Kentucky State University two-time alumna accepted to doctorate program

Kentucky State University two-time alumna accepted to doctorate program

March 25, 2019

A Kentucky State University two-time alumna and instructor was recently accepted into a doctorate program in educational psychology. La’Quida R. Smith, an instructor of psychology at Kentucky State, was recently accepted into the EdPsy program at the University of Kentucky. “When I first found out about my acceptance into the EdPsy program, I literally ran through the house screaming, thanking God,” Smith said. She called her husba...

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Renowned HBCU president to serve as keynote speaker for Kentucky State University Women's History Assembly

Renowned HBCU president to serve as keynote speaker for Kentucky State University Women's History Assembly

March 21, 2019

Kentucky State University will host a Women’s History Assembly March 28 at 11 a.m. in the Carl H. Smith Auditorium in David H. Bradford Hall. Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover, president of Tennessee State University, will offer the keynote address. Glover, also a certified public accountant and attorney, is one of two African-American women in the nation to hold the degrees of Ph.D., CPA and JD. In July, Glover became the 30th Internationa...

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Kentucky State University ranks number one in teacher quality, Kentucky and HBCUs

Kentucky State University ranks number one in teacher quality, Kentucky and HBCUs

March 19, 2019

Kentucky State University ranks number one among colleges in the Commonwealth and historically black land-grant (agricultural) universities in the nation providing tenured and tenure-track level teaching to students, according to a recent statistical profile compiled by the Chronicle of Higher Education. The new data report titled, “Where Are Students Most and Least Likely to Be Taught by Tenured and Tenure-Track Professors?” conf...

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Kentucky State University provides more than $130 million impact

Kentucky State University provides more than $130 million impact

March 8, 2019

Kentucky State University President M. Christopher Brown II recently announced the findings of an economic impact study conducted by Hanover Research. According to the findings by Hanover, the broader impact of all spending in the Bluegrass Higher Education Region in 2016 by Kentucky State and its students is approximately $130.7 million. The Bluegrass Region is a 16-county area in Kentucky. “I think this institution is doing excep...

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