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Tradition of giving continues, alumni award eight scholarships to KSU students
Eight upperclassmen were awarded a $1,000 Permanent Alumni Scholarship (PAS) for the 2022-23 academic school year. The PAS fund is the official scholarship of the Kentucky State University National Alumni Association. It was established in 1990 by the Class of 1965 during their 25th Classes in Reunion celebration. Since its inception, alumni and friends have contributed over $700,000.00 to the PAS fund. All Kentucky State undergrad...
Recent graduate educating young Kentuckians in Fayette County
GoTeachKY, an initiative from the Kentucky Department of Education, recently recognized Jordan Lewis ’22 in its New Teacher Tuesday series. Lewis, who is a first-year teacher at Ashland Elementary in the Fayette County Public School District, says he became an educator because of the lack of African American male teachers in the classroom. “There is a lack of male and African American teachers in education especially at the element...
Founder’s Day speaker pays homage to her alma mater, “I am who I am because of God, my mother and Kentucky State University”
Today, Kentucky State University celebrated 136 years since its founding as the only public historically Black and the second state-supported institution of higher learning in Kentucky during the 2022 Founder’s Day Convocation. Alumna and President & CEO of KTownsend Consulting, Dr. Karen Townsend ’85, delivered the keynote address using as her theme, “We Are One.” “In order for Kentucky State University to prepare for and meet the...
KSU makes a huge presence at KAMP conference
This year's Kentucky GIS conference saw a huge turnout from Kentucky State University. The Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals (KAMP) hosted its 2022 conference in Lexington, Kentucky, September 27 - 29. The first day of the conference offered various hands-on workshops aimed at students and young professionals with the subsequent days being dominated by presentations on various elements of GIS, mapping, and remote sens...