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Hughes awarded scholarship on behalf of the APPA Institute for Facilities Management Leadership Academy 0
- Tigers Roar Blog
- May 28, 2020
La’Kitha Hughes, associate director for Facilities and Construction Management has been awarded a scholarship to attend the Association of Physical Plant Administrators (APPA) Institute for Facilities Management Leadership Academy. This is the second award from the APPA for Hughes in two years. Read More
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W.K. Kellogg Foundation awards $390K grant to encourage African American breastfeeding 0
- Tigers Roar Blog
- May 14, 2020
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) has awarded JSU a $390,000 grant to increase breastfeeding among African American women, who lag behind others despite evidence that breast milk shields newborns from infections in the first year of life. Dr. Mohammad Shahbazi, a professor in the Department of Behavioral and Environmental Health and former interim dean of
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IHL Commissioner establishes Safe Start Task Force; Wilson and Pack appointed on behalf of JSU 0
- Tigers Roar Blog
- May 14, 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 of social distancing, IHL Commissioner, Dr. Alfred Rankins has created the Safe Start Task Force for the university system. The task force will craft a
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‘Not having it all together’ pays off for JSU grad, now headed to Syracuse on a full-ride 0
- Tigers Roar Blog
- May 4, 2020
Sometimes people just need a break, and Kaia Kirk was one of them. After graduating from Jackson State University last spring with a degree in political science, Kirk took a year off to teach ESL classes at an elementary school in her hometown of Atlanta. The pause served her well because, in February 2020, she
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First generation grad accepts opportunity at PricewaterhouseCoopers 0
- Tigers Roar Blog
- May 4, 2020
On May 2, William Foster would have been the first person in his immediate family to walk across a university stage to receive a college degree. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jackson State, like many other universities was forced to cancel their May 2020 commencement ceremonies, in hopes of rescheduling at a later date. Read
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JSU will present a virtual ‘2020 Celebration of Graduates’ on Saturday, May 9 0
- Tigers Roar Blog
- May 4, 2020
Jackson State University will present a virtual “2020 Celebration of Graduates” at 12 p.m. Saturday, May 9, after official commencement ceremonies were delayed when the novel coronavirus shut down campuses statewide. Viewers can watch the event by visiting the JSU website at www.jsums.edu. The event will include video messages from JSU Acting President Thomas K.
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Hughes awarded scholarship on behalf of the APPA Institute for Facilities Management Leadership Academy 0