A true friend indeed

I didn't exactly recruit Amanda Stewart but her folks were looking for the campus and I not only gave them directions but helped them get parked, get admitted and eventually enrolled!

Later, I taught her twice in history, visited her Chicago home, made friends with her lawyer relative in St. Louis, and have been a family friend every since. 

Now that she is gainfully employed in North Carolina, I am her mentor/confidant. That's Jackson State for you, providing long-lasting friendships among students, students and faculty, and students and alumni. 

That's why we are One JSU, Challenging Minds and Changing Lives. I can just hear her saying to any and everyone "Choose Jackson State...I did!"