Du Bois–Harvey Honors College
An enhanced collegiate experience for selected high-achieving scholars at Jackson State University — named in honor of W.E.B. Du Bois and Dr. Maria Luisa Alvarez Harvey.
Honors at JSU: An Enhanced Collegiate Experience
The mission of the Du Bois–Harvey Honors College at Jackson State University is to provide an invigorating college curriculum and student experience that promotes the proliferation of creativity, supports intellectual inquiry and discovery, and enhances critical and analytical thinking among selected high-achieving scholars.
Our graduates will be renowned, technologically savvy, civically engaged, and contributing global citizens, laureates, and professionals.
- College
- Du Bois–Harvey Honors College
- Full Name
- W.E.B. Du Bois – Maria Luisa Alvarez Harvey Honors College
- Audience
- Selected high-achieving scholars
- Honor Society
- Alpha Kappa Mu (HBCU national honor society)
- Phone
- (601) 979-2107
- Fax
- (601) 203-6190
- Location
- Charles F. Moore Building, Room 105
Two figures, one legacy of scholarship
In Honor Of
W.E.B. Du Bois
Pioneering Scholar & Civil Rights Leader
A foundational figure in African-American scholarship whose legacy of rigorous inquiry, social justice, and intellectual excellence inspires the Honors College's commitment to civically engaged, contributing global citizens.
In Honor Of
Dr. Maria Luisa Alvarez Harvey
JSU Scholar & Educator
A revered JSU figure whose contributions to scholarship and education are honored in the College's name and the Dr. Maria Luisa Alvarez Harvey Endowment Scholarship that supports high-achieving scholars.
An invigorating curriculum for high-achieving scholars
The mission of the Du Bois–Harvey Honors College at Jackson State University is to provide an invigorating college curriculum and student experience that promotes the proliferation of creativity, supports intellectual inquiry and discovery, and enhances critical and analytical thinking among selected high-achieving scholars.
Our graduates will be renowned, technologically savvy, civically engaged, and contributing global citizens, laureates, and professionals — prepared to lead in their fields and serve their communities.
Five outcomes guiding the Honors College
The Honors College measures its impact through five outcomes spanning national recognition, campus presence, community, faculty, and innovative engagement.
A nationally recognized program that supports high-quality students and recruits exceptionally talented and achieving students.
An Honors presence in the undergraduate academic colleges, student life, and residential living.
A living and learning community that supports cultural, intellectual, and social opportunities.
A cadre of top honors faculty, academic and professional advisors to create an education and a world-class experience.
Innovative, community-centered strategies to address social, political, economic, and ecological challenges, gaps, and injustices locally, regionally, nationally, and globally.
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Dr. Maria Luisa Alvarez Harvey Endowment Scholarship
Honor Dr. Harvey's legacy and support the next generation of high-achieving JSU scholars. Your gift to the Dr. Maria Luisa Alvarez Harvey Endowment Scholarship directly funds students of the Du Bois–Harvey Honors College.
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Contact the Honors College
Charles F. Moore Building – Room 105
1400 J.R. Lynch Street
P.O. Box 17004
Jackson, MS 39217
Fax: (601) 203-6190