Stop the Proposed Merger of Jackson State, Alcorn and Mississippi Valley Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/stop-the-proposed-merger-of-jackson-state-alcorn-and-mississippi-valley.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 4 Apr 2026 05:04 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition mrs Aretha Chandler [Signature #4077] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8792582?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:41:11 UTC 8792582 Ms Sheveeta GAyles [Signature #4076] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8408838?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Aug 2010 03:41:12 UTC 8408838 Mrs. Eyvette Smith [Signature #4075] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8317031?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:07:52 UTC 8317031 Ms Johnnie Butler-Davis [Signature #4074] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7908256?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Jun 2010 10:45:59 UTC 7908256 mrs stacey jones-williams [Signature #4073] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7618429?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 May 2010 08:29:32 UTC 7618429 Stephen Mangum [Signature #4072] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7469707?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:02:41 UTC 7469707 Mr. Stephen Mangum [Signature #4071] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7461072?utm_medium=rss Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:35:11 UTC 7461072 Mr Anthony Johnson [Signature #4070] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7441617?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:41:58 UTC 7441617 Miss Martela Lacy [Signature #4069] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7436894?utm_medium=rss Barbour should not merge the HBCUs into one. Each college would lose history and their traditions; most of all, the heart of the cities would feel empty. It would also be like losing pieces of of our african american history.

]]> Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:47:48 UTC 7436894 Ms Kim JSU CLASS OF 2006 [Signature #4068] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7350456?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:59:56 UTC 7350456 Miss Phyllislorena Smiley [Signature #4067] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7071890?utm_medium=rss As an alumnus of Jackson State who has encouraged my family (one cousin, two nephews- graduates, one niece currently enrolled and near graduation) to attend Jackson State University, I am totally opposed to the proposed merger.

]]> Wed, 3 Mar 2010 04:32:37 UTC 7071890 Randy Parham [Signature #4066] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7069683?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Mar 2010 08:49:42 UTC 7069683 LaTasha Davis Richardson [Signature #4065] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7034163?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:04:39 UTC 7034163 Mr. Charles Holloway [Signature #4064] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7032160?utm_medium=rss Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:31:55 UTC 7032160 Mr. James Taylor-Lymon [Signature #4063] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7021514?utm_medium=rss Just let it be, it's is a part of History in the Mississippi Delta that has a good ending to it. which is rare if you know what mean. I grew up on that campus and a large number of my family graduted from there. A lot of people who earned degrees over the last 50 years would not have done so if it wasn't for Mississippi Valley State University. The University sould be growing not closing,what ever it takes we can't let that happen. For the students of the past and the future, it can't be.

]]> Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:06:24 UTC 7021514 Mark Klinedinst [Signature #4062] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6982988?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:06:10 UTC 6982988 Rhonda Wilson [Signature #4061] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6975769?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:06:08 UTC 6975769 Ms. Afton Jackson [Signature #4060] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6963357?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:26:04 UTC 6963357 Mr CHARLES GRIFFIN [Signature #4059] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6942876?utm_medium=rss The universities that are under consideration for closure are vital to their regional economies, and just as vital to higher education in Mississippi. Before a merger of our universities takes place, Mississippi will successfully secede from the United States of America.

]]> Thu, 4 Feb 2010 02:40:46 UTC 6942876 Ms Dominique Lewis [Signature #4058] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6940167?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Feb 2010 07:13:35 UTC 6940167 Mr Augustus Russ [Signature #4057] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6935919?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Feb 2010 01:07:54 UTC 6935919 Ms Kia Woods [Signature #4056] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6915933?utm_medium=rss Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:11:57 UTC 6915933 Erica Jaackson [Signature #4055] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6913671?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:57:34 UTC 6913671 Dr. Deleshia Kinney [Signature #4054] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6911886?utm_medium=rss HBCUs have a role. Save what historically our ancestors built to become strong as individuals and as a community. Merging HBCUs is like erasing part of time. HBCUs represent a place like no other. It is a safe haven for those who would otherwise have no place to go to forget about the ills of our nation. It is a place of peace where we build legacies and flourish astoundingly. Merging HBCUS is a genocide of another kind.

