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Some Thorobreds Return For Homecoming Year After Year … After Year
Thorobreds gather in Frankfort, Ky., from near and far every year for Kentucky State University’s Homecoming Weekend. In the crowd at the football game and at the parties, there are always some familiar faces who return year after year and have watched the celebration grow and change for decades. Frazier Curry says he’s 71 years old, so he’s probably attended 71 Homecomings at KSU. His father graduated from KSU in 1936; his mother...
Heritage Assembly speaker explores Black history in the Commonwealth
Kentucky State University honored the past and looked to the future recently during its 2023 Heritage Assembly. Chaka Cummings, executive director of The Association for Teaching Black History in Kentucky, provided the Heritage Assembly address. Cummings explored Black history through the thematic framework of award-winning scholar of Black history education Dr. LaGarrett King - Power, Oppression and Racism; Black Agency, Resistan...
Kentucky State University Academic Honors Convocation to feature keynote from international president of the nation's oldest African-American professional fraternity
Kentucky State University will honor its scholars during the Academic Honors Convention April 11 at 10 a.m. in the Carl H. Smith Auditorium of David H. Bradford Hall. Dr. Gregory J. Vincent, current international president and CEO of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity (also known as the Boulé), will provide the keynote address. Vincent has devoted more than 30 years to equity and justice in education and the wider public arena during his work...
Kentucky State University professor named president-elect of the Kentucky Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
A Kentucky State University professor was recently appointed to a leadership role with the Kentucky Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (KAHPERD). Dr. Gavin Washington, assistant professor of physical education, was recently appointed as president-elect of KAHPERD. “As an educator, my primary objective has always been to help my students fulfill their potential,” Washington said. “For that to happen, I n...