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Kentucky State University names 2022 Small Farmer of the Year
The Kentucky State University Land Grant Program named David Miller its 2022 Small Farmer of the Year. Miller owns 130 acres in Lincoln County, where he grew up farming and has operated his farm for about 30 years. He has 45 cows, whom he calls “my girls,” in his cow-calf operation. He also produces hay and a family garden. Farming is a daily challenge, he said, but he’s grateful to be doing it. He has previously produced tobacco a...

Kentucky State University Board of Regents to conduct Executive Committee special called meeting November 17
FRANKFORT – The Kentucky State University Board of Regents Executive Committee will convene for a special-called meeting Thursday, November 17, 2022. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. via teleconference and in-person. Zoom Link: https://kysu.zoom.us/j/93170316229 Webinar ID: 931 7031 6229 One Tap Mobile: US: +16469313860,,93170316229# or +13017158592,,93170316229# Board of Regents Room 2nd Floor Julian M. Carroll Academic Se...

Aquaponics demonstration unit goes on the road, reaches thousands of stakeholders
A Kentucky State University aquaponics demonstration unit has been displayed at several events this fall, reaching thousands of stakeholders. This 250-gallon unit was funded through the Small-Scale Farm Grant Program, a Kentucky State University partnership with Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund (KADF) and the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board (KADB). In August, it was set up at the Kentucky State Fair. Thousands of visi...

Kentucky State students receive honors for posters at Kentucky Academy of Science
Two undergraduate students, Malik Thompson and Michael McLeod, were among the top scoring student presentations at the Kentucky Academy of Science annual meeting in November. Both presentations received the highest “Thoroughbred” rating. Thompson’s oral presentation in the mathematics category was titled, “Foundations and Applications of Singular Value Decomposition.” McLeod’s poster in the health sciences category was titled, “Spe...