The student should consult with an advisor or dean and complete a “KSU Student Visiting Another Institution” form from the Office of the Registrar before enrolling at another institution. It is the student’s responsibility to arrange for official transcripts of transfer work to be sent to the Office of the Registrar at KSU at the end of the term in which the student attended the other institution. Students must be in good academic standing with a GPA of 2.0 or better; freshmen may have a GPA of 1.7 or better.
The Academic Center for Excellence (ACE) is a comprehensive learning center that provides students with the personalized academic support in mathematics, writing, reading, science, foreign languages, study strategies, and time management. The staff also offers assistance in using individual learning styles and improving note-taking and test-taking skills. All students may take advantage of these free services while enrolled at the University.
ACE is staffed by Instructional Counselors who are professionals with degrees in English, Mathematics, or related areas. The Center also employs highly qualified peer tutors who model positive attitudes, values, and skills while helping students to become actively involved in their learning. The tutors must maintain a 3.0 GPA in their subjects tutored and at least a 2.7 cumulative GPA. In order to best serve the KSU student body, peer tutors receive ongoing training in effective tutoring strategies.
ACE academic support services are available Monday through Thursday from 8:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M., Friday from 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., and Saturday from 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. For more information, please visit the Center in Room 110, Carl M. Hill Student Center; see our Web site at http://www.kysu.edu/academics/academic_support_services, or call (502) 597-6680.
The FRIENDS program for nontraditional students proves an academic resource room for students who are either over age 24, a parent regardless of age, married, divorced, or returning to school after five or more years. The program offers students in individualized a academic support including access to tutoring and computer-aided instruction, peer support, academic and life-skills workshops, timely campus information, and special family events. Please visit the FRIENDS Program in Room 304, Carl M. Hill Student Center or call (502) 597-5191 for more information.
The Disability Resource Center (DRC) as sures that students with disabilities receive equal access to education by providing services and auxiliary aids in accordance with statutes in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and in Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). Assistance to students is not limited to the aforementioned statues as various other laws such as those pertaining to building accessibility and Website accessibility are also applicable. Ad ditionally, the KS U Offi ce of Continuing and Distance Education works in conjunction with the DRC by making all alternative-delivery courses and profe ssional-training workshops a ccessible to all students and faculty. This per tains to a ll Ke ntucky Educational Te levision (KET) broa dcasts, Ke ntucky Virtual University (KYVU) online classes, and Kentucky Tele-Linking Network (KTLN) ITV o fferings, and all University Professional Development Center workshops.
pertaining to building accessibility and Website accessibility are also applicable. Ad ditionally, the KS U Offi ce of Continuing and Distance Education works in conjunction with the DRC by making all alternative-delivery courses and profe ssional-training w orkshops a ccessible to all students and faculty. This per tains to a ll Ke ntucky Educational Te levision (KET) broa dcasts, Ke ntucky Virtual University (KYVU) online classes, and Kentucky Tele-Linking Network (KTLN) ITV o fferings, and a ll University Professional Development Center workshops.
Kentucky State University is committed to establishing and maintaining a communication 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 Ac ademic Services Building. The facility houses two 9221 mainframe computers; one is dedicated to a dministrative computing, a nd o ne is d edicated to academic computing. Two systems are available on the academic mainframe computer:
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 administration, computer science, 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