Heritage Assembly speaker explores Black history in the Commonwealth

Heritage Assembly speaker explores Black history in the Commonwealth

December 31, 1969

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...

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Kentucky State University agriculture professors receive nearly $60,000 to encourage organic agriculture

Kentucky State University agriculture professors receive nearly $60,000 to encourage organic agriculture

December 31, 1969

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...

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Kentucky State University interim chair recently presented Jefferson Science Fellowship Lecture Series

Kentucky State University interim chair recently presented Jefferson Science Fellowship Lecture Series

December 31, 1969

A Kentucky State University interim chair’s Jefferson Science Fellowship Lecture Series took place July 27 at 11 a.m.  Dr. Scott Wicker, interim chair for the School of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics and associate professor of chemistry, discussed “Data Diplomacy and Raising Awareness to Potential Policy Strategies for e-Waste Management in the Mekong Region: An Environmental Toxicologist Perspective” from 11 a.m...

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October, 2015

October, 2015

December 31, 1969

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....

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