Jax State News
Jax State Board of Trustees Authorizes Next Step in Partnership with RMC to Bring Emergency Services and Student Health Center to Campus
10/21/25
The Jacksonville State University (Jax State) Board of Trustees has approved a resolution authorizing the university to enter into a Letter of Intent (LOI) with The Health Care Authority of the City of Anniston’s Regional Medical Center (RMC) and DSF Development Company for the proposed construction of a new single-story facility that will house a freestanding emergency department and a new RMC/Jax State Health Center on the university’s main campus.
10/21/25
Jacksonville State University’s Study Abroad program is planning a summer trip to Rome, Italy, and Athens, Greece, and is looking for 12 students to join what promises to be the journey of a lifetime.
10/20/25
Jacksonville State University has earned the 2025 Campus Prevention Network (CPN) Seal of Prevention, a national honor presented by Vector Solutions that recognizes institutions demonstrating exceptional leadership in student safety, wellness, and well-being.
10/10/25
The first Tocqueville Lecture, a project supported through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, is on Friday, October 24, from 3-4:30 p.m. in Merrill Hall B01 or through Teams Webinar. Students, faculty, staff, and the public are invited to join this civic discourse that explores: Can the world ever deliver true justice after genocide, or is the pursuit itself part of the problem?
10/07/25
In recognition of Disability Awareness Month, the DREAM Team and Disability Resources invite the campus community to come together for an inspiring JaxMIX Global Connections event titled "Assemble Together to Strengthen Jax State."
10/07/25
As the world recognizes Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, Zeta Tau Alpha sorority at Jacksonville State University is gearing up to paint Jacksonville pink to raise funds and awareness to help combat the deadly illness.
10/03/25
Jacksonville State University made a strong showing at the 50th Atlantic Marketing Association Conference in Portland, Maine, where faculty, staff, and students presented their research to an international audience of scholars and industry leaders.
10/03/25
Jax State is restructuring its Graduate School into a new Graduate Studies model, with changes to better align enrollment management and academic processes.
10/02/25
Jacksonville State University (Jax State) has moved up three places to No. 52 in the U.S. News & World Report 2026 Best Regional Universities in the South—advancing from last year’s No. 55 and continuing the university’s steady upward trajectory.
09/28/25
Dr. Kenneth G. Bodiford, the longtime Director of Bands whose leadership and vision helped make Jacksonville State University’s Marching Southerners a global standard-bearer, has announced he will retire at the end of the current season, effective Jan. 1, 2026.
09/26/25
The Jax State Jazz Ensemble is working to raise $60,000 for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Cuba.
09/20/25
Jacksonville State University's famed Marching Southerners will soon take center stage at one of the world's grandest traditions, having been selected to perform in the 138th Rose Parade Presented by Honda in Pasadena, California, on January 1, 2027.
09/19/25
The Jacksonville State University student body has elected Coby Bonner and Coral Church as 2025 Homecoming King and Queen. The announcement was made Thursday evening during the Homecoming Carnival, just before fireworks lit the sky over campus.
09/18/25
Jacksonville State University has been recognized by Forbes as the top-ranked employer headquartered in Alabama on its 2025 list of America’s Best Employers by State. Jax State placed No. 7 overall among 45 employers that made the Alabama rankings and was the highest-ranked university on the list.
09/17/25
Even icons retire. Though they must eventually join the ranks of us mere mortals, none can resist the chance to bask – one last time - in the contagious joy and excitement their presence incites. That is the bittersweet reality of Jax State’s beloved Elite Letterman Club (ELC).