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WJMI’s Chelle B wins BET Radio Room Award

August 24, 2020

Recently, Michelle Boyd, on-air personality for Jackson’s local urban music station, WJMI won the Radio Room BET Award. Boyd is affectionately known as Chelle B by listeners across the metro[...]

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University Communications bags 9 first-place awards — 20 total — in statewide PR contest

August 19, 2020

JSU’s University Communications department recently reeled in a resounding nine first-place honors, and 20 total, during the annual awards presentation by the College Public Relations Association of Mississippi (CPRAM). Mississippi’s[...]

Jackson State University is the fourth largest HBCU in the country. (Charles Smith/JSU)

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Jackson State releases JSU Safe Plan for reopening

July 16, 2020

Jackson State University’s COVID-19 Reopening Task Force has released its JSU Safe Plan for reopening the campus. Acting President Thomas K. Hudson created the task force in May. “Our COVID-19[...]

Maxine Greenleaf, executive director for the Department of Communications and Marketing, recently presented at the Virtual Education Communicators Boot Camp. Photo by Charles Smith/University Communications

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Greenleaf presents case study at Virtual Education Communicators Boot Camp

June 26, 2020

Maxine Greenleaf, executive director for the Department of Communications and Marketing was one of nine Higher-Ed professionals to speak at the Virtual Education Communicators Boot Camp last week. Greenleaf’s[...]

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Rankins, higher education commissioner, urges JSU to rally behind, Hudson, acting president

February 14, 2020

Thomas Hudson, J.D., will serve as acting president of Jackson State University until a permanent president is appointed, according to Dr. Alfred Rankins Jr., commissioner of Higher Education. n Thursday,[...]

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JSU’s Facebook page ranks third among NCAA Division I universities nationwide

August 21, 2019

A recent nationwide study conducted by Up & Up and Rival IQ revealed that Jackson State’s Facebook page ranks third among NCAA Division I universities nationwide.The company’s social media analytics[...]

Jarielle Gibson, a native of Natchez, received a scholarship to the New School of Dramatic Arts in Greenwich Village, New York. When she first heard the news, she was brought to tears. (Photo by Charles A. Smith/JSU)

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Gibson is going to New York: Senior receives scholarship to New School of Performing Arts

April 29, 2019

Jarielle Gibson, graduating senior, was on spring break in Miami when she received the long-awaited news. Yes, she had been accepted into the Master of Fine Arts program at the[...]

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Mississippi Business Journal honors Greenleaf with Top 50 Under 40 Award

April 25, 2019

Jackson State University’s Executive Director for Communications and Marketing Maxine Greenleaf has been honored by The Mississippi Business Journal with the Top 50 Under 40 Award. Considered one of[...]

Anthony Gomes, a JSU graduate student in computer science from Bangladesh, is experimenting with various applications. He will train to become a VR curator and teach others. (Photo by L.A. Warren/JSU)

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Virtual reality devices arrive as JSU launches Mississippi’s first university VR Academy

March 27, 2019

After flirting with the idea late last year of incorporating virtual reality into the classroom, Jackson State University installed new equipment last week to launch Mississippi’s first “University VR Academy.”[...]

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Journalism students get hands-on training by helping CNN with live town hall forum

March 20, 2019

Presidential contender Sen. Elizabeth Warren told JSUTV on Monday that HBCUs are “powerfully important,” and her message became evident as journalism students assisted CNN with its production of a town[...]

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