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Attorney General Jack Conway, KASAP to kick off student video competition to promote the National Rape Crisis Hotline
Attorney General Jack Conway and the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs (KASAP) have teamed up to use National Football League (NFL) grant funds to promote the rape crisis hotline, 800-656-HOPE (4673), to be sure that survivors of sexual assaults on campuses across the Commonwealth can get help. The press conference will kick off a #VoiceofHope video competition among college students at 10 a.m. on Oct. 30 at the Coope...
Psychology and cyber security: a match made in heaven for KSU grad
In the battle against cyber security threats, psychological profiling is a tool rarely used to combat digital dangers. However, as Deshon Floyd learned, psychology is as potent a tool as any fire wall or encrypted password. Over the summer months of 2015, Floyd was a participant in the U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) HS-STEM Summer Internship Program. This program provides undergraduate and graduate students majoring...
Award-winning children's author Sharon Draper visits KSU
Award-winning children’s author Sharon Draper spoke to about 650 fifth-graders on Tuesday about her book “Out of My Mind” at KSU’s Bradford Hall. The energetic speaker gave advice to the young readers about writing their own books in the future. “Go into writing for the love, not the money,” Draper said. “Have a feeling inside and put it on paper.” “Out of My Mind” was one of the featured books in the “One Book, One Frankfo...
KSU project manager receives top agriculture honor
Louie Rivers Jr., Small Farmer Outreach Training and Technical Assistance Program project manager, received the Thomas Poe Cooper Distinguished Farm Leadership Award on Oct. 19. Presented by the University of Kentucky chapter of the Honor Society of Gamma Sigma Delta, the Thomas Poe Cooper Award is the highest honor given by the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. Dean Dr. Nancy Cox recommended...