Jackson State University is located in the capitol city minutes from downtown Jackson and twenty minutes from the Jackson-Evers International Airport. We are within driving distance of restaurants, shopping malls, entertainment, hospitals and pharmacies. Jackson State University is situated between three major interstates, I-55, I-20, and I220 as well as highways 80 and 49. The modes of travel are JTran, Taxis, and multiple rental agencies (Enterprise, Hertz, Avis, etc).The location of our campus is ideal for conferences, workshops, forums and organizational meetings. We offer great facilities, affordable rates, comfortable meeting spaces, on-site computer equipment and sound equipment. We have a variety of meeting spaces available through-out campus all at an affordable price. A business is center is also located within our conference center. Our conference housing offers high-speed Internet access, laundry facilities, cable, MicroFridge units, private and semi-private rooms, Multi-purpose Room, Community Kitchen and courtyard. Linen service is available. We have a Cyber Café’, the Margaret Walker Alexander Research Center and the Walter Payton Recreation and Wellness Center which includes racquetball courts, fitness equipment and elliptical. Conveniently located three miles from downtown Jackson you can enjoy Russell C. Davis Planetarium, the Telecom Center, the Convention Center, and the Mississippi Coliseum. Also a short distance from Jackson State University is New Stage Theater, the Natural Science Museum, the Jackson Zoological Park and Eudora Welty’s Home, which is available for tours.