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JSU’s Alpha Phi Alpha #GreeksAtPlay basketball game booster

January 29, 2015

JSU’s Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity will be hosting the basketball game against Arkansas Pine Bluff on Monday, Feb. 2 at JSU. Jackson State University’s social media department is hosting its[...]

"Genteely Subversive," part of an exhibition by Alabama artist Kathryn Jill Johnson, is on display through March 5.

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Visiting art works showing at JSU

January 27, 2015

The Jackson State University Department of Art is showing “Impermanence,” an exhibition by Alabama artist Kathryn Jill Johnson, through March 5. “Her mixed media works combine drawn images with layers[...]

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Art exhibit at JSU’s Gallery1 alludes to ‘Great Migration’

January 23, 2015

Gallery1 at Jackson State University will present a free, public debut exhibition of “Leaving Mississippi: Reflections on Heroes and Folklore” by artist Najee Dorsey at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29.[...]

Sunflowers by Hyun Chong Kim, JSU professor of art and ceramics, is one of several works to be shown at an American, Korean and Chinese Group Exhibition at the College of Liberal Arts Gallery on the first floor of the Dollye M.E. Robinson Building starting Thursday, Jan. 15.

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JSU American, Korean and Chinese art exhibit boosts creative economy

January 12, 2015

An array of American, Korean and Chinese art to be exhibited at Jackson State University will offer a “gateway” between cultures that can boost economies, says a ceramics art expert[...]

Dr. Robert Luckett, director of JSU’s Margaret Walker Center for the Study of the African-American Experience.

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JSU Margaret Walker Center announces Walker Centennial events

December 10, 2014

Jackson and Mississippi’s great author Margaret Walker would have been 100 years old next year, and Jackson State University and the Jackson Hinds Library System are celebrating. Called This[...]

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JSU featured on cover of ‘high end’ Jackson coffee table book

December 2, 2014

If you’re looking for a high-end gift for the holiday season, something to show off your pride in Jackson State or give to a diehard JSU alum, then you’re in[...]

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JSU art professor shows work at Library Commission

November 17, 2014

Jackson State University Assistant Art Professor Chung-Fan Chang is featured in an exhibition showing at the Mississippi Library Commission offices through Dec. 29. A reception will he held to honor[...]

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JSU art professor speaks at Princeton University

November 14, 2014

Jackson State University Assistant Art Professor Dr. Yumi Park Huntington lectured recently at Princeton University on Andean pre-Columbian ceramics. An art history teacher, Huntington is compiling, writing and editing an[...]

Pulitzer winning journalist Les Payne (left) speaks with “Metro Morning Live” host Rob Jay on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014.

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Documentary producer, Pulitzer winning journalist on JSUTV

November 12, 2014

Two stars of The Trotter Group meeting were on JSUTV’s popular morning show “Metro Morning Live” on Wednesday. But don’t despair if you missed it; the show can be watched[...]

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Actor, Producer Reid at JSU: Black journalists must promote own ‘propaganda’

November 12, 2014

Actor/Producer Tim Reid told Jackson State University students on Tuesday that they must produce their own “propaganda” if they want to be successful journalists. He recalled playing the character “Venus[...]