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President Brown led faculty assembly to discuss summer transitions, accreditation and strategic planning
Kentucky State University President M. Christopher Brown II led a faculty assembly recently to discuss upcoming academic topics. President Brown gave the faculty updates on the ongoing legislative session, emphasizing that the session is not yet complete and legislation won’t be finalized until the middle of April when the session ends. The pedestrian bridge project is still ongoing, President Brown said. Funding was received for s...
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....
Kentucky State University supports the MLK Memorial March to Move
Kentucky State University faculty, staff and students marched along with hundreds of other community members as part of the March to Move event that commemorated the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. Participants gathered on Third Street and Capital Avenue before marching up Capital Avenue and ending at the State Capitol steps. As the marchers forged ahead, melodic melodies from the Sons of Thunder Sh...
Kentucky State University president delivered keynote address at Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration service
Kentucky State University President M. Christopher Brown II delivered the message during the Simmons College of Kentucky memorial service commemorating the 50th-anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. at St. Stephen Baptist Church in Louisville. Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer provided greetings to those assembled. “The battle for justice today, unfortunately, is ingrained in our history,” Fischer said. “We, as white Ameri...