JACKSON, Miss.- U.S. District Court Judge and Jackson State University alumnus (’86) Carlton W. Reeves is one of seven experienced and qualified nominees for the U.S. Sentencing Commission, a bipartisan independent agency created during the Reagan Administration. If confirmed, he will make history serving as the first Black chair of the organization. Judge Reeves received...Read More

Jackson State University is a subgrantee of a $9,195,000 Early Learning Collaborative (ELC) grant awarded to Jackson Public Schools to expand access to its high-quality Pre-Kindergarten (Pre-K) program. The collaborative partners with the Jackson Public District are JSU’s Lottie W. Thornton Early Childhood Center, Little Saints Academy, and Hinds County Human Resource Agency, the Regions...Read More

Jackson, MS—The Margaret Walker Center is pleased to announce an exhibition unveiling, wreath laying, and reception in Ayer Hall at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 14, for the 52nd annual commemoration of the Gibbs-Green tragedy at Jackson State University. This event is free and open to the public. In the late hours of May 14...Read More

Five Jackson State University Department of Urban and Regional Planning (DURP) doctoral candidates and two faculty members will be traveling to the University of California in Berkeley for the department’s first exchange program. Berneece Herbert, Ph.D., professor and chair for DURP, collaborated with UC Berkeley professor, Matt Kondalf, Ph.D., to make this opportunity possible. During their time in Berkeley,...Read More

An uncanny passion for programming and college store discounts united Jackson State University (JSU) freshmen Mahlangu Nzunda and Khaylah Rose who recently teamed up to participate in the Target HBCU technology challenge. As part of Target’s Black History month initiative, Target launched a national HBCU technology challenge to provide financial resources to HBCU students and...Read More

Dear JSU Family, I’d like to take a moment to say Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms in our Jackson State University community! We salute you for the important role that mothers play in our lives as role models, advisors, prayer partners and superheroes! Thank you for your enduring love and support. I’d also...Read More

JACKSON, Miss. – U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson visited Jackson State University (JSU) on Thursday to award two ceremonial checks to the historically black schools in his district: JSU was awarded $3 million to support the Center for Living, Learning and Cultural Engagement; and Tougaloo College was awarded $1 million to support the Reuben V. Anderson...Read More

Arriving at the culmination of spring semester, both Army and Air Force ROTC honored its 2022 commissioning. Jackson State University (JSU) Army ROTC Tiger Battalion commissioned eight cadets to 2nd lieutenants and Air Force ROTC commissioned six cadets, becoming the largest class of commissioned officers since the inception of the Air Force program in 2005....Read More

Class of 2022 graduate Gregory Hobson, a native of Jackson, Mississippi, has defied the odds by graduating with his bachelor’s degree in computer science despite the challenges of his upbringing. Next, he looks forward to entering a lucrative job opportunity as a cybersecurity software engineer with Lockheed Martin. “People always told me what I couldn’t...Read More