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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.[...]

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3 Air Force officers, all alums, earn battle wings; 4th officer-alum trains for combat

January 30, 2020

JSU theater professor Yohance Myles describes his role in Fox’s “Shot Fired” as an emotional experience because of intense storyline about police shootings. A real-life father, Myles said his own children are prominently in his mind especially over the issue of violence against American-Americans. (Photo courtesy of Birdie Thompson/Styling by Joseph Adivari)

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‘The Untold Stories of African Americans’ applies a JSU perspective to black history

January 28, 2020

Jackson State University’s Department of Art and Theatre, Department of Music and Student Government Association have partnered together to present “The Untold Stories of African Americans: A JSU Perspective” on[...]

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Global engineering and technology institute selects Tchounwou as Distinguished Fellow

January 28, 2020

Dr. Paul B. Tchounwou, a Presidential Distinguished Professor and associate dean of JSU’s College of Science, Engineering and Technology, is among 22 scholars who have been selected by the International Engineering[...]

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Music professor set to lead workshop

January 28, 2020

Dr. David Akombo, faculty fellow in the College of Liberal Arts, will give a lecture called “Musical Interventions for Traumatized Children and Teens” and lead a workshop for music educators[...]

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