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Kentucky State University qualified as a finalist for the 2021 KEMI Destiny Award
Kentucky State University recently qualified as a finalist for the 2021 KEMI Destiny Award. According to Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance (KEMI) website, “The Destiny Awards are presented annually by KEMI to policyholders that best exemplify KEMI’s motto, ‘Control your own destiny.’ The awards symbolize what can be accomplished when organizations work together to improve workplace safety.” Kentucky State earned a 0.79 experien...

Kentucky State University alumnus will coach Team Kentucky bowling team in the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games
A Kentucky State University alumnus will coach the Team Kentucky bowling team in the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games in June in Orlando, Florida. Michael Ghant, a Kentucky State graduate and a teacher at Stewart Home School, has been a Special Olympics coach for 19 years, according to a Frankfort State Journal story. Ghant was also the 2017 Special Olympics coach of the year. This will be Ghant’s first trip to the USA Games. Cli...

Basketball clinic run by Kentucky State University men’s basketball head coach highlighted in Bermuda
A basketball camp run by the Kentucky State University men’s basketball head coach was recently featured in Bermuda media. Jamaal Jackson, head coach of the men’s basketball team since 2016, held an advanced youth basketball clinic recently in conjunction with the Bermuda Basketball Association. The clinic was for youth ages 14 through 19 at the CedarBridge Academy gymnasium. The Royal Gazette in Bermuda hailed the clinic as a su...

Kentucky State University alumnus named chief diversity officer at Muskegon Community College
A Kentucky State University alumnus was recently named the chief diversity officer at Muskegon Community College in Michigan. Ken James, who earned a bachelor’s degree in public administration from Kentucky State University, begins his role in the newly created position Sept. 20. According to a Muskegon Community College news release, James will join the President’s cabinet and implement a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) s...