<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2022/08/recent-graduate-becomes-first-female-to-earn-dual-degree-from-KSU-and-UK.php" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate/><title>Recent graduate becomes first female to earn dual degree from KSU and UK</title><author/><summary/><image><img src="https://www.kysu.edu/brand-identity-approved-images/news-images/Brenda%20Pacheco.jpg" alt="Recent graduate becomes first female to earn dual degree from KSU and UK"/></image><caption/><description>Kentucky State University’s Spring 2022 Commencement was an academic milestone for more than 250 students. For Brenda Pacheco, it was historic.   On May 13, Pacheco became the first female graduate from Kentucky State to earn a dual degree – Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from KSU and a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from the University of Kentucky – as part of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the u...</description></item>