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Kentucky State University employee strives to make a difference
One Kentucky State University employee has built her career on making an impact by helping what she calls overcomers. T’Ebony Torain, director of Upward Bound, has worked at Kentucky State for 11 years. Torain also previously served as director of two other college readiness programs called GO College and B.R.E.D. Scholars. “I enjoy building leaders and making an impact upon a demographic of students who society may deem at-risk, b...
Kentucky Board of Nursing recommendations
Kentucky State University will comply with the Kentucky Board of Nursing recommendations and actions enacted in its June 26 Board of Directors meeting. The University has been requested to reconcile a student grading discrepancy in the associate degree nursing program, while taking necessary steps, to insure any policy inconsistencies are permanently resolved and do not occur in the future. President M. Christopher Brown II says pr...
Kentucky State University Board of Regents to conduct special-called meeting
The Kentucky State University Board of Regents will convene for a special-called meeting Thursday, June 27, 2019. The meeting will begin at 11 a.m. in the Board of Regents Room on the second floor of the Julian M. Carroll Academic Services Building, 400 E. Main Street, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601. During the special-called meeting, the Board will go in to closed session pursuant to KRS 61.810(1)(c) to discuss pending litigation and K...
Kentucky State University alumna found her purpose in social services
A Kentucky State University alumna found her calling in social services. Ladeidra N. Jones, a 2003 graduate, was appointed in January 2019 to a four-year appointment on the Kentucky Parole Board. “My love for this demographic began when I worked in a county jail, which was my internship while at Kentucky State,” Jones said. “On visitation days, I would watch women and children visiting with loved ones and I always wondered how and...