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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...
April, 2015
Music Student Wins First Prize In HBCU Piano Competition A Kentucky State University student won first place in a piano competition against students from other historically black colleges and universities on April 11. KSU Aquaponic And UPike Poultry Innovations Capture First Prizes At Alltech Competition In a battle of brains amongst seven Kentucky universities in the 2015 All...
Black History Month Assembly Speaker Reminds Audience of the Importance of Knowing One’s History
Kentucky State University (KSU) celebrated its Black History Month Assembly on February 27, 2025. The assembly included musical performances by the KSU Concert Choir and Mugisha Donatien, also known as “DrippaDaDon,” as well as a spoken word performance by Fatou Saidykhan. Dr. Erin Wiggins Gilliam, a KSU alumna and former professor of history at KSU, provided the keynote address. She currently serves as the Associate Provost for A...
Kentucky State University chosen as a site for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Competitiveness Tour
Kentucky State University is among one of four campuses across the nation selected as a site for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities Competitiveness Tour. Kentucky State was one of four campuses in the nation scheduled for a visit by Johnathan M. Holifield, executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, to discuss HBCU competitiveness and regi...