]]> Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:39:35 UTC 6911886 Anonymous [Signature #4053] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6909057?utm_medium=rss I am against the merger. These universities are historic institutions that need to be individually preserved and maintained.

]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:58:10 UTC 6909057 Nefaterria Waetherspoon [Signature #4052] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6908681?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:06:36 UTC 6908681 MR Clifford Ingram [Signature #4051] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6907636?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:08:47 UTC 6907636 Ms. Tiffany Carter [Signature #4050] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6907198?utm_medium=rss I oppose any proposals to merge JSU, ASU and MVSU.

]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:50:00 UTC 6907198 Mr. Michael McLendon [Signature #4049] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6906066?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:57:22 UTC 6906066 Mr Justin Davis [Signature #4048] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6906006?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:46:11 UTC 6906006 Ms Natasha Lang-Harris [Signature #4047] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6903403?utm_medium=rss Please do not merge MVSU, JSU, and ASU!!

]]> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:02:01 UTC 6903403 Katonya Gray [Signature #4046] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6902761?utm_medium=rss It's utterly ridiculous to automatically go to cutting EDUCATION IN ANY MANNER, but to rid these institutions that house and have housed so many memories, dreams, tears, sweat...what about the students who lose scholarships? What about the people who WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS??? One less person unemployed is once less taxpayer...one less taxpayer continues to add to the spiraling unemployment rate!!! How is this a means to an end? I give this the three R's: RIDICULOUS, RACIST, REPREHENSIBLE!!!

]]> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:56:41 UTC 6902761 Jennea Clemon [Signature #4045] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6901670?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:53:35 UTC 6901670 Cheryl McLemore Hearn [Signature #4044] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6901019?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:48:18 UTC 6901019 MS Valerie Carson [Signature #4043] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6900910?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:26:25 UTC 6900910 Ms. Angela Gray Taylor [Signature #4042] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6900827?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:13:16 UTC 6900827 Ms Melishia Grayson [Signature #4041] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6899402?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:01:02 UTC 6899402 Ms Mary Jossell [Signature #4040] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6899171?utm_medium=rss I am against the proposal to merge. Each
university can stand on it's own. Each university has it's own unique culture and historical status of diverse offerings. They
are landmarks and should remain separate.

]]> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:24:25 UTC 6899171 Ms Kayla Shanks [Signature #4039] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6897580?utm_medium=rss I think is a big mistake. all of these hbcus have their own thing for what made them who they are and if that is change everything that they stand for will be lost.

]]> Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:18:13 UTC 6897580 Mr Ken Starks [Signature #4038] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6892199?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:06:26 UTC 6892199 Mr DW Howard, Jr [Signature #4037] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6892113?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:31:53 UTC 6892113 Ms Whitney Everett [Signature #4036] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6892036?utm_medium=rss Jackson State Alum

]]> Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:05:37 UTC 6892036 Ms Lakeitha Johnson [Signature #4035] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6891986?utm_medium=rss PROUD GRADUATE OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY...GOV. BARBOUR, YOU WILL NOT MERGE MY SCHOOL!!!

]]> Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:49:40 UTC 6891986 Katara Hundley [Signature #4034] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6890962?utm_medium=rss This is devasting to hear. Tradition, heritage, and continuation of successful African Americans attributed to the existence of HBCUs will be forever lost.

]]> Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:54:56 UTC 6890962 Mrs Roslyn Knight [Signature #4033] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6890398?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:55:10 UTC 6890398 Kristy Taylor [Signature #4032] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6884561?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:20:13 UTC 6884561 Mr. Willie Watts [Signature #4031] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6881742?utm_medium=rss Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:09:50 UTC 6881742 Mrs. Mildred Watts [Signature #4030] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6881734?utm_medium=rss Jackson State University lifetime alumnus and totally against the merger. Why not merge Ole Miss and Miss State or USM? They should be trying to preserve these HBCU unversities. These institutions all satisfy different needs for different areas of the state. Both of my children attend Jackson State. My is home is MS but we reside in the state of GA. Why not merge some of the Jr Colleges to save money? We have been fighting this battle every since my husband I were at JSU/1968. Kill This!!

