Jax State News
Jacksonville State Once Again Ranked Among U.S. News & World Report’s Best Regional Universities in the South
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).
09/12/25
Jax State's Department of History and Foreign Languages is planning an educational study trip to Seville, Spain, from May 9 through June 7.
09/11/25
For the fifth consecutive year, Jacksonville State University (Jax State) has broken its all-time enrollment record – yet this fall’s achievement stands apart. For the first time in its history, the university has surpassed 10,000 students, a milestone long envisioned by the institution.
09/09/25
Dr. Ross Martin and Jax State’s Trail Science Institute have received a $25,000 grant to partner with the Trust for Public Land to benefit Appalachia. The grant enables Jax State to collaborate with local leaders to plan, fund, and implement outdoor recreation projects that will create jobs, enhance health, attract visitors to the region, and build climate resilience.
09/08/25
In June, Michael Walker, business instructor for the Lyons and Company, Inc. Department of Management and Marketing, co-presented at the 2025 regional conference for the Association for Business Communication (ABC) in Bergen, Norway, alongside his wife, Dr. Angela Walker, English professor at Talladega College.
09/05/25
Jacksonville State University confirms that student James Nichols, of Ohatchee, Alabama, has been located safe in New York. Nichols has spoken with his family.
09/04/25
Jacksonville State University (Jax State) is seeking the public’s assistance to locate student James Nichols, of Ohatchee, Alabama. University Police received a report late Tuesday, September 2, 2025, that Nichols had not been seen since the early morning hours of Thursday, August 28.
09/02/25
Jacksonville State University's Dr. Jianping Huang, Dr. Mark Sciuchetti, and Jodi Poe received grants from the Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE) for Artificial Intelligence research.
09/02/25
Jacksonville State University President Dr. Don C. Killingsworth, Jr., has announced that Dr. Daniel P. Mertens, the Inaugural Endowed Professor of Business Strategy, has been appointed the new Glenn Huie Eminent Scholar Chair in the College of Business and Industry.