Onward Upward Summer 15

Special Homecoming 2015 Section

SUMMer 2015

KSU Selects New Business Affairs Vice President KSU Unveils

Nation’s First

Fruit & Vegetable Mobile Processing Unit

KSU

Graduates

351

M I S S I O N STAT E M E N T Kentucky State University, building on its legacy of achievement as a historically black, liberal arts and 1890 land grant university, affords access to and prepares a diverse student population of traditional and non-traditional students to compete in a multifaceted, everchanging global society by providing student-centered learning while integrating teaching, research and service through high-quality undergraduate and select graduate programs. Kentucky State University is committed to keeping relevant its legacy of service by proactively engaging the community in partnerships on civic projects driven by the objective of positively impacting the quality of life of the citizens of the Commonwealth.

President Raymond M. Burse Editor Max Maxwell

Contents From The President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 KSU Selects New Business Affairs Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Kentucky State University Graduates 351. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Class of 2015 Graduate Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 KSU Appoints Dean Of University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 KSU Unveils Fruit & Vegetable Mobile Processing Unit . . . . . . . . . 7 KSU Research Farm Named In Honor Of Dr. Harold R. Benson . . . . 8 Players Honor Former KSU Basketball Coach Graham. . . . . . . . . 9 Track Athletes And Coach Honored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2015 Football Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Associate Editor Felicia Lewis

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From The President

Raymond M. Burse

Onward & Upward is more than just the name of our quarterly publication. It should be a call to action for each of us who love Kentucky State University. When I came here approaching a year ago, I knew that there was a tremendous task for us all.

I am proud of what we have accomplished thus far. We were able to deliver a balanced budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year, we have made some necessary staff, faculty and administrative changes, which will ensure that we continue to head in the right direction. We have rebuilt and are building strong partnerships with the Frankfort and Franklin County community to ensure that we are Frankfort’s university.

Many times change does not occur without hard choices, and sometimes good people are affected. Unfortunately, in business, that is the unpleasant part of the process. The positive effects are that when we fully emerge on the other side, I expect our university to be stronger than ever and prepared to lead the way for excellence in teacher education, agriculture, nursing and STEM programs for the next 100 years.

We need our alumni and many friends to visit the campus and witness the rebranding of the university that is now taking place. We want you to send your kids, grandchildren, neighbors and friends to see KSU today. As we like to say, “Bring your skills to the hill and discover what you can be at KSU.”

KSU Selects New Business Affairs Vice President President Raymond M. Burse, in his continued efforts to ensure that Kentucky State University is on the road to prosperity and improvement, hired Dr. Curtis E. Creagh as the new vice president of business affairs.

“We were fortunate to get such an outstanding educator to join us here at KSU. It became apparent to me as a result of our meetings that he understands the direction that KSU must go in order to be successful. He is the right man at the right time to fill this position,” Burse says.

Creagh began duties at KSU on June 16, 2015. Prior to joining KSU, Creagh served as interim president at Lincoln University. He has served successfully in higher education for two institutions and under four presidents and one interim president. He has over 10 years of experience in managing departments that include grants from the departments of Education, Health and Human Services, Energy, Agriculture, and Housing and Urban Development.

He also has more than 25 years’ experience as a successful financial leader, including 10 plus years of hands-on accounting management and three years of auditing. He is also a distinguished U.S. Army veteran.

Creagh’s accomplishments also include initiatives and improvements while serving as a member of the executive

administrative cabinet. He shared the responsibility of helping to ensure the financial viability of the university, and he provided financial management and grants management advice and assistance. He also developed and reviewed internal financial control policy; evaluated capital projects and the related funding; facilitated the budget process; and developed the budget for an annual operating budget ranging between $30 million to $45 million.

“President Burse’s quality of leadership is an attraction for me,” Creagh says. “Early in life the military taught me that good leaders look behind themselves to see who is following. Remaining aware of who is following you keeps you grounded. For me, seeing the various ones who support him as a dynamic leader and are willing to commit wholeheartedly inspires me and makes this opportunity a promise of personal and professional growth.

“KSU has a rich history, and so to continue the good work I will be standing on the shoulders of those who have successfully shepherded the institution previously, inclusive of staff and administrators,” Creagh says further. “At the end of the day, we all want the best for this institution.”

Creagh received his undergraduate degree in accounting and business administration from the University of Southern Mississippi, a Master of Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University and a Doctor of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.

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Kentucky State University

Graduates

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Commencement is a time-honored tradition at Kentucky State University, and this year KSU awarded 351 degrees at its 126th commencement convocation on May 9. Kentucky State Sen. Gerald A. Neal delivered the commencement speech to the graduates before a capacity audience.

During the commencement convocation, KSU President Raymond M. Burse described the graduating Class of 2015 and the university as multicultural, multinational and diverse. He cited that 62 percent of the graduates were female with 48 percent African-American. He also informed the audience that besides the United States, there were graduates from 12 different countries.

Also among the graduates was Alexander Davie, who was commissioned as second lieutenant in the U.S. Army ROTC. Three other KSU students were awarded degrees posthumously.

The commencement speaker, Gerald A. Neal ’67, gave timely advice and encouragement to the Class of 2015. “You all are capable of accomplishing great things – things this world may not have even imagined,” he said.

