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ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç scholar-in-residence discusses growing up black in Appalachia
The ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç Center for Research on the Eradication of Academic Disparities (CREED) scholar-in-residence recently discussed growing up in black in Appalachia during the CREED lecture series. Dr. William Turner, scholar-in-residence and former interim president of ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç, discussed the history and exploitation of the region. Turner grew up in Lynch, Kentucky. Turner’s grandfather, father, four unc...
ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç Board of Regents Executive Committee to conduct special-called meeting
The ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç Board of Regents Executive Committee will convene for a special-called meeting Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. in the Board of Regents Room on the second floor of the Julian M. Carroll Academic Services Building, 400 E. Main Street, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601. November 7th Special Called Meeting of the KSU Board of Regents’ Executive Meeting Agenda
ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç featured as a top HBCU in the Philadelphia Tribune
ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç was recently recognized in the nation’s oldest continuously published African American newspaper as a top HBCU. The Philadelphia Tribune, which began in 1884, recently recognized ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç as one of the top 25 HBCUs in the country. The Tribune noted ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç’s rise through the rankings in recent history. Click here to read the full story at the Philadelphia Tribune website.
ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç professors spoke on a panel at the Ohio Valley History Conference
ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç professors Dr. Erin Gilliam, Dr. Mary Barr, and Dr. F. Erik Brooks recently spoke on a panel at the Ohio Valley History Conference. The Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort hosted the conference. The ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÉç professors conceived of the panel—Black Frankfort Histories Matter—because they felt the important histories of black Kentuckians, in Frankfort especially, must be collected, preserved and s...