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KSU Mighty Marching Thorobreds To Perform During Colts Game
The Kentucky State University Mighty Marching Thorobred Band will perform at the regular season home opener of the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts on Sept. 15. Kickoff is set for 8:30 p.m. against the Philadelphia Eagles. “It’s going to be one of the most exciting halftime shows,” interim band director Robert Griffin says. “We’re very excited about it. It’s a big honor when a marching band from a small university is invited to play d...
Standout Agriculture Student Represents KSU In National Conservation Program
A’Moris Bodrick is a KSU sophomore from Huntsville, Ala., majoring in agricultural systems. This summer, Bodrick was one of 26 students, from a pool of about 400 applicants, selected to participate in the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program at the University of Washington. He was also the only participant from a historically black university. The program gathers a diverse group of students from around the country for an e...
Facing Historic Financial Deficit, KSU Is Forced To Release Students Not Paying Tuition
As of the university’s Sept. 2 deadline to drop students for not making payments to their tuition, board and fee accounts (set up appropriate payment plans and/or apply for financial assistance), 645 students are being dropped for not making the required payments – some students with balances ranging as high as $40,000 stretching from over two years. “We face a nearly $7 million historic deficit largely due to 645 students tha...
KSU Receives National Science Foundation's HBCU Grant For Its STEM Programs
Kentucky State University received a three-year, $500,000 institutional grant from the National Science Foundation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities program to promote the participation of minority students in the university’s STEM undergraduate degree programs. This project, which is a collaboration between KSU’s STEM program units and the College of Agriculture, Food Science and Sustainable Systems, aims to produce a...