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Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ agriculture professors receive nearly $60,000 to encourage organic agriculture
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s Dr. Shawn Lucas and Dr. Marcus Bernard received a $59,626 grant to bring information about organic agriculture and careers in organic agriculture to minority and underrepresented stakeholders. The three-year grant is funded by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Specialty Crop Black Grant, administered through the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. The project is titled “Addressing diversity, equity...
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ students benefit from research opportunities
Students at the undergraduate and graduate level can, and are encouraged to, participate in research at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ. Graduate student James Brown and recent graduate Dawson Armstrong have both taken advantage of research opportunities. Brown is earning his master’s degree in aquatic sciences and should graduate in the fall. Armstrong is a recent graduate who majored in agriculture, food & environment with a concentrat...
Nursing graduate joins CHI Saint Joseph Health
Born and raised in Lexington, Kentucky, Kenadii Williams will now serve her community as an operating room registered nurse after accepting a position with CHI Saint Joseph Health in Lexington. The recent nursing graduate is ecstatic to join the health system and will begin her nursing career in July. The opportunity came about after Williams delivered the welcome at a press conference on May 25 where CHI Saint Joseph Health annou...
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ alumnus featured in Bloomberg
A recent Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ alumnus was recently featured in a Bloomberg story about Wall Street hiring from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Kirk L. Miller, former Student Government Association president, was featured as a recent hire of Wells Fargo. Miller told Bloomberg he was preparing for a move to Charlotte and considering a career as an investment banker or wealth manager. Click here to read the full story.