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“If you remember little else of what I say today,” Neal said further, “I’d like you to remember these six words: passion, definition, preparation, perseverance, courage and integrity: • Passion: Passion is necessary to drive your dreams into reality.

• Definition: It does not matter how far in the distance, but you must work to clearly define and know your objective.

• Preparation: Spend time planning your every step. If you constantly work on your plan, it will empower you to reach your goals.

• Perseverance: Don’t let anyone or anything deter you from your goals. The victory belongs to those who are persistent, unrelenting and determined regardless of the obstacles and challenges.

• Courage: Face your challenges head on, tempered by whatever growing wisdom, but with conviction. Never, never give up.

• Integrity: Maintain your integrity in all that you do. . . . The principles that you live and work by, doing what you know is right, will ensure success and, above all, happiness.”

In his closing remarks, President Burse told the graduates, “The future of our society and our world depends on the contributions that you will make. I have high expectations for each and every one of you.”

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Class of 2015

Graduate Profiles On The Fast Track Brandon Turnley has been on the fast track for most of his young life. He graduated from Kentucky State University, for example, in three years at the age of 20.

A native of Lexington, Ky., Turnley earned course credits at Bluegrass Community and Technical College while still attending Bryan Station High School. He later began his college career at KSU as a Presidential Scholar.

Turnley had a lot of support and encouragement through school, first from his parents, George and Bernardine Turnley, whom he calls his first role models. “They always told me to stay positive and not think about the negative,” he says.

He also received positive support from the BMW/STEM Academy, a program – Black Males Working – established

by First Baptist Church Bracktown to boost the academic achievement of black males.

Attending BMW from the sixth through 12th grades every Saturday, Turnley still remembers the academy’s creed, which includes the verse, “I am a future black male working and there is no limit to what I can achieve.”

That positive reinforcement continued at KSU. “We have teachers here who actually care about the students,” Turnley says. “I am not just a number. I matter.”

He counts health, physical education and recreation’s Dr. William Welsh and William Graham among his most impactful instructors at KSU. Welsh assisted Turnley in applying for graduate school at Eastern Kentucky University, and Graham has served as another of Turnley’s many role models.

“He always said he sees a lot of potential in me,” Turnley says about Graham.

Turnley, who was on the Dean’s List throughout college, majored in physical education and minored in athletic training. And maintaining a busy schedule while keeping up with his studies, he also worked as a personal trainer and group exercise instructor at a Lexington YMCA branch and traveled with the Thorobred football team as a student athletic trainer.

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Non-Traditional in Many Ways A non-traditional student, Patricia D. Ross graduated from KSU at the age of 67. She completed the liberal studies program with an emphasis on health and physical education.

A native of Frankfort, Ky., she first attended KSU in 1967 as an employee in the Registrar’s Office. At the same time she was taking care of a family, she says, “I took as many classes as I could.”

After sending two children through college and retiring from a long career in federal government, Ross says, “I thought maybe I can complete my personal goal of earning my degree.”

Ross participated in KSU’s Project Graduate, a program that accepts former students with a certain number of credits for completion of their degree requirements.

Ross worked in various offices at KSU until 1985 and then moved on to federal jobs, for 25 years, at the Department of Defense in Texas and at the Department of Agriculture in Indiana and Kentucky.

She currently works part time at First Baptist Church in Frankfort.

“I’m not one to sit around and do nothing,” she says. “I have too many God-given skills to not use them. I have a techsavvy boss, so we complement each other.”

Continuing in non-traditional roles, she has modeled with Lexington’s Uniqueness Unlimited Modeling Productions for 13 years.

Mother and Son Duo A mother and son duo, Charlotte Murphy and Christopher Murphy both received degrees from Kentucky State University on May 9.

Charlotte Murphy, who works in KSU’s Financial Aid Office, earned a master’s degree in public administration with a non-profit concentration. A first-generation college graduate on both sides of her family, she earned her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice in 2010.

She left Philadelphia in1998 and made her home in Frankfort. Always ambitious, for a time she owned a local restaurant that served Philly cheesesteak sandwiches and hoagies.

Christopher Murphy followed his mother in 2010 to attend KSU. Majoring in computer science, he says he plans to pursue a career in the field. “I’m always on the computer,” he says with passion.

“It hits me about the magnitude of our accomplishments,” the proud single mother says. “It’s overwhelming to see my son graduating.”

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KSU Appoints Dean Of University Kentucky State University has appointed Dr. Lorna L. Shaw-Berbick as dean of the university. She began her new position on May 26, 2015.

Dr. Lorna L. Shaw-Berbick

Shaw-Berbick is an innovative administrator and educator with proven ability in establishing collaborative work environments and high performance teams in higher education to achieve missiondriven goals and objectives.

experience and my skill set, and I felt called to accept these challenges and become part of the team,” Shaw-Berbick says.

Her professional experience also includes appointments at the American Intercontinental University in Weston, Fla., as director of institutional effectiveness and as campus ombudsman. During her tenure, she was active in standardizing academic affairs protocol, such as learning styles, student services procedures and admissions personnel training. At Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., she served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences as well as chair and associate professor. She successfully managed a $1.5 million budget and directed college strategic planning and analysis in the College of Arts and Sciences.

“On behalf of the university, I am excited to have Dr. Shaw-Berbick join our team,” KSU President Raymond M. Burse says. “I am confident that she will greatly enhance our ability to move our faculty and university forward.

