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Kentucky State University alumna launched app to highlight Black businesses
A Kentucky State University alumna recently launched an app designed to highlight Black businesses across the country. Mariah Bailey created Black American Market (B.A.M.) and said it is available on all platforms. “I created an app designed to host Black businesses as a consumer convenient resource,” Bailey said in an email, “but we are a company geared toward mainstreaming Black businesses.” Bailey said she is receiving reques...

Kentucky State University mourns the loss of James M. “Juicy” Glover
Kentucky State University all-American football trailblazer, Coach James M. “Juicy” Glover, joined the Bred ancestors Thursday from his Harlan County home. “James Glover embodied the Thorobred spirit, and the pride of being a Thorobred never left him,” President M. Christopher Brown II said. “His loyalty to family, friends, and Kentucky State University is a model for the entire Thorobred family. Glover lived a life of commitment...

Two Kentucky State University students earn awards at Kentucky Academy of Science annual meeting
Two Kentucky State University students recently earned awards at the Kentucky Academy of Science (KAS) annual meeting. Dawson Armstrong earned third place for agricultural sciences for the presentation "Floating raceway nursery proof of concept for production of phase I fingerling largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)”, while Camron Abner earned third place in computer and informational sciences for the presentation "Brain Schoo...

Kentucky State University professor published in Kentucky Society of Health and Physical Education
A Kentucky State University professor was recently published in Kentucky Society of Health and Physical Education (KY SHAPE). Dr. Gavin Washington, assistant professor of physical education, published a research article titled “Measuring the Levels of Athletic Identity and Identity Foreclosure of National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Student-Athletes” in the Fall 2020 edition of the journal. As Washington noted...