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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...

Kentucky State University names Dr. Daarel Burnette as Acting Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Kentucky State University has named Dr. Daarel E. Burnette as acting vice president for Finance and Administration/Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Burnette succeeds Dr. Gerald Shields, interim vice president for Finance and Administration/CFO, as his contract expires. Interim President Ronald A. Johnson extends his gratitude to Shields for his service to Kentucky State. “Gerald has been a crucial team member in help...

Faculty members present on the activism of Black women at national history conference
Three faculty members recently presented at the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) 2022 Conference on Black Health and Wellness in Montgomery, Alabama. Dr. TaKeia N. Anthony, associate professor of history in the College of Humanities, Business and Society interim director of Graduate Studies and interim dean of the Whitney Young Honors Collegium; Dr. Rozina L. Johnson, assistant professor of Eng...