# @jacksonstateu on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CAdwqQjDoGT
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15112460-jacksonstateu-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-05-21T21:28:39.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jackson State U. (@JacksonStateU) — https://gondola.cc/JacksonStateU

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This past spring, Yasmin McLaurin graduated from Jackson State University summa cum laude with a degree in social science and ethnic studies. She will pursue a graduate degree at the University of Mississippi in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology on a fully-funded two-year assistantship.

However, McLaurin could have easily given up. Last year, she lost her mother to health complications. It was a devastating moment for McLaurin and her three siblings. But it was her mother’s values that helped the 22-year-old persevere.

Read more in the JSU Newsroom. www.jsumsnews.com

#JSUGrad20 #JacksonState #HBCU #graduation #Classof2020

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hbcu, graduation, jsugrad20, jacksonstate, classof2020

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