Virginia Union University mass communications educator Christopher “CJ” Nurse is the subject of an October 26 feature by M. T. Bostic in The Cultural Current. The report follows how his memories of Virginia Beach slang helped inspire JANK, a mobile word game.
For HBCU readers, the story raises a useful question: how can the language students bring to class become material for creative work? Bostic connects Nurse’s teaching, media production and app development, showing the work involved in moving an idea into a playable product.
The feature also describes possible campus competitions. Those remain aspirations, not announced tournaments or university partnerships. Read Bostic’s original reporting for the full story.