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Rosenwald Center for Families and Children to become the Rosenwald 4-H Center
FRANKFORT — The Rosenwald Center for Families and Children has served the Frankfort community since 2013 and will continue to do so, just with a new name and purpose. “The Rosenwald 4-H Center will serve as an innovative education and research model for after-school 4-H youth programming,â€� Dr. Kirk Pomper, director of land grant programs at ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï, said. “After-school programs will be designed to serve children a...
Graduates begin path to career success after ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï fall commencement
FRANKFORT — More than 100 ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï graduates crossed the stage Saturday, Dec. 16 during the fall commencement ceremony in David H. Bradford Hall. Nurses, educators, business professionals, computer scientists, farmers and future leaders of all kinds now go forth from the University, ready for the next level of success. ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï conferred doctoral degrees for the first time in the institution’s 131-year histor...
ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï valedictorian's curiosity led him to computer science
ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï valedictorian Cory May’s curiosity and passion have led the Mt. Eden computer science major down a wide and varying path. He earned an associate degree at the age of 18 in professional studio recording and came back to finish his bachelor’s at ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï at age 25. In the time between, he toured with Murphy’s Echo, the family band (comprised of his mother, Tina May, and brothers) and other musicians an...
Four ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï students catch the attention of IBM
After performing well as a team in the IBM Watson HBCU Hackathon in Atlanta, individuals have reaped career rewards as a result. Seniors Brandon Rogers, Gigi Barnett and Cory May have received full-time offers to work at IBM, while sophomore Derek Roberts has received an offer for a summer internship. According to Stephfon J. Walton, client care project executive and technical support lead at IBM, the â€œÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï participants p...