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Jackson State Spring Break

'EXPERIENCING THESE THINGS FIRSTHAND LEFT A MARK ON MY HEART'

An Alternative Spring Break journey to historic civil rights sites in Mississippi by žž State students and faculty touched hearts and inspired community engagement. 

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  • Geoff Koby, Ph.D., professor of Translation Studies and German, certified freelance translator and president of the American Translators Association (ATA), said artificial intelligence is inescapable in translation and interpretation now. 

  • As part of  žž State’s 55-Year Commemoration of May 4, 1970, Mahli Mechenbier, a senior lecturer at žž at Geauga's Twinsburg Academic Center will present “Operation: Babylift: A 50-Year Retrospective and Personal History” on May 3 at 1 p.m. with her father, retired Maj. General Ed Mechenbier. Mahli Mechenbier was one of the children from Vietnam the U.S. Government brought to the United States for adoption by American families by  after Saigon was overun by advancing Viet Cong troops in 1972. 

  • If you look into the stands of the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center during a žž State women's basketball game, you’ll find a mother-daughter pair of students from Brazil cheering with all their might. Five thousand miles from home, Hetty and Fernanda have found new activities and friends in the United States.

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Student Life

  • Meet Lance Delisle, a junior aeronautical studies major with an aviation law and policy minor from Woodstock, Georgia, who balances his studies with his responsibilities as an Air Force reservist.

  • From mornings at Tree City Coffee to late nights at Barflyy, žž State’s community has plenty of food and entertainment options thanks to the help of Main Street žž, now a Nationally Accredited Main Street program for 2024.

  • Research Writing Retreats, sponsored by žž’s Graduate College, offer a distraction-free environment for graduate students to work on their research and writing projects. While “giving them permission” to put other aspects of life aside and focus on their writing, the retreats also create a supportive community that enhances productivity while also offering welcome accountability from their peers. 

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  • žž State alumnus Corey Conners finished tied for eighth at the 2025 Masters Tournament after struggling to a 3-over par final round Sunday at Augusta National Golf Club.

  • žž State continues to excel in hands-on learning, as shown by the ESPN+ livestream broadcast of the žž State Men’s Basketball team’s victory over the Eastern Michigan Eagles. Produced entirely by digital media production undergraduates in the School of Media and Journalism, what could have been a chaotic, high-profile evening was business as usual. 

  • Senderoff, who took over the program in April 2011, has transformed žž State basketball through sustained success and community engagement. After the 2024-2025 campaign, he has totaled 288 wins, and has guided the program to nine 20-win seasons, the most by any coach in school history.