Her demonstrated experience as an administrator and educational visionary as well as her ability to manage a budget makes her a great fit for Kentucky State University.”

She has served as a visiting professor in intercultural communication theory and speech at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and as an assistant professor in the Department of Communications at the University of Maryland at College Park, Md.

“The president laid out a number of achievements and challenges for the institution that resonated with my

“As we continue to move Kentucky State University onward and upward, we will make more appointments and hires in order to reach our collective vision for success,” Burse says.

Shaw-Berbick has received several awards for achievement in leadership and teaching. She is an active member of the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, a member of the Shaw-Berbick has served as the dean of the School of Arts and Humanities at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, N.Y., Liberal Arts Commission, an active member of the World Wide Forum on Education and Culture in Rome, Italy, where she managed a budget of about $9 million and a fulland an active member of the Association of International and part-time faculty of more than 200 as well as 12 staff members. She also provided oversight of six departments and Education and Research in Athens, Greece. two programs.

Shaw-Berbick received her Ph.D. from Howard University.

Shaw-Berbick says she accepted the position because she felt She also has a master’s degree in philosophy and two bachelor’s degrees from the University of the W.I. a connection to Burse’s vision for the university.

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KSU Unveils Nation’s First

Fruit & Vegetable

Mobile Processing Unit Kentucky State University introduced the nation’s first Fruit and Vegetable Mobile Processing Unit on May 14 at the Franklin County Farmers Market in Frankfort, Ky. Joined by Frankfort Mayor William May, KSU’s President Raymond M. Burse; Dr. Teferi Tsegaye, dean of the College of Agriculture, Food Science and Sustainable Systems; and the college’s research and extension staff unveiled the new unit in a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The mobile processing unit is a certified mobile commercial kitchen that will enable farmers to process their fresh fruit and vegetables into value-added products such as jams, jellies, pickles, salsa, and frozen bagged fruits and vegetables to be sold in local grocery stores and gift shops. It includes two sorghum evaporators for processing syrup and the capability to blast-freeze products.

It is the only mobile processing unit of its kind in the United States. It offers processing levels that are higher than that of a home-based processor, which means it will offer farmers a way to process and sell their goods at venues larger than the local farmers markets. No goods will be sold from the unit itself.

“The KSU Fruit and Vegetable Mobile Processing Unit will help small farmers around Kentucky offer new valueadded products to consumers and support Kentucky Proud efforts,” says Dr. Kirk Pomper, a horticulturist and associate research director in the College of Agriculture, Food Science and Sustainable Systems, who helped obtain the funding for the new unit.

A number of recipes for value-added items have been predeveloped to help small farmers develop new products.

Enhancing services to underserved limited-resource farmers, who are often not reached by traditional cooperative extension approaches, in the safe commercial processing of fruits and vegetables will significantly increase economic opportunities for these individuals. Limitedresource farmers in Kentucky will add value to their crops by supporting the development of products that can be marketed in restaurants, grocery stores and gift shops.

The Fruit and Vegetable Mobile Processing Unit is funded in part by a grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund. It will be available to farmers in Summer 2015.

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This is a Dream KSU Research Farm Named In Honor Of

Dr. Harold R. Benson

Sometimes you can go home again. That was evident when Dr. Harold R. Benson returned to Kentucky State University on May 7 for a ceremony in his honor.

KSU President Raymond M. Burse shared personal stories with the audience about his interactions with Benson dating back to his first term as president in the 1980s.

Benson began working at KSU in 1975 as the university’s cooperative extension program administrator. And 40 years later, KSU’s Research and Demonstration Farm bears his name.

“Dr. Benson pushed a rock to the top of a mountain, and then some of us were helicoptered in,” Burse said. “As a result of his tireless efforts, we are where we are today and the university truly appreciates you. Thank you.”

While at KSU, Benson was instrumental in the renovation of the Atwood Research Facility and construction of the Cooperative Extension Program Building. He assumed leadership of the both the Community Research Service and the Cooperative Extension Program in 1985. He also became director of the Land Grant Program. It was his vision that led to the purchase of the research farm on Mills Lane in 1986, which has since become a renowned research center.

Burse unveiled one of two plaques with the inscription “Harold R. Benson Research and Demonstration Farm,” to be installed at the entrance of the farm.

Benson, who now lives on his farm in South Carolina, appeared overwhelmed by the turnout of KSU faculty and staff, former university employees, community partners and friends in the farming industry at the celebration.

“Look at us now,” Benson said to a nearly packed room, praising the large, beautifully constructed facility at the farm. “Not all things come easy or are handed to you. You have to dream about them before they become a reality.

This is a dream,” Benson said.

Benson, who had once passed on a chance to sing on Broadway, treated his well-wishers with a verse and chorus of the Gospel song “If I can help somebody.”

Dr. Harold R. Benson (right) is joined by KSU President Raymond M. Burse.

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Players Honor Former KSU Basketball

Coach Graham

William Graham, who was the head coach of Kentucky State University’s men’s basketball team from 1989 to 1996, got a big surprise one Saturday evening from some of his players.

Seven former players traveled to Frankfort, Ky., on April 11 to honor Graham at a surprise appreciation dinner they had planned for months.

Completely surprised and almost speechless, Graham managed to say, “I ask about you guys all the time.”

