The Land Grant Program at KSU currently has five programs. The traditional sections are the Community Research Service (CRS) and Cooperative Extension Program (CEP) and the three academic divisions, the School of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, the School of Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences and the School of Family and Consumer Science.
The Community Research Service (CRS) is focused on three main research areas: Aquaculture, Organic and Sustainable Agriculture and Human Health, Nutrition, and Food Safety. The KSU Land Grant Program has nationally and internationally recognized research programs in Aquaculture or fish farming to bring new economic opportunities to Kentucky.
The Aquaculture Program, KSU's "Program of Distinction," is widely recognized as being a Top 5 program in the nation in aquaculture. The program is a national and international leader in the areas of water quality, disease diagnostics, aquaponics, pond development and management, fish meal replacement research, as well as paddlefish culture, freshwater prawn and saltwater shrimp culture, Koi breeding, production of largemouth bass on-feed, catfish and hybrid striped bass production. New organic food markets continue to grow, and alternative crops and production methods are desired by farmers. The KSU Land Grant Program's Organic Program is nationally ranked in the top 20 amongst 1890 and 1862 Land Grant institutions.
Kentucky State University is a public, comprehensive, historically black land-grant university committed to advancing the Commonwealth of Kentucky, enhancing society, and impacting individuals by providing quality teaching with a foundation in liberal studies, scholarly research, and public service to enable productive lives within the diverse global economy.
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.
Diverse, motivated and talented students, staff and faculty are actively recruited and retained.
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.