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JSU Downtown Campus programs improve quality of life for students, community

July 21, 2017

Supporters who gathered inside the Jackson State University Downtown Campus during a showcase of excellence Wednesday now fully understand why one JSU administrator describes the facility as a “great jewel”[...]

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JSU senior enters dental scholarship program, wants dental care convenient for families

July 21, 2017

Marqua Franchesca Lofton, a senior at Jackson State University and Utica native, was recently selected to participate in the undergraduate portion of the Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program (MRDSP). Lofton,[...]

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Pioneering educator Nelson exits retirement to become JSU’s interim provost

July 19, 2017

Longtime academician Dr. Ivory V. Nelson, a three-time university president and one-time community college chancellor, has assumed the role of interim provost at Jackson State University. The native of Shreveport,[...]

Jackson State University President William Bynum Jr., meeting with media Friday in the Welcome Center on the main campus, said he will fully champion JSU as a fundraiser. “The first part of fundraising is friend-raising, getting out and about and letting people touch and feel and hear from me about my vision and commitment. … We’re going to get out and meet a bunch of folks, talk to people and interact with them.” (Photo by Charles A. Smith/JSU)

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JSU’s Bynum touts new era, with focus on his 3 tenets, during presidential media conference

July 15, 2017

Jackson State University President William Bynum Jr. conducted his first official media conference Friday since taking the helm as JSU’s 11th chief executive by sharing his three foundational tenets and[...]

Ravion Lightfoot, 12, and eighth-grader, Kevonta Jefferson built a robot that could pick up small items. (Photo by Kentrice S. Rush/JSU)

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JSU, Verizon STEM program encourages minority males to take path less traveled

June 30, 2017

Drones, Robots and 3D? ‘Oh, my’ Agent Double OO7 from the James Bond film franchise was the catalyst for eighth-grader Ephraim Hill joining Jackson State University’s Verizon Innovative Learning[...]

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J-5 drum majors, J-Settes, JSU extras have ‘just’ right stuff for C Spire commercial

June 30, 2017

Film directors and producers cheer when a perfectly executed scene becomes a showstopper, and they experienced such a moment when the Sonic Boom’s J-5 drum majors and several J-Settes pranced[...]

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$25,000 from Madison County chapter of JSUNAA will aid eligible students

June 29, 2017

The Madison County chapter of the Jackson State University National Alumni Association presented the JSU Development Foundation a $25,000 check as part of an endowment fund established to assist new[...]

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Frequently Asked Questions on JSU’s Budget Reduction and Recovery Plan

June 23, 2017

Please review these “frequently asked questions” about the impact and anticipated future outcome of the Budget Reduction and Recovery Plan for Jackson State University. 1. What was the process used to[...]

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Jackson State students granted preferred admission status to UM Pharmacy School

June 23, 2017

Students have opportunity to impact public health Jackson State University’s Department of Biology and the University of Mississippi (UM) School of Pharmacy have started work on a new collaboration to[...]

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Jackson State University alum trades basketball for photography, goes viral

June 23, 2017

Justin Hardiman had no idea his photo of a model with jet black skin and wearing a white suit would become a social media sensation when he cut his[...]