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- At this time, Doctor
Bynum and General Boyles

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will sign the agreement with
the Mississippi National Guard

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and Jackson State University
Tiger Free tuition program.

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(audience clapping)

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- Again, mad respect.

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Anything that we can do to support,

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here at Jackson State University.

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Again, I'm so proud of the
fact that this institution

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is military friendly.

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That was have our ROTC
programs in both the Army

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and Air Force and now we're adding

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this with the Guard.

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I'm overwhelmed man.

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One of my goals, one of the things I want

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to do during my tenure as
president is to see us grow

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those programs that we
have with the armed forces.

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This year, we've got a historic milestone.

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We're conditioning 22 second lieutenants

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at this years commencement
ceremony May 4th.

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Wow, 22 second lieutenants.

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That's historic, that's exciting.

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I want to see those
numbers continue to grow.

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And again, that's just the Army program.

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I want to see the Air
Force program continue

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to grow just as much.

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Those are the things I'm excited about.

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So thank you again to the
General from this program

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and for all that he's gonna continue to do

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to help Jackson State grow
and be a great community

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for this state and for the nation.

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- I think the student population benefits

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cause they're getting some leadership

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where students can mentor other students.

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And say, listen this is how we did it in

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this other situation I was in.

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So I think everybody benefits.

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It's such a good news story.

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(crowd talking)