information, please visit the Center in Hathaway Hall 101, see our Web site, or call (502) 597-6680.
The Peers Empowering Peers Program (PEP) is an academic support service providing free tutoring assistance to all KSU students in the academic areas of mathematics, science, and foreign language. Highly qualified, knowledgeable peer tutors staff the PEP lab. The tutors must maintain minimum grade requirements while working as a peer tutor and are trained in proven tutoring strategies in order to best serve out KSU student body. Tutoring sessions are available Monday through Saturday but do not require appointments. Hours of specific subject availability are posted in the PEP lab located in Hathaway Hall 102. Call (502) 597-6217 with any questions.
Kentucky State University is committed to establishing and maintaining a communications and information system which will provide students, faculty, staff, and administrators with sufficient computing resources to achieve learning, instructional, and administrative goals. The University recognizes the increasing role of computers in all disciplines today, and seeks to meet the challenge of providing an environment in which students can utilize computers as tools in any field of study. The University has established a campus-wide fiber-optic network of desktop computers.
The central computing facility is located on the third floor of the Academic Services Building. The facility houses two 9221 mainframe computers; one is dedicated to administrative computing, and one is dedicated to academic computing. Two systems are available on the academic mainframe computer:
C The University's automated library system.
C Computer language compilers such as ASSEMBLER, COBOL, and RPG.
The central computing facility is also the hub for all campus network activity. A faculty/staff computer lab exists for administrative support as well as for evaluating and testing new software and hardware technologies. Training is also conducted in this lab for all faculty and staff.
Desktop computers have become an integral part of required courses for many of the University's degree programs. Many degree programs have established departmental computer labs to provide practical computer experience beyond the classroom. Programs such as business, public affairs, computer sciences, behavioral and social sciences, education, nursing, applied human sciences, and English have computer laboratories for teaching-related applications. Industrial Technology has a computer laboratory to support computer-aided drafting and experimental robotics.
There are student labs on campus available to students in any academic program. The computer lab is designed to help students with their homework and class preparation. Students can use word processing, spreadsheet, and database software to complete homework assignments. There is also a computer lab in the Communication Skills Center. Additional desktop computers are located in the residence halls and are available on a 24-hour basis for students residing on campus.
spreadsheet, and database software to complete homework assignments. There is also a computer lab in the Communication Skills Center. Additional desktop computers are located in the residence halls and are available on a 24-hour basis for students residing on campus.
Through its campus network Kentucky State University provides access to the Internet for both faculty and students. The University also provides electronic communication through the use of E-mail for messages both on and off campus.
Kentucky State University has installed a state-of-the-art video broadcast system for use with classroom instruction. The University also has two telecommunications conference rooms equipped with satellite up-link and down-link capabilities. These conference rooms are used for video conferences and distance learning.
The Office of Continuing and Distance Education (OCDE) offers career and professional development opportunities for people within the University’s Central Kentucky service area. Credit and non-credit courses enable individuals to expand their career options, explore the world with its many cultures, or pursue personal goals and interests. In addition to over 650 on-campus classes offered each semester, the University also offers a wide range of distance learning environments for students unable to take full advantage of traditional on-campus options. These include:
Through two-way audio and video facilities, students interact with faculty in real-time from distance learning sites throughout central Kentucky and the State. Many interactive classrooms are located throughout the region in high schools, technical schools and colleges, and government offices. Students see, hear, and talk with professors using microphones and large television monitors connected directly to similarly equipped KSU campus facilities on the fifth floor of our Academic Services Building. Students at distance Kentucky TeleLinking Network (KTLN) sites ask questions and get answers, see the overhead transparencies and the video selections the same way as students on campus. Students and teachers can exchange handouts and assignments and conduct open discussions with students connected from multiple sites. These interactive television courses are particularly attractive to students who want close interaction with faculty on a regularly scheduled, weekly basis but who are not able to travel a long distance to campus.
Students can enroll through Kentucky State University in courses that are broadcast over the Kentucky Educational Television network. College credit can be earned for many courses by viewing nationally produced television programs from the comfort of a
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