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Martha Diaz turned her passion for hip-hop into higher ed
Martha Diaz, founder of the Hip-Hop Association and the Womanhood Learning Project, is a community organizer, educator, media producer, archivist and social entrepreneur. And now she can add the role of speaker at Â鶹ֱ˛Ą to her long list. “Planting the Seed for Harvest” was the theme of Diaz’s talk with more than 60 students Friday at the Student Center Ballroom during the Latino Educational Empowerment Foru...
All-Star Convocation speaker Darwin Shaw recalls how famed Exum kept him on track
If you were to look up the word hardship in the dictionary several years ago, there might have been a reference to Darwin F. Shaw’s life. At 7, his childhood home burned down. At 9, his mother died and Shaw grew up without father, so it’s not hard to believe that triumph wasn’t following too far behind him. “I could have given up on life when my mother died …  Didn’t have a father figure in my household, but my drive comes fro...
Peace Corps service sharpened career path for Kentucky State grad student
When Ben Bowman begins searching for jobs next year, after earning his master’s degree from Â鶹ֱ˛Ą, he knows that there is one experience on his rĂ©sumĂ© that will make him stand out in the applicant pool: his Peace Corps service. Bowman, who is currently studying aquaculture at KSU, served as rural aquaculture promotion Peace Corps volunteer in Zambia from 2012-14. Bowman taught his community the benefits of...
Career fair draws 40 employers, eager KSU students
Â鶹ֱ˛Ą hosted a career fair Thursday in the ballroom of the Carl M. Hill Student Center. More than 40 employers including Coca-Cola, U.S. Border Patrol and AAA insurance company conducted interviews with students about entry-level and seasonal positions and internships. Photo by Shantel Booth About 13 colleges and universities also provided information about a variety of graduate programs. To aid students,...