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Celebrating #BredHistory
As part of honoring and celebrating #BredHistory during Black History Month, Kentucky State University is looking back at some of its trailblazing alumni. In February 1943, Anna Mac Clarke ’41 received orders to become the Fourth Company, Third Regiment’s Platoon Leader. This title distinguished her as the first African-American WAAC to command an all-white unit. Dr. Benjamin W. Nero ’60 was accepted into the second class in the UK...
Kentucky State University to offer implicit bias cultural competency training
Kentucky State University will offer implicit bias cultural competency training Feb. 20 on its campus. Edward L. Palmer, chair of the Kentucky Subcommittee on Equity and Justice for All Youth (SEJAY) is the featured presenter. Sessions are planned from 9 a.m. until noon or 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Hathaway Hall 123. Attendees will include first responders, school counselors, court designated workers, college students, university faculty...
Kentucky State University president to speak at the Legislative Black History Month Celebration
Kentucky State University President M. Christopher Brown II is the featured speaker for the Kentucky Black Legislative Caucus’s 15th-annual Legislative Black History Month Celebration Tuesday, Feb. 13 at 11:30 a.m. in the Capitol Rotunda. The annual event is a celebration of the contributions made by African Americans, historically and currently, to the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the nation. Students, faculty, staff, alumni and c...
Kentucky State University presented annual strategic agenda to Council on Postsecondary Education
Kentucky State University President M. Christopher Brown II presented the university’s annual strategic agenda to the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) Feb. 2 in Frankfort. President Brown noted the climb in enrollment since fall 2015. Total enrollment increased from 1,586 in fall 2015 to 1,926 in fall 2017. Kentucky State’s institutional profile indicates in 2017 that 71 percent of the university’s undergraduates are Kentu...