11/23/2025
It is so beautiful to see this headline still in circulation! We originally broke this story on April 1, 2025, when Dr. Jermaine Whirl assumed the Presidency at Savannah State University! 🧡💙🐅
The original caption: SSU College of Business Administration students welcome Dr. Jermaine Whirl to campus! Savannah State University currently has the youngest HBCU President at the age of 39. — Dr. Shalonda Mullgrav, Professor of Marketing in COBA, was the brain trust behind the original post! We thank her many times over for envisioning, planning, organizing, and capturing that moment, and entrusting the video to ‘One SSU’ to make it viral.
The story went viral and has since been shared/reposted by media pioneers Black Enterprise, Because of Them We Can, Ed Post, Black Wealth Crew, and HBCU Buzz to name a few!
A very special thank you to the leading HBCU media platform, Historically Black Since, for amplifying this story and helping us garner the national exposure we deserve! Their post has more than 542k views, 42k likes, 3.6 shares, and was even reposted by the official University System of Georgia Board of Regents Instagram account. HBS has always shown SSU so much love, and they have been intentional about promoting the excellence that lives at Savannah State University.
One SSU is the manifestation of what we can achieve collectively we when we collaborate and commit to telling our story! 🧡💙🐅
At 36 years old, Dr. Jermaine Whirl has just become the youngest president in Savannah State University’s 134-year history — leading Georgia’s oldest public HBCU into a new era. 🎓🔥
From starting at a technical college to now guiding an entire university, his journey is a powerful reminder of what focus and education can build. ✨
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