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Kentucky State University announces 2019 Baccalaureate Assembly keynote speaker
Kentucky State University officials recently announced the keynote speaker for the 2019 Baccalaureate Assembly. Dr. W. Franklin Evans, the ninth president of Voorhees College, will deliver the keynote address. Prior to his presidency at Voorhees College, Evans served as the interim president of South Carolina State University, where he also served as the provost and chief academic officer. Under Evans’ leadership at South Carolina...
Kentucky State University Center for Research on the Eradication of Academic Disparities to host lecture series
The Kentucky State University Center for Research on the Eradication of Academic Disparities (C.R.E.E.D.) will host a lecture series through the month of April. The three-part lecture series begins April 9 at 11 a.m. in the David H. Bradford Hall Little Theater with “Fatherhood: Implications for Young Men of Color on HBCU Campuses” by lecturer David Cozart. The lecture will examine the impact fathers and/or father figures have on y...
Kentucky State University professor published in peer-reviewed journal
A Kentucky State University professor and scientists in China recently had collaborative research published in a peer-reviewed journal. Dr. Alexander C.K. Lai, assistant professor of biology, was one of 10 contributors to a recent publication in the Journal of Trans-boundary and Emerging Diseases. “A significant finding is that dogs, including our pet dogs, could become a ‘mixing vessel’ for generation of a new influenza virus,” La...
Kentucky State University two-time alumna accepted to doctorate program
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...