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Eight Kentucky State University students earned awards at the 103rd Kentucky Academy of Science meeting
Kentucky State University students, faculty and staff earned top awards and gave compelling presentations at the 103rd Kentucky Academy of Science (KAS) meeting at Murray State University recently. Eight students earned honors at the conference, which was attended by nearly 1,000 students, faculty and research staff from around the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Srijana Thapa Magar, Thomas Mason and Sathya Govindasamy earned first, seco...
Kentucky State University mobile chicken processing unit one of few in the country
For over 15 years, Kentucky State University (KSU) has been helping small-scale poultry farmers get their products into the hands of consumers. KSU’s poultry mobile processing unit (MPU) began as an idea in 1997 by farmers and Heifer International and came to fruition in 2001, according to Steven Skelton, a cooperative extension coordinator at the University. The MPU was immobilized for a short period of time before KSU purchased i...
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...
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...