2020
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ´«Ã½â€™s work with pawpaw featured in the New York Times
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ´«Ã½ was recently featured in a New York Times story about the increasing popularity of pawpaw fruit. The story discusses the increasing attention on pawpaw due to climate change, economic inequity and access to food. The story also notes the pawpaw’s connection with slavery in America. Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ´«Ã½ is a licensed propagator of pawpaw cultivars, with distribution to nurseries all over the United S...
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ´«Ã½ confers more than 200 degrees at commencement
More than 200 Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ´«Ã½ graduates officially earned their degrees Friday, Oct. 16 during the Spring 2020 Commencement Convocation at Alumni Stadium. Nurses, educators, business professionals, computer scientists, social workers and future leaders of all kinds now go forth from the University, ready for the next level of success. Rev. Dr. Jamal-Harrison Bryant, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in...
Mister and Miss Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ´«Ã½ ascend the throne at historic coronation
Students, faculty, staff, alumni and special guests gathered virtually and on a limited basis in-person for the coronation of the 91st Miss Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ´«Ã½ and 27th Mister Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ´«Ã½ in Carl H. Smith Auditorium in David H. Bradford Hall Oct. 15.  Yasmine Kimyea Harper, the 91st Miss Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ´«Ã½, said she remembers her tour of the Kentucky State campus as a prospective student and the brightn...
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ´«Ã½ Spring 2020 Commencement Convocation valedictorian hopes a ceremony brings closure
The spring 2020 graduating class faced a semester like any other, putting the finishing touches of their college career on hold while the world dealt with a pandemic. In the spring, Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ´«Ã½ President M. Christopher Brown II promised the spring 2020 class an in-person ceremony. On Oct. 16, President Brown delivered with a historic combined Founder’s Day and Commencement Convocation. Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ´«Ã½â€™s va...