Rust College Wilkins/Smith Institute of Health Equity and Social Justice

06/10/2019

Just hot off the press! Enjoy, and provide financial support of our Ida B. Wells-Barnett Social Justice activities and events if you can afford it!

06/10/2019

The Mississippi Hills Heritage Area Alliance announced its fiscal year 2019 community grant winners at the DeSoto County Visitors office in Southaven on Tuesday, March 19, 2019.
A total of 21 grants worth nearly $180,000 were awarded, impacting 10 counties within the 30-county Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area, and Rust College's Inaugural Ida B. Wells-Barnett Social Justice Fall Distinguished Lecture Series. which will provide students, faculty, staff, and the local communities in Holly Springs/Marshall County with speakers/lecturers who will speak on topics of civil rights and social justice and give critical analyses of historical and contemporary social justice and civil rights issues in a teaching and learning environment. Amount: $17,608

06/10/2019

We have not only been busy with our "Mother of Civil Rights and Social Justice - Ida B. Wells-Barnett" activities, we have just completed our 5th year of Rust College Health Explorers Program, thanks to the generous funding of United Way of the Mid-South. As evident from some of the enclosed photos, we have had a very busy, but productive year again, thanks to a great team of professionals composed of faculty, staff, student mentors, and administrators.

06/10/2019

Well, I am back, but we never actually went anywhere, we have just been busy preparing for Rust College's Ida B. Wells-Barnett Social Justice Distinguished Lecture Series which will allow our community of students, faculty, staff, friends, and supporters to be exposed to national and international speakers/lecturers during the 2019-2020 academic school year.

12/21/2018

Hello Everyone,
We wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
So, that you know, we (WSIHESJ) have been very busy working on the Proceedings from our Inaugural Ida B. Wells-Barnett Social Justice Weekend held July 12 -15, 2018 on the historic and beautiful campus of Rust College in Holly Springs, MS. Hopefully, the Proceedings wll be completed in January 2019, and ready for publication in early Spring 2019.

Stary vigilant, please pray for our continued success in educating our youth and future leaders, and contribute to our beloved Rust College and the WSIHESJ when you can in the New Year!

04/04/2018

Spread the word - It's Coming July 12 - 15, 2018 and I am so excited!

02/16/2018

03/20/2017

Hey folks, spread the word, I am still looking for donors for my Rust College Wilkins/Smith Institute!

03/11/2017

Rust College Health Explorers Program Field Trip to Nashville, TN Monday, March 13 and Tuesday, March 14, 2017, to visit the historic Meharry Medical College and other interesting sites.

02/27/2017

Thank You in Advance For All That You Do For Rust College and Our Sister Institution, Mississippi Industrial College (MI)

02/25/2017

Attention Rustites and BFF:

In celebration of Black History Month, please know the following: Rust College, founded in 1866, is still in the business of educating young and talented minds who will take their rightful place as our leaders of today and tomorrow. It will be the same rich legacy as young Ida B. Wells, Lucie Campbell, Nathalie Doxey, Earnest A. Smith, Leslie Burl McLemore, William Scott, Leroy Frazier, and many, many more.

With your help, the Rust College Legacy will live forever when you send us your best and brightest young minds yearning to be forever free and well educated in an ever-changing and global world. As you have done in taking your rightful place in America and society of the world, these young people will do no less and live out the motto of our beloved Rust College, "By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them" with success and God's good fortunes.

05/20/2016

Folks, I cannot believe that I have been at Rust College again for (4) years. Where did the time go? However, in my assessment of being at Rust College, I am struck by two important facts: Our Legacy and Today's Rust College. So, let me show you what I mean through a collection of photos I have put together. Enjoy!