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Kentucky State University announces 2021 Spring Commencement Convocation speaker and special guest soloist
Kentucky State University recently announced Lamman Rucker, accomplished actor, educator, activist and entrepreneur, will deliver the keynote address at the 2021 Spring Commencement Convocation. Rucker has starred in big and small screen favorites such as Tyler Perry’s “Why Did I Get Married” films, “Meet the Browns” and the iconic “The Temptations” miniseries. Rucker has also tackled difficult subjects in “Service to Man,” “The Ma...
Kentucky State University received largest ever donation of $1 million from Diageo North America
Kentucky State University recently received the largest lump-sum donation in its history after a gift of $1 million from Diageo North America. Diageo announced earlier this year that it was partnering with 25 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) around the country to create an innovative program to develop future leaders and shape a more equitable future. An Associated Press story reported that Diageo was giving fo...
Kentucky State University received $740,000 grant funding for aquaponics project
The Kentucky State University School of Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, in the College of Agriculture, Community, and the Sciences, received approval of funding on a grant proposal titled, “Improving Phosphorus Recovery in Aquaponic Systems through Environmental Manipulation of the Plant Rhizosphere Microbiota.” The project will run for four years with total funding of $740,000. The highly competitive grant program is funded by t...
Kentucky State University professor selected as part of CPE Academic Leadership Development Institute
A Kentucky State University professor is one of 19 faculty members across the Commonwealth chosen to participate in the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) Academic Leadership Development Institute (ALDI). Dr. Erin Gilliam was recently selected to participate in ALDI, which “provides a series of interactive sessions and small group seminars led by faculty and administrators from across Kentucky and other states,” acc...