]]> Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:07:13 UTC 6881734 Ms Paisley Boston [Signature #4029] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6876348?utm_medium=rss Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:58:39 UTC 6876348 Mrs. Erika Brown [Signature #4028] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6875769?utm_medium=rss This idea is horrible! What article gives Barbour the right to even suggest such a thing?

]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:53:29 UTC 6875769 Ms Robin Ambrew [Signature #4027] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6872321?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:57:36 UTC 6872321 Ms Alexandrea Jones [Signature #4026] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6871388?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:26:25 UTC 6871388 Dr. Jesse Harness [Signature #4025] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6871214?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:59:28 UTC 6871214 Mr Daron Calhoun II [Signature #4024] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6871059?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:33:39 UTC 6871059 Isaac Holland [Signature #4023] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6870696?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:38:22 UTC 6870696 Mrs. Ashley Dorsey-Pratt [Signature #4022] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6869764?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:21:20 UTC 6869764 Gentle Owens, Jr. [Signature #4021] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6862488?utm_medium=rss Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:10:44 UTC 6862488 Ruth Washington [Signature #4020] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6861372?utm_medium=rss Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:23:23 UTC 6861372 Jennifer Washington [Signature #4019] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6858370?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:27:18 UTC 6858370 Mr Gerald Tillman [Signature #4018] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6857996?utm_medium=rss Proud Alcorn State Graduate 1990

]]> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:54:28 UTC 6857996 Mrs Kendra Hatten [Signature #4017] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6857838?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:19:27 UTC 6857838 Mr William Davis [Signature #4016] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6856881?utm_medium=rss I disagree with merging Alcorn State, MVSU with JSU. I am an alcornite! If we merge these schools things will never be the same.

]]> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:22:40 UTC 6856881 dwanda goins [Signature #4015] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6856100?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:15:17 UTC 6856100 Ms. Sonya Goins [Signature #4014] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6855733?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:21:37 UTC 6855733 Jay Norals [Signature #4013] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6855071?utm_medium=rss We must

]]> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:31:38 UTC 6855071 Ms Alisha Johnson [Signature #4012] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6854736?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:31:26 UTC 6854736 Mrs. Deborah Graham [Signature #4011] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6852700?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:06:04 UTC 6852700 Howard Love [Signature #4010] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6852645?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:37:39 UTC 6852645 Mr Eugene Snipes [Signature #4009] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6848227?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:35:53 UTC 6848227 Ms Dorothy McClendon [Signature #4008] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6845148?utm_medium=rss Merging black historical colleges is just another continuous way that the governor and his administration is cutting into education for the student and eventually closing of the universities/colleges. Students from all over come to attend these schools and maintains a great reputation. Why is it that when budget cuts come up, the governor focuses on historical black colleges, the low income and elderly in education and healthcare? Leave these colleges/universities open and separate!

]]> Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:32:03 UTC 6845148 Dr Debra Foster-Greene [Signature #4007] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6842613?utm_medium=rss Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:58:04 UTC 6842613 Ms Pamela Love [Signature #4006] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6842197?utm_medium=rss Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:28:53 UTC 6842197 Mrs. Acola Joseph [Signature #4005] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6842049?utm_medium=rss I am an Alumnus of Alcorn State University. I think this is an unjust proposal to merge the schools that both have a great heritage in the Historical Black community. This is a disservice to both schools whose history in Mississippi in unmistakable. These schools have produced many talented educational people throughout the U.S. and I am one of those people. I feel this is a disservice to the founders of both of these great educational institutions.

]]> Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:23:55 UTC 6842049 Lillie Holt [Signature #4004] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6842038?utm_medium=rss Do not merge. Alcorn is a historial black college

]]> Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:18:47 UTC 6842038 Mrs. Etta Roby Ashley [Signature #4003] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6841338?utm_medium=rss Do not merge our school!!!!!!!!!!

]]> Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:58:10 UTC 6841338 Ms. LaShonda Norman [Signature #4002] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6840838?utm_medium=rss Merging MS HBCU's is not the answer. I am sure the State of MS can find other ways to save money.

