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Chemistry professor selected as a spokesperson for NSF EPSCoR video series

Chemistry professor selected as a spokesperson for NSF EPSCoR video series

October 20, 2022

Associate professor of chemistry Dr. Scott Wicker has been named a spokesperson for the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) broadening participation video series. NSF EPSCoR seeks to expand opportunities for diverse faculty, staff, and student populations through a geographic approach focused on strengthening research capabilities and competitiveness. The Committee on E...

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Recent graduate educating young Kentuckians in Fayette County

Recent graduate educating young Kentuckians in Fayette County

October 18, 2022

GoTeachKY, an initiative fromĀ theĀ Kentucky Department of Education, recently recognized Jordan Lewis ’22 in its New Teacher Tuesday series. Lewis, who is a first-year teacher at Ashland Elementary inĀ theĀ Fayette County Public School District, says he became an educator because ofĀ theĀ lack of African American male teachers inĀ theĀ classroom. ā€œThere is a lack of male and African American teachers in education especially atĀ theĀ element...

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KSU makes a huge presence at KAMP conference

KSU makes a huge presence at KAMP conference

October 14, 2022

This year's Kentucky GIS conference saw a huge turnout from Āé¶¹Ö±²„. The Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals (KAMP) hosted its 2022 conference in Lexington, Kentucky, September 27 - 29. Ā  The first day of the conference offered various hands-on workshops aimed at students and young professionals with the subsequent days being dominated by presentations on various elements of GIS, mapping, and remote sens...

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Founder’s Day speaker pays homage to her alma mater, ā€œI am who I am because of God, my mother and Āé¶¹Ö±²„ā€

Founder’s Day speaker pays homage to her alma mater, ā€œI am who I am because of God, my mother and Āé¶¹Ö±²„ā€

October 14, 2022

Today, Āé¶¹Ö±²„ celebrated 136 years since its founding as the only public historically Black and the second state-supported institution of higher learning in Kentucky during the 2022 Founder’s Day Convocation. Alumna and President & CEO of KTownsend Consulting, Dr. Karen Townsend ’85, delivered the keynote address using as her theme, ā€œWe Are One.ā€ ā€œIn order for Āé¶¹Ö±²„ to prepare for and meet the...

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