<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2026/2/faclty-excellence-research-reach-mentoring.php" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>02/10/2026</pubDate><title>Faculty Excellence: Research, Reach, and Mentoring</title><author/><summary>One of the most powerful truths about Kentucky State University is this: our students are being prepared for lives of extraordinary achievement because of the people who educate them.</summary><image><img src="/president/messages/Office%20of%20the%20President%20graphic.jpg" alt="Placeholder"/></image><caption/><description>Dear Thorobred Family,   One of the most powerful truths about Kentucky State University is this: our students are being prepared for lives of extraordinary achievement because of the people who educate them. Faculty excellence is not an abstract concept here. It is daily, student-centered, and rigorous — showing up in classrooms and laboratories, in clinics and community settings, and in the steady mentoring that helps students sharpen their...</description></item>