Eric Dunigan, who is a real estate broker and one of the dinner’s organizers, said, “We have a lot of appreciation for coach. We wanted to show him how much we appreciate what he has done for us and how he helped us develop into men.”

Moore went on to also coach and is currently an assistant basketball coach at Southeast Missouri State University.

Eight more former players who could not attend the dinner sent their well-wishes.

“This is a great group of players,” said Graham, who currently directs the Exum Center and is a health and physical education faculty member at KSU.

Masai Troutman, who has an information systems consulting business in the Washington, D.C., area said, “I came to KSU on a track and academic scholarship, but Coach Graham gave me an opportunity to walk on the basketball team. I didn’t have all the great offensive skills, but I was hard working and I had a good defense, a lot of effort, and Coach Graham respected that.

Echoing Troutman, Chris Moore said, “Coach was a great teacher of the game, and all of us learned to develop a sense of toughness, which you need to compete and win games.

Former KSU head basketball coach William Graham, with his wife Lillian Graham who kept the dinner a secret along with his admirers, was honored in Frankfort by some of his former players on April 11.

“We have a lot of appreciation for coach.”

Former Thorobred Basketball Team members, from left – Eric Dunigan from Southfield, Mich.; Brandon “Bo” Jones, Cleveland, Ohio; Glynn McCary, Detroit, Mich.; Rondell Champion, Columbus, Ohio; Toby Joseph, Atlanta, Ga.; Masai Troutman, Frederick, Md.; and Chris Moore, Fairborn, Ohio.

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Track Athletes And Coach Honored The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named two Kentucky State University track and field athletes to the All-South Region team.

Kieren Broussard (800-meter run) and Joscilyn Crain (discus throw, hammer throw) were among the top five individuals in their respective events to earn the distinction.

Broussard, the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 800-meter champion, competed in the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships in late May. He had the 15th best time (1:52.36) in the preliminaries.

Crain was the SIAC hammer throw champion and placed second in the discus throw at the conference meet.

KSU’s Antonio Wells was named the South Region Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year. In his first year at KSU coaching mid-distance and jumps, he mentored Broussard and coached the 4×400 relay team to a school record and fourth-place finish at the SIAC meet.

Kieren Broussard

KSU 2015 Football Schedule Date

September 5

September 12

Opponent

Location

Johnson C. Smith University

Frankfort

Hampton University

September 19 Virginia State University

Time

Hampton, Va.

6 p.m.

Petersburg, Va.

2 p.m.

September 26 *Central State University Indianapolis, Ind. Circle City Classic Lucas Oil Stadium

2 p.m.

3 p.m.

October 3

*Benedict College Columbia, S.C.

2 p.m.

October 17

*Miles College

Fairfield, Ala.

4 p.m. (CDT)

October 31

*Lane College

Jackson, Tenn.

2 p.m. (CDT)

October 10 *Fort Valley State University Homecoming

Frankfort

October 24

Frankfort

November 7

*Tuskegee University *Stillman College

Frankfort

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1 p.m.

1 p.m.

October 4-11, 2015

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Homecoming 2015 Kentucky State University

Official Schedule Of Events Alumni Registration takes place in the Capital Plaza Hotel Glass Room ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 11 a.m.

SGA CHURCH SERVICE - Bradford Hall

4 p.m.

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MR. & MISS KSU CORONATION - Bradford Hall

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 - Spirit Day Starts at 9 a.m.

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9 a.m.

HOMECOMING PARADE - Downtown Frankfort

Clinton Street to the corner of Capital Avenue and Second Street 9 a.m. – Noon

K-CLUB ANNUAL MEETING - Seminar Rooms 205-206, Exum Center

1:30 p.m.

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KSU in the Community

Kiwanis

Kentucky Lt. Gov. Crit Luallen spoke about the importance of partnering with the community at the Kiwanis Club and Kentucky State University Annual Leadership Luncheon held May 14, 2015, on KSU’s campus. KSU President Raymond M. Burse gave the keynote address at the event.

Kentucky State Rep. Derrick W. Graham ’80

FEMA The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Small Business Administration set up a disaster relief center at KSU’s Exum Center to assist individuals who were affected by severe flooding in April. Pictured are FEMA disaster recovery center manager Daniel H. Johnson and hazardous mitigation specialist Larry Money. Johnson says agency specialists were in Kentucky to review and assist with processing requests for assistance.

Rotary Club

KSU President Raymond M. Burse was the guest speaker at the June 4 meeting of the Rotary Club of Louisville.

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State Employees Encourage Colleagues to Participate in KSU’s State Employee

Tuition Discount Program Kentucky State University launched a program during spring semester to assist Kentucky state employees with a 25 percent discount on their tuition. Some state workers are looking into participating in the discount program. Some have jumped right in. Following, Holly Mullins, Mavis McCowan and Priscilla McCowan share their success stories after receiving their degrees from KSU. Holly Mullins, who has worked in state government for about 17 years, says the education she received at Kentucky State University was instrumental in helping her advance.

Holly Mullins

“I felt that I had reached a ceiling in my career,” Mullins says. “If I had not gotten a master’s degree, I would not have been able to move forward.”

Mullins received a master’s degree in public administration from KSU in December 2012. She also has a bachelor’s degree in human resources from the University of Maryland.

