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Kentucky State University recognizes staff at annual appreciation event
Kentucky State University staff were recognized Wednesday, May 25 for their hard work and dedication to the university during Staff Appreciation. Employees enjoyed a day of fun and fellowship that also included raffle prizes, popular games, music, food, and a spades tournament. “We are so grateful for the faculty and staff that work hard every day to make Kentucky State a great place to work and learn,” expressed Acting President D...
Associate professor of history awarded fellowship at Brown University Library
Dr. Takeia Anthony was selected for a three-week hybrid institute designed to expand the voices, perspectives, and visions represented in the practice and production of digital scholarship, according to a press release by Brown University Library. Supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the summer institute allows scholars who lack the necessary infrastructure at their home institutions to pursue new s...
258 graduates representing 24 states and 3 foreign countries cross the stage at Kentucky State University’s 2022 Commencement Convocation
Over 250 Thorobreds – comprised of students from both the fall 2021 and spring 2022 classes – officially became Kentucky State University alumni after proudly walking across the stage at Commencement Convocation Friday, May 13 at Alumni Stadium. Among the graduates were 15 students who had maintained a grade point average of 4.0 or higher, along with 15 high school candidates from West Jessamine High School who earned their associa...
Alumnus delivers passionate address to graduates, talks about the gift of now
“It is the gift of now that has produced scholars and leaders and innovators like Dr. Rufus B. Atwood, Dr. Whitney M. Young Jr., Dr. Gus Ridgel, and Dr. Lee Charles Harris and the countless kings and queens and students who have moved this institution through unprecedented tests and countless trials and moments of triumphs and valleys of despair,” declared 2022 Baccalaureate Assembly Speaker Mario J. Radford. “And now, class of 202...