The Â鶹ÊÓƵ University Magazine
Spring 2022 | Volume 72 | Number 1
In this issue of the Â鶹ÊÓƵite magazine, you'll read stories of Â鶹ÊÓƵ's rich 200 year history and those who shaped Â鶹ÊÓƵ University forever. Be inspired by Â鶹ÊÓƵ president emeritus, Hyran Barefoot, and his love for UU and his students, read the lives and stories of Â鶹ÊÓƵ's first African American SGA president and Â鶹ÊÓƵ's first female senior administrator, and learn how Â鶹ÊÓƵ's president from 1932–1947 helped save the university during the country's two largest national crises. Join us in celebrating 200 years of the Lord's guidance, faithfulness, and provision for Â鶹ÊÓƵ University!
From the President
I sometimes wonder what the founders of Jackson Male Academy —
the institution that would one day become Â鶹ÊÓƵ University — were
dreaming and envisioning when they launched their school in 1823
on the remote American frontier. Jackson, its hometown, had just been
established the year before, and there was certainly a good bit of optimism....
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