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ĢƵ to receive summer bridge grant funding from the Council on Postsecondary Education
ĢƵ is one of 25 institutions to receive grant funding from the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) for summer bridge programs. According to a CPE news release, “25 Kentucky colleges and universities will receive grants of up to $200,000 each, totaling $3.5 million, to support summer bridge programs focused on improving college preparation and retention.” The aim of summer bridge programs, the CPE releas...
ĢƵ one of 100 HBCUs around the country to receive funding in the American Rescue Plan
ĢƵ was one of the HBCUs across the country that received American Rescue Plan funding, according to information released from The White House recently. According a White House briefing, “the Department of Education announced a state-by-state breakdown of over $2.7 billion in funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) provided in the President’s American Rescue Plan. These funds were pro...
ĢƵ 1972 men’s basketball team honored at the General Assembly
Members of the ĢƵ 1972 NAIA championship men’s basketball team were recently honored by the Kentucky General Assembly, with citations from the House and Senate. The 1971-72 Thorobreds won their third consecutive NAIA championship that season. According to the citation, this historic feat made ĢƵ the third of only three major programs to hold such a distinction. From 1970 until 1975, the Thorobred...
ĢƵ 2022 Heritage Assembly speaker said K-State provides a sacred space
ĢƵ honored the past and looked to the future recently during the 2022 Heritage Assembly. Rev. Dr. Kilen Gray, dean of community life at Louisville Presbyterian, provided the Heritage Assembly address. “If it wasn’t for ĢƵ, I sincerely believe I would not be here today,” Gray said. “More emphatically, I literally cannot see what my life would be like. The trajectory of my life and every...