She decided to enroll at KSU because it was convenient.

Mullins, who lives in Frankfort, took classes at night and worked full time during the day.

Mullins says she’s glad she chose KSU, and she praises the program.

“I thought it was very well rounded,” she says. “They kept to the curriculum, but they also applied it to the real world.”

Mullins says she would definitely recommend KSU to colleagues who want to advance in their careers.

“I think it was instrumental in this promotion, to be honest,” Mullins says. “Having the MPA really helped me get this job.”

Mullins currently serves as a staff assistant in the Office of the Commissioner for the Public Information Officer.

Mavis McCowan, a human resources administrator at the state of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, decided to continue her education because she thought it would help advance her career. And she was right.

“It helped qualify me for a lot of different positions, and it allowed me to move up in state government,” McCowan says.

The choice of schools wasn’t difficult. Her father, sister and several other relatives had attended Kentucky State University. McCowan received her bachelor’s degree from KSU in sociology in 1989. In 1993, she received her master’s degree in public administration from KSU. McCowan has been busy recruiting colleagues for KSU’s tuition discount program for state employees. One Mavis McCowan colleague, McCowan says, has worked for state government for about 17 years but has not had many opportunities for promotion.

“So I told her, ‘This is an opportunity for you,’” McCowan says. “Her lack of education holds her back.”

Raymond M. Burse was serving his first term as KSU president when McCowan received her undergraduate degree. McCowan says she’s an advocate for KSU, especially under his leadership.

“I saw the changes that he made then, and now I’m seeing good things. I’m very excited about where this university is going,” she says.

Priscilla McCowan has worked in state government for 20 years. In 1990, she received a master’s degree in public administration from Kentucky State University while working in the university’s Blazer Library.

She loved her job at KSU, but she felt

Priscilla McCowan stuck in a dead-end career. It turns out the

degree was worth the effort.

“That was very beneficial to me,” McCowan says. “I needed to do something else, and it gave me options.”

She says her degree helped her start her career in state government. She now works in Human Resources at the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. McCowan has also been an adjunct professor intermittingly for 20 years.

McCowan says all state employees should at least earn their bachelor’s degree, and she has recommended KSU to her colleagues who are eligible for the state employee tuition discount program.

“I’m excited about what’s going on (at KSU) and the possibilities,” she says.

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KSU’s Recent Recruiting Efforts Include

Lexington Scholars

There was a buzz of excitement in the air as a group of students called Renaissance Scholars checked out tables containing information showcasing KSU academic programs.

beginning of that return. But more important, you represent an opportunity for Kentucky State to have a meaningful impact on any young individual across the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

The high school seniors, who visited Kentucky State University’s campus from Lexington, Ky., in May, were targeted for their outstanding performance in various areas.

The Rev. Jacques J. Wigginton, who is the pastor of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church and a former city council member, said the Renaissance Scholars group was formed as the result of a challenge from the university’s president.

Dr. Vernell Bennett, vice president for student affairs, said the Lexington group was the first of the university’s increased efforts to recruit from service counties closest to KSU. The Renaissance Scholars were so named after the period that marked the cultural movement of creativity and innovation in Europe.

“The literal meaning of Renaissance is rebirth, which makes it the perfect title for our outreach efforts as KSU seeks to re-establish its relationship with Fayette County,” she said.

KSU President Raymond M. Burse said he had high expectations from the group of students who were handpicked to participate in the recruitment fair.

“I’m expecting our involvement with Fayette County to be big. I’m expecting it to be deep. I’m expecting it to include many individuals,” he said.

“I was here at Kentucky State University when Burse was first president. I was a student in the Whitney M. Young Leadership College,” he said. “But when I saw him recently, he issued me a challenge, which was to bring 25 students to KSU. But the agreement was that I would choose those students I thought had potential as campus leaders.”

He said the Renaissance scholars have demonstrated leadership qualities in academics, athletics, civic involvement and the ability to overcome great adversity.

Dr. Beverly Downing, interim vice president of academic affairs, concluded the morning program with the declaration, “We want you to be successful. I hope you will come back and be a part of the Thorobred family.”

“I’m pleased this morning to have all of you here on KSU’s campus. We had commencement last Saturday.

We graduated 351 students, and we’re looking for the replenishment of those 351,” he said. “You all represent the

Rev. Jacques J. Wigginton Kentucky State University Renaissance Scholar Shon Wright attended Lafayette High School in Lexington, Ky. At 6-foot-6, he hopes to play forward for KSU’s men’s basketball team. He plans to also major in criminal justice.

Besides Lafayette, other Lexington high schools visiting on May 12 were Bryan Station, Henry Clay and Paul Laurence Dunbar.

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Student Wins Prestigious Agriculture Scholarship

A’moris Bodrick, an undergraduate student in the Agriculture, Food and Environment program, was one of 10 recipients of the 2015 Monsanto Fund 1890s Student Scholarship.

The Monsanto Scholarship is part of the company’s broader focus on innovation and investment in agriculture. According to Monsanto, “To meet the challenges the world faces in feeding 9 billion people by 2050, investing in future leaders pursuing STEM careers in food and agriculture is key.

The next generation of innovators will be the ones to ascend and meet the challenges of global food security.”

