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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...
Kentucky State University student wins a national production award
A Kentucky State University student recently won a first-place national award in video production, while three other students placed for the first time in the College Broadcasters Inc. National Student Production Awards. Diamond Gordon, a 2016 graduate of the mass communication and journalism program at Kentucky State won first place for best television promo at the Pinnacle Awards sponsored by the College Media Association recentl...
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...