Winter 2018

Averyhardt making return bid to LPGA Tour 0

By 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.

JSU prepares for launch as prime contractor through NASA program 0

JSU made history recently when it became the nation’s first HBCU to sign a pact to become a protégé in the NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) program that will allow the academic institution to learn how to land major government contracts. Jackson State University’s mentor is Enterprise Services LLC, a prime contractor formerly known as

State’s colleges will use $4M NSF award to increase minorities in STEM 0
- University Highlights, Winter 2018
- February 13, 2019
Mississippi Democratic Congressman Bennie G. Thompson recently announced that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $4 million to Jackson State University and an alliance of Mississippi institutions of higher learning to help train minorities for careers in STEM. JSU is the lead institution of the Louis Stokes Mississippi Alliance for Minority Participation (LSMAMP) Pathways
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CSET academy’s free tutoring helping students stay in school, graduate 0
- University Highlights, Winter 2018
- February 13, 2019
CSET Scholars Academy is a grant-funded program hailed for increasing college retention and graduation rates; securing internship placements; providing free tutoring for JSU and high school students; and assisting with ACT and GRE preparation. Dr. Martha N. Tchounwou leads the three-year-old program by JSU’s College of Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET). The academy is modeled
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JSU College of Public Service recognized by City Council for National Planning Month 0
- University Highlights, Winter 2018
- February 13, 2019
On October 9, 2018, Mayor Chokwe Lumumba presented a proclamation Pictured from L to R: Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba; Vivian Moreland, DURP Office Manager; AshleyHenderson, DURP Ph.D. student; Roosevelt O. Shelton, Ph.D., interim dean for the College of Public Service;Robbie Smith, DURP Ph.D. student and Biqi Zhao, DURP Ph.D. candidate; Top row L to R:READ MORE

Averyhardt making return bid to LPGA Tour 0

University Highlights – Winter 2018 0

JSU prepares for launch as prime contractor through NASA program 0

State’s colleges will use $4M NSF award to increase minorities in STEM 0

CSET academy’s free tutoring helping students stay in school, graduate 0

JSU College of Public Service recognized by City Council for National Planning Month 0

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