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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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Sew it seams: Jackson State University summer sewing camp revives ‘lost art’

June 10, 2018

Scraps of fabric litter the floor and sewing machines hum quietly inside the Johnson Hall Art Gallery at JSU. Kristen Martin, a 2018 graduate of the College of Business, has[...]

JSU student leaders from the National Pan Hellenic Council, Student Government Association, the Campus Activity Board and the Royal Court were nominated ‘most impressive student delegation’ at the 22nd Annual Student Leadership Institute hosted by the National Association of Student Affairs Professionals. (Photo special to JSU)

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Jackson State has ‘most impressive student delegation’ at national leadership institute

June 7, 2018

Student leaders from Jackson State University were elected ‘most impressive,’ by their peers, at the 22nd Annual Student Leadership Institute hosted by the National Association of Student Affairs Professionals (NASAP)[...]

Capt. Barrington Irving, creator of the STEM education tool the "Flying Classroom" became the first and youngest African-American pilot to fly around the world solo at the age of 23. During a 97-day journey, he flew 30,000 miles despite encountering multifarious conditions of snow, ice, sand, and thunderstorms. (Photo source: Flying Classroom website)

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Guinness record-setting pilot, Barrington Irving, bringing ‘Flying Classroom’ to JSU

June 7, 2018

Capt. Barrington Irving and his “Flying Classroom” will be in the auditorium of Jackson State University’s College of Science Engineering and Technology at 9 a.m. Friday, June 8, courtesy of[...]

Ashley Robinson officially will become JSU’s newest vice president and athletic director on July 1. He said, “Under my leadership, the Tigers will represent this institution, community and state in the spirit of excellence by restoring the pride of our students to be competitive.” (Photo by Charles A. Smith/JSU)

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New athletic director Robinson is highly praised and ‘driven by results’ on, off field

June 6, 2018

New vice president and athletic director Ashley Robinson aims to help JSU rise to the same level of success the HBCU achieved during its glory days of championships and professional[...]

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JSU names Ashley Robinson as VP and director of athletics

June 5, 2018

Dr. William B. Bynum Jr., president of Jackson State University, has named Ashley Robinson as JSU’s new vice president and director of athletics. He will begin on July 1. “We[...]

Dowell Taylor, interim director of bands and music technology at JSU, was overwhelmed to learn that he will be inducted into the 2018 class of the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame Foundation Inc., on Sept. 28 in Atlanta. (Photo by Charles A. Smith/JSU)

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Third time’s the charm: JSU director of bands to be inducted into national hall of fame

June 4, 2018

JSU Director of Bands Dowell Taylor will be inducted into the 2018 class of the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame Foundation Inc. during the 33rd Hall of Fame[...]

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JSU to sign pact to become business contractor under NASA Mentor-Protégé program

May 29, 2018

Jackson State University will become the nation’s first HBCU to enter into a mentor-protégé agreement under NASA’s Shared Services Center (NSSC) that will provide JSU with training and tools to[...]

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