Dr. Mac A. Stewart has been appointed as Interim Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs, effective August 15, 2011.
Dr. Teferi Tsegaye was selected as Dean of the College of Agriculture, Food Science and Sustainable Systems. Dr. Tsegaye's appointment began on September 1, 2011.
Dr. Tsehai Alemayehu was selected as Dean of the newly formed College of Business and Computer Science. His appointment began on October 3, 2011.
Dr. Arthur Hayden has been appointed as Interim Chair of the School of Public Administration, Social Work and Criminal Justice in the College of Professional Studies.
Dr. Samuel Onyejindu Oleka, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, recently participated as one of the selected panelists at “Celebration of African Americans in Social Justice: Success Stories in the Fight Towards Educational Equity” held at the University of Louisville on Friday, September 16th, 2011. The program was organized by Teach For America and sponsored by the University of Louisville, the University of Kentucky, Kentucky State University, and other Kentucky institutions. Kentucky State University contingent of students was led by Ms. Leslie Thomas.
Dr. April Fallon's book of poetry, Universe of Discourse, will be published in September by Finishing Line Press. She is a professor of English and the Interim Chair of KSU's Division of Literature, Languages and Philosophy.
Dr. April D. Fallon, Interim Chair of the Division of LLP and Professor of English, and Dr. George W. Shields, Professor of Philosophy, have co-authored a scholarly paper entitled “Toward Process Poetics: On Balancing Novelty and the Cantus Firmus” to be published in the forthcoming issue of The Journal of Kentucky Studies. This journal is a peer-reviewed literary annual sponsored by Northern Kentucky University. The paper attempts to apply the aesthetic principles of contemporary process philosophy to poetry, employing the creative work of E. E. Cummings and Lorine Niedecker as case studies. An earlier version of the paper, examining other poets, was awarded “Best of Session” at a previous annual meeting of the Kentucky Philological Association.
Dr. Danny Collum's novel, White Boy, was published in June by Apprentice House at Loyola University in Baltimore. Dr. Collum is an associate professor of English in KSU's Division of Literature, Languages and Philosophy.
Dr. Barry Johnson, associate professor in the Division of Fine Arts, composed, orchestrated, and recorded a CD, titled Finding Heavenly Treasures, for R.H. Boyd Publications of Nashville in August 2011.
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