KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY
Regular Meeting of the Board of Regents
External Relations and Development Committee
January 21, 2016
5:00 p.m.
Cooperative Extension Building, Conference Room
Frankfort, Kentucky
Communications Report
October 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015
32 campus news items were published on the KSU website.
Photographed and covered several events on campus and off-campus including Homecoming events. Posted several parade photos to the growing social media sites (Facebook and Twitter).
Guest speaker in Professor David Shabazz's journalism class; gave a presentation with Communications Specialist Dedra McDowell
Assisted with organizing the Student Advisory Board, a student panel that assists with writing and developing ideas for the communications office.
Assisted with a conference for Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Prevention.
Photographed editors of the Kentucky African American Encyclopedia event on campus (posted photos on Facebook).
Interviewed KSU grad and children's author Angela Wilkinson; also interviewed KSU senior Christopher White, the recipient of her scholarship
Photographed on-campus career fair (posted photos on Facebook).
Photographed and wrote story about New York Times best-selling author and campus speaker Sharon Draper.
Kentucky State graduate was the eyes of black America – Oct. 2, Atlanta Journal Constitution/AJC.com
AJC Sepia HBCU Campus Queens - Oct. 2, AJC.com
Gubernatorial candidates discuss education at forum – Oct. 3, WTVQ
KSU hosted debate by Operation Turnout delivers Kentucky political theater – Oct. 3, The State Journal
Retention up, but enrollment slips at Kentucky State – Oct. 15, The State Journal
KSU's retention rate climbs 38 percent -- Oct. 20, The Louisville Defender
Kentucky State University sees a decline in enrollments but a rise in its retention rate -- Oct. 23, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
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