tions include Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs), as well as institutions serving low-income students. Kentucky State University is a federally designated HBCU.

On May 1, 2020, Kentucky State University submitted the official application for the supplemental MSI award from the HEERF. The campus has yet to receive an award notification. The funds will arrive via the existing Title III streams (Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Strengthening HBCU Master's Program). Unlike Tranch 1, these funds may be used to defray institutional expenses, including lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, technology costs associated with the transition to distance education, faculty and staff training, and payroll.

costs associated with the transition to distance education, faculty and staff training, and payroll.

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every area of American higher education. Not surprisingly, the greatest immediate and continuing impacts are financial. It is important that Kentucky State University cautiously employs the use of federally legislated and appropriated one-time relief funds. While the CARES appropriations buttress weakening fiscal projections, they cannot supplant cost containment, liquidity, and a meaningful reduction in continuing personnel liabilities. The furtherance of the institutional mission requires rapid adjustment to the new academic, fiscal, and operational realities of our time.