The Board of Directors of the Systems Group announced the hiring of Michael Thomas, former vice president of Finance and Business at Jackson State University, as president of Systems Electro Coating, Systems Consultants, and Systems IT. In his new role, effective Aug. 1, he will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the three...Read More

Klarissa Hardy was awarded $660,000 to further her research on the anti-cancer drug called lapatinib, a drug that causes liver damage in some patients. It is Hardy's goal to identify the genetic factors that contribute to a patient's risk for liver damage when utilizing this and other drugs. Read more here.Read More

Shelton Griffith, a 2010 graduate with a degree in Biology is currently pursuing his PhD in Bioinformatics at the University of Georgia. He is the recipient of a National Institutes of Health Research fellowship. Only 20 awards are granted nationally. Award recipients must promote objectivity in research by establishing standards that provide a reasonable expectation...Read More

Jonathan Buchanon was born and raised in Jackson, Ms, where he was in the APAC program from elementary and throughout his time at Peeples Middle School.  He later attended Jim Hill High School and was a part of the International Baccalaureate program. During his tenure at Jim Hill, he was a member of the Tiger...Read More

Anthony Hales Jr. was accepted in the U.S. Black Chambers' Young Black Male Entrepreneur Institute. Hales is a 2007 graduate of Jackson State University with a degree in mass communcations. He currently resides in Washington D.C. with his wife Shari Dixon Hales, who is also a 2007 JSU graduate (Meteorology). He is a native of...Read More

On April 25th Dr. Rose Harper Austin’72 was presented the IMPACT Award by the Women’s Guild in Houston for her outstanding community contributions.   After retiring from the Lone Star College System is 2009 as the Dean for Institutional Effectiveness, Rose Austin now serves as a education and non-profit consultant and an adjunct professor at Springfield...Read More

Dr. Cephus Jackson joined the Clayton County Water Authority Board of Directors in March 2015. Dr. Jackson has held leadership roles in school districts in four states ranging in size from 8,500 students to 212,000 students with yearly budgets up to 1.5 billion dollars. These leadership experiences encompass roles from elementary, middle, high school and...Read More

Jackson State University alum Dr. Gerald L. Roberts Weatherspoon has been named a 2015 Teaching Excellence Award winner at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., where he is the associate chairman for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. In explaining its selection, the panel said, “The committee was incredibly impressed with your portfolio and how...Read More

Dr. Jerald Woolfolk has been appointed as interim diversity and inclusion officer at State University of New York at Oswego. Woolfolk will continue to serve as Oswego's vice president for student affairs and enrollment management, a position she assumed Jan. 1, 2014. Previously, she was vice president for student affairs, enrollment management and diversity at...Read More

Tramell Tillman, a member of the Metro New York Chapter of the Jackson State University Alumni Association, will make his Off Broadway debut in Tis a Pity She's a Whore on April 14, 2015. The show runs through May 16, 2015. Tramell Tillman is a native of the DC Metro Area. He is a summa...Read More