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Child development major granted internship with the military
KSU senior Nicholas Williams will begin a 10-week internship in January with Hurlburt Field Air Force Base in Hurlburt, Fla. Williams will learn skills managing child and youth facilities while also providing direct care to children and youth. According to Dr. Herman Walston, a professor in Child Development, interns are on active military installations across the U.S. and around the world with military child and youth program...

Inauguration Day: President Burse greets Governor Matt Bevin
President Raymond M. Burse met with Governor Matt Bevin during a private reception Tuesday at the Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort. The president also met with Lieutenant Governor Jenean Hampton and her husband Dr. Doyle Isaak. The governor’s reception featured musical legends Lee Greenwood and Ricky Skaggs. SGA officers Diamond Gordon and Ralph Williams also attended the event. Governor Matt Bevin and President Raym...

KSU and The Frankfort Kiwanis Club will hold 'Sharing is Caring'
Kentucky State University Office of Student Life and The Frankfort Kiwanis Club present “Sharing is Caring” from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 12 at KSU’s Exum Center. Children ages 5-12 will bring one unwrapped gift to share with a child in need through KSU’s Student Life’s Angel Tree program. The Christmas celebration will include crafts, door prizes and games. For more information, please contact the Office of Student Life at (502) 597-6989.

KSU hires John L. Smith as its new head football coach
President Raymond M. Burse and Kentucky State University are pleased to announce John L. Smith as the new head football coach of the Thorobreds. Smith, who has been a high-profile staple in Kentucky as a former head coach at the University of Louisville from 1998 to 2002, was introduced in a press conference Monday in the Exum Center. Smith comes to Kentucky State with more than 40 years of college coaching experience and more...