Thursday, March 2, 2023

JSU El Presidente Placed on Admin Leave

The Institutions of Higher Learning  Board of Trustees issued the following statement. 

The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning has placed Thomas Hudson, President of Jackson State University, on administrative leave with pay, effective immediately, and named Dr. Elayne Hayes-Anthony as temporary acting president of JSU at its meeting held today in Jackson, effective immediately. Dr. Hayes-Anthony currently serves as Chair and Professor, Department of Journalism and Media Studies, at Jackson State University.

“We are grateful that Dr. Hayes-Anthony has agreed to serve as Acting President,” said Tom Duff, President of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning. “As alumnus and long-time administrator and faculty member at the university, she understands the campus, its students, its challenges and opportunities.”

Dr. Hayes-Anthony has served as chair of the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Jackson State University since 2015. She served as professor of Communications and chair of the Department of Communications at Belhaven University from 1998 until 2015.

Prior to her time at Belhaven, she served at JSU for 10 years, first as director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Mass Communications and later appointed head of the department. Under her leadership, the department received national accreditation from the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

Dr. Hayes-Anthony earned both her bachelor of science and master’s degrees at JSU, and obtained her Ph.D. in Organizational Communication Broadcast Law at Southern Illinois, Carbondale.

She has a distinguished career in broadcast journalism. A native of Jackson, she made a name for herself as the first African-American female news anchor on WJTV Channel 12. She was appointed assistant superintendent of public information for the Jackson Public School District and spokesperson for the Jackson School Board, before accepting the position at Belhaven.

She has received a number of accolades from her work and civic involvement, including being named the 2014 recipient of the Mississippi Humanities Council Teacher Award.

The Board of Trustees will discuss the future leadership of Jackson State at its regular Board meeting later this month.


27 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thirty years ago Jackson State looked like a lot of potential just waiting to blossom with the right leadership. Now it looks like fruit dying on the vine. It looks almost like being mayor of Jackson. Well, maybe not that bad.

Hey JSU supporters....Don't expect too much.

Anonymous said...

With that glowing resume, why has she been passed over for this job twice?

Anonymous said...

What he did to get axed?

Anonymous said...

But no word on why the prez got placed on leave? Nice, flowery bio of the lady in temporary charge, but am I missing something?

Anonymous said...

IHL needs to ask JSU who they think can lead them. A bunch of Phil Bryant appointees (100% of the Board) doesn’t need to figure this one out this time. They’ve 0 for the last 3. And the Commish Al Rankins is a laughable excuse for a leader who should be immediately dismissed for incompetence. His salary (tax dollars) is not justified.

Anonymous said...

Paid vacation without docking his leave credits. Off to Destin? Paris?

Anonymous said...

I took a class taught by Dr. Anthony about 20 years ago. I thought she was an impressive person back then, so I think she will do just fine.

Jess Pasinthru said...

I notice the prez of the board is a fellow USM alum of the Bryants. His and his brother's names (Duff) are on the field house at the north end of the football stadium. Was he in on the volleyball debacle funded with welfare money? Who knows.

The brothers also own KLLM.

Anonymous said...

I agree with you, 11:24a. JSU hasn't had a great leader since Lyons. Peoples was the best in my opinion. Mason was good, but his downfall was conspiring with Barbour to consolidate the state's HBCUs. JSU has been on a downhill slide leadership-wise ever since.

Anonymous said...

I'm sure local one-note Brad Franklin can find a systemic racism angle in the total dysfunction at JSU. Of course if the IHL board was truly racist they'd entice Antard to take the job considering his track record of absolute incompetence. What better way to tank JSU.

Anonymous said...

We need to get rid of the college board. Each university needs it's own appointed board of trustees to run the university. The board is a disgrace.

Anonymous said...

Jess Pasinthru… The Duffs are one of the richest people in MS and built their business from scratch. I doubt they’d need to steal anything. BTW… They donate money to all MS universities. I’m pretty sure State has a Duff building… and they donate the equipment trucks to the big 3.

Anonymous said...

I knew Dr. Anthony from her Belhaven days. She’s a good professor. We shall see as administrator.

Anonymous said...

6:50 It does not matter. Even if JSU helps with the selection the appointee will have two choices: Do what she's told or Do nothing. The last two JSU appointees were selected because they seemingly could do both. The JSU crowd will soon be disappointed with their own selection because their dreams are not compatible with the IHL bosses.

Anonymous said...

The Duffs donated $28 million towards consrtuction of the new STEM building at Ole Miss. They don't do volleyball.

Anonymous said...

Now that the Big 3 have got enough rich alumni and SEC money to float comfortably the state is getting out of big ticket funding of IHL. From here on the term is "self-sustaining". Sorry JSU you're too late. Tough tit.

Anonymous said...

9:48 - That's the same thing Brett's and Feel's attorneys said.

Anonymous said...

Like many things, the problem has already been released. Some people didn't like the publicity, so the news media forgot all about it. It happens a lot now days. Some people think if they can stop the news media from talking about it didn't happen. Just look at all of the things the news media has forgotten about Joe and Hunter. Maybe people should look in other places for their "news".

Anonymous said...

Long term paid admin leave is my life goal (resulting in retirement).

Anonymous said...

@8:18: the Duff brothers are the richest individuals in MS. They are worth around $1.4 billion a piece. That will go up as they’ve been buying an astonishing number of businesses out. I don’t think they went to USM or anywhere else. They donate heavily to all 3 of the Big 3. So no they don’t need to rip off a few million in welfare money for some janky volleyball facility.

Anonymous said...

IHL needs to be dissolved (constitutional amendment required).

Anonymous said...

8:35am Mason wasn’t smart enough to avoid using public emails to cover the HBCU consolidation conversation (see Hillary Clinton). Every decision maker still talks about it.

Anonymous said...

Any bets that his "little brain" got him into trouble? Dipping his pen into the office ink well?

Anonymous said...

8:29 Ah... that head doesn't have a brain... just feelings.

Anonymous said...

8:29 It would only embarrass him not the IHL board. They are shameless.

Anonymous said...

If you want a proven African American woman who will do a great job, the Board should offer the job to Dr. Patricia Bennett, who just recently finished a long stent as President of Mississippi College Law School. She did an outstanding job there. I don’t know whether she is a JSU grad or if she’d even take the job. But she is an attorney and has significant accomplishments in the world of academia and she is totally honest.

Anonymous said...

5:08 I agree, she's pretty good. She might last two years at JSU before IHL gives her the boot.



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