinate women's school was Scotia Seminary (now Barber-Scotia College).

In 1876, the charter was changed by the legislature of the State of North Carolina and the name became Biddle University, under which name the institution operated until 1923.


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