2021 News Articles
Kentucky State University graduate received funding from the Foundation of the National Student Nurses’ Association
A Kentucky State University graduate recently received funding from the Foundation of the National Student Nurses’ Association (FNSNA) to help complete her associates of applied science in nursing. The HBCU emergency funding recipients are sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Consumer Division. Shamicka White, an Aurora, Illinois, native, began her path in nursing by volunteering at a nursing home when she was 12. Since then, she said, s...
Kentucky State University advanced to the Sweet 16 of the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge
Kentucky State University’s team advanced to the Sweet 16 of the 32nd Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) but came up short against Florida A&M University. HCASC is a premier academic competition between students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), through which Honda annually awards more than $350,000 in institutional grants to the participating HBCUs. Due to the pandemic, the HCASC shifted from in-pers...
Four Kentucky State University student-athletes named to Kentucky Collegiate All-Commonwealth Team
Four Kentucky State University student-athletes were recently selected for the Kentucky Collegiate All-Commonwealth team. The Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame selected Jaylen Myers, Brett Sylve, DeVon McCoy and Jimmy Edmonds to be members of the 2021 Kentucky Collegiate All Commonwealth Team. The selection “represents the best college football players that the state of Kentucky has to offer,” Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame...
Kentucky State University President to serve as co-moderator of "Homage to William E. Cross Jr."
Kentucky State University President M. Christopher Brown II will serve as the co-moderator of “Homage to William E. Cross Jr.” at 5 p.m. PST on May 26. The program is a celebration of Dr. William E. Cross Jr. for his lifetime contributions to Black studies and psychology. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Cross’s article on Nigrescence: Black Racial Identity Model, published in Black World in 1971. This event is co-sponsore...