Jax State News
CBI Dean Search Moves to Final Stage with Campus Visits
04/02/26
The Jax State community will have an opportunity to engage directly with finalists for the next Dean of the College of Business and Industry during campus visits this April. Your participation in these sessions is an important part of the process and will help inform the university’s next leadership decision.
04/02/26
Students in the Jacksonville State University American Marketing Association (AMA) chapter are gaining real-world experience, building professional connections, and proving they can compete on an international stage.
03/31/26
For 23 years as a housekeeper — and eventually supervisor — in the Building Services Department, Windy Vanover has been quietly responsible for helping prospective students and their families choose Jacksonville State University by ensuring first impressions create lasting impacts. Though she never aspired to be a student herself, she has spent more than two decades helping shape the student experience.
03/30/26
Jacksonville State University will celebrate Arbor Day on Thursday, April 2, with a ceremony scheduled for 2 p.m. outside the Dining Hall. The event is free and open to students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the public.
03/19/26
Students from Jacksonville State University (Jax State) delivered an impressive performance at the IEEE SoutheastCon 2026 Conference, held March 13–15 in Huntsville, Alabama, earning multiple awards in highly competitive student competitions and continuing to improve their results each year at the conference.
03/16/26
A novel partnership between Jacksonville State University (Jax State) and the Jack Miller Center (JMC) now offers current K-12 teachers the opportunity to earn a Master of Science Education (M.S.E.) degree in Secondary Social Studies in less time and at a lower cost than the standard graduate degree.
03/15/26
Jacksonville State University hosted the 2026 Southeastern Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (SEASECS) Conference on campus from Thursday, March 5, through Saturday, March 7. SEASECS is "an interdisciplinary society promoting the interchange of ideas and information on the culture, history, literature, philosophy, politics, music, economics, architecture, art, medicine, and science of the eighteenth-century world" that connects scholars across the American Southeast.
03/13/26
Jacksonville State University is excited to announce the launch of its newest academic program — a Bachelor of Science in Aviation, set to begin in Fall 2026. The Alabama Commission on Higher Education approved the aviation program on Friday, March 13, 2026, during its meeting in Montgomery.
03/12/26
The 30th annual Jax State Student Symposium was held on March 6, when over a hundred students presented their work to share new knowledge and compete for prizes. The campus is invited to see the award-winning presentations and posters at the Awards Ceremony, held in the Howell Auditorium at Merrill Hall at 4:30 PM on Monday, March 16. It will feature presentations by the award winners and a reception.
03/11/26
Jacksonville State University will welcome supporters of the Marching Southerners on Thursday, April 2, for a special evening benefiting the band’s upcoming trip to Pasadena, California, where the Southerners will represent Jax State in the 138th Rose Parade Presented by Honda on January 1, 2027.
03/02/26
More than 100 veterans in nursing and assisted living facilities across a 15-county region will soon receive a reminder that their service — and their sacrifice — have not been forgotten.
03/05/26
Elementary teachers across Alabama are invited to apply for a unique professional learning opportunity this summer at Jacksonville State University (Jax State), funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
02/23/26
Autumn Daniel wasn’t aspiring to be a trailblazer. The 22-year-old senior pre-health biology major was essentially curious. It was that curiosity that led the Five Points native to enroll in Jacksonville State University’s Jax MIX (Merge Innovation and Experience) general education program.
02/24/26
Jacksonville State University and the Cleburne County Chamber of Commerce formalized a new partnership Wednesday morning with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding designed to expand educational opportunities for Chamber employees and member businesses.
02/23/26
Jacksonville State University’s College of Business & Industry (CBI) hosted its 26th Annual Business After Hours on February 17, in conjunction with the Calhoun County Area Chamber & Visitors Center, bringing together business and civic leaders from Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, St. Clair, and Talladega counties.