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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[...]

Denise Powell, Miss Black Mississippi USA 2014

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Miss Black Mississippi USA applicants sought

January 29, 2015

The Miss Black Mississippi USA Scholarship Pageant is seeking applicants between the ages of 18-27 to be the 2015-2016 Mississippi representative. Jackson State University co-eds are invited to participate in[...]

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‘Passport to the World’ offers JSU students study abroad opportunities

January 29, 2015

If you are looking for something to do this summer, why not have some adventure studying abroad while building credits for graduation? Paris, France? Shanghai, China? Rio De Janeiro, Brazil?[...]

Blackburn Middle School 7th grader Scottie Stewart receives an award for his artwork from Hyun Chong Kim, JSU professor of art and ceramics. (Photo by Anissa Hidouk, JSU)

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Blackburn students gain international exposure via JSU

January 28, 2015

When a delegation of Korean and Chinese art scholars visited Jackson State University recently, it may have provided a lasting legacy for young artists at Blackburn Middle School. The young[...]

Dr. Kimberly Hilliard, executive director of JSU’s Office of Community Engagement, shows Jaylin Thornton, 11, a Blackburn 6th grader, the Little Free Library at JSU’s e-City Center, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. (Photo by Charles A. Smith, JSU)

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JSU’s Little Free Library unveiled amid eager readers

January 28, 2015

The sun was shining, balloons were flying and a crowd of eager readers enjoyed the ribbon-cutting Tuesday for the Little Free Library at JSU’s e-City Center. “Today’s a great day[...]

"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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Daughter of Malcolm X to speak at JSU Feb. 16

January 26, 2015

Ilyasah Shabazz, the daughter of civil rights icon Malcolm X, will be speaking Feb. 16 at Jackson State University as part of a conference titled Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Malcolm[...]

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JSU Day to be held at College Hill Baptist Church

January 23, 2015

College Hill Baptist Church is planning a JSU Day at 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, for the students, faculty, staff and administration of Jackson State University. Students, student organizations, faculty,[...]

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Kids — and adults! — to have ‘Little Free Library’ with JSU’s help

January 20, 2015

The JSU Center for University-Based Development (CUBD) is planning a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a “Little Free Library” for kids at 1 p.m. on Jan. 27. To be located at the[...]

Dr. Robert Luckett (left), director of JSU’s Margaret Walker Center for the Study of the African-American Experience, and Reginald Thompson (right), a Walker Center Advisory Board member, presented For My People Awards on Jan. 16, 2015. Pictured (from left) are: Luckett; Paula Giddings, a professor of African-American studies at Smith College and keynote speaker at the 47th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Convocation; Pamela D.C. Junior, manager of the Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center; JSU President Emeritus Dr. John A. Peoples Jr. (Photo by Charles A. Smith, JSU).

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A ‘preacher and a teacher’ inspire Martin Luther King Convocation

January 16, 2015

About 1,000 people joined at Jackson State University’s 47th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Convocation on Friday to celebrate “two preacher’s kids” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.[...]