Biddle University
Seal of Johnson C. Smith University
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Former names
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Biddle Memorial Institute Biddle University |
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| Motto | Sit Lux |
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Motto in English
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Let There Be Light |
| Type | Private, HBCU |
| Established | 1867 |
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Religious affiliation
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Presbyterian Church (USA) |
| Endowment | $51.1 million (Beneficiary of the Duke Endowment, 1924) |
| President | Ronald L. Carter |
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Academic staff
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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°WCoordinates: 35°14′35″N 80°51′22″W / 35.243°N 80.856°W |
| Campus | Urban 105 acres |
| Colors | Gold and Navy blue |
| Athletics | NCAA Division II – Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Nickname | Golden Bulls |
| Affiliations | UNCF |
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basketball bowling cross-country football golf softball volleyball tennis track and field |
| Mascot | The Golden Bull |
| Website | www |
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Biddle Memorial Hall, Johnson C. Smith University
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| 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 |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1883 |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference # | 75001281 |
| Added to NRHP | October 14, 1975 |
| 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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