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Kentucky State University graduating senior overcame near-fatal car wreck to earn her diploma
A Kentucky State University graduating senior nears the end of her undergraduate career, but not without overcoming heavy obstacles to get there. Kearies Shalon Washington, a Chicago native, was involved in a near-fatal car wreck upon returning back to campus after winter break in 2018. “My car was totaled and I was left living off-campus without a vehicle,” Washington said. “This caused me to become heavily dependent on others to...
Kentucky State University confers nearly 100 degrees at 2018 Fall Commencement Convocation
Nearly 100 Kentucky State University graduates crossed the stage Friday, December 14 during the 2018 Fall Commencement Convocation in Carl H. Smith Auditorium in David H. Bradford Hall. Environmentalists, computer scientists, artists, mathematicians, biologists and future leaders of all kinds now go forth from the University, ready for the next level of success. United States Senator and businessman Timothy Eugene Scott, who receiv...
Statement from the President of Kentucky State University M. Christopher Brown II, Ph.D. on the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill
“On behalf of Kentucky State University, I wish to thank the United States Congress for the timely passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. Although the Commonwealth’s General Assembly has not full funded our institutional land-grant programs, Senator Mitch McConnell and Representative Andy Barr worked with our government relations staff to insure that the Farm Bill included measures to allow Kentucky State University a...
History-making senator to speak at Kentucky State University fall commencement
Kentucky State University recently announced that history-making United States Senator Timothy Eugene Scott will serve as the 2018 fall commencement convocation speaker. Commencement will be held Dec. 14 at 9 a.m. in the Carl H. Smith Auditorium of David H. Bradford Hall. Scott is the first African-American senator from the state of South Carolina, the first African-American senator to be elected from the southern United States sin...