KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY Regular Meeting of the Board of Regents External Relations and Development Committee January 23, 2015 Board Room – Academic Services Building Frankfort, Kentucky
COMMUNICATIONS REPORT July 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014
Raymond M. Burse was named on Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, as Kentucky State University's 14th president during the regular Board of Regents meeting.
A total of 74 students were awarded degrees at Kentucky State University's fall commencement on Saturday, Dec. 13, in Bradford Hall Auditorium. The following degrees were awarded: one associate degree, 60 bachelor's degrees and 13 master's degrees.
The first doctoral program at Kentucky State University will join the wave of the future in health care in January 2015. Designed to prepare registered nurses to become adult gerontology primary care nurse practitioners, the new online Doctor of Nursing Practice (BSN-DNP) degree program now accepts students who have earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing and have an active registered nurse license.
On Oct. 17, 2014, our Founder's Day Convocation speaker JoAnn James, a 1986 KSU graduate, encouraged all alumni and friends to GIVE 9 “out of love and respect” for the president, meaning $9, $90, $900 – any amount that includes the number 9.
Kentucky State University's School of Education recently received reaccreditation from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation through 2020.
KSU held a grand opening celebration for its Thorobred Nutrition Kitchen on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. The 24-foot mobile commercial kitchen trailer takes fresh meals and nutrition education directly to Louisville neighborhoods in most need of access to fresh, healthy food.
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