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‘Right Stuff, Tiger Tuff’: 50th anniversary pays tribute to past, present ROTC cadets

April 18, 2018

During the 50th-year celebration of JSU’s ROTC program, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Reuben D. Jones reminded JSU Army ROTC cadets they would live uncommon lives under a common banner while fighting[...]

Facilities’ executive director Robert D. Watts keeps a watchful eye on everything that happens on campus. His chief responsibility is to make sure the well-maintained campus is safe, energy-efficient and clean. (Photo by Charles A. Smith/JSU)

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JSU Facilities and Construction Management makes its presence, services known

April 17, 2018

JSU’s Department of Facilities and Construction Management (FCM) took the spotlight during a recent hotspot on the Gibbs-Green Memorial Plaza to share with the campus community its vast array of[...]

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JSU alum, actor Tonea Stewart talks growing up in ‘The Sip’ and role in new Netflix biopic

April 17, 2018

Mississippi-born film and television actor Tommie Tonea Stewart speaks with a voice that personifies wisdom burgeoned through time and experience. So when Stewart talks about her latest project the Netflix[...]

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Reed is new women’s head basketball coach

April 16, 2018

Jackson State University is excited to announce Tomekia Reed as the Tigers Head Women’s Basketball Coach. Reed comes to JSU after a successful three-year stint at Hinds Community College. “Today[...]

Some community members gleefully walked up to get their share of the produce. (Photo by Charles A. Smith/JSU)

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Crop Drop provides more than 2,000 families with free sweet potatoes, lettuce

April 13, 2018

An estimated 2,000 families benefited from this week’s Crop Drop, a biannual event that provides free sweet potatoes to the community from JSU and its partners. Aside from the nearly[...]

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College of Business student lands six-figure job at Microsoft

April 12, 2018

JSU senior business administration major Kyren Garel recently accepted a job with Microsoft’s federal group as a customer success manager. The 22-year-old Michigan native is heavily involved with the[...]

Pubic health professionals assembled inside the Jackson Medical Mall on Wednesday during National Public Health Week to share why their roles are important in saving humanity. Among the JSU alumni panelist included Dr. Nakeitra Burse, left, a grant writer in JSU’s School of Public Health (SPH); Jim Craig, director of Health Protection for the Mississippi State Department of Health; and Chris Cox, director of Youth Programming for Teen Health Mississippi. Other participating alums who shared their expertise were D’Angelique Lister, a school health coordinator for Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi; Dr. Amy Radican-Wald, a senior policy analyst for the Center for Mississippi Health Policy; and Dr. Vincent Mendy, an assistant professor in JSU’s Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Alum and moderator Christopher Lane, a research compliance officer in JSU’s Division of Research and Federal Relations, earned his master’s in public health in 2016.

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Public Health alums urge access to medical care, quality education to improve lives

April 9, 2018

During National Public Health Week recently, several alumni from JSU’s School of Public Health (SPH) touted the importance of their profession and said a lack of access to medical care[...]

Dr. Mohammad Shahbazi, interim dean of the JSU School of Public Health, said the nation focuses too much on treatment rather than prevention.

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With $1.8 million boost for School of Public Health, JSU aims to help eliminate disparities

April 6, 2018

Jackson State University said $1.8 million allocated recently by legislators to the School of Public Health (SPH) should help in the fight to eliminate health disparities even as many Americans’[...]

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MADDRAMA brings the ‘drama’ at Mayor Lumumba, Bernie Sanders town hall

April 6, 2018

Drama was definitely in the building at the “Examining Economic Justice 50 Years Later” town hall conversation with Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders at Thalia[...]

Local artist Chancellor Harris says markers are his specialty as he exhibits his drawings at JSU's Art Spot. "When my grandma died, I got involved with art. It helped me out with my depression. I just put my emotions into my art," said the Memphis native.

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The Art Spot shows youth the sky is the limit

April 3, 2018

Inside and outside Johnson Hall, creativity was in full bloom at “The Art Spot: Each One Teach Many” event hosted by the Jackson State University College of Education and Human[...]

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