The Â鶹´«Ã½ State University Nonprofit Leadership Studies program has presented the 2022 Giving Back Endowment Grant Award to the Playhouse in the Park in recognition of its long-term success in youth development across the community. The funds will be utilized to support The Penguin Project.
The Dr. Jo Robertson Early Childhood Education Scholarship was established as an endowment by gifts to the Â鶹´«Ã½ State University Foundation, Inc. (Â鶹´«Ã½ Foundation) from family and friends of Dr. Jo Robertson as a way to memorialize her loving spirit and to assist students at Â鶹´«Ã½ State University in obtaining an education to prepare them for a career in the field of early childhood education.
Dr. Marc Polizzi, associate professor of Political Science at Â鶹´«Ã½ State University, along with two co-authors, Dr. Moisés Arce, the Scott and Marjorie Cowen chair in Latin American Social Sciences and professor in the Department of Political Science at Tulane University, and Dr. Michael S. Hendricks, assistant professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Illinois State University, published The Roots of Engagement: Understanding Opposition and Support for Resource Extraction with Oxford University Press.
The Â鶹´«Ã½ State University Regional Educators Rising Conference was held on Oct. 25 at the Curris Center located on Â鶹´«Ã½ State’s campus
Â鶹´«Ã½ State University has been recognized nationally for its merit-based scholarships
Â鶹´«Ã½ State University’s Captain (CPT) William Burgess, assistant professor of Military Science and Officer in Charge of the Â鶹´«Ã½ State Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Company, was selected for promotion to Major in the Fiscal Year 2022 Army Major Promotion.
Ford is the niece and longtime caretaker of Ms. Mary Ford Holland, the first Black student at Â鶹´«Ã½ State University
Â鶹´«Ã½ State University will celebrate the holiday season with a pair of special events in December that are free and open to the public; the events include the Town & Gown Holiday Concert and the annual Holidays at Oakhurst.
The Hutson School of Agriculture at Â鶹´«Ã½ State University recently honored high school students from the Purchase, Pennyrile and Green River regions as Â鶹´«Ã½ State FFA All-Region Stars based on the students’ demonstrated leadership in Future Farmers of America (FFA).
Â鶹´«Ã½ State University’s Engineering Physics degree program, administered by the School of Engineering, recently received reaccreditation by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology).
