Kentucky State University celebrated Atwood Day to honor late President Atwood

Kentucky State University celebrated Atwood Day to honor late President Atwood

March 29, 2021

Kentucky State University celebrated Atwood Day March 25 to honor the late Rufus B. Atwood, the University’s ninth and longest-serving president. The Atwood Day Assembly, with the theme “Democracy Moving Forward: Looking Toward a New Day,” featured Dr. William H. Turner as its keynote speaker. Turner is the interim director of Kentucky State’s Center for Research on the Eradication of Educational Disparities (CREED) and the former...

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Kentucky State University, Kentucky Distillers’ Association partner to support students, increase diversity in the fermentation and distillation industry

Kentucky State University, Kentucky Distillers’ Association partner to support students, increase diversity in the fermentation and distillation industry

March 29, 2021

Kentucky State University and the Kentucky Distillers’ Association (KDA) have partnered to establish the Kentucky Distillers’ Association Current Use Student Scholarship Fund. Funded by the Kentucky Distillers’ Association Lifting Spirits Foundation, the scholarship is available to Kentucky State students who are enrolled in the undergraduate certificate in fermentation and distillation science program, have the intention of joinin...

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Kentucky State University recently awarded $260,000 from James Graham Brown Foundation

Kentucky State University recently awarded $260,000 from James Graham Brown Foundation

March 29, 2021

Kentucky State University was recently awarded $260,000 from the James Graham Brown Foundation for a project that will support veterans and adult work-ready training.  According to the grant proposal, the project is designed to support adult, transfer and veteran students in attaining or starting their college degree at Kentucky State. Some of the goals of the project include improving persistence rates among first-generation stude...

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Kentucky State University featured in Washington Post story about Black-owned distilleries

Kentucky State University featured in Washington Post story about Black-owned distilleries

March 29, 2021

The Washington Post recently featured Kentucky State University’s fermentation and distillation science program in a story about Black-owned distilleries in Kentucky.  The story discusses the program, features Dr. Kirk Pomper and Dr. Erin Gilliam, and discusses the history of African Americans and bourbon.  Click here to read the full story. To learn more about Kentucky State’s fermentation and distillation science program, click here.

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