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ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç students to benefit from Jack and Jill College GAP Fund

ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç students to benefit from Jack and Jill College GAP Fund

February 19, 2021

ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç students will soon have additional help crossing the finish line through new grant funding from the Jack and Jill College GAP Fund.  Kentucky was selected as a beneficiary by the Jack and Jill Foundation and Jack and Jill of America, Inc. According to a letter from the foundation, the focus of the funding is to help seniors who are more likely to have exhausted all financial resources. Eligible students in...

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Former ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç interim president returns to the Hill

Former ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç interim president returns to the Hill

February 16, 2021

Former ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç interim president Dr. William H. Turner is back at the College on the Hill.  Turner served as interim president from 2002 to 2004 and as a distinguished visiting scholar for the Center for Research on the Eradication of Educational Disparities (CREED). Turner recently came back to the Hill to serve as interim director of CREED.  According to his website, Turner “is best-known for his ground-breaking...

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ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç to host rescheduled 2021 Heritage Assembly

ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç to host rescheduled 2021 Heritage Assembly

February 12, 2021

ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç will look back at its past and celebrate its future Feb. 23 at 11 a.m. during its rescheduled Heritage Assembly. The initial event was rescheduled due to inclement weather. The public can view this event on Zoom using meeting code 980 1850 3350 and passcode 391226. Benjamin T. Jealous, president of People for the American Way (PFAW), will serve as the keynote speaker.  President M. Christopher Brown II not...

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ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç project focuses on African-Americans in Appalachia

ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç project focuses on African-Americans in Appalachia

February 12, 2021

The ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç Center for Research in the Eradication of Educational Disparities (CREED) received and began implementation of a $20,000 grant from the 400 Years of African American History Commission. The grant will fund research and produce an educational tool to transmit knowledge of the history and roles played African-Americans in Kentucky’s Appalachian region, including challenges they faced and creative coping...

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