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ĢƵ one of 100 HBCUs around the country to receive funding in the American Rescue Plan

ĢƵ one of 100 HBCUs around the country to receive funding in the American Rescue Plan

March 11, 2022

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...

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ĢƵ to receive summer bridge grant funding from the Council on Postsecondary Education

ĢƵ to receive summer bridge grant funding from the Council on Postsecondary Education

March 11, 2022

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...

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ĢƵ director appointed to Bluegrass Tomorrow Inc. board

ĢƵ director appointed to Bluegrass Tomorrow Inc. board

March 4, 2022

A ĢƵ director was recently appointed to a seat on the board for Bluegrass Tomorrow Inc. in Lexington.  Sonia Sanders, director of public engagement has been appointed to a three-year term on the Bluegrass Tomorrow Inc. board. Sanders currently represents ĢƵ as liaison for Bluegrass Higher Education Consortium (BHEC) and Academic Leadership Academy (ALA), which are programs under the dir...

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ĢƵ 2022 Heritage Assembly speaker said K-State provides a sacred space

ĢƵ 2022 Heritage Assembly speaker said K-State provides a sacred space

March 4, 2022

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...

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