Every year, approximately 25,000 agricultural jobs go unfilled due to a lack of qualified applicants. The Monsanto Scholarship recognizes high-achieving under-represented students pursuing degrees in agriculture and STEMrelated fields – or the science, technology, engineering and math fields – through its scholarship programs.

A rising junior from Huntsville, Ala., Bodrick also participated in the selective Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program at the University of Washington in Seattle. This summer, Bodrick is interning at Ardent Mills in Decatur, Ala.

A’moris Bodrick

Music Student Wins First Prize In HBCU Piano Competition A Kentucky State University student won first place in a piano competition against students from other historically black colleges and universities in April.

Heekyung Do, who was a one-year exchange student from Andong National University in South Korea, received a cash prize with the first-place honor in the 11th Annual James A. Hefner Piano Competition hosted by Tennessee State University.

Do was the first pianist from KSU to compete in the competition, which included students from Fisk University, Florida A&M University and Alabama A&M University. She performed a Mozart piano sonata. Do also performed “Magnolia Suite” by composer Nathaniel Dett and won a special prize for the performance of a work by an African-American composer.

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She came to KSU from Andong National University, where she is a senior, to study English. Do says she has played piano since she was 4 years old. She stopped playing at age 15, but her passion has recently rekindled.

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KSU Graduate Student Asks Community For Help To Raise Money For Nepal A powerful magnitude-7.8 earthquake, centered less than 50 miles from Kathmandu, rocked Nepal with devastating force in April. With the death toll above 4,800 people, leaving more than 9,200 individuals injured, a Kentucky State University graduate student is reaching out to the university and Frankfort communities for help.

For Bijesh Mishra, a graduate student in Environmental Studies in the College of Agriculture, Food Science and Sustainable Systems, the destruction hits close to home.

A native of Nepal, Mishra has been working to raise money in the Frankfort community to help his suffering home country.

Mishra was born in Bhanu 05 Tanahun, Gandaki Nepal, which lies in the Western Development Region about 150 kilomenters west of Kathmandu and about 40 kilomenters east of the epicenter of the earthquake. He grew up in Tanahun, living with his family until he completed 10th grade. He then moved to Kathmandu to complete high school and on to Chitwan to earn his undergraduate degree.

Mishra moved to Frankfort in January 2015 after getting a research assistantship at KSU, where he plans to earn his master’s degree.

Bijesh Mishra

Mishra left behind his immediate and extended family, including his parents and sister who live in Kathmandu, and his friends in Tanahun.

says. “Right at this moment, I am remembering villages that were totally destroyed by the devastating earthquake. I have been in those places and experienced the life of the people; I have felt in their life how hard it was before the earthquake, and now I am wondering how they are living their life after the earthquake.

“Those places don’t even have access to transportation or medical care.”

Mishra says Nepal still needs aid, even several months after the earthquake, and he is asking for donations from the campus and Frankfort community to help his homeland as it recovers and rebuilds.

“This donation will make a difference in the life of the people,” he said. “Even a penny will be very valuable since we can fill tons of bags collecting pennies.

“Being here in the USA, it is not possible to help and rescue them physically. The only thing we can do is pray for no more disasters, no more casualties, no outbreaks of diseases, a good supply of basic needs, a better life for them and the strength to bear the losses in this time of disaster.”

For those who wish to donate to the American Red Cross or another disaster relief fund, those organizations can be found online as follows: The American Red Cross: redcross.org The Salvation Army: salar.my/Nepal World Vision: donate.worldvision.org/ways-to-give/bycategory/disaster-relief

“Nepal is my motherland and everything there, every moment that I spent there, is very precious to me,” Mishra

Greetings Kentucky State University Alumni: My name is Diamond Gordon, and I will serve as Kentucky State University’s 2015-2016 Student Government Association president and regent.

First, let me start by saying how elated I am to have the opportunity to work with you. This year, we have several initiatives – to improve student retention, alumni relations and involvement in the Frankfort Community.

The Student Government Association plans to promote positive relationships among students and staff through transparency, servant leadership and making efficient use of campus resources. We have the power to be Frankfort’s University, not just a university in Frankfort.

With your commitment, along with a committed student body, we can continue “Restoring H.I.S.tory,” which is my campaign and administration’s slogan.

Kentucky State University is an honorable institution that has created many opportunities for students. Throughout all of our obstacles and trials, we continue to strive and conquer. I look forward to the alumni’s involvement as we proceed with these initiatives to better our university.

All suggestions and ideas are welcome, for your support is truly appreciated. Let’s continue to move Onward and Upward.

Sincerely, Diamond Gordon

President & Regent KSU Student Government Association

diamond.gordon@kysu.edu

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The Detroit Chapter of the Kentucky State University National Alumni Association hosted the 36th Midwest Regional Conference on April 17-19, 2015. The theme was “Rejuvenate, Reactivate, and Reinvigorate.”

Rejuvenate, Reactivate and Reinvigorate

Detroit Alumni Chapter Highlights The Detroit Chapter of the Kentucky State University National Alumni Association hosted the 36th Midwest Regional Conference on April 17-19, 2015. The theme was “Rejuvenate, Reactivate and Reinvigorate.”

