2017
Eight Kentucky State University students earned awards at the 103rd Kentucky Academy of Science meeting
Kentucky State University students, faculty and staff earned top awards and gave compelling presentations at the 103rd Kentucky Academy of Science (KAS) meeting at Murray State University recently. Eight students earned honors at the conference, which was attended by nearly 1,000 students, faculty and research staff from around the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Srijana Thapa Magar, Thomas Mason and Sathya Govindasamy earned first, seco...
Experienced facilities management leader joins Kentucky State
Kentucky State University recently added decades of facilities management leadership with the hire of Wayne Goodwin as assistant vice president for facilities management. Goodwin, who began Oct. 16, worked in facilities management for over 35 years at Jackson State University in Mississippi. He previously held the role of vice president of facilities and construction management at Jackson State. He is a native of Mississippi and at...
Kentucky State University mobile chicken processing unit one of few in the country
For over 15 years, Kentucky State University (KSU) has been helping small-scale poultry farmers get their products into the hands of consumers. KSU’s poultry mobile processing unit (MPU) began as an idea in 1997 by farmers and Heifer International and came to fruition in 2001, according to Steven Skelton, a cooperative extension coordinator at the University. The MPU was immobilized for a short period of time before KSU purchased i...
Kentucky State University director to receive USDA Excellence in Extension award
Kentucky State University’s Louie Rivers Jr. will receive the 2017 Excellence in Extension Award – a prestigious national recognition for extension workers with visionary leadership, a track record of excellence in programming and positive impacts on their community. The award, which has been presented since 1991, is given by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the Assoc...