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Â鶹ֱ²¥ senior never took a day off from becoming great
One Â鶹ֱ²¥ graduating senior said her mentors never let her take a day off from becoming great. As a result, she walked across the stage with her classmates at the 2018 Fall Commencement Convocation. Nashaye Sutton, an exercise science major from Benton Harbor, Michigan, said Kentucky State gave her a second chance for success at college and in life. “I had to achieve focus within myself in order to get where I w...
Â鶹ֱ²¥ alumnus makes history after political leadership election
A Â鶹ֱ²¥ alumnus and long-time advocate became the first African-American elected as a Democratic leader in the Kentucky House of Representatives. Rep. Derrick Graham was chosen by state legislators as one of three House Democratic Caucus leaders for the next two years, according to a news release from the Office of the House Democratic Caucus. “I want to thank my fellow caucus members for their support and look...
Statement from the President of Â鶹ֱ²¥ M. Christopher Brown II, Ph.D. on the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill
“On behalf of Â鶹ֱ²¥, I wish to thank the United States Congress for the timely passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. Although the Commonwealth’s General Assembly has not full funded our institutional land-grant programs, Senator Mitch McConnell and Representative Andy Barr worked with our government relations staff to insure that the Farm Bill included measures to allow Â鶹ֱ²¥ a...
History-making senator to speak at Â鶹ֱ²¥ fall commencement
Â鶹ֱ²¥ recently announced that history-making United States Senator Timothy Eugene Scott will serve as the 2018 fall commencement convocation speaker. Commencement will be held Dec. 14 at 9 a.m. in the Carl H. Smith Auditorium of David H. Bradford Hall. Scott is the first African-American senator from the state of South Carolina, the first African-American senator to be elected from the southern United States sin...