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Kentucky State University professors spoke on a panel at the Ohio Valley History Conference
Kentucky State University professors Dr. Erin Gilliam, Dr. Mary Barr, and Dr. F. Erik Brooks recently spoke on a panel at the Ohio Valley History Conference. The Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort hosted the conference. The Kentucky State professors conceived of the panel—Black Frankfort Histories Matter—because they felt the important histories of black Kentuckians, in Frankfort especially, must be collected, preserved and s...
Kentucky State University joins Degrees When Due, a national adult completion initiative
Kentucky State University joined 14 Kentucky public colleges and universities participating in Degrees When Due, a national initiative of the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), to help students who have some college credits complete their degrees. Through the initiative, campus liaisons will learn best practices in adult completion strategies, while re-engaging students who have stopped out of their studies, according to...
Kentucky State University professor receives rare Educator of the Year award
A Kentucky State University professor recently received the rare honor of being named Educator of the Year by the Kentucky Communication Association (KCA). Dr. David L. Shabazz, chair of the Division of Literature, Languages and Philosophy and associate professor, is one of only two recipients of the KCA’s Educator of the Year in the organization’s history. The first recipient was named in 2013. “I was very surprised,” Shabazz said...
Presidential Awards of Excellence 2019 winners personify the best of Kentucky State University's employees
Kentucky State University President M. Christopher Brown II recently announced the Presidential Awards of Excellence 2019 winners during the State of the University Assembly. Winners affecting all aspects of the University were honored. Dr. Roger C. Cleveland, full professor and director of the Center for Research on the Eradication of Educational Discrepancies (CREED) at Kentucky State University, received the 2019 President’s Aw...