Dawn McLin, right, arrives at the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse in Jackson, Miss., on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, for a hearing tied to her federal lawsuit involving the Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning and JSU President Marcus Thompson. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
The proposed settlement, which is still being hammered out by attorneys, would restore Dawn Bishop McLin to her position as tenured psychology professor at the historically Black university.