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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 to host Academic Leadership Academy
For the first time, Kentucky State University will host the Bluegrass Higher Education Consortium Academic Leadership Academy Friday, April 13. Kentucky State is one of 12 institutions that formed the Bluegrass Higher Education Consortium (BHEC) in 2012. The Academic Leadership Academy (ALA) is an initiative of the 12 presidents that make up the executive committee of BHEC to create leaders among the 12 institutions that make up th...
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...