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Kentucky State University National Alumni Association hosted inaugural breast cancer awareness walk/run
The Kentucky State University National Alumni Association hosted its inaugural breast cancer awareness walk/run as part of Kentucky State University Homecoming activities Oct. 11. Kellea Tibbs, director of alumni relations, said alumna Crystal Woodard, who is currently battling breast cancer, planted the seed for the event. “I want to bring awareness to breast cancer and those in need while battling breast cancer and to acknowledge...
Mister and Miss Kentucky State University ascend the throne at coronation
Students, faculty, staff, alumni and special guests gathered for the 90th coronation of Mister and Miss Kentucky State University in the William Exum Center Oct. 11. Blake Nichaé Scott, the 90th Miss Kentucky State University, said she spent the majority of high school feeling like she didn’t fit in. Not at Kentucky State, she said. Previously, Scott said, she never felt beautiful. Not at Kentucky State. “I see my beauty and my pot...
Kentucky State University professor receives rare Educator of the Year award
A Kentucky State University professor recently received the rare honor of being named Educator of the Year by the Kentucky Communication Association (KCA). Dr. David L. Shabazz, chair of the Division of Literature, Languages and Philosophy and associate professor, is one of only two recipients of the KCA’s Educator of the Year in the organization’s history. The first recipient was named in 2013. “I was very surprised,” Shabazz said...
Presidential Awards of Excellence 2019 winners personify the best of Kentucky State University's employees
Kentucky State University President M. Christopher Brown II recently announced the Presidential Awards of Excellence 2019 winners during the State of the University Assembly. Winners affecting all aspects of the University were honored. Dr. Roger C. Cleveland, full professor and director of the Center for Research on the Eradication of Educational Discrepancies (CREED) at Kentucky State University, received the 2019 President’s Aw...