2016 News Article Listing
KSU spotlights banjo player David Hurt in performance lecture
Banjo player David Hurt will present a lecture recital at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18 at the Little Bradford Theater at Kentucky State University. Hurt is part of the KSU School of Music’s lecture recital series that occur every Thursday. The series is free and open to the public. Hurt is a retired farmer with roots in the eastern Kentucky mountains. He received an apprentice grant from the Kentucky Historical Society to research...
International Thorobreds: Former South African President Nelson Mandela has an honorary degree
Thorobreds are everywhere including Soweto, South Africa. Last August, former chairperson of Health and Physical Education and Assistant Athletics Director M. Dianne Murphy was impressed to find a Kentucky State University honorary degree awarded to freedom fighter and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela during her visit to Soweto. Mandela was awarded the Doctor of Humane Letters on June 27, 1990, and the degree was signed by Dr. Jo...
Multicultural visual artist Synthia Saint James will speak at KSU
Kentucky State University will host “A Conversation with Synthia Saint James” at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2 at the Julian M. Carroll Academic Services Building, Welcome Center, first-floor street level. The event is free and open to the public. The award-winning author/illustrator also plans to design artwork in honor of the university’s 130th anniversary. Saint James is most celebrated for designing the first Kwanzaa stamp for the USP...
Dr. Kirk Pomper among Fellows honored at Association of Public and Land Grant Universities
Dr. Kirk Pomper, Kentucky State University’s interim Land Grant director, was among 27 Fellows of the Food Systems Leadership Institute who were honored during a ceremony at the annual meeting of the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities in Indianapolis, Ind. The Fellows were recognized for their accomplishments in completing the FSLI Executive Leadership Development Program and for contributions they have made to their...