{"id":521,"date":"2022-02-04T21:12:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T21:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/jsumsnews\/?p=521"},"modified":"2022-02-04T21:12:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T21:12:40","slug":"jsu-graduating-senior-dallas-brown-has-been-selected-as-one-of-the-top-32-college-djs-competing-in-the-first-of-its-kind-2021-national-collegiate-performing-arts-ncpa-college-dj-championshi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/strategicplan\/2022\/02\/04\/jsu-graduating-senior-dallas-brown-has-been-selected-as-one-of-the-top-32-college-djs-competing-in-the-first-of-its-kind-2021-national-collegiate-performing-arts-ncpa-college-dj-championshi\/","title":{"rendered":"VP Ashley Robinson, athletic director, receives 2022 Visit Jackson Tourism Visionary Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jackson State University Vice President and Athletic Director Ashley Robinson<\/strong>\u00a0has been named the\u00a0<strong>2022 Tourism Visionary Award<\/strong>\u00a0recipient by\u00a0<strong>Visit Jackson<\/strong>, the organization\u2019s highest industry achievement. The award recognizes industry partners who navigate new standards of involvement and cooperation to develop Jackson\u2019s tourism future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to receive this recognition,\u201d said Robinson. \u201cJackson State University is a pillar of the city of Jackson and the community. If Jackson State University is doing well, then we are all doing well. We look forward to sustained success and growing together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Robinson has strategically impacted athletics in the city of Jackson over the past several years, especially regarding enhancing the marketability and respectability of our nation\u2019s historically black colleges and universities. He has developed partnerships with Nike and Under Armour, through BSN Sports, and negotiated and renegotiated sporting events for Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAshley Robinson is incredibly deserving of the Visit Jackson Visionary Award because his vision for elevating Jackson State University and his hometown is exceptional,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>President Thomas K. Hudson, J.D.\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThe entire JSU community extends our heartfelt congratulations on this milestone achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Robinson\u2019s vision and tenacity boosted the Jackson, Mississippi, economy by more than $30 million. Robinson currently serves as chair of the SWAC Athletic Director committee and the 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0vice president on the Division I football championship sub-division athletic association committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re proud that this native son has returned home bringing his passion and talent to the \u2018City with Soul,\u2019\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Visit Jackson President and CEO Rickey L. Thigpen, Ph.D.\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cWe are excited to continue our tourism partnership to enhance possibilities for an even brighter future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jackson State University Vice President and Athletic Director Ashley Robinson\u00a0has been named the\u00a02022 Tourism Visionary Award\u00a0recipient by\u00a0Visit Jackson, the organization\u2019s highest industry achievement. The award recognizes industry partners who navigate new standards of involvement and cooperation to develop Jackson\u2019s tourism future. &nbsp; \u201cIt\u2019s an honor to receive this recognition,\u201d said Robinson. \u201cJackson State University is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2,4,8,6,22,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/strategicplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/strategicplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/strategicplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/strategicplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/strategicplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/strategicplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/strategicplan\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/strategicplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/strategicplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/strategicplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}