health education, wellness, and food insecurity in West Louisville and will prepare more teachers of color.

In addressing the food desert in West Louisville, where the nearest grocery store is 10 miles away and no restaurant is nearby, Kentucky State's agriculture program will work with the community to develop various gardening practices to help alleviate the problem until a grocer for the area can be identified and implemented. The University also will work with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) to assist in the delivery of public assistance, social support services, and health and nutrition services to the area.

Athletics

Kentucky State intercollegiate athletic teams, Thorobreds, participate as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, volleyball, and indoor and outdoor track and field. Women's sports include basketball, cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field, softball, and volleyball.

Our Vision

Kentucky State University prepares today's students as global citizens, lifelong learners, and problem solvers. To accomplish this, Kentucky State University must challenge itself and its students to be the best. It must recognize its strengths, expand, and excel. Notwithstanding, it must also welcome change and quality improvement. By doing so, KSU will gain widespread recognition as one of the region's strongest universities. As a university of distinction, Kentucky State University will create an environment where:

• Students are first
• Diversity is valued, understood, and respected • An intellectual environment conducive to leadership in teaching, research, and community service is encouraged and supported
• Diverse, motivated, and talented students, staff, and faculty are actively recruited and retained • Effective teaching is promoted both inside and outside the classroom
• An intellectual environment conducive to leadership in teaching, research, and community service is encouraged and supported
• Effective teaching is promoted both inside and outside the classroom
• Students are taught how to obtain, evaluate, and use information
• Learning is lifelong
• Effective and efficient fiscal management by the administration is the norm
• Collegiality is the norm, not the exception
• Each person is a change agent
• Excellence starts with me

Myers McRae | Executive Search | President of Kentucky State University