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Kentucky State University professor recognized by the state Senate
Dr. Patricia Higgins, Kentucky Reading Project (KRP) director and professional development coordinator, was recently recognized on the Kentucky State Senate floor with members of the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development (CCLD), where legislators provided a myriad of accolades for the history and work of the CCLD for their 20 years of service. State Senator Reginald Thomas issued a Senate resolution during the session. Hig...

Scholars honored at the 2018 Academic Honors Convocation
Kentucky State University honored its student scholars during the Academic Honors Convocation recently in the Carl H. Smith Auditorium of David H. Bradford Hall. Kentucky State alumna Patricia Russell-McCloud, Esq. was the keynote speaker. “Being a man or woman is a matter of birth,” Russell-McCloud told the students. “Being a man or woman who makes a difference is a matter of choice.” Russell-McCloud encouraged students to believe...

Candidate visit for the Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Alumni Affairs search to be held Friday, April 13
Kentucky State University is conducting a national search to select its next vice president for Institutional Advancement and Alumni Affairs. The campus community is invited to attend an open forum Friday, April 13 beginning at 2:15 p.m. and concluding at 3:30 p.m. in the Carl M. Hill Student Center Ballroom. The search committee chair and executive secretary of the Kentucky State University Foundation, Don Lyons, says input from t...

Legendary professor and activist honored as first Atwood master teacher
A legendary professor and activist was recently honored with Kentucky State University’s first Atwood Institute for Race, Education, and the Democratic Ideal Master Teacher award as part of the inaugural event in the Institute’s Master Teacher Lecture Series. Dr. Jayme Coleman Williams, 99, is a former professor at Edward Waters College, Shorter College, Morris Brown College, Wilberforce University and Tennessee State University....