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Born leader Michael Weaver adds White House HBCU Initiative Competitiveness Scholar to accolades
Kentucky State University student Michael Weaver Jr. wears so many hats they need their own closet. The responsibility doesn’t weigh the smiling graduating senior down, however. As one Kentucky State employee recently said, “If I were doing any better, I’d be Michael Weaver.” Weaver recently joined an elite group of students – one of 63 students from 107 institutions across the country – as a White House HBCU Competitiveness Schola...
Kentucky State University alumnus has been a fan in the stands for over 50 years
Charles Trumbo was a multi-sport athlete at Bourbon County High School in Paris before arriving at Kentucky State University in 1965. While he focused on football at Kentucky State, he also participated in intramural track and basketball during his four years on the Hill. His intramural basketball team, he said, won 39 games and lost one over the course of three years. He contends that the team is the best intramural basketball tea...
Bluegrass Alliance of Black School Educators to reactivate organization at Kentucky State University
The Bluegrass Alliance of Black School Educators (BABSE), an affiliate of the National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE), will reactivate at Kentucky State University. The purpose of BABSE, according to Dr. Roger Cleveland, director of The Center for Research on the Eradication of Educational Disparities (C.R.E.E.D. Center) at Kentucky State University, is to decrease the disparity in the educational achievement gap among...
Kentucky State University to play in the inaugural F.E. Whitney Classic in Hopkinsville
(Hopkinsville, Kentucky) — To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the Minority Economic Development Initiative (MEDI) is making history by bringing the first-ever college football game to Hopkinsville. MEDI will hold the inaugural F.E. Whitney Classic Saturday, Oct. 27 at Stadium of Champions on Eagle Way in Hoptown, with the main attraction being an NCAA Div. II football contest between Kentucky State University and Jackson, Tennessee...