Joi L. Owens
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
Coach Robert Braddy
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
Gwendolyn Caples
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.
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
Dionne Jones Woody
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
Dr. Rhea C. Williams-Bishop
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