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Kentucky State University President announced 100 percent vaccination rate among the President’s Council and academic deans
Kentucky State University Acting President Clara Ross Stamps recently announced a 100 percent vaccination rate among members of the President’s Council and academic deans. Stamps said members of the President’s Council and the academic deans provided leadership through their actions and hopes the campus community will take note and take action. “It’s important as leaders that we don’t just talk about, we be about it,” President S...
Kentucky State University qualified as a finalist for the 2021 KEMI Destiny Award
Kentucky State University recently qualified as a finalist for the 2021 KEMI Destiny Award. 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.” Kentucky State earned a 0.79 experien...
Kentucky State University joins in the call for Congress to include the HBCU IGNITE bill in the budget reconciliation effort
Kentucky State University joined the call from 1890 land grant institutions to include the HBCU Institutional Grants for New Infrastructure, Technology, and Education (IGNITE) bill in the budget reconciliation effort. As part of the initiative, the presidents, chancellors and leaders of the 1890 land grant HBCUs are writing to Congressional Education Committee Chairs in support of IGNITE. This week, the House Education and Labor...
Kentucky State University alumnus will coach Team Kentucky bowling team in the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games
A Kentucky State University alumnus will coach the Team Kentucky bowling team in the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games in June in Orlando, Florida. Michael Ghant, a Kentucky State graduate and a teacher at Stewart Home School, has been a Special Olympics coach for 19 years, according to a Frankfort State Journal story. Ghant was also the 2017 Special Olympics coach of the year. This will be Ghant’s first trip to the USA Games. Cli...