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Kentucky State University concert choir prepares for national spring tour
The Kentucky State University concert choir is preparing for its annual spring tour across the country. Stops on this year’s tour include venues in Chicago, New York City and Detroit. “The students willingly give up their spring break, as it allows them to be ambassadors of the university throughout the country for our alumni and prospective students,” Dr. Keith McCutchen, concert choir director at Kentucky State University, said....
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...
Kentucky State University professor receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Romania
A Kentucky State University professor will teach American literature at Babes-Bolyai University in Romania as a Fulbright Scholar. Dr. Joe Moffett, assistant professor of English at Kentucky State, will depart in February to teach in Romania for the remainder of the semester, he said. “I’m humbled and excited about the opportunity to share my love of American literature with Romanian students,” Moffett said. “I also hope to learn f...