KSU's convocation will feature keynote speaker Major General Peggy C. Combs

KSU's convocation will feature keynote speaker Major General Peggy C. Combs

November 2, 2015

Major General Peggy C. Combs will be the keynote speaker at Kentucky State University’s Convocation at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 12 at Bradford Hall. Combs was commissioned a Regular Army second lieutenant in the United States Army Chemical Corps in May 1985, as a distinguished military graduate of the Reserve Officer Training Corps Program at Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. Throughout her 29-year service tenure, she has serv...

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Martha Diaz turned her passion for hip-hop into higher ed

Martha Diaz turned her passion for hip-hop into higher ed

November 2, 2015

Martha Diaz, founder of the Hip-Hop Association and the Womanhood Learning Project, is a community organizer, educator, media producer, archivist and social entrepreneur. And now she can add the role of speaker at Kentucky State University to her long list. “Planting the Seed for Harvest” was the theme of Diaz’s talk with more than 60 students Friday at the Student Center Ballroom during the Latino Educational Empowerment Foru...

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All-Star Convocation speaker Darwin Shaw recalls how famed Exum kept him on track

All-Star Convocation speaker Darwin Shaw recalls how famed Exum kept him on track

October 31, 2015

If you were to look up the word hardship in the dictionary several years ago, there might have been a reference to Darwin F. Shaw’s life. At 7, his childhood home burned down. At 9, his mother died and Shaw grew up without father, so it’s not hard to believe that triumph wasn’t following too far behind him. “I could have given up on life when my mother died …  Didn’t have a father figure in my household, but my drive comes fro...

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Career fair draws 40 employers, eager KSU students

Career fair draws 40 employers, eager KSU students

October 30, 2015

Kentucky State University hosted a career fair Thursday in the ballroom of the Carl M. Hill Student Center. More than 40 employers including Coca-Cola, U.S. Border Patrol and AAA insurance company conducted interviews with students about entry-level and seasonal positions and internships. Photo by Shantel Booth About 13 colleges and universities also provided information about a variety of graduate programs. To aid students,...

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