Usually the graduate's mother would be sitting in the stands beaming with pride and congratulating her daughter on receiving her undergraduate degree. For one Jackson State University senior, she and her mother will be next to each other in the commencement line next week.
Hard work, dedication, and determination were key character traits for the 282 students who will graduate with honors from Jackson State University in the 2008 commencement exercises. Shunda Bogan, a senior finance major from Newton, Miss., is one of the top two students in the College of Business.
As a journalist, I have made it my duty to report unheard stories and evaluate the voice of the unheard man. At Jackson State University, I have had the pleasure of engaging in various opportunities that have allowed me to do so. After covering stories on emerging entertainers, social issues and political injustices, it has been a great experience to serve as both a staff writer and Managing Editor of the Blue and White Flash.
Final exams can be one of the most stressful times of the semester for college students. Stress can cause health problems and, in extreme cases, death. Alisha Evans, junior graphic design major from San Diego, Calif., said "I am a little stress because I am trying to finish all my projects and extracurricular activities in a timely manner, so that I can maintain my grades and also keep my scholarship, I am staying up late nights and getting up early mornings.
Convenience or family tradition may have made some students choose historically black Jackson State University, but for Catherine and Tommy Estis, it was neither. The husband and wife are white and travel about 120 miles from Monroe, La., to make it to class.
Jackson State University wide receiver Jaymar Johnson was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the sixth round of the NFL Draft on Sunday night. Taken 193 overall, Johnson was the lone player drafted from the Southwestern Athletic Conference. NFL.com heralded Johnson as one of the draft class' fastest receivers, after he ran a 4.
