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Kentucky State University unveils clarified mission statement
Kentucky State University stakeholders recently completed the revision and clarification of the institution’s mission statement. The clarification is a result of the upcoming Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges decennial reaffirmation process. “The executive committee of the Faculty Senate worked in concert with suggestions gleaned from the faculty during the faculty assembly meeting April 3 to clari...

Kentucky State University professor earns prestigious fellowship
Kentucky State University professor Dr. Donavan L. Ramon was recently announced as the recipient of the prestigious Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Career Enhancement Fellowship. Ramon is the first Kentucky State faculty member to earn the fellowship. Ramon is an assistant professor of liberal studies in the Whitney Young School of Honors at Kentucky State. “I received the good news with the good news while I was teac...

Kentucky State University professor delivered lecture on the origins of hip-hop
A Kentucky State University professor delivered a lecture on the origins of hip-hop April 19 at 1 p.m. in Little Bradford Theatre inside David H. Bradford Hall on the University campus. Dr. Ryan Douglas Moore, assistant professor of low brass at Kentucky State, delivered the lecture entitled “The Origins of Hip-Hop: A retrospective highlighting the influences, innovators and societal climate that birthed a musical revolution.” “Be...

Kentucky State University Gospel Ensemble to bring back student directors for the Spring Extravaganza
The Kentucky State University Gospel Ensemble will host its annual Spring Extravaganza Sunday, April 29 at 5:30 p.m. in the Carl H. Smith Auditorium of David H. Bradford Hall on the University’s campus. “This will be the Gospel Ensemble’s 49th-year Spring Extravaganza,” Mario J. Radford, director of the KSU Gospel Ensemble, said. “We will include former student directors this year as a prelude to our 50th-year Spring Reunion in Apr...