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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...
KSU Concert Choir and Frankfort Community Chorus will perform at Christmas Concert
The Kentucky State University Concert Choir will perform with the Frankfort Community Chorus for its Christmas Concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7 at First Christian Church, 316 Ann St. The concert’s admission is $15 for adults and $7 for students. This is the first collaborative effort by KSU’s Concert Choir under the direction of Dr. Carl Smith and the Frankfort Community Chorus directed by Dr. Phyllis Vincent. Accompanying...
Xooker gaming app awards KSU grad student a $15,000 scholarship
Kentucky State University graduate student Alexis Ellis thought it would be just a regular job interview Tuesday morning at the Academic Service Building on the University’s campus. However, the computer science major from Washington, D.C., was in for a bigger surprise. Ellis was randomly selected to win a $15,000 scholarship from gaming app Xooker. “This means everything to me, especially from where I come from,” Ellis said a...