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Groundbreaking Ceremony of New Outdoor Classroom at Tates Creek Middle School
Kentucky State University (KSU) and Fayette County Public Schools (FCPS) held a groundbreaking ceremony at Tates Creek Middle School in Lexington, KY for a greenhouse that will serve as an Outdoor Classroom for the community. This marks the beginning of major collaborations between community partners to provide enhanced agricultural education to local students that will include a dynamic mixture of classes and hands-on training. Th...
KSU Graduate Student, Savion Briggs, Announced as an AT&T 2024 Rising Future Makers Showcase Winner
Savion Briggs, a Kentucky State University (KSU) graduate student, was recently announced as an AT&T 2024 Rising Future Makers Showcase Winner. This initiative by AT&T annually recognizes and supports cohorts of 25 students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) who are making an impact in their communities and on their campus. Each winner receives $5,000, a 5G-enabled tablet with one year of AT&T service, and a...
Urban Agriculture Project at Kentucky State University
Under the direction of Dr. Nzaramyimana Theoneste, a group of four graduate students and three undergraduate students at Kentucky State University conducted research on urban farming. Urban agriculture focuses on generating fresh produce and making it accessible to areas that lack access to it. This research took place at the Dr. Harold R. Benson Research Farm and The Kentucky State University West Farm. Throughout the duration of...
Kentucky State University Graduate Student Awarded for their Research in Soil Health
Kentucky State University (KSU) graduate student, Prashant Bhatt, was awarded third place in the Graduate Student Oral Presentation, Soil Health Session, at the 2024 ASA, CSSA, SSSA, International Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX. Bhatt, who will graduate in May 2025 with a Master’s of Science in Environmental Science, presented his research titled, “Integration of Industrial Hemp in Conventional Crop Rotation System and its Effec...