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Social Work chair publishes book chapter on disciplinary disparities in K-12 schools
Dr. Mindy Brooks-Eaves, chair and program director in the School of Social Work at Kentucky State University, recently published a chapter in Approaching Disparities in School Discipline: Theory, Research, Practice, and Social Change. According to the IGI Global website, Dr. Brooks-Eaves chapter, From the Schoolhouse to the Prison Yard: Discipline Disparities in K-12 Public Schools – A Call for Transformational Change, is “intended...
Historic legislation strengthens Kentucky State University’s connection to Simmons College and West Louisville
Kentucky State University President M. Christopher Brown II was on hand at the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage for the historic signing of Senate Bill 270, which strengthened Kentucky State’s partnership with Simmons College and West Louisville. The bill will assist in the production of teachers for hard-to-staff schools; increase the preparation of K-12 educators, especially those of color; create a partnership with...
October, 2015
All-Star Convocation speaker Darwin Shaw recalls how famed Exum kept him on track If you were to look up the word hardship in the dictionary several years ago, there might have been a reference to Darwin F. Shaw’s life. Career fair draws 40 employers, eager KSU students Kentucky State University hosted a career fair Thursday in the ballroom of the Carl M. Hill Student Center....
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...