ALUMNI APPLAUSE

Sekou Smith is a 1997 mass communications graduate from Jackson State University. He is also an award-winning writer, reporter and multimedia specialist who has spent two decades covering basketball around the globe, from the grassroots level to college to the NBA as well as Olympic and World Cup competitions. Smith has worked as a senior...Read More

Eric D. Stringfellow is a 1982 graduate of Jackson State University and has been tasked with building another Department of Mass Communications, this time in The Lone Star State. Stringfellow, who was the founding chair of Tougaloo College’s Department of Mass Communication, serves as an assistant professor of Mass Communications at Jarvis Christian College in...Read More

Felicia Ford – Vice President – Trustmark National Bank     Mortgage Loan Operations Supervisor A native of Clarksdale, Mississippi and a graduate of Jackson State University, Ms. Ford currently serves as Director of Commercial Banks for the MBA of Mississippi.  She is past president and vice president of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) of Mississippi, and...Read More

Dr. Christopher Wayne Robinson currently serves as associate professor of social work and project director of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Behavioral Health Paraprofessional Scholarship Program at the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dr. Robinson also serves as the clinical outpatient supervisor as a licensed social worker at Gateway...Read More

Delores Gibbs Rankin was born in Jefferson County, Mississippi, where she attended both elementary and high school. She has two degrees from Jackson State University: a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology (1969); and a Masters in Sociology (1980). Rankin started working as an Eligibility Worker with the State Department of Public Welfare in 1970....Read More

Britani Danielle Johnson is a third generation Jacksonian earning both of her degrees from Jackson State University: a bachelor’s degree in mass communication (2009); and a master’s degree in public policy and administration (2015). She was recently appointed as the community relations coordinator for the Buffalo Bills, a National Football League (NFL) team in Buffalo,...Read More