2021 News Articles
Kentucky State University recently awarded $260,000 from James Graham Brown Foundation
Kentucky State University was recently awarded $260,000 from the James Graham Brown Foundation for a project that will support veterans and adult work-ready training. According to the grant proposal, the project is designed to support adult, transfer and veteran students in attaining or starting their college degree at Kentucky State. Some of the goals of the project include improving persistence rates among first-generation stude...
Kentucky State University, Kentucky Distillers’ Association partner to support students, increase diversity in the fermentation and distillation industry
Kentucky State University and the Kentucky Distillers’ Association (KDA) have partnered to establish the Kentucky Distillers’ Association Current Use Student Scholarship Fund. Funded by the Kentucky Distillers’ Association Lifting Spirits Foundation, the scholarship is available to Kentucky State students who are enrolled in the undergraduate certificate in fermentation and distillation science program, have the intention of joinin...
Kentucky State University featured in Washington Post story about Black-owned distilleries
The Washington Post recently featured Kentucky State University’s fermentation and distillation science program in a story about Black-owned distilleries in Kentucky. The story discusses the program, features Dr. Kirk Pomper and Dr. Erin Gilliam, and discusses the history of African Americans and bourbon. Click here to read the full story. To learn more about Kentucky State’s fermentation and distillation science program, click here.
Kentucky State University administrator selected as a member of the 2021 Millennium Leadership Initiative
A Kentucky State University administrator was recently selected as a member of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) 2021 Millennium Leadership Initiative (MLI). Dr. Tymon M. Graham, Kentucky State University Chief of Staff, joined the 32-member MLI class of 2021. According to an AASCU news release, “MLI provides individuals traditionally underrepresented in the highest ranks of postsecondary educati...