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Kentucky State University’s work with pawpaw featured in the New York Times
Kentucky State University was recently featured in a New York Times story about the increasing popularity of pawpaw fruit. The story discusses the increasing attention on pawpaw due to climate change, economic inequity and access to food. The story also notes the pawpaw’s connection with slavery in America. Kentucky State University is a licensed propagator of pawpaw cultivars, with distribution to nurseries all over the United S...
Mister and Miss Kentucky State University ascend the throne at historic coronation
Students, faculty, staff, alumni and special guests gathered virtually and on a limited basis in-person for the coronation of the 91st Miss Kentucky State University and 27th Mister Kentucky State University in Carl H. Smith Auditorium in David H. Bradford Hall Oct. 15. Yasmine Kimyea Harper, the 91st Miss Kentucky State University, said she remembers her tour of the Kentucky State campus as a prospective student and the brightn...
Kentucky State University confers more than 200 degrees at commencement
More than 200 Kentucky State University graduates officially earned their degrees Friday, Oct. 16 during the Spring 2020 Commencement Convocation at Alumni Stadium. Nurses, educators, business professionals, computer scientists, social workers and future leaders of all kinds now go forth from the University, ready for the next level of success. Rev. Dr. Jamal-Harrison Bryant, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in...
Kentucky State University to become only Kentucky and first HBCU member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC)
Kentucky State University is the newest member to join the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC). The first HBCU and only university in Kentucky to be nominated and awarded membership, University officials are honored and excited to become part of COPLAC. The COPLAC board voted unanimously to admit Kentucky State University at its Oct. 15 meeting. “This is an outstanding opportunity for Kentucky State University to be...