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Staff members of JSU's student-led newspaper The Blue & White Flash show off the many awards they received from the Mississippi Press Association. (Photo special to JSU)

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The Blue & White Flash collects 16 awards at O.C. McDavid Journalism Conference

April 2, 2018

The Blue and White Flash won a total of 16 awards and two first-place plaques in the student division of the 2017-2018 Better Newspaper Contest at the 20th annual O.C.[...]

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Margaret Walker Center to unveil interpretive plaque in Farish Street Park

March 21, 2018

On Thursday, March 22, at 4:30 pm the Margaret Walker Center and Significant Developments will unveil an interpretive plaque for the public sculpture Farish Quilt in Farish Street Park at[...]

Documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson said “Tell Them We Are Rising” highlights the importance of HBCUs. The institutions are credited with pulling people out of poverty and paving a path to the American dream. The film took 10 years to complete. He said, “There’s no way my mother and father would have gone to college if it had not been for HBCUs.” (Photo by Charles A. Smith/JSU)

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Documentary shows HBCUs continue to rise despite struggles, violence over 150 years

January 26, 2018

Although only seven percent of African-American students today choose HBCUs, several college presidents and a documentary film director told a Jackson State University audience screening “Tell Them We Are Rising”[...]

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JSU among vendors advising JPS 9th-graders at Career Exploration Fair

November 17, 2017

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it” appeared to have been a recurring theme by vendors[...]

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At museum photo exhibit, survivors declare war on breast cancer ‘bully’

October 17, 2017

Nearly 20 breast cancer survivors assembled inside the Mississippi Museum of Art on Thursday to help unveil a stunning photo exhibit with the oxymoronic title “The Beauty of Cancer” and[...]

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Journalism and Media Studies will host Mississippi Association of Broadcasters

October 16, 2017

The Department of Journalism and Media Studies will host the Mississippi Association of Broadcasters, executives and other education institutions for a networking event on Tuesday, Oct 17. The event will take[...]

Deborah Bynum, first lady of JSU, says: "If I had to describe myself, I would say that I'm fun loving, crazy in love with God, my husband, and my family. My mom has always instilled in me to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I have always tried to live my life this way." (Photo by Charles A. Smith/JSU)

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First lady Deborah Bynum is all about faith, family, clothes and recycling

August 29, 2017

Deborah Elaine Bynum, wife of Jackson State President Dr. William B. Bynum Jr., is seated at a round conference table inside her husband’s office contemplating if there were anything she would change[...]

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I am proud to be a member of G-Phi-D; historic sorority promotes upliftment

May 2, 2017

Who are we? My sisters and I are the unique sorors of G-Phi-D – Gamma Phi Delta Sorority, Inc. that is. In February 2016, I found myself, in Jackson, at[...]

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Mr. ‘Hollywood’: Recent graduate in JSU media studies lands 1st major film role

April 29, 2017

While some graduating seniors may have spent time still pondering their future during Jackson State University’s commencement on Saturday, actor Aspen “Hollywood” Wilson enthusiastically gripped his degree onstage as[...]

The Class of 1965 celebrate receiving their golden diplomas during the 2015 Spring Graduate Commencement exercises at Jackson State University on Friday, May 1.

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JSU announces Morgan and Espy to serve as spring 2017 commencement speakers

April 24, 2017

Jackson State University alumnus DeMarco Morgan, a CBS News correspondent and anchor, will deliver the commencement address to nearly 700 undergraduate degree candidates, and attorney Mike Espy, former U.S. secretary[...]