Kentucky State University featured for its partnership with Academy Sports + Outdoors

Kentucky State University featured for its partnership with Academy Sports + Outdoors

October 29, 2021

Kentucky State University was recently featured by WTVQ in Lexington for its partnership with Academy Sports + Outdoors and their gift to the Thomas-Hood Veterans’ Center.  At halftime of the Kentucky State football game against Miles College, Kentucky State and Academy Sports + Outdoors presented a $2,500 gift card to any Academy store in the state. Click here to read the WTVQ report. Click here to read Kentucky State University’s...

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Kentucky State University professor recently published in the Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies

Kentucky State University professor recently published in the Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies

October 29, 2021

A Kentucky State University professor recently published a study in the Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies. Dr. Jennifer Ballard-Kang, an assistant professor of social work, recently published “Reconstructing a Sense of Safety among Resettled Refugee Survivors of Torture: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study”.  According to the abstract, “This study utilized a constructivist grounded theory approach to describe the strategi...

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Kentucky State University highway signs signifying HBCU status installed on I-64

Kentucky State University highway signs signifying HBCU status installed on I-64

October 22, 2021

Two Kentucky State University highway signs denoting the 135-year-old institution's federal designation as one of the nation’s Historically Black College and Universities (HBCU) were set for installation Friday, Oct. 22.  According to the Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear,  the signs will be installed facing both directions of Interstate Highway 64 near Exits 53B and Exit 58, respectively.  “While Kentucky State University directional...

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Kentucky State University Mighty Marching Thorobreds formally recognized as one of the baddest bands in the land

Kentucky State University Mighty Marching Thorobreds formally recognized as one of the baddest bands in the land

October 22, 2021

Everyone on the Hill knows the Mighty Marching Thorobreds are the baddest band in the land, but The Undefeated recently formally confirmed what Thorobreds already know.  In The Undefeated HBCU band rankings, Kentucky State was labeled as a program on the rise as it broke into the publications rankings for the first time.  “We are extremely honored to be considered amongst the best in the HBCU band world,” Alvin Level, director of b...

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