than 4 times. PSLs saw 81 students through December 1, 2014. Students came most for reading; second for writing, and last for math although the difference was small.
Since school began in August, approximately three hundred eighty (380) KSU students have participated in service projects in the Frankfort/Lexington community. The volunteered activities included The Roots and Heritage Festival in Lexington, assisting with voter registration drives, Constitution Day events, Pay it Forward Acts of Giving, mentoring in the local schools, Homecoming activities including the Stadium Clean-Up Recycling Project, hosting Halloween on the Hilltop, hosting the Green Job Fair, cleaning the fence line at the Greenhill Cemetery, Santa’s Helpers with the Franklin County Extension Office, Hosting a High School Student for a Day, Habitat for Humanity, Simon House, Franklin County Women’s Shelter, Senior Citizen Center, ACCESS Men’s Shelter and Soup Kitchen, The Center of Excellence for the Study of Kentucky African Americans, and the KSU Wesley Foundation Students’ Clothes Closet.
Most of the students were fulfilling a ten-hour community service requirement for their University Orientation classes, or were members of Academics with Attitude living/learning group, or other service-learning classes that committed to one hundred (100) Days of Paying it Forward. In total, students have completed over 5,980 hours of service to date. Students participated in the Angel Tree project, mentoring in the public schools, assisting with the Kiwanis Club, Salvation Army, and other Christmas fundraising drives.
One of the Pay it Forward service learning classes, Speech 103, taught by Dr. Shannon Brogan, organized students volunteering at six non-profit agencies at least two hours per week. Each of the six agencies had a group of students assigned to volunteer and learn about the non-profit agency. The Office of Regional Stewardship and Public Engagement provided each student with $100 as part of the $100 Solution, Turning $100 into a World of Change. Students submitted proposals and made presentations at the end of the semester about how they proposed to utilize the $100 donation.
On November 21, 2014, The Office of Regional Stewardship and Public Engagement held a service recognition reception recognizing students, faculty, staff and community members who served the Frankfort community. Over one hundred thirty honorees were present and received awards and certificates for their service.
The Graduate Studies Office has established folders for the graduate programs (DNP, MASPE, MBA, MCS, MES, MIBS, & MPA, & MSA) under the Graduate Studies OneDrive account. Each graduate program folder will store scanned graduate application materials for the program. The purpose of this initiative is to improve the handling of graduate application documents in the
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