Major: Mass Communications with a Political Science minor

On campus organizations: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., JSU NAACP, Campus Activity Board, Blue and White Flash News

WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY?
“BEFORE I TRANSFERRED TO JACKSON STATE I WAS ATTENDING A PWI IN CALIFORNIA. IT BEING OVERCROWDED, CLASSES BEING FULL, AND EXPECTATIONS OF GRADUATION ON TIME BEGINNING TO DWINDLE JSU WAS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. COMING ON CAMPUS WHAT ATTRACTED ME WAS THE FAMILY ENERGY I FELT FROM STUDENTS AND FACULTY, THEY WANTED TO SEE YOU BECOME ALL YOU ASPIRE TO BE AND WILL HELP YOU IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE TO DO SO. IT WAS AT JACKSON STATE THAT I BEGAN WEARING MORE SUITS AND KEEPING UP WITH MY OUTER APPEARANCE, SEEING SO MANY OF MY AFRICAN AMERICAN COUNTERPARTS LOOKING PROFESSIONAL AND HOLDING THEMSELVES TO THAT STANDARD TRULY IMPACTED ME.”
WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE A PROSPECTIVE STUDENT?
“ALTHOUGH HBCUS ARE WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR SOCIAL LIFE AND HOMECOMINGS, IT’S IMPERATIVE THAT YOU DO RESEARCH ON THEIR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS, SEE IF THEY HAVE THE AREA OF WORK YOU ARE INTERESTED IN AND CONNECT WITH CURRENT STUDENTS OR GRADUATED STUDENTS AND INQUIRE ABOUT THE SUCCESS RATE OF THE PROGRAM AND AFTER LEAVING THE SCHOOL. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO DO YOU, HBCUS ARE THE PERFECT PLACE TO FIND YOU CALLING WITHIN THE FIRST 2 YEARS, I CAME INTO JSU WANTED TO BE A SPORTS JOURNALIST AND NOW I AM STRIVING TO BECOME A ACTIVIST, AUTHOR, AS WELL AS POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVISTS.”
WHICH FAMOUS ALUM YOU WISHED TO HAVE HAD CLASS WITH?
“I WISH I COULD OF HAD CLASSES WITH JOURNALIST DEMARCO MORGAN. HE HAS PAVED THE WAY FOR SO MANY COMMUNICATION MAJORS AT OUR SCHOOL AND REALLY INSPIRED US TO GO AFTER WHAT WE WANT DESPITE ANY ADVERSITY WE MAY FACE OR THE STEREOTYPE OF HAVING A DEGREE FROM A MISSISSIPPI INSTITUTION.”
THE LIBRARY OR PARTYING ON THE YARD?
“DEFINITELY WOULD FIND ME PARTYING ON THE YARD, SOME DAYS I WOULD TRY TO SEE HOW I CAN GO TO CLASS FOR ENOUGH TIME AND THEN HURRY BACK TO THE YARD QUICK ENOUGH TO STROLL WITH MY BROTHERS AT THE JSU HOTSPOTS.”
FAVORITE QUOTE?
“I TRUST THE NEXT CHAPTER BECAUSE I KNOW THE AUTHOR.”