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Kentucky State University plans Small, Limited-Resource, Minority Farmers Conference
The 2022 Small, Limited-Resource, Minority Farmers Conference will be hosted Nov. 15-17 in Frankfort, Kentucky. This is Kentucky State University’s 24th annual conference and the first in-person conference after several years of learning virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s theme is “Plowing and Planting: New Strategies for the New Norm.” In this ever-changing environment of an increasing population and challenging f...
Kentucky State partners with Josephine Sculpture Park to remove invasive plants
Kentucky State University Land Grant Program personnel led an invasive plant removal workshop at Josephine Sculpture Park on Nov. 4, removing Callery pear trees. Josephine Sculpture Park assistant director Jeri Howell asked Jody Thompson, senior research and Extension associate for Forestry and Natural Resources at Kentucky State, and Nat Colten, community sustainability coordinator, to lead volunteers in removing the invasive spec...
Kentucky State University DNP program granted continuing accreditation
The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) recently granted continuing accreditation to the clinical doctorate nursing program at Kentucky State University. ACEN Chief Executive Officer Dr. Marsal P. Stoll congratulated Kentucky State in a letter to the university. “Congratulations on this outstanding achievement! We look forward to continued successes for your nursing program. On behalf of the Board of Commission...
Kentucky State University’s Laura Rogers receives Kentucky Women in Agriculture Continued Excellence Award
Laura Rogers, Kentucky State University Small Farm Area Agent, received the Continued Excellence Award at the annual Kentucky Women in Agriculture (KWIA) conference. The award recognizes an outstanding KWIA member who has made significant strides to improve agriculture over the course of 10 years or longer and who has been a KWIA member for at least five years. Rogers has worked in agriculture for 25 years and has been at Kentucky...