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History professor wins GKSL book award

July 12, 2018

Dr. Lomarsh Roopnarine, JSU professor of Latin American and Caribbean history, is the 2018 recipient of The Caribbean Studies Association (CSA) Gordon K. & Sybil Lewis Book Award. Roopnarine’s work[...]

The JSU Metro Jackson Community Prevention Coalition is comprised of Dr. Melinda Todd, director and principal investigator (left); Henry Thompson, senior prevention specialist; and Terry Bennett, prevention specialist (far right). (Photo special to JSU)

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Metro Jackson re-awarded $310,756 grant to continue substance abuse prevention

July 10, 2018

Jackson State University’s Metro Jackson Community Prevention Coalition (MJCPC) has been re-awarded a $310,756 substance abuse prevention block grant from the Department of Mental Health Bureau of Alcohol and Drug[...]

The 2018-2019 board, front row from left, consists of Karen Robertson of East Central Community College, awards chair; Donna Thomas of Itawamba Community College, treasurer; Mary Margaret Busby, APR, of Holmes Community College, past president; Sophie Wolf of Millsaps College, senior institutions representative; and Pam Starling of the University of Mississippi, senior institutions representative. Members on the second row are Phillip Smith of Mississippi State University Extension Services, senior institutions representative; and Kathy McAdams of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, junior institutions representative. Members on the third row are Kell Smith of Mississippi Community College Board, government agencies representative; Maria McLeod of East Central Community College, hospitality chair; LaJuan Tallo of Northwest Mississippi Community College, secretary; and Maxine Greenleaf of Jackson State University, president. Members on the back row are Steve Diffey of Holmes, scholarship chair; Caron Blanton, APR, of Institutions of Higher Learning, government agencies representative; Tracy Duncan of Hinds Community College, junior institutions representative and Barin von Foregger of Holmes, vice president. Not pictured: Jamie Scrivener of Mississippi Delta Community College, junior institutions representative. (Courtesy of CPRAM)

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Public relations group CPRAM elects JSU spokeswoman Greenleaf as president

June 29, 2018

Maxine R. Greenleaf, JSU’s executive director of Communications and Marketing, has been elected president of the College of Public Relations Association of Mississippi (CPRAM) for 2018-2019. Greenleaf previously served as[...]

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WJSU’s Carter-Simmers loses her fierce battle against breast cancer

June 27, 2018

WJSU General Manager Gina Carter-Simmers, a fierce advocate in the war against breast cancer who organized the Beauty of Cancer photo exhibit and Wig Project, lost her valiant battle Tuesday[...]

Symposium chair Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou is the associate dean of JSU’s College of Science, Engineering and Technology. He said the event would foster international scientific collaborations.

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Tchounwou garners acclaim from White House, NSF for mentoring dozens in STEM

June 27, 2018

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is honoring Jackson State University’s associate dean Dr. Paul Tchounwou with a presidential award for his role as a mentor[...]

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Art is an option at JSU Summer Art Institute

June 26, 2018

Paintbrushes were in abundance during a t-shirt design class led by mixed-media artist Shambé Jones at Jackson State University’s Summer Art Institute at Johnson Hall on Thursday. “I did art[...]

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CSET’s Getter earns distinguished national appointment to Higher Education Roundtable

June 22, 2018

The Higher Education Roundtable – aka Lamplighters – has selected as one of its newest members Angela Y. Getter, executive director of corporate and external relations in JSU’s College of[...]

A recent event by WJSU has provided nearly 80 wigs to the American Cancer Society to help women who are losing or have lost hair due to cancer treatment. Station manager Gina Carter-Simmers, a breast cancer survivor, organized the Beauty of Cancer Wig Project. She said, “It's funny that of all I've been through – fighting breast cancer twice, eight months of chemo and currently going through immunotherapy – what I actually cried about was losing my hair twice. Sounds funny. I knew it would fall out twice, and I cried both times.” (Photo by Spencer L. McClenty/JSU)

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WJSU’s ‘Beauty of Cancer’ collects nearly 80 wigs for uninsured women with hair loss

June 22, 2018

WJSU-FM recently provided nearly 80 wigs to the American Cancer Society to help uninsured women with cancer cope with the loss of hair from chemotherapy and offered makeovers from the[...]

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JSU earns Mississippi Heritage Award for preserving historic Mount Olive Cemetery

June 13, 2018

Jackson State University was honored during a recent ceremony by the Heritage Award Trust for preserving one of the oldest private cemeteries for African-Americans in Mississippi. The event, held in[...]

Earlier in her treatment phase, WJSU general manager Gina Carter-Simmers showed the central line used to administer chemotherapy. The breast cancer advocate is sponsoring her second awareness event at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Amour, 1100 John R. Lynch Street, across the street from the Jackson State University Student Center. Survivors will be pampered, and all women are asked to wear their fun wigs, whether channeling Diana Ross, Chaka Khan or any other famous person. (Photo by Charles A. Smith/JSU)

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WJSU will pamper all women with makeovers, give wigs to survivors during cancer project

June 13, 2018

WJSU-FM is sponsoring The Beauty of Cancer Wig Project on Thursday to pamper all women with makeovers – those who are healthy or battling cancer – and offer free wigs[...]

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