Lockheed Martin invests $75,000 into its STEM Academy at JSU for JPS middle-school students
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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
READ MOREThe 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
READ MOREDue 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
READ MORESometimes 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
READ MOREOn 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
READ MOREJackson 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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