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ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç recently awarded $260,000 from James Graham Brown Foundation

ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç recently awarded $260,000 from James Graham Brown Foundation

March 29, 2021

ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç was recently awarded $260,000 from the James Graham Brown Foundation for a project that will support veterans and adult work-ready training.  According to the grant proposal, the project is designed to support adult, transfer and veteran students in attaining or starting their college degree at ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç. Some of the goals of the project include improving persistence rates among first-generation stude...

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ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç, Kentucky Distillers’ Association partner to support students, increase diversity in the fermentation and distillation industry

ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç, Kentucky Distillers’ Association partner to support students, increase diversity in the fermentation and distillation industry

March 29, 2021

ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç and the Kentucky Distillers’ Association (KDA) have partnered to establish the Kentucky Distillers’ Association Current Use Student Scholarship Fund. Funded by the Kentucky Distillers’ Association Lifting Spirits Foundation, the scholarship is available to ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç students who are enrolled in the undergraduate certificate in fermentation and distillation science program, have the intention of joinin...

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ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç featured in Washington Post story about Black-owned distilleries

ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç featured in Washington Post story about Black-owned distilleries

March 29, 2021

The Washington Post recently featured ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç’s fermentation and distillation science program in a story about Black-owned distilleries in Kentucky.  The story discusses the program, features Dr. Kirk Pomper and Dr. Erin Gilliam, and discusses the history of African Americans and bourbon.  Click here to read the full story. To learn more about ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç’s fermentation and distillation science program, click here.

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ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç administrator selected as a member of the 2021 Millennium Leadership Initiative

ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç administrator selected as a member of the 2021 Millennium Leadership Initiative

March 29, 2021

A ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç administrator was recently selected as a member of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) 2021 Millennium Leadership Initiative (MLI).  Dr. Tymon M. Graham, ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç Chief of Staff, joined the 32-member MLI class of 2021.  According to an AASCU news release, “MLI provides individuals traditionally underrepresented in the highest ranks of postsecondary educati...

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