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For the U.S. state, see <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Kentucky State University</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Kentucky_State_University_seal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/26/Kentucky_State_University_seal.svg/220px-Kentucky_State_University_seal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/26/Kentucky_State_University_seal.svg/330px-Kentucky_State_University_seal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/26/Kentucky_State_University_seal.svg/440px-Kentucky_State_University_seal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="250" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former name</div></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">State Normal School for Colored Persons (1886–1902)<br />Kentucky Normal and Industrial Institute for Colored Persons (1902–1926)<br />Kentucky State Industrial College for Colored Persons (1926–1938)<br />Kentucky State College for Negroes (1938–1952)<br />Kentucky State College (1952–1972)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data">"Onward, Upward."</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Public_university" title="Public university">Public</a> <a href="/wiki/Historically_black_colleges_and_universities" title="Historically black colleges and universities">historically black</a> <a href="/wiki/Land-grant_university" title="Land-grant university">land-grant university</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1886<span class="noprint">; 138 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1886</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-KSUHistory_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSUHistory-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Academic affiliations</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Space_Grant_College_and_Fellowship_Program" title="National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program">Space-grant</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/University_president" class="mw-redirect" title="University president">President</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Koffi_C._Akakpo" title="Koffi C. Akakpo">Koffi C. Akakpo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Provost_(education)" title="Provost (education)">Provost</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Michael D. Dailey (interim)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Students</th><td class="infobox-data">1,726 (fall 2022)<sup id="cite_ref-CPE_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline" class="locality"><a href="/wiki/Frankfort,_Kentucky" title="Frankfort, Kentucky">Frankfort</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="state"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="country-name">United States</div><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kentucky_State_University&params=38_12_00_N_84_51_30_W_region:US-KY_type:edu"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°12′00″N</span> <span class="longitude">84°51′30″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.20000°N 84.85833°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.20000; -84.85833</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Campus</th><td class="infobox-data">915 acres (3.70 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/School_colors" title="School colors">Colors</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Kelly Green and light Gold<br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0A8137; color:white;"> </span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#EDCB04; color:black;"> </span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Athletic_nickname" title="Athletic nickname">Nickname</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_State_Thorobreds_and_Thorobrettes" title="Kentucky State Thorobreds and Thorobrettes">Thorobreds & Thorobrettes</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Sporting affiliations</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">NCAA Division II</a> – <a href="/wiki/Southern_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference">SIAC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kysu.edu">www<wbr />.kysu<wbr />.edu</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kentucky_State_University_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/72/Kentucky_State_University_logo.svg/100px-Kentucky_State_University_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/72/Kentucky_State_University_logo.svg/150px-Kentucky_State_University_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/72/Kentucky_State_University_logo.svg/200px-Kentucky_State_University_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="167" data-file-height="171" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kentucky State University</b> (<b>KSU</b>, and <b>KYSU</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Public_university" title="Public university">public</a> <a href="/wiki/Historically_black_colleges_and_universities" title="Historically black colleges and universities">historically black</a> <a href="/wiki/Land-grant_university" title="Land-grant university">land-grant university</a> in <a href="/wiki/Frankfort,_Kentucky" title="Frankfort, Kentucky">Frankfort, Kentucky</a>. Founded in 1886 as the <b>State Normal School for Colored Persons</b>, and becoming a land-grant college in 1890, KSU is the second-oldest state-supported institution of higher learning in Kentucky.<sup id="cite_ref-KSUHistory_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSUHistory-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In fall 2019, total undergraduate enrollment was 2,029 with a total graduate enrollment of 142.<sup id="cite_ref-enrollment2022_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enrollment2022-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_State_University&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kentucky State University was chartered in May 1886 as the <a href="/wiki/Normal_school" title="Normal school">State Normal School for Colored Persons</a>, only the second state-supported institution of higher learning in Kentucky.<sup id="cite_ref-KSUHistory_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSUHistory-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the euphoria of Frankfort's 1886 centennial celebration, the city donated $1,500 towards the purchase of land for a new college on a bluff overlooking Frankfort.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The new school formally opened on October 11, 1887, with three teachers, 55 students, and John H. Jackson as president.<sup id="cite_ref-KSUHistory_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSUHistory-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Recitation Hall (now Jackson Hall), the college's first permanent building, was erected in that year. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tleft"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:184px;max-width:184px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:182px;max-width:182px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:KYState-Frankfort1898.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="1898" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/KYState-Frankfort1898.jpg/180px-KYState-Frankfort1898.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/KYState-Frankfort1898.jpg/270px-KYState-Frankfort1898.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/KYState-Frankfort1898.jpg/360px-KYState-Frankfort1898.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="589" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Campus in 1898</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:182px;max-width:182px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kentucky_State_University_2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="2020" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Kentucky_State_University_2020.jpg/180px-Kentucky_State_University_2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Kentucky_State_University_2020.jpg/270px-Kentucky_State_University_2020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Kentucky_State_University_2020.jpg/360px-Kentucky_State_University_2020.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2576" data-file-height="1932" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Main entrance in 2020</div></div></div></div></div> <p>KSU became a <a href="/wiki/Land-grant_university" title="Land-grant university">land-grant college</a> in 1890 following the passage of the <a href="/wiki/Morrill_Land-Grant_Acts" title="Morrill Land-Grant Acts">Morrill Land-Grant Acts</a>, and the departments of <a href="/wiki/Home_economics" title="Home economics">home economics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agriculture</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mechanics" title="Mechanics">mechanics</a> were added to the school's curriculum.<sup id="cite_ref-KSUHistory_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSUHistory-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The school produced its first graduating class of five students in the spring of that year. A high school was organized in 1893. This expansion continued into the 20th century in both