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Jackson State University is No. 1 HBCU in Mississippi, according to latest ranking

  • December 14, 2022

Jackson State University is ranked the No. 1 HBCU in Mississippi, according to the academic research company UniversityHQ.org. JSU surpassed five state HBCUs based on ranking criteria that included accreditation,[...]

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‘Finish what you started:’ JSU grad honors deceased mom, earns degree after 31 years

  • December 9, 2022

Ira Vaughn, 54, graduated from Jackson State University with his Bachelor of Science in professional interdisciplinary studies. It has been 31 years since Vaughn was last enrolled at the HBCU,[...]

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Kentucky Poet Laureate Crystal Wilkinson visited the JSU campus for a poetry reading, book signing, and masterclass for her award-winning book 'Perfect Black'. The events were hosted by the Department of English, Foreign Languages, and Speech Communication on behalf of their new creative writing program, which is offered as a new major and minor for JSU students. Wilkinson is the second Black person to serve as Kentucky poet laureate and the first Black woman to be awarded the title.

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JSU students galvanized by ‘Perfect Black’ author and Kentucky poet laureate Crystal Wilkinson

  • November 16, 2022

The JSU Department of English, Foreign Languages, and Speech Communication hosted Kentucky Poet Laureate Crystal Wilkinson for a poetry reading, book signing, and masterclass for her award-winning book ‘Perfect Black’[...]

The Margaret Walker Center is in the process of developing a permanent exhibit for Margaret Walker to detail her life, along with a poetry festival, thanks to a $450,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Margaret Walker Center preserves stories of Black women, honors namesake with $450,000 Mellon Foundation grant

  • November 10, 2022

The Margaret Walker Center strikes again with support from the Mellon Foundation, landing a $450,000 Humanities in Place grant to fund a two-part project that builds on the center’s expansion[...]

Succession features the 50-year-old, self-centered actor Marcus Chandler, played by Christian Johnson (right) and his manipulative protege Steve Harrison, played by Chandler Carter (left). (Photo by William H. Kelly III)

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JSU Department of Art and Theatre honors Black stories, sets tone with the play ‘Succession’ as their season opener

  • October 5, 2022

Jackson State University’s Department of Art and Theatre is kicking off its season opener, “Succession,” tonight on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 7 p.m. at the Rose E. McCoy Auditorium. The[...]

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JSU civil engineering major Yahmir Muhammad named HBCU Student of the Year

  • October 4, 2022

Jackson State University civil engineering major Yahmir Muhammad recently received the $10,000 HBCU Student of the Year: Changemaker Award sponsored by GEICO. Recipients of the award must showcase how they[...]

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The Sonic Boom of the South hosts its 2nd Annual High School Battle of the Bands

  • September 19, 2022

  The “baddest band in the land,” Jackson State University’s Sonic Boom of the South, presents its 2nd annual High School Battle of the Bands on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022,[...]

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JSU student goes Hollywood after stirring American Idol audition

  • March 22, 2021

Not everyone can say they made Lionel Richie cry. ackson State University student Deshawn Goncalves visibly moved the “American Idol” judge during his piano playing audition of “Everything Must Change”[...]

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JSU partners with META teletherapy, nation’s first teletherapy app for college students

  • December 9, 2020

      Jackson State is partnering with META teletherapy to further assist students with mental health counseling. META is the nation’s first teletherapy app built specifically for college students,[...]

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JSU’s AAC will host testing for pre-screened individuals seen as high risk for COVID-19

  • April 16, 2020

Jackson State University’s Lee E. Williams Athletics and Assembly Center, 1400 John R. Lynch Street, is among two locations that will host a one-day, drive-through collection site 9 a.m.-4 p.m.[...]

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