Mrs. Sandra Hodge has been the leader for JSU’s Division of Institutional Advancement and Development Foundation since March 2016. Since joining the cabinet, Hodge’s leadership and professionalism have proven to be effective as she has assisted JSU with funding, resources and various growth opportunities. Prior to joining JSU, Mrs. Hodge served as the Chief Executive...Read More

Mrs. Obama was awarded an honorary doctorate degree before delivering her keynote address at Jackson State University’s 139th Spring Commencement ceremony in April 2016. Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is an American lawyer and writer who was the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She is married to the 44th President of...Read More

Mississippi winner Kristy Johnson, alumna of Jackson State University, proves beauty queens are more than a pretty face as she prepares to represent the state in the Miss Black USA National Scholarship Pageant. Her platform, “Be Empowered,” focuses on reprogramming youth into believing in themselves, their communities and surroundings. During her reign, she will host...Read More

New Children's Book Addresses Similarities and Minor Differences That Still Exists Among Southerners and Northerners In A Colorful and Kid Friendly Way! "Up North, Down South", is a new children's book by Television Anchor Katina Rankin  that addresses still-too-common misconceptions about the south. "Up North, Down South: City Folk Meet Country Folk", is a book...Read More

Joi L. Owens's, 2016 National Juvenile Justice Fellow, advocacy project will focus on education in the juvenile justice system. Owens is the Managing Attorney and Legislative Liaison for Disability Rights Mississippi. She focuses on systemic reform related to people with disabilities in facilities and institution across the state of Mississippi. Joi advocates for juvenile justice...Read More

Former Jackson State head baseball coach Robert Braddy was one of seven new inductees to enter the National College Baseball Hall of Fame (NCBHOF) at its annual Night of Champions in Lubbock, Texas, on Saturday. Braddy is the winningest baseball coach in Southwestern Athletic Conference history, compiling an 824-546 record in 28 years at JSU. His...Read More

Jackson State University has named Gwendolyn Caples assistant vice president for Institutional Advancement effective June 16. She will assist Sandra Hodge, interim vice president for Institutional Advancement, with managing day-to-day operations of the division. Since 2003, Caples has worked solely in the Division of Institutional Advancement in several positions, including events coordinator, director of Alumni and...Read More

Abe McGlothin Jr. is a prosecuting attorney with the Federal Government, where he focuses on the prosecution of federal felony cases. Before beginning work as a federal attorney, Attorney McGlothin worked as an Assistant District Attorney where he prosecuted an array of cases involving violations of state criminal laws.  Before joining the District Attorney's Office,...Read More

Upon walking through the large doors and entering into the corridors of Key Elementary School where Dionne Woody is the principal, you might be pleasantly surprised to hear the tune You Are My Sunshine that is being sung to the scholars and school’s staff or see her  tutoring a group of students her office.  Mrs....Read More

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Dr. Rhea C. Williams-Bishop has been named the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s (WKKF) new director of Mississippi and New Orleans Programs, effective May 16, 2016. Currently, Williams-Bishop serves as the director of the Center for Education Innovation in Jackson, Mississippi, a nonprofit education intermediary focused on impacting and transforming education through engagement...Read More