Founders’ Day speaker shares impassioned views about JSU
- Fall 2016 Issue, Homecoming
- January 13, 2017
By Rachel James-Terry Kelly Kinkaid, supervising producer of the popular Sirius XM radio show “Sway in the Morning,” popped a bottle of champagne, refilled the glasses of her guests and proposed a toast. It was the Saturday morning of Jackson State University’s 2018 homecoming weekend. Kinkaid, a JSU alum, hosted an inaugural breakfast at the
READ MOREBy Maxine Greenleaf Growing up, professional golfer and Jackson State University alum Shasta Averyhardt spent time tagging along with her father to golf courses in Flint, Michigan. By the age of 7, she had become enticed by the sport, and in 2011 she would become the first African-American on the LPGA Tour in a decade.
READ MOREThe Jackson State University alum noted that out of tens of thousands who play football in parks, local schools, college and the NFL that he’s now part of an elite group. “There are only 318 Hall of Famers, and I’m No. 312.” However, before the suspense was over in the Hilton hotel, he and his
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