| mathematics (STEM). Program highlights included keeping a scientific journal and exploring types of soil. The storybook All About Earth, Our World on Stage formed the foundation for their activities, which aligned with NASA’s Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program. Brenda Cowan Elementary is the first school in Kentucky to partner with GLOBE. The William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust funded the summer program |
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| CHI Saint Joseph Nursing Scholarship | CHI Saint Joseph Health invested $2.5 million in tuition assistance and program support for the Kentucky State University School of Nursing over the next five years. The alliance will include direct job placement for nurses at CHI Saint Joseph Health upon completion of the KSU nursing program. |
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| Kentucky State University Dual Credit Program | In the Spring of 2022, 10 dual credit program students from Frankfort High School and West Jessamine High School graduated with associate degrees in Liberal Arts. One of the students graduated with a concentration in computer science.
Over the course of four years in high school, these students took over 60 hours of college courses, earning more than 15 credits per year, in addition to their regular high school courses. |
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| USDA 1890 Scholarship Program | The 1890 Scholarship Program provide scholarships to support the recruiting, engaging, retaining, mentoring, and training of undergraduate students at 1890 land-grant institutions. Students earn baccalaureate degrees in the food and agricultural sciences and related fields to help provide a highly skilled food and agricultural systems workforce.
KSU has enrolled 72 USDA 1890 Scholarships Program recipients for the Fall 2022 semester. This is a record number of scholarship awardees for the program. |
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| Early Assurance Program Cooperative Agreement | This Early Assurance Program Cooperative Agreement (“Agreement”) between Kentucky State University (KSU) and the University of Kentucky (UK), College of Medicine -Lexington Campus was solidified on June 30, 2022.
The mission of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine is to promote a diverse and inclusive environment that provides excellence in education, equitable health care, and transformative research to improve the health and wellness of Kentuckyans and beyond.
To extend efforts to enhance health care in Kentucky, KSU and UK have devised a partnership to provide up to three students per year with the opportunity for early provisional acceptance to the UK College of Medicine. |
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