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Kentucky State University honored military members at Veterans Day assembly
A special Veterans Day assembly was held Thursday, Nov. 9 at Kentucky State University to pay homage to all military members. De’Marcus Hopson, military student services coordinator/veterans affairs liaison, spoke on the occasion. “Veterans Day is a time to reflect on those who have served this great country,” Hopson said. Emma Metcalf, the Lexington VA medical center director, recognized the importance of female veterans, in her p...
Experienced facilities management leader joins Kentucky State
Kentucky State University recently added decades of facilities management leadership with the hire of Wayne Goodwin as assistant vice president for facilities management. Goodwin, who began Oct. 16, worked in facilities management for over 35 years at Jackson State University in Mississippi. He previously held the role of vice president of facilities and construction management at Jackson State. He is a native of Mississippi and at...
Kentucky State University director to receive USDA Excellence in Extension award
Kentucky State University’s Louie Rivers Jr. will receive the 2017 Excellence in Extension Award – a prestigious national recognition for extension workers with visionary leadership, a track record of excellence in programming and positive impacts on their community. The award, which has been presented since 1991, is given by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the Assoc...
Kentucky State University financial aid specialist makes writing debut in new compilation
Kentucky State University has a newly published author on campus. Joyua K. Jacobs, a financial aid specialist at Kentucky State, is one of 13 independent authors featured in a new compilation titled “I Tasted My Tears Today.” The book was compiled by Dr. Tuesday Tate and “addresses times in our lives when we had to look at ourselves, face, confront, and tell the truth about why we are where we are and what role we played in getting...