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Mister ĢƵ hopes new show will bring self-discovery for men
The 26th Mister ĢƵ hopes to bring self-discovery and encouragement for men through a television show he’s releasing soon. Michael Weaver Jr. recently created a show, filmed at ĢƵ, called Sliding in the DMs. “The ‘DM’ part of the title means ‘discovering myself,’” Weaver said. “I find oftentimes that men don’t know who they are or have a hard time accepting who they are. The goal is to g...
Presidential Awards of Excellence 2019 winners personify the best of ĢƵ's employees
ĢƵ President M. Christopher Brown II recently announced the Presidential Awards of Excellence 2019 winners during the State of the University Assembly. Winners affecting all aspects of the University were honored. Dr. Roger C. Cleveland, full professor and director of the Center for Research on the Eradication of Educational Discrepancies (CREED) at ĢƵ, received the 2019 President’s Aw...
ĢƵ joins Degrees When Due, a national adult completion initiative
ĢƵ joined 14 Kentucky public colleges and universities participating in Degrees When Due, a national initiative of the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP), to help students who have some college credits complete their degrees. Through the initiative, campus liaisons will learn best practices in adult completion strategies, while re-engaging students who have stopped out of their studies, according to...
ĢƵ professor receives rare Educator of the Year award
A ĢƵ professor recently received the rare honor of being named Educator of the Year by the Kentucky Communication Association (KCA). Dr. David L. Shabazz, chair of the Division of Literature, Languages and Philosophy and associate professor, is one of only two recipients of the KCA’s Educator of the Year in the organization’s history. The first recipient was named in 2013. “I was very surprised,” Shabazz said...