• Kentucky State University president Raymond Burse resigns, Courier-Journal, WFPL, Lexington Herald-Leader, WKYT, WHAS, WDRB, Business Journal, Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, HBCU Digest, HBCU Buzz, Diverse Issues in Education, Lane Report, State Journal, KFVS-TV, WAVE-TV, Fox News, WHVO, WISTV, Inside Higher Education, Paducah Sun, WBTV (5/23)
  • Aaron Thompson named interim president at KSU as national search begins, HBCU Digest, Lexington Herald-Leader, WKYT, State Journal, WDAM-TV, WKYT, WTVQ, The Courier-Journal, WDRB, Capital Living, Richmond Register, KY Forward, Fox-19, WAVE-3, WHAS-11, Lex-18, WBKO, Harlan Daily Enterprise, WPDD, Daily News Bowling Green, The Gleaner, The Advocate Messenger, Central Kentucky News, The Jessamine Journal, The Interior Journal, The Winchester Sun, The Ledger Independent, The Messenger, Kentucky New Era, The Republic, The Messenger-Inquirer, The Herald Journal, The Lafayette Leader, Fountain County Neighbor, The Review Republican, New County Enterprise, Rensselaer Republican, Kankakee Valley Post-News, The Indianapolis Star, Journal & Courier, The Star Press (5/31)

June Highlights

  • Coordinated several TV and newspaper interviews for Interim President Dr. Thompson. Media outlets include: State Journal, Herald Leader, WKYT, Richmond Register and WTVQ.
  • Publicized incentive scholarship to St. Catharine College students on news sites, social media and St. Catharine College's website.
  • WDRB-TV visited the campus to interview the Alumni Relations Director Wendell Thomas and KSU Foundation Director Donald Lyons about KSU's connection to Muhammad Ali.
  • WDRB-TV also interviewed Dr. Candice Love Jackson about the tuition incentive scholarship offered to St. Catharine College students.
  • LEX-18-TV and WKYT-TV interviewed KSU students to get their views about the Orlando shootings.
  • Assisted with arranging interviews for music executive Kevin Liles, who was featured in Verizon's Innovative Learning program at KSU. Media outlets: Hot 107.9 and WTVQ-TV's "Great Day Kentucky."
  • Proclamation written and framed for the Ali Center.

Media attention from news releases

  • Aaron Thompson named interim president at KSU as national search begins, State Journal (6/1) Louisville Defender (6/2) Sentinel News (Shelbyville), Journal of Blacks in Higher Education (6/6)
  • KSU offers tuition incentive scholarship to St. Catharine College students, (6/4) The Kentucky Standard, Lexington Herald Leader, WDRB, CPE News Clips, Louisville Business First, Lane Report, Capital Living (6/6) Ledger

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