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A Different Kind of Buffalo
Fish Rescue at Buffalo Trace Distillery In April 2025, Frankfort, Kentucky, experienced a near-record flood, with the Kentucky River cresting less than one inch below the historic 1978 flood level. During such highwater events, the river’s main channel currents become extremely swift, prompting local fish populations to seek refuge in backwater areas where the current is less intense. As the floodwaters recede, fish can become trap...
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...
KSU faculty members selected to participate in leadership institute
Associate Professor of History and CESKKA Academic Support Liaison Dr. TaKeia Anthony and Assistant Professor of English Dr. Keturah Nix will join 24 other participants from Kentucky’s public universities and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System in a year-long training and leadership development program the Council on Postsecondary Education recently announced. “It is such an honor to be selected for the 2022 ALDI...
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...