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Three students selected as interns for the 2018 General Assembly
Three Kentucky State University students were recently selected as interns for the 2018 Kentucky General Assembly. Marelle Adams, Trevor Odell Stephens and Michael Weaver are serving during the current legislative session. Adams is a graduating senior from Columbus, Ohio. She said she first became interested in state government when she became a criminal justice major and decided she wanted to impact and educate her community. Adam...
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 graduate students awarded at annual GIS meeting
Two Kentucky State University graduate students in the Masters of Environmental Sciences (MES) program took home awards from the Cumberland chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (CCURISA) 2018 annual meeting in Richmond in January. Jarod Jones won second place for his poster titled, “Identifying Potential Unmarked Burials in the Frankfort, Kentucky Cemetery: An Attempt to Determine the Correlation Betwee...
We are Kentucky State luncheon a success
The inaugural We are Kentucky State luncheon at the Capitol building in Frankfort drew hundreds of Kentucky State University alumni, students, faculty, staff and community partners Jan. 25. Lt. Governor Jenean M. Hampton visited with Kentucky State University President M. Christopher Brown II, as well as various Kentucky State constituents, during the event. Legislators from around the Commonwealth visited to learn more about the c...