Cornell William Brooks, former president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), will serve as Visiting Professor of the Practice of Prophetic Religion and Public Leadership at The Harvard Divinity School for the 2019 – 2020 academic year. Prior to leading the NAACP, Brooks was president and CEO of...Read More

Dr. Gregory A. Antoine is the former Fayetteville North Carolina VA Medical Center Chief of Staff serving over 75,000 veterans. He spent 12 years as Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Boston University School of Medicine and had a dual faculty appointment in the both the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck...Read More

Judge Terri F. Love is a native of Birmingham, Alabama.  Judge Love graduated in 1983 from Jackson State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science.  She received a Juris Doctor from Tulane University School of Law in 1986 and was admitted to the Louisiana State Bar in April of 1987.  In 2004,...Read More

Senator Hillman Terome Frazier is chairman of the Senate Housing Committee representing District 27 in Hinds County. Before beginning his Senate service in 1993, he was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives for 13 years. He is a member of the Appropriations, Elections, Interstate and Federal Cooperation, Investigate State Offices, Judiciary Division A, Public...Read More

Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) George Torrie Jackson, Jr. is a native of Jackson, MS. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Master’s degree in Education Administration, both from Jackson State University.   LTC Jackson is a 30-year member of the U.S. Army Reserve / Mississippi Army National Guard and veteran of Operation Iraq Freedom. He began...Read More

Dr. Levertis Meeks, a native of Lexington, Mississippi, is a 2010, 2012 and 2017 graduate of Jackson State University’s College of Liberal Arts (English) and College of Education (Educational Administration). During his matriculation at Jackson State University, he established himself early on as a student leader and allowed his commitment to excellence and love for Jackson State...Read More

  Dirkland T. Smith , a 1995 graduate from Jackson State University, possesses a Master’s degree in Public Policy and Administration with an emphasis in Health Care Administration and a Bachelor’s in Political Science with a Pre-Law concentration. At the age of 17 years old, Smith enlisted in the Army National Guard as a dental tech. Later, he...Read More

JSU alumna Yolanda R. Owens has been named the 2018 Alumnus of the Year for the Jackson State University National Alumni Association, Inc. She received the award during the association’s annual Fall Council Meeting on September 22, 2018, in Jackson, MS. Having split her childhood across two states, Yolanda calls both Hattiesburg, MS and Athens,...Read More

Michele Purvis Harris, a 1984 Political Science graduate of Jackson State University is a native of Mt. Olive, MS. Mrs. Harris is the daughter of  Madison and Mary Magee, who were both educators. After earning her Bachelor’s degree, Mrs. Harris attended the University Of Mississippi School Of Law where she received her Doctor of Jurisprudence...Read More

Anthony L. Webster, a 2010 Bachelor of Science in Psychology graduate of Jackson State University is a 30-year-old native of Greenville, Miss. As a student leader at Jackson State University, he recognized his passion for higher education after landing work study in the Division of Student Life where he completed over 300 required internship hours....Read More