By Black PR Wire
(Black PR Wire) Jackson, Miss.—After an eight-month nationwide search, the Board of Trustees of State Establishments of Greater Studying has chosen Dr. Denise Jones Gregory because the 14th president of Jackson State College (JSU). Gregory has served as interim president since Could 2025. Previous to serving as interim president, she labored as provost and vice chairman of educational affairs at JSU.
“The Board of Trustees put an amazing period of time and power into this search course of, and we’re assured in Dr. Gregory’s capability to assist write the following chapter in Jackson State College’s lengthy historical past,” mentioned Dr. Steven Cunningham, vice chairman of the Board of Trustees and chair of the Board Search Committee. “I additionally wish to acknowledge and thank the members of the Search Advisory Constituency, who spent hours reviewing functions and interviewing candidates. Their dedication to this course of was important and deeply appreciated.”
Patrease Edwards, a member of the Search Advisory Constituency and president of the JSU Nationwide Alumni Affiliation, echoed Cunningham’s sentiment.
“This has been an extended and concerned course of, and we’ve labored carefully with the Board of Trustees by means of the reviewing and interviewing of candidates to succeed in this level,” Edwards mentioned. “As we speak we start a brand new and thrilling a part of the story of Jackson State, and we’re ready to assist Dr. Gregory as she takes on this function.”
Gregory graduated magna cum laude in 1994 from Jackson State College, the place she earned her Bachelor of Science in chemistry. She earned her doctorate in chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Know-how. Gregory accomplished further coaching by means of the U.S. Division of Agriculture. She is a graduate of the New Presidents Academy by means of the American Affiliation of State Schools and Universities and accomplished the Willa B. Participant Govt Leaders Program and the HBCU Govt Management Institute Program, each by means of Clark Atlanta College.
Gregory was considered one of 79 candidates for the place. She was chosen following first spherical interviews of eight candidates, second spherical interviews of three candidates, and detailed background and references checks carried out by AGB Search consultants.