The Midwest Region consists of nine alumni chapters: Chicago, Ill.; Detroit, Mich.; Indianapolis, Ind., St. Louis, Mo., and Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Toledo/ Bowling Green, Ohio. The Rev. Patricia Wilkes Stone ’73, who resides in Cincinnati, is president of the Midwest Region During the conference, alumni shared strategies on ways to increase chapter membership and enhance fundraising opportunities to increase revenue and provide scholarships for potential and current KSU students. KSU President Raymond M. Burse was the Saturday luncheon’s keynote speaker. His no-nonsense “State of KSU” message provided an up-to-date status of the university. He spoke candidly about what each of us must do as alumni to ensure the longevity of our beloved alma mater. He opened the floor for discussion, allowing alumni to express concerns and ask questions. A Saturday evening dance provided an opportunity for fun and fellowship among alumni and guests of all ages.

The Detroit Chapter is working to rejuvenate that “good old KSU Spirit,” reactive our inactive Michigan alumni, and reinvigorate and strengthen the life of the Detroit Chapter. The chapter, small in membership, but growing, has given more than $6,500 to KSU since 2014. In February 2014, the chapter donated $4,000 to the KSU Athletic Department. During Homecoming 2014, alumni met with Michigan students and raffled off three $250 scholarships.

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academic year. A $500 scholarship was given to a student who assisted with the “Motor City Round Ball Classic.”

Annually, volunteers from the Detroit Chapter work at this classic, which is the largest high school basketball event in the country. Both male and female participants from Illinois, Ohio, Indiana and Ontario, Canada, meet in Michigan for this five-day event. In addition, the Detroit Chapter was the sole sponsor of the first K-Club student athletic award. Eleven student athletes received the Lorenzo Croft Student Leadership Award at the K-Club annual banquet during Homecoming 2014.

Detroit Chapter activities include: • Participation in more than five college fairs and career days at local schools •

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Hosting an annual picnic in late August or early September and a bowling fundraiser in November

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Hosting an annual scholarship dinner in August honoring outstanding alumni. In 2014, Rhonda Beauford, Darlene Brown and Felecia Brown, members of KSU’s 1981 NAIA Championship Women’s Basketball Team, were honored. In August 2015, Sam A. Walker ’63, Dr. Anna M. Garrison Riggins ’67 and Gregory Carter ’78-79 will be honored. And the second Sunday of December, the Motor City Thorobreds Chapter culminates its annual activities with a holiday celebration.

The officers of the Detroit Chapter are Randolph A. Williams ’79, president; Ronald L. Tucker ’69, vice president; Kelli Williams, recording secretary; Valencia Cade ’01, recording secretary; Renee Reed Micou ’73, parliamentarian; Damon Grady ’92, college fair liaison; Dr. Barbara M. Hannah ’80, continued on page 23

Photo by Liz Carnegie of the Daily Tribune

Greg Carter Credits KSU For His Success Wherever Greg Carter goes, he manages to fit right in. He’s just that kind of guy. Fitting in, however, may not be enough for others who have accomplished as much as he has in his lifetime.

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Today, Carter is the head coach of the Oak Park High School Knights in Metro Detroit. He previously coached the Inkster High School Vikings in Inkster, Mich., and the Saint Martin de Porres High School Eagles in Detroit. He has been a coach for 12 Michigan state championship football teams, eight as an assistant coach and four as head coach. His teams have advanced to the state finals 16 times.

The alumnus credits much of his success to his time spent at KSU.

A Detroit, Mich., native, Carter was an All-American baseball player and quarterback at Mackenzie High School.

During his junior year, he was a member of both the Detroit Public School League championship baseball team and the Mackenzie football team, which won divisional titles.

Carter again received the All-American honor as a catcher on Kentucky State University’s baseball team. He helped lead KSU to its first NAIA baseball championship in 1976. He went on to play for the Detroit Tigers for one season in 1976.

In 2009, he was inducted into KSU’s Hall of Fame and has won numerous other awards and recognitions.

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Carter’s KSU Athletic Hall of Fame Award

“Coming to KSU was like an extension of high school. And being away from home, I needed that continuation of mentoring and guidance that I got there,” Carter says. “I made friends for life there.

I met people from so many parts of the country.”

Carter is married to Deborah Carter. They have two children, Amber and Adam Carter.

On April 19, 2015, the Lexington Chapter of the Kentucky State University National Alumni Association hosted its annual KSU Concert Choir fundraiser at Main Street Baptist Church in Lexington, Ky. The Lexington Alumni Chapter members pictured from left to right are Henry Morton, Valinda Livingston, Wendy Dixie, Brian Walker, Tava Clay, Angela Thurman, Dr. Margaret Davis, Kim Potter-Blair, Myron Blair, Carrie Salter, Lutisha Morton, Larry Beatty, Diane Beatty, Tracy Holmes, Tina Patterson, Donald Lyons, Anna Bolling and Jamie Owens.

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membership chair; and Vonda Kay Hodges ’89 and Ann R. Turner ’84, scholarship dinner co-chairs. KSUNAA Vice President Kimberley Reed Thompson also serves as the Detroit Chapter treasurer.

On July 22-24, 2016, the Detroit Chapter will host Summer Weekend at the Marriott Renaissance Center. The Chapter invites each alum to attend and asks active alumni to share this information with someone who may not be on the active alumni mailing list.

