Jackson State University News August 11, 2011 JSU President Meyers issues challenge to university, donates $10,000 to JSU Jackson State University President Carolyn W. Meyers prepped the university faculty and staff for the fall 2011 semester with a state of the university report and a challenge to keep JSU President Carolyn Meyers reaching toward new heights. "What got us here, won't get us there," she said during JSU's Fall Faculty and Staff Seminar on Aug. 11. "We can't miss the boat." Meyers' address outlined many university accomplishments during her first 200 days as president, which included a successful reaffirmation of accreditation visit from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, a state and regional alumni relationship building tour, the organization of a new senior leadership team and selected faculty and staff salary increases. Meyers also showed her commitment to working on ways to make JSU salaries more competitive by donating a $10,000 personal check to launch a faculty and staff salary endowment fund. Moving into the future, Meyers said Jackson State will hold onto its core values of tradition, service and responsibility while it expands online and distance learning, steps up fundraising, marketing and enrollment management efforts, supports faculty and staff innovation and broadens its presence locally, nationally and globally. "We will solidify our position in the city of Jackson, the state of Mississippi, the region and all over the world," she said. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Program Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 404.592.4820 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.