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Celebrating #BredHistory
As part of honoring and celebrating #BredHistory during Black History Month, ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï is looking back at some of its trailblazing alumni. In February 1943, Anna Mac Clarke ’41 received orders to become the Fourth Company, Third Regiment’s Platoon Leader. This title distinguished her as the first African-American WAAC to command an all-white unit. Dr. Benjamin W. Nero ’60 was accepted into the second class in the UK...
ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï students honored during Martin Luther King Jr. celebration
Two ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï students were honored, and one incoming student recently received the Martin Luther King Jr. scholarship during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in Lexington. Alaria Len Long is a Holmes High School senior from Covington with a 4.2 weighted GPA. She also holds the 800-meter dash record at her high school. Long plans to run track and major in nursing at ÍøÆسԹÏ. Her father is a Kentu...
ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï to offer implicit bias cultural competency training
ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï will offer implicit bias cultural competency training Feb. 20 on its campus. Edward L. Palmer, chair of the Kentucky Subcommittee on Equity and Justice for All Youth (SEJAY) is the featured presenter. Sessions are planned from 9 a.m. until noon or 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Hathaway Hall 123. Attendees will include first responders, school counselors, court designated workers, college students, university faculty...
ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï president to speak at the Legislative Black History Month Celebration
ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï President M. Christopher Brown II is the featured speaker for the Kentucky Black Legislative Caucus’s 15th-annual Legislative Black History Month Celebration Tuesday, Feb. 13 at 11:30 a.m. in the Capitol Rotunda. The annual event is a celebration of the contributions made by African Americans, historically and currently, to the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the nation. Students, faculty, staff, alumni and c...