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JSU hosts day of visual art and spoken word featuring renowned artist Danny Simmons, Def Poetry Jam Poets

March 2, 2020

Jackson State University Art Galleries are excited to present a day of visual art and spoken word on Wednesday, March 4, with renowned artist Danny Simmons and Def Poetry Jam[...]

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Gibbs named as dean of Monfort College of Business at the University of Northern Colorado

February 27, 2020

Dr. SherRhonda Gibbs has been appointed as the next dean for the Monfort College of Business at the University of Northern Colorado. “I’m so excited to develop programs and initiatives[...]

Dr. Lisa Beckley-Roberts received an excellence in diversity and inclusion award from the Institutions of Higher Learning earlier this week. (Photo by Charles A. Smith/JSU)

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Music professor receives IHL’s excellence in diversity and inclusion award

February 21, 2020

Dr. Lisa Beckley-Roberts, associate professor of ethnomusicology, in the Department of Music, has been named a Distinguished IHL Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award winner by the Mississippi Board of[...]

These are among the dozens of Jackson State University students who participated in the annual conference of Black Engineers of the Year (BEYA). The event was held earlier this month in Washington, D.C.

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CSET students interview for jobs during Black Engineer of the Year STEM conference in D.C.

February 20, 2020

About 40 JSU students in the College of Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET) recently attended the 34thannual Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) STEM Global Competitiveness Conference in Washington, D.C.[...]

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Film and television actor Yohance Myles gives ‘JSU perspective’ during black history keynote

February 20, 2020

Educator and film and TV actor Yohance Myles brought a message to Jackson State University of hope and of tearing down walls and limitations. In his keynote address Feb. 11[...]

JSU Acting President Thomas Hudson, third from left, receives a gift card from Kroger representatives. Joining him are, Sean Wallace, left, director of Alexander East Residence Hall and JSU Tiger Pantry assistant; Dr. Susan E. Powell, associate vice president for Student Affairs; Jonathan Demming, a JSU alum and I-55 Kroger store leader; Teresa Dickerson, corporate affairs manager for the Kroger Delta Division; Ashley Robinson, JSU’s vice president and director of athletics; and Tammy Timbers, executive director of Housing and Residence Life. (Photo by Charles A. Smith/JSU)

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Kroger ‘steps up to plate,’ gives $15,000 to JSU food pantries for students, student-athletes

February 18, 2020

Kroger supermarket presented JSU with $15,000 worth of gift cards to support its food pantries for general students and student-athletes to help eliminate food insecurity on campus and refuel their[...]

Dr. Roderick Little received his first taste of band directing as a 16-year-old student at Lanier High School. Now 36, Little is one of the youngest band directors at Jackson State University, but he is not lacking in experience. (Photo by Charles A. Smith)

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Making the Band: JSU’s Sonic Boom makes history, band director to be honored by city council

February 17, 2020

Jackson State University’s very own marching band, the Sonic Boom of the South, has just made history at Jackson State University. The Boom’s halftime field show performance during the New[...]

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Rankins, higher education commissioner, urges JSU to rally behind, Hudson, acting president

February 14, 2020

Thomas Hudson, J.D., will serve as acting president of Jackson State University until a permanent president is appointed, according to Dr. Alfred Rankins Jr., commissioner of Higher Education. n Thursday,[...]

Thomas Hudson, J.D., holds a political science degree from Jackson State University and a law degree from the University of Mississippi. After being named acting president of JSU on Monday, Hudson said he is humbled by the opportunity. (Photo by Charles A. Smith)

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IHL Board of Trustees names Thomas Hudson as JSU’s acting president

February 10, 2020

The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning named Thomas Hudson as Acting President of Jackson State University at its meeting held earlier today in Jackson, effective immediately.[...]

(Charles A. Smith/University Communications)

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State-of-the-art Center for Innovation opens as new ‘makerspace’ for inventors, dreamers

February 4, 2020

About 200 people gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening Thursday of JSU’s Center for Innovation that combines education, research and entrepreneurship in a single location that[...]

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