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ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï students to benefit from Jack and Jill College GAP Fund
ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï students will soon have additional help crossing the finish line through new grant funding from the Jack and Jill College GAP Fund. Kentucky was selected as a beneficiary by the Jack and Jill Foundation and Jack and Jill of America, Inc. According to a letter from the foundation, the focus of the funding is to help seniors who are more likely to have exhausted all financial resources. Eligible students in...
Former ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï interim president returns to the Hill
Former ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï interim president Dr. William H. Turner is back at the College on the Hill. Turner served as interim president from 2002 to 2004 and as a distinguished visiting scholar for the Center for Research on the Eradication of Educational Disparities (CREED). Turner recently came back to the Hill to serve as interim director of CREED. According to his website, Turner “is best-known for his ground-breaking...
ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï project focuses on African-Americans in Appalachia
The ÍøÆسԹÏ Center for Research in the Eradication of Educational Disparities (CREED) received and began implementation of a $20,000 grant from the 400 Years of African American History Commission. The grant will fund research and produce an educational tool to transmit knowledge of the history and roles played African-Americans in Kentucky’s Appalachian region, including challenges they faced and creative coping...
ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï students win Kentucky Press Association awards
Five ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï students recently won Kentucky Press Association (KPA) 2020 Excellence in in Newspapers awards. All winners competed in the student publications class 1 division for their work in Thorobred News. Ma’Rico Holland won third place for best sports story. Donovan Green won second place for best business/agri-business story in the same division. Josh Wilkerson won third place for best photo essay. Isaiah Br...