JSU receives UNCF Career Pathways planning grant funded by Lilly Endowment Inc.
- Fall 2016 Issue, Grants and Awards, University Highlights
- January 13, 2017
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
READ MOREMississippi 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
READ MOREThe White House Office of Science and Technology Policy honored Jackson State University’s associate dean Dr. Paul Tchounwou with a presidential award for his role as a mentor in the College of Science, Engineering and Technology. The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring is a program administered by the National Science
READ MORECSET 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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