A new Memorandum of Agreement with the University of South Bohemia was finalized. New Memorandums of Agreement are being drafted/considered with Universidad de La Salle in Bogota, Colombia, and the Dominican Institute for Agriculture, Livestock, and Forestry Research (IDAF) in Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic.

OGEP hosted on KSU campus a meeting of University of Kentucky senior international leadership, UK's VP for Student Affairs, and Director of Africana Studies program. KSU had, Dr. Menking, Dr. C. Shelton, and two KSU deans. The purpose of the meeting was finding collaborations: 1) Complementing one another's International Studies majors and minors; 2) Developing the KSU Africana Studies Major; 3) Including African institutions; 4) Building options for the study of Less Commonly Taught Languages via African collaborations. The outcomes of the meeting included: shared interest and intention to collaborate on a region-wide (Appalachian) grant project that supports 1862's and 1890's collaborating to increase minority access to global education.

KSU's Cooperative Extension Program's Rural Entrepreneurial Outreach and Development (REOD) programs received national recognition on March 8 at the annual meeting of the National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals in Charleston, South Carolina. KSU's REOD team, led by Dr. Gae Broadwater along with partners Henry Snorton (KSU graduate), the executive director of MEDI Inc. of West Kentucky (Hopkinsville) and representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development, won both the regional and national award for Excellence in Community Development Work-Team. This is the first time an 1890 institution has won a national award from the professional association.