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College of Business extraordinaire receives golden internship at The Goldman Sachs Group in New York

June 17, 2019

On the first day of orientation, Gabrielle Lyles was astounded as one of the managing directors for the Division of Internal Audit at The Goldman Sachs Group elucidated to the[...]

Jeffrey Graves, an '06 music technology graduate and attorney, spent the spring semester conducting a four-part entertainment law seminar for music technology majors at his alma mater. "I realized that a lot of these students were new industry types – beat makers, producers and musicians who are really good at what they do, but do not want to be band leaders," he explained. (Photo by Rachel James-Terry)

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Attorney heeds the beat of career path, helps ink major deal for local rapper

June 3, 2019

On a Monday afternoon in April, attorney Jeffrey Graves is talking copyright law to a group of music technology majors at Jackson State University. The session is the last of[...]

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CSET builds Sustainable Irrigation System that could potentially transform agribusiness

May 31, 2019

JSU’s College of Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET) has developed a cost-saving Sustainable Irrigation System (SIS) that could be used to determine just the right amount of water needed to[...]

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2019 First Lady’s Scholarship Luncheon has $75K goal; TSU President Glover will keynote

May 31, 2019

JSU’s second annual First Lady’s Scholarship Luncheon aims to raise $75,000 to help “well-deserving, academically sound students.” The event, with keynote speaker and Tennessee State University President Dr. Glenda Baskin[...]

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JSU aims to raise $150,000 for annual Day of Giving Campaign on May 31

May 28, 2019

Jackson State will host its fifth annual Day of Giving on Friday, May 31, inviting alumni, students, staff, and friends to contribute to any specific area of their choice.[...]

Blackburn Laboratory Middle School students assist a customer with the purchase of vegetables from their student-led Farmers Market. The event was held Wednesday, May 22, in partnership with Jackson State University and supported by sponsors and the community. (Photo by Charles A. Smith/JSU)

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Farmers Market by Blackburn Middle School, JSU hits pay dirt, sells out in less than an hour

May 24, 2019

Blackburn Laboratory Middle School sold out its entire stock of garden produce in just 45 minutes at its first Farmers Market held in partnership with Jackson State University, collecting hundreds[...]

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JSU’s Region II science fair winners competing this week in Phoenix at international contest

May 15, 2019

Winners from this spring’s Jackson State University’s Region II Science Fair Mississippi Science and Engineering Fair are competing this week in the international contest in Phoenix (May 12-18). Kristy Love,[...]

Tommie Mabry has authored and self-published three books that tell how he fought through violent and disparaging sorroundings and forged a new path as a college graduate, author and motivational speaker. (Photo by Charles A. Smith/JSU)

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JSU doctoral student ‘broke cycle’ of violence and poverty, now gives children hope

May 14, 2019

Tommie Mabry was 12 when a bullet grazed him while he was burglarizing a home he thought was empty. It could have been fatal for the rebellious preteen hell-bent on[...]

Motivational speaker Dwight Owens, right, and JSU alum Mario Henderson were special guests during a presentation by JSU’s Metro Jackson Community Prevention Coalition (MJCPC). The organization invited Lanier High School students to hear about the consequences of drunken-driving.

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JSU Metro Prevention Coalition warns Lanier students: Underage drinking can maim, kill

May 14, 2019

Before galivanting off to prom decked out in gowns and tuxedos, Lanier High School students were cautioned recently about the hazards of underage drinking from a paralyzed speaker whose life[...]

JSU's Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society chapter 188 inducted 64 new members: 58 students and five faculty members on March 27, 2019. (Photo special to JSU)

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JSU PKP honor society inducts 63 members

May 14, 2019

Jackson State University’s Phi Kappa Phi, chapter 188, inducted 63 members (58 students and five faculty members) on March 27, 2019. The honor society is the first Phi Kappa Phi[...]

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