City of Frankfort recognizes Thorobred Baseball, proclaims August 2022 KSU Baseball Month

City of Frankfort recognizes Thorobred Baseball, proclaims August 2022 KSU Baseball Month

August 26, 2022

The Kentucky State University Baseball team was honored August 22 by the City of Frankfort for a successful season. The Thorobreds finished with an overall record of 25-24 and won the Division II bracket of the Tyson Foods Black College World Series in Montgomery, Alabama with a 11-7 victory over Miles College. This victory was the third time in four years that KSU baseball had finished with over .500 winning percentage after not h...

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Former student-athlete, Mister KSU gaining knowledge to advocate for others

Former student-athlete, Mister KSU gaining knowledge to advocate for others

August 26, 2022

Cameron Galloway ’21 is taking on a new position as the community outreach coordinator with Louisville Metro’s Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods (OSHN). Among his responsibilities will be working with youth, community leaders, faith-based leaders, and business leaders to spread a narrative of violence prevention and connect citizens to resources and opportunities with OSHN. He will also review grant applications and evaluat...

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KSU Board of Regent Chair, Chattanooga native excited for Scenic City Classic

KSU Board of Regent Chair, Chattanooga native excited for Scenic City Classic

August 24, 2022

Kentucky State University Board of Regent Chair Dr. Gerald Patton is a proud native of Chattanooga, Tennessee and thrilled that the Scenic City Football Classic will be hosted in his hometown. In a statement released earlier this week, the 1969 Kentucky State graduate expressed his excitement for the inaugural contest. “I am both delighted and proud that my hometown of Chattanooga, “the Scenic City,” is the designated site of the B...

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Kentucky State’s pawpaw research program featured in National Geographic

Kentucky State’s pawpaw research program featured in National Geographic

August 21, 2022

Dr. Kirk Pomper, director of Land Grant Programs and dean and professor in the College of Agriculture, Community and the Sciences, and Sheri Crabtree, horticulture research and extension associate, recently discussed Kentucky State University’s research on the pawpaw (asimina triloba) fruit.  Kentucky State has the only full-time Pawpaw research program in the world as part of the KSU Land Grant Program. Pawpaw research efforts are...

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