Kentucky State University receives scholarship funding from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Foundation

Kentucky State University receives scholarship funding from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Foundation

October 30, 2020

Kentucky State University recently received scholarship funding at The Memorial Foundation Leaders of Democracy Awards Luncheon.  Kentucky State University received $2,500 to be used unrestricted and for the use and benefit of its students, according to a letter from The Memorial Foundation President/CEO Harry E. Johnson Sr.  In the letter, Johnson said the support Kentucky State has been a blessing to the foundation and that he co...

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Kentucky State University rededicates the Rufus B. Atwood Agricultural Research Center

Kentucky State University rededicates the Rufus B. Atwood Agricultural Research Center

October 30, 2020

Kentucky State University rededicated the Rufus B. Atwood Agricultural Research Center with federal, state and local officials on hand, as well as members of the Kentucky State University Board of Regents and other distinguished guests.  The building, which was previously used as a cafeteria and later for research, has been renovated with help from a $7.5 million USDA facility grant program that was included in the most recently pa...

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Kentucky State University ranked as a top school in the South for affordable tuition

Kentucky State University ranked as a top school in the South for affordable tuition

October 29, 2020

Kentucky State University was recently ranked as on the top schools in the South for affordability by Best Value Schools.  Kentucky State ranked 22nd in “the best colleges in the South that you can afford”  and was noted for the number of graduates who earn a STEM degree and the mid-career pay of its graduates.  According to the Best Value Schools website, “Sorting through the best colleges in the South is not easy. Our college exp...

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Kentucky State University Presidential Awards of Excellence winners announced

Kentucky State University Presidential Awards of Excellence winners announced

October 29, 2020

Kentucky State University President M. Christopher Brown II recently announced the Presidential Awards of Excellence 2020 winners during the State of the University Assembly. Faculty and staff affecting all aspects of the University were honored. Dr. Barr, assistant professor of sociology at Kentucky State University, received the 2020 President’s Award for Excellence in Research. Barr has served the University for four years and p...

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