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Kentucky State University president to speak at Columbia University
Kentucky State University President M. Christopher Brown II will speak at the Teachers College at Columbia University in New York Feb. 28. President Brown’s address is titled “When Theory and Practice Collide: Race, Hypervisibility, and the Imposter Syndrome in Educational Leadership.” According to its website, the Columbia University “Teachers College was founded on the proposition that education alone can’t correct our society’s...
Renee Gilliam reminisces on her days as a student at Kentucky State
The last time Kentucky State University alumna Renee Gilliam graced her alma mater’s campus, nostalgia overtook her and sent her on a trip down memory lane. “As a student, there were so many memories,” said Gilliam, who earned a bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in vocal music in 1975. “I was nurtured, just like other students, by faculty and staff. They were like an extended family. I had friends that were treated the same...
Kentucky State University Student Government Association hosting Black History Assembly
The Kentucky State University Student Government Association is hosting a Black History Assembly Thursday, Feb. 21 at 11 a.m. in the Carl H. Smith Auditorium of David H. Bradford Hall. Special guests include actor Lance Gross and television and radio personality Rocsi Diaz. Gross is best known for his role as Calvin Payne on Tyler Perry’s House of Payne and Tyler Perry’s The Paynes. Gross has also appeared in Meet the Browns and Ty...
Kentucky State University to name pedestrian walkway after former president
Kentucky State University will celebrate the opening and naming of its new pedestrian walkway during a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday, March 7 at 10 a.m. The pedestrian walkway will be named in honor of the leadership and service of Dr. Mary E. Sias, the 16th president of Kentucky State University. Sias served from 2004 to 2014. The Mary E. Sias Pedestrian Walkway crosses over East Main Street, connecting the north and south side...