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Michelle Obama to speak at Jackson State

The Mississippi Link Newswire First Lady Michelle Obama will reportedly be the commencement speaker for Jackson State University’s ceremony set for 10 a.m. April 23, at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium. More details of the First […]

Education

Jackson State gains control of endowment

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Jackson State University will become the second of Mississippi’s three historically black universities to gain control of an endowment set aside in a desegregation lawsuit. Higher Education Commissioner Glenn Boyce announced […]

Sports

Hughes named JSU’s 19th head coach

The Mississippi Link Newswire Jackson State University Director of Athletics Wheeler Brown announced the hiring of Tony Hughes as the football program’s 19th head coach during a Monday morning press conference in the Lee E. […]

Education

JSU makes history

as first HBCU in state to have School of Journalism By Gail M. Brown Contributing Writer It was standing room only in the lobby of the Mississippi e-Center at Jackson State University at 6 p.m. […]

Sports

Jackson State University fires football coach Harold Jackson

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Jackson State has fired football coach Harold Jackson less than two seasons into his tenure. School spokesman Wesley Peterson confirmed Jackson was fired on Tuesday afternoon. The Tigers had a 6-11 […]

Education

JSU students protest Ferguson grand jury inaction

The Mississippi Link Newswire Jackson State University students participated in the nationwide “Hands Up Walkout” protest on the main campus in Jackson on Monday. Gathering at 12:01 p.m. on Gibbs-Green Pedestrian Plaza, about 100 students peacefully marched abut […]