Approximately 500 KSU alumni reside in the state of Michigan with almost 300 living within the Detroit Metropolitan area. To affiliate with the Detroit Alumni Chapter and rekindle the fire for KSU, or if you are interested in receiving information about Summer Weekend 2016, send an email to ksudetroitalumni1886info@gmail.com or ksudetroitevents@outlook.com.

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KSU Alumni In Memoriam Jacqueline (Jackie) Green Taylor died on Feb. 22 in Frankfort, Ky., after a short illness. A longtime resident of Frankfort, Jacqueline Taylor, who was 81 when she died, met her future husband, Robert Taylor, at Kentucky State College (now Kentucky State University). They were both well-known in the Frankfort community. Mrs. Taylor also worked in KSU’s residence halls and in the student cafeteria, where she became a “mother away from home.”

On her 80th birthday, she was named a Kentucky Colonel, which is the highest title of honor bestowed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments and outstanding service to a community, state or the nation.

Susa Mae Cunningham Sweeney died March 19 at home in Louisville, Ky., at the age of 96. She graduated from Kentucky State College with a bachelor’s degree in home economics and later taught home economics in several cities in Kentucky, including Hopkinsville and Richmond. She married Dr. P.O. Sweeney, a prominent Louisville dentist and civil rights activist. She also managed a 312acre dairy farm near Louisville after the death of her husband in 1960. She gave her time and resources to aid the American Cancer Society, the National Heart Association and other charities.

Davey L. “The Wiz” Whitney Sr. ’53 died in Biloxi, Miss., on May 10 at 85 years old. A legend in college athletics, he was Alcorn State University’s head basketball coach for 27 years (1969-1989 and 1996 to 2003).

Under his leadership, ASU basketball teams won 12 Southwestern Athletic Conference championships, and he won SWAC Coach of the Year nine times.

He was also the head basketball coach at Texas Southern University from 1964 to 1969. He had a career record of 566-356. A native of Midway, Ky., Whitney lettered in four sports – football, basketball, baseball and track. He went on to play baseball in the old Negro Leagues for the Kansas City Monarchs as a shortstop and third baseman. He is an inductee into the KSU Athletic Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Mississippi Hall of Fame and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

In July 2002, Whitney became the first recipient of the NCAA Hall of Champions Journey Award. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the National Association of Black College Basketball Coaches.

From The Editor Greetings Thorobreds!

As we continue to move Kentucky State University forward, we know that it will take a collective effort from our committed alumni. The new energy that we are experiencing started with the reappointment of President Raymond M. Burse as KSU’s 14th president.

The university is going through the changes necessary to maintain as a destination university for anyone seeking a quality education.

That being said, we need your support and, yes, that requires a financial commitment.

The Office of External Relations and Development is extending a challenge to all Greek organizations, campus organizations and alumni classes to participate in a fundraiser named Alumni Care in support of KSU. ALUMNI CARE How it works: Call or email members of your organization or class and find out if they are supporting KSU. Ask them if they will pay it forward so the next group of Thorobreds can share the same experience.

Remind them that being a Thorobred is being responsible to the continued growth of the university.

Elevate KSU for the university’s continued growth and to maintain its rich heritage.

It starts with each of you. We encourage you to make your pledge today!

Remember, no amount is too small. There is strength in numbers. The organization or alumni class that makes the largest financial contribution by Homecoming 2015 will receive a special engraved paver on the Henry E. Cheaney Legacy Plaza. After the paver is installed, we encourage members of that organization or class to purchase individual bricks that will border your organization’s paver. (See the example to the right.)

I encourage you to pick up the phone, send an email, text, instagram or how about something old fashion like talking face to face to get your organization or fellow classmates. Show everyone what the KSU Thorobred spirit is all about by motivating the members of your class or organization to act today.

Max A. Maxwell

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Kentucky State president to share his salary with school’s lowestpaid workers

Why KSU Preside nt Raymond Burse Gave Up 90K Salary To Rais e Workers Wage

For more information about KSU’s Give 9 campaign, please visit the following link: http://kysu.edu/2014/10/17/convocation-speaker-urges-ksu-alumni-and-friends-to-give-9/

Send Us Your Information Kentucky State University features a Chapter of the Quarter and a KSU Alumni Member of the Quarter in each issue of Onward & Upward.

4. Paying it forward supporting youth in their area 5. Job/Title – Promotion (uniqueness of their occupation) 6. A “WOW” factor about an individual (what makes this Thorobred unique).

If you would like to suggest an Alumni Chapter of the Quarter, please recommend chapters that meet the following criteria: Alumni Update and KSU Around the Globe 1. Chapters showing growth Send important moments in your life (job promotions, 2. Unique projects exotic travel, etc.) to us. We would also love to see photos of you in your KSU apparel while traveling for a snapshot 3. Fundraising activities 4. Galas/Events held segment called “KSU Around the Globe.”

5. Mentoring programs (youth engagement) In Memoriam 6. Recruitment events If you know about a KSU alum who has passed away within 7. Students from your area who are attending KSU the quarter, send us the individual’s name, class year and 8. Community engagement obituary information.

If you would like to suggest an Alumni Member of the Quarter, please recommend individuals who meet the following criteria: 1. Financially supporting a chapter in their area 2. Active in a chapter in their area 3. Community engagement

Deadlines for submission for our next two publications: Third Quarter – July 15 Fourth Quarter – October 15 Email all information to: alumnirelations@kysu.edu.

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