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Kentucky State University student named to new CPE student advisory group
A Kentucky State University student was recently named to the new Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) student advisory panel. Mahogany M. Shelton, a psychology major at Kentucky State, joins 21 other students from around the Commonwealth on the panel. According to a news release from CPE, the panel “will offer diverse perspectives on student concerns and policies in higher education.” According to CPE, the panel will...
Kentucky State University received grant money for STEM workforce project
Kentucky State University recently received continued funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support a project that prepares students from underserved communities for the STEM workforce. Kentucky State University will receive full funding of $1.25 million over the next four years to fund a proposal with innovative teaching, research, student support and pedagogical practices to prepare students from underserved comm...
Kentucky State University hosted inaugural HBCU Student Leadership Summit
In the midst of a global health pandemic and deepening racial tensions, the Kentucky State University Division of Student Engagement and Campus Life recently hosted the two-day inaugural HBCU Student Leadership Summit. This dynamic virtual event brought together over 120 students from more than 20 HBCUs and other institutions to explore strategies for serving as campus change agents in the midst of COVID-19 and racial trauma. Th...
Kentucky State University professor part of group that created new species of fish
A Kentucky State University professor is part of a research group that inadvertently created a new species of fish. Dr. Ken Semmens, assistant professor of aquaculture, and his colleagues inadvertently created the sturddlefish, a hybrid of the Russian sturgeon and the American paddlefish. The discovery has garnered international attention in outlets such as the New York Times, CNN, Science Magazine and USA Today. Semmens was recent...