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COVID-19 Safety Week to extend until Sept. 8
Due to popular demand among students and tremendous participation, President M. Christopher Brown II is extending Kentucky State University COVID-19 Safety Week activities starting Wednesday, Sept. 2 to Tuesday, Sept. 8. To keep Kentucky State as safe as possible, every single one of us must be wholly committed to the effort to limit the spread of the virus. We must look after one another and make choices that serve the public goo...
Kentucky State University to resume in-person learning
Due to the overwhelming success of Kentucky State University’s COVID-19 Safety Week, in-person learning will resume on campus beginning Aug. 31. Students met the moment, with nearly 600 students volunteering for COVID-19 testing during Thorobred Tuesday, doing their part to stop the spread. The remaining students and campus employees had access to voluntary testing during Thorobred Thursday. The campus community came together for...
Kentucky State University joined in celebration of the 130th anniversary of the Morrill Act of 1890
Kentucky State University joined other campuses of the nation’s 1890 land-grant universities in celebrating the Morrill Act of 1890. The Morrill Act of 1890 established a land-grant university system of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in states where African Americans were banned from accessing a public higher education. According to a news release from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APL...
Kentucky State University alumna develops software for Fortune 500 companies
A Kentucky State University alumna found her calling by chance during her time as an undergraduate on the Hill. Jordan Perry, class of 2015, switched her major from undecided to IT security to software development, which led to her career path. Perry said she switched to software development because she likes to think of herself as an artist. “I enjoy creating,” Perry said. “Through code and various frameworks, the options of cre...