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October 25, 2001
Research center puts JSU on the map
College no longer to be one of "best kept secrets"
By Andy Kanengiser
Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer
Scientists from NASA and the Office of Naval Research are teaming with Jackson State University and three other Mississippi universities for a new research center at JSU.
JSU President Ronald Mason Jr. led ribbon-cutting ceremonies Wednesday at the Geo-Spatial Visualization and Research Center in the university's old industrial arts building.
With the new center, JSU will no longer be one of the "best kept secrets in higher education,'' Mason said.
"JSU will shine as a star in outer space,'' Mason said before school supporters toured the facility that's loaded with computers.
Millions of dollars from the state and federal governments and the private sector and hard work by faculty, staff and students were needed to make the center happen, said Felix Okojie, JSU vice president of research development.
The research center will generate a broad range of information useful to real estate developers, urban and regional planners, farmers and law enforcement officials. It can spew out data on land use and land mapping.
The center can also supply information to forecasters and disaster management officials tracking severe weather problems.
Since 1996, JSU has received a little more than $7.1 million in funding, primarily from state and federal sources, for projects now housed at the new center.
"It will provide good research opportunities,'' said junior Mike Reed, 20, a civil engineering major from Jackson.
The center seeks to increase minority researchers in remote sensing and geographical information systems. It also aims to increase collaborative research between JSU, the University of Southern Mississippi, the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University, commercial industry and government agencies
Research center puts JSU on the map
College no longer to be one of "best kept secrets"
By Andy Kanengiser
Clarion-Ledger Staff Writer
Scientists from NASA and the Office of Naval Research are teaming with Jackson State University and three other Mississippi universities for a new research center at JSU.
JSU President Ronald Mason Jr. led ribbon-cutting ceremonies Wednesday at the Geo-Spatial Visualization and Research Center in the university's old industrial arts building.
With the new center, JSU will no longer be one of the "best kept secrets in higher education,'' Mason said.
"JSU will shine as a star in outer space,'' Mason said before school supporters toured the facility that's loaded with computers.
Millions of dollars from the state and federal governments and the private sector and hard work by faculty, staff and students were needed to make the center happen, said Felix Okojie, JSU vice president of research development.
The research center will generate a broad range of information useful to real estate developers, urban and regional planners, farmers and law enforcement officials. It can spew out data on land use and land mapping.
The center can also supply information to forecasters and disaster management officials tracking severe weather problems.
Since 1996, JSU has received a little more than $7.1 million in funding, primarily from state and federal sources, for projects now housed at the new center.
"It will provide good research opportunities,'' said junior Mike Reed, 20, a civil engineering major from Jackson.
The center seeks to increase minority researchers in remote sensing and geographical information systems. It also aims to increase collaborative research between JSU, the University of Southern Mississippi, the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University, commercial industry and government agencies