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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...
Kentucky State University administrator appointed to a leadership position within the Kentucky Society of CPAs
A Kentucky State University administrator was recently appointed to serve as the chair of the Education Foundation Trustees for the Kentucky Society of CPAs. Douglas R. Allen II, executive vice president and CFO of finance and administration, begins his one-year term as chair July 1, 2019. The Kentucky Society of CPAs (KyCPA) was founded in 1924. In 1961, KyCPA established an Educational Foundation to strengthen and advance the pro...
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...