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Kentucky State University wellness director releases new book about overcoming adversity
The Kentucky State University director of the William Exum Center and campus wellness recently released his second book. Twany Beckham, a Louisville native, released his new book, Pressure, Nov. 14, on his 30th birthday. Beckham recently joined Kentucky State as its new director of the William Exum Center and campus wellness. Beckham is using his life experience to impact the students at Kentucky State. “Kentucky State University i...
Annual Veterans Recognition Assembly renamed for illustrious Kentucky State University alumna
Kentucky State University President M. Christopher Brown II recently announced a tribute to an outstanding alumna as part of the annual Veterans Recognition Assembly. President Brown presented a resolution to designate the University’s annual assembly as the Anna Mac Clarke Veterans Recognition Assembly. “The history of Kentucky State University is full of significant Kentuckians and national treasures of historical importance,” Pr...
Computer science students place in the top third of global competition
Three Kentucky State University students performed well during a global computer programming competition. Kentucky State juniors Derek Roberts, Kevin Smeeks and John Blair were one of 5,155 teams participating in the recent IEEEXtreme 24-hour global computing programming competition. Teams compete against each other in a 24-hour time span to solve a set of programming problems. Kentucky State’s team finished in the top 34 percent o...
Kentucky State University students win at statewide science competition
Four Kentucky State University students took home top awards at a statewide scientific conference recently. Megan McCoun, Tavin Marshall, Ariel Smith, and Tori Farrow all placed at the Kentucky Academy of Sciences annual meeting, held Saturday, Nov. 3 at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. Megan McCoun placed second in the agricultural sciences poster presentation category with her work titled “Effects of live yeast suppl...