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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 continues Thorobred Promise, offers incentives to summer and fall students
Kentucky State University is offering an abundance of incentives for students this summer and fall. Once again, Kentucky State is offering a tuition guarantee to its incoming freshman class, locking in tuition for four years. The tuition guarantee is designed to boost graduation rates and cut down on the number of loans students acquire. With the guaranteed flat-tuition rate for four years, new first-year undergraduate students are...
Kentucky State University agriculture professors receive nearly $60,000 to encourage organic agriculture
Kentucky State University’s Dr. Shawn Lucas and Dr. Marcus Bernard received a $59,626 grant to bring information about organic agriculture and careers in organic agriculture to minority and underrepresented stakeholders. The three-year grant is funded by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Specialty Crop Black Grant, administered through the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. The project is titled “Addressing diversity, equity...
Kentucky State University to focus on COVID-19 relief on Giving Tuesday
Citing greater need than ever before, Kentucky State University is focusing on COVID-19 relief for students during this year’s Giving Tuesday taking place May 5. While the transition to online learning and teleworking are going well, some of our students are facing an unprecedented crisis. Some lack internet access or other tools they need for online instruction. Others are facing food insecurity at home. Some are struggling to pay...