On March 5, 2015, Andrell Harris made history as youngest owner of Papa John’s franchise. His store is located in Natchez, MS.  Harris is an accomplished businessman, investor, philanthropist, and lover of Jackson State University.  Harris was very active as an undergraduate student at Jackson State University.  As president of the Student Government Association during...Read More

In February, Clay Myers II  will be featured on the Golf Channel's televisin show "Big Break". This season 12 aspiring tour pros will battle The Bear Trap and each other at PGA National for a chance to tee it up with the big boys on the PGA Tour at the 2015 Barbasol Championship. Season 23 features...Read More

Michael Chatman is the face of the new United Airlines ad campaign. The United Airlines slogan is "Fly the friendly skies", and United is promoting a friendly atmosphere in all aspects of the business; "Making the world feel like home in any language". The ad can be seen across the world in various places and...Read More

Chad A. Smith of Atlanta will receive the YMCA of Metro Atlanta’s 2014 Volunteer of the Year award for his service at the Arthur M. Blank Family Youth YMCA. He will be honored at the annual volunteer recognition dinner Monday, November 10, 2014. A graduate of Jackson State University class of 1997, Smith is a commercial...Read More

Jackson State University alumnus Dr. James T. Minor has advanced to a top U.S. Department of Education post in Washington, D.C., as deputy assistant secretary for higher education programs. Minor, 40, JSU Class of ’96, had previously served as senior program officer and director of higher education programs for the Southern Education Foundation in Atlanta,...Read More

Christopher Herro (RIGHT), current band director at Edna Karr High School in New Orleans, LA recently accepted an invitation from The Lord Mayor of Winchester. She came all the way from London to personally extend an official invitation to Edna Karr Marching Band to march in their annual New Year’s Parade in London, England. Herrero...Read More

Jackson State University alumnae Camille Stutts Simms received one of the best birthday presents she could ever ask for on Tuesday, Oct. 7, when the Jackson Public School District installed her as one of its newest board members on her special day. Stutts Simms, a 1978 biology major at JSU, expressed her excitement about the...Read More

On September 26, 2014, Earlexia Norwood, M.D., Director of Practice Development and Director of Community Health Education at the West Bloomfield Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, will receive the Hall of Fame's 2014 Legacy of Leaders Distinguished Alumni of the Year Award from the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame Foundation, Inc. The Jackson State...Read More

Dr. Quinton L. Williams now serves as a professor and chair of the Physics department at Howard University. He is one of many faculty members that conduct research in many areas which include Nanotechnology, Materials Science, String Theory, Laser Spectroscopy, Optics and Photonics, Atmospheric Sciences, Computational Sciences, Renewable Energy, Magnetics and Theoretical and Experimental Condensed...Read More

Matthew Bradford was recently honored as one of South Florida Most Powerful Black Professionals in Business and Industry for 2014 by Legacy Magazine. Bradford is the Infrastructure Technology Manager with Sheridan Healthcare and Florida State Director with Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. He graduated from Jackson State University in 1995 with a degree in drafting...Read More