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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 āThoroughbredā rating. Thompsonās oral presentation in the mathematics category was titled, āFoundations and Applications of Singular Value Decomposition.ā McLeodās poster in the health sciences category was titled, āSpe...
Ā鶹ֱ²„ names Dr. Daarel Burnette as Acting Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Ā鶹ֱ²„ 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. āGerald 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...
KSU alumnus makes history as first Black mayor of Danville, Kentucky
James J. H. Atkins has long been a champion for Ā鶹ֱ²„ and now the 1972 graduate will advocate for the citizens of Danville as the self-proclaimed, āThe Peopleās Mayor.ā Atkinsā win during the midterm elections on Nov. 8, made him the first elected African American mayor of the city. In an interview with Lex 18, Mayor-elect Atkins said he plans to continue focusing on the community. āI have two ears and so I have...