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ĢƵ Foundation mourns the death of Thorobred fixture Darlene Jackson
ĢƵ alumna, longtime staff and KSU Foundation employee Darlene K. Jackson has departed this life. Jackson died Friday, Oct. 29. Jackson was a longtime employee of the ĢƵ Foundation, serving as an accountant. She was also a life member of the ĢƵ National Alumni Association. Jackson was also a former employee of the Kentucky Revenue Department. “Darlene lived every...
ĢƵ alumna featured in the latest Nike Yardrunner campaign
A ĢƵ alumna is part of Nike’s latest Yardrunner campaign, which features Thorobred apparel. A’zia Reed is one of 16 students and alumni from HBCUs around the country featured in Nike’s latest Yardrunner campaign. Yardrunners was founded in 2020 as a way to highlight HBCUs. Reed has been featured on Nike social media and in publications such as Essence. As part of the campaign, ĢƵ apparel is fea...
ĢƵ won a 2021 KEMI Destiny Award for Workplace Safety
ĢƵ was recently recognized with a 2021 KEMI Destiny Award for Workplace Safety. According to Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance (KEMI) website, “The Destiny Awards are presented annually by KEMI to policyholders that best exemplify KEMI’s motto, ‘Control your own destiny.’ The awards symbolize what can be accomplished when organizations work together to improve workplace safety.” The KEMI website also note...
ĢƵ professor recently published in the Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies
A ĢƵ professor recently published a study in the Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies. Dr. Jennifer Ballard-Kang, an assistant professor of social work, recently published “Reconstructing a Sense of Safety among Resettled Refugee Survivors of Torture: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study”. According to the abstract, “This study utilized a constructivist grounded theory approach to describe the strategi...