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Pictured is Yolanda Owens, interim vice president of the Division of Institutional Advancement at JSU, Billy Cummins, and JSU President Thomas K. Hudson, J.D. (Photo by Charles A. Smith/JSU)

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JSU receives $25,000 endowment honoring memory of IHL board member

January 5, 2023

Jackson State University is the recipient of a $25,000 Karen Cummins Memorial Endowment in memory of the life of Cummins, a board member for the Institutions of Higher Learning, who[...]

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President Hudson joins St. Dominic’s Board of Directors

June 21, 2022

Jackson State University President Thomas K. Hudson, J.D, is the newest member of the Board of Directors for the St. Dominic Health Services and parent organization, Franciscan Missionaries of Our[...]

Assistant Provost ConSandra McNeil, Ph.D., is presented with a diversity award by JSU President Thomas K. Hudson, J.D. The Mississippi Board of Trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning recognized McNeil on Feb. 17. (Photo by William Kelly/JSU)

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JSU’s McNeil receives IHL diversity award

February 21, 2022

State higher education officials have honored ConSandra McNeil, Ph.D., assistant provost and professor of sociology, at Jackson State University for her efforts in advancing diversity and encouraging understanding and respect.[...]

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IHL Commissioner establishes Safe Start Task Force; Wilson and Pack appointed on behalf of JSU

May 7, 2020

Due to the sudden spread of the Coronavirus, universities and colleges across the US were forced to transfer their courses online in hopes of flattening the curve. After two months[...]

Dr. Lisa Beckley-Roberts received an excellence in diversity and inclusion award from the Institutions of Higher Learning earlier this year. (Photo by Charles A. Smith/JSU)

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Music professor receives IHL’s excellence in diversity and inclusion award

February 21, 2020

Dr. Lisa Beckley-Roberts, associate professor of ethnomusicology, in the Department of Music, has been named a Distinguished IHL Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award winner by the Mississippi Board of[...]

Thomas Hudson, J.D., holds a political science degree from Jackson State University and a law degree from the University of Mississippi. After being named acting president of JSU on Monday, Hudson said he is humbled by the opportunity. (Photo by Charles A. Smith)

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IHL Board of Trustees names Thomas Hudson as JSU’s acting president

February 10, 2020

The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning named Thomas Hudson as Acting President of Jackson State University at its meeting held earlier today in Jackson, effective immediately.[...]

Rankins receives a cordial greeting from JSU constituents after his address Wednesday in the Student Center Ballroom. (Photo by Charles A. Smith/JSU)

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IHL commissioner opposes mergers, wants HBCUs funded after Ayers step-down

August 3, 2018

The new commissioner for Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) opposes closing or merging any state university but will support efforts to generate additional funding for HBCUs as Ayers funding[...]

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President Bynum among University leaders who receive Seven Seals Award

November 17, 2017

Jackson State University President Dr. William B. Bynum Jr. was one of ten University leaders who the Seven Seals Award at the Board of Trustees meeting held in Jackson on[...]

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IHL engages Witt/Kieffer firm to conduct JSU’s presidential search

January 26, 2017

The Board of Trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning has engaged the executive search firm of Witt/Kieffer to assist the board with the presidential search for Jackson State[...]

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IHL Board calls for nominations for JSU Campus Search Advisory Committee

December 15, 2016

The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning has issued a call for nominations for members of the Jackson State University Campus Search Advisory Committee. Representatives from all[...]