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Kentucky State University represented in the 29th-annual Honda Campus All-Star Challenge
Students from Kentucky State University will compete in the qualifying round of the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) Feb. 2 at Harris-Stowe University in St. Louis, Missouri. Team members for Kentucky State are Michael Weaver, Madison Powell, Alexus Lloyd, Mark Johannemann and Sydnie Miller. The HSASC is a fast-paced buzzer competition for top Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) students that highlights stud...
Kentucky State University's senior advisor, Dr. Gus T. Ridgel, honored by University of Missouri
A new residence hall atrium at the University of Missouri (MU) has been named for a civil rights trailblazer and longtime Kentucky State University faculty member and administrator. Dr. Gus T. Ridgel, MU’s first African-American graduate, currently serves as senior advisor to the president at Kentucky State. The Gus T. Ridgel Atrium is part of the newly named Lucile Bluford Residence Hall at MU. “Dr. Ridgel is extremely deserving o...
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...
Kentucky State University math and English departments receive grant to benefit all freshmen students
The Kentucky State University math and English departments recently received a $50,000 grant that will benefit all freshmen students at the university. “The funding will provide support to enhance the accelerated math and English courses, professional development for faculty and staff support and increase the success in these gateway courses by tracking student success in future courses,” Dr. Joe Moffett, assistant professor of Eng...