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CUBD receives grant to preserve historic Mount Olive Cemetery 0
- Campus to Community, Fall 2016 Issue, University Highlights
- January 13, 2017
by Kennedi Cox The Center for University-Based Development (CUBD) at Jackson State University received a $15,000 grant from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) to remodel and preserve historic Mount Olive Cemetery, located on John R. Lynch Street. Heather Wilcox, neighborhood development coordinator for the CUBD at Jackson State University, said Mount Olive
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Interim president aims to help JSU turn a new Paige 0
- Campus to Community, Fall 2016 Issue, University Leadership
- January 9, 2017
by L.A. Warren Former U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Rod Paige, who was the 1964 head football coach at Jackson State University, has answered the call to serve his alma mater again by returning as interim president to help the HBCU improve its finances. Paige recently spoke candidly to media about the university’s cash reserve.
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President Meyers visits community colleges 0
- Campus to Community, Spring 2016 Issue
- May 24, 2016
Jackson State University President Carolyn W. Meyers wowed a group of potential enrollees while celebrating the long-term relationship with President Clyde Muse of Hinds Community College, which makes up nearly 40 percent of JSU’s transfer student population. In October, Meyers made the first of several trips to two-year institutions. Meyers told those gathered at the
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Renowned journalist Juan Williams urges students to keep ‘eyes on the prize’0
- Campus to Community, Featured, Spring 2016 Issue
- May 24, 2016
by L. A. Warren With his eyes still on the prize and using reflections from his best-selling book of the same name, national journalist and author Juan Williams gave a riveting speech at the 48th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Convocation at Jackson State University in January. “I walk in faith, and I believe Dr. King isREAD MORE
Black History Month Programs highlight past and present issues 0
- Campus to Community, Spring 2016 Issue
- May 24, 2016
Hip-hop activist David Banner co-leads Planet Deep South Colloquium David Banner (Photo by Anissa Hidouk/JSU) Rapper, producer, actor and activist David Banner was one of the leaders of a panel discussion at a town hall-style forum at JSU during the 2016 “Planet Deep South Colloquium: Speculative Cultural Production and Africanisms in the American Black South.”READ MORE
JSU publishes booklet of ‘Milestones in Democracy’ essays by JPS students 0
- Campus to Community, Spring 2016 Issue
- May 24, 2016
In celebration of Black History Month and the strong partnership with Jackson Public Schools and the City of Jackson, Jackson State University presented 1,700 copies of a special publication “Reflections From Our Students” to JPS superintendent Cedric Gray, members of the Board of Trustees and a standing-room only audience. “We are so delighted to join with Jackson Public
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