MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) -The gala, which lasted from 7 to 10 pm, was held at the Copeland Center and attended by future, present, and past Jackson State students.
All proceeds support their scholarships to local high school seniors who are enrolling into Thee Jackson State University.
“When I was at Jackson State, I’m originally from East St Louis, Illinois, and the St Louis chapter was very instrumental in taking care of me. So I wanted to pay back what had been given to me by alums who came before me, and I felt that I needed to do my due diligence to do that same for students who are at Jackson State University,” says National Alumni President Patrease Edwards.
“Every president we’ve had, every member that we’ve had has kept that legacy going. It built the chapter up to national providence, to be honest, and it became an integral part of the National Association. We just look to continue that legacy by making sure we send students to Jackson State. We enable them to have no worries through a financial standpoint so we want to support them through scholarships like this occasion is intended to create opportunities like that for these kids,” says Chapter President of the JSU NAA Meridian Lauderdale Chapter, Willie Nathan.
Willie also explains the goals the chapter desires to reach.
“We do have goals that we establish on an annual basis, we desire to fund no less than seven students every single year and enable them with thousand dollar scholarships each, up to ten, and we’ve had great success each year where we’ve met our goals, and we are continuing that this year, so we are looking forward to recognizing those students we are celebrating and we look forward to enabling those in the next crowd in the summer,” Nathan says.
They look forward to celebrating again next year as they are currently in the selection process for next year.
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