JACKSONVILLE, Ala., Sept. 17 -- Jacksonville State University issued the following news release:
Local artist Nanda Patel's commissioned work joins two mixed-media pieces in a collection celebrating Jax State's history, architecture and mission.
By Brett Bucker
The first time Nanda Patel and Jacksonville State University President Dr. Don Killingsworth crossed paths, they were strangers working toward the same goal.
In the aftermath of the EF-3 tornado that struck the Jax State campus on March 19, 2018, causing more than $35 million in damage, Patel donated approximately 130 hotel rooms' worth of furniture as the University worked to house displaced students. Among the volunteers loading dressers, televisions and other furnishings into ...