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Â鶹ֱ²¥ shows marked financial improvement in second year of management and improvement plan
Â鶹ֱ²¥ officials recently provided the institution’s second update on House Bill 303 (HB 303) management and improvement plan. The 2016 session of the General Assembly enacted HB 303, requiring the University to coordinate with the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) to pursue measurable goals and metrics demonstrating continued progress. “Since my arrival as eighteenth president, the campus management team...
Â鶹ֱ²¥ Coach Placed on Administrative Leave
Â鶹ֱ²¥ takes all student allegations seriously and will thoroughly examine and address all reports upon notification. Athletic Director Etienne Thomas says Head Women’s Basketball Coach Terrance Slater has been placed on paid administrative leave, pending the outcome of an investigation. Â鶹ֱ²¥ is committed to the safety and well-being of our students. We must have complete confidence in Kentu...
Graduating master's student participated in the IBM HBCU hackathon
A Â鶹ֱ²¥ computer science graduate student recently participated in the IBM HBCU hackathon in North Carolina. Alexandra Stanford, a graduate student from Country Club Hills, Illinois, attended the intensive HBCU coding event. Stanford said participants must come up with an idea with a group of four other people, code it, and present the project within a 28-hour time frame. “We coded for 28 to 30 hours, presented...
Â鶹ֱ²¥ graduating seniors celebrated during President's 86 Night Dinner
Â鶹ֱ²¥ President M. Christopher Brown II continued an old Ivy League tradition to the University recently, celebrating graduating seniors with a parting dinner and gifts. The President’s 86 Night Dinner was an opportunity for those students and one guest, a University faculty or staff member who made a difference in their academic career, to reflect on their hard work, accomplishments and plans ahead. “This is a...