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Kentucky State University employee enjoys improving services for students
One Kentucky State employee enjoys using his vast experience in financial aid to improve services to students on campus. Jerry Davis, associate director of financial aid, has 35 years of experience in financial aid at seven different colleges and universities, including as the system director of financial aid for the Kentucky Community & Technical College. Davis has also worked as a financial aid consultant for Ellucian Banner and...
Kentucky State University alumna followed in her father's footsteps
A Kentucky State University alumna followed in her father’s footsteps into the field of marketing and now works for Pandora Music in New York. Lauren D. Williams, a 2006 graduate and director of vertical marketing at Pandora, said her father worked in marketing his entire career. “I never thought I would end up following in his footsteps, but somehow I did and it has truly been a wonderful and adventurous experience,” Williams said...
Kentucky State University President M. Christopher Brown II received Frankfort/Franklin County NAACP President's Award
Kentucky State University President M. Christopher Brown II and alumni received top awards at the Frankfort/Franklin County NAACP Freedom Fund Scholarship Banquet. Brown was awarded the President’s Award by the NAACP branch for his efforts in championing educational access and opportunities for students on the postsecondary level. Cathy L. Thomas, class of 1976, was named the organization’s woman of the year. Thomas retired in 2004...
Kentucky State University employee strives to make a difference
One Kentucky State University employee has built her career on making an impact by helping what she calls overcomers. T’Ebony Torain, director of Upward Bound, has worked at Kentucky State for 11 years. Torain also previously served as director of two other college readiness programs called GO College and B.R.E.D. Scholars. “I enjoy building leaders and making an impact upon a demographic of students who society may deem at-risk, b...