October, 2015

October, 2015


All-Star Convocation speaker Darwin Shaw recalls how famed Exum kept him on track

If you were to look up the word hardship in the dictionary several years ago, there might have been a reference to Darwin F. Shaw’s life.

Career fair draws 40 employers, eager KSU students

Kentucky State University hosted a career fair Thursday in the ballroom of the Carl M. Hill Student Center. More than 40 employers including Coca-Cola, U.S. Border Patrol and AAA insurance
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Peace Corps service sharpened career path for Kentucky State grad student

When Ben Bowman begins searching for jobs next year, after earning his master’s degree from Kentucky State University, he knows that there is one experience on his résumé that will
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Student Health Services director wins Kentucky Immunization Champion award

Floarine Wilson, director of Kentucky State University’s Student Health Services, recently received the Kentucky Immunization Champion Award. Wilson’s administrative assistant Shelby Strode secretly nominated her.

KSU Athletics to hold student ticket lottery for men’s basketball game at UK

The Kentucky State athletic department has received a limited number of tickets to the men’s basketball exhibition game with the University of Kentucky and will make those tickets available to
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State’s First Influenza Cases Reported, Kentuckians Urged to Get Vaccinated Against Flu

FRANKFORT, Ky.  – The Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) is reporting the first two laboratory-confirmed influenza cases this week, indicating the presence of flu circulating in Kentucky. The cases
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Above the N.O.R.M.: KSU alumna brings message of leadership to The Hill

Award-winning speaker, author and leadership expert Tish Norman spoke to about 100 students and faculty members Thursday as part of the Alumni All-Stars Convocation series.

KSU will host 4th annual Halloween on the Hilltop

KSU will host the fourth annual Halloween on the Hilltop from 4 p.m to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, in the Exum gym. School-age children are invited to attend and enjoy face
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Attorney General Jack Conway, KASAP to kick off student video competition to promote the National Rape Crisis Hotline

Attorney General Jack Conway and the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs (KASAP) have teamed up to use National Football League (NFL) grant funds to promote the rape crisis hotline,
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KSU awarded $990,000 to provide grants to small, limited-resource farmers

Kentucky State University received approval for $990,000 in state funds for a project to provide mini-grants that will assist small farmers as well as producers with limited resources statewide. Grants
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