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2021 Kentucky State University named a Best Regional College by The Princeton Review
Kentucky State University was recently named a Best Regional College in the Southeast by The Princeton Review. The Princeton Review, according to its website, featured institutions it considers academically outstanding and well worth consideration during a college search. Kentucky State’s profile is compiled in part from a survey of the university’s students. Among Kentucky State’s highlights, students remark on small classes in a...
Kentucky State University alumnus will coach Team Kentucky bowling team in the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games
A Kentucky State University alumnus will coach the Team Kentucky bowling team in the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games in June in Orlando, Florida. Michael Ghant, a Kentucky State graduate and a teacher at Stewart Home School, has been a Special Olympics coach for 19 years, according to a Frankfort State Journal story. Ghant was also the 2017 Special Olympics coach of the year. This will be Ghant’s first trip to the USA Games. Cli...
Basketball clinic run by Kentucky State University men’s basketball head coach highlighted in Bermuda
A basketball camp run by the Kentucky State University men’s basketball head coach was recently featured in Bermuda media. Jamaal Jackson, head coach of the men’s basketball team since 2016, held an advanced youth basketball clinic recently in conjunction with the Bermuda Basketball Association. The clinic was for youth ages 14 through 19 at the CedarBridge Academy gymnasium. The Royal Gazette in Bermuda hailed the clinic as a su...
Kentucky State University professor named to National Science Foundation committee to promote geographic diversity in research funding
A Kentucky State University professor was recently named to a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) committee to envision the future of the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). Dr. Scott Wicker, associate professor of chemistry, was named to the committee. According to the NSF, the 19-member evaluation committee will consider the effectiveness of current EPSCoR efforts and whether and how the program c...