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 won a 2021 KEMI Destiny Award for Workplace Safety

Kentucky State University won a 2021 KEMI Destiny Award for Workplace Safety

October 29, 2021

Kentucky State University was recently recognized with a 2021 KEMI Destiny Award for Workplace Safety.  According to Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance (KEMI) website, “The Destiny Awards are presented annually by KEMI to policyholders that best exemplify KEMI’s motto, ‘Control your own destiny.’ The awards symbolize what can be accomplished when organizations work together to improve workplace safety.” The KEMI website also note...

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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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