]]> Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:36:47 UTC 6840838 Mrs. Latrissa Johnson [Signature #4001] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6840311?utm_medium=rss Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:41:20 UTC 6840311 Mr. David Ashley Sr. [Signature #4000] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6840063?utm_medium=rss I am against any merger of our university with Jackson State or any other university. The Governor should consider merging Ole Miss and Mississippi State.

]]> Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:37:03 UTC 6840063 Tiffany Wright [Signature #3999] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6839774?utm_medium=rss Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:17:17 UTC 6839774 John T Warren [Signature #3998] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6839708?utm_medium=rss Sat, 16 Jan 2010 07:58:44 UTC 6839708 Ms Aisha Larry [Signature #3997] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6839354?utm_medium=rss Merging HBCU takes away the history of the schools, there trademark. Find another alternative!

]]> Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:00:26 UTC 6839354 Dr Belvia Carter [Signature #3996] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6838836?utm_medium=rss Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:33:53 UTC 6838836 Mr Henderson Pittman [Signature #3995] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6838413?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:56:37 UTC 6838413 Mr. Curtis Calloway [Signature #3994] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6838162?utm_medium=rss Merger is not an option ever

]]> Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:17:25 UTC 6838162 Dr. Kristena Payne Gaylor [Signature #3993] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6837348?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:39:24 UTC 6837348 Ms Virginia Crimiel [Signature #3992] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6832800?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:50:43 UTC 6832800 Mr Nathaniel Sanders, Jr. [Signature #3991] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6831830?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:34:59 UTC 6831830 Mr. James Richardson [Signature #3990] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6819856?utm_medium=rss Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:49:30 UTC 6819856 Mrs. Precious Bonner [Signature #3989] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6819844?utm_medium=rss Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:45:33 UTC 6819844 Mr. Dennis M. Crimiel, Sr. [Signature #3988] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6811644?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:20:05 UTC 6811644 Mr. Albert Stallworth [Signature #3987] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6811619?utm_medium=rss These instutions are not identical in their charter, culture nor presentation and provide for the diversity of black and other students, staff, faculty, alumni, supporters and others. Each of these intsitutions presents with its own personality just as much as the University of Mississipp, Mississippi State or the University of Southern Mississippi. I don't see where the consolidation of the HBCU's will make a significant savings in MS collection of revenue.

]]> Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:16:57 UTC 6811619 Ms Fannie Jemison [Signature #3986] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6810465?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:21:06 UTC 6810465 Ms Iesha Moore [Signature #3985] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6809566?utm_medium=rss Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:47:49 UTC 6809566 Mr Kevin Aultman [Signature #3984] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6808824?utm_medium=rss Jackson State University, is the college my mother graduated from with a BA Science in Administration. This university enabled my mom to provide not only me food & shelter, but numerous other family/friends to prosper & gave us hope. We have to continually challenge one of our greatest assets; the human brain. If you either believe in science or religion or both, we were presented brains & therefore; it is a use or lose commodity.

]]> Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:27:32 UTC 6808824 Mr Wilbert Weathersby [Signature #3983] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6807606?utm_medium=rss These Colleges have Educated Millions of Student for years.

]]> Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:25:43 UTC 6807606 Ryan Palmer [Signature #3982] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6807129?utm_medium=rss Sun, 10 Jan 2010 09:19:28 UTC 6807129 Patricia Anderson [Signature #3981] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6802153?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Jan 2010 11:19:33 UTC 6802153 Ms Juanita Palmer [Signature #3980] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6802016?utm_medium=rss We need our Historical Black Institutions. Think of ways to help our institutions, so that our children and grand children can attend with pride.

]]> Sat, 9 Jan 2010 10:23:31 UTC 6802016 Mr Kenneth Gross [Signature #3979] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6801982?utm_medium=rss Sat, 9 Jan 2010 10:09:03 UTC 6801982 Mr. Lawrence Stewart [Signature #3978] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6801413?utm_medium=rss Merging these universities is a big mistake and will degrade the integrity of the history of each of these institutions. I am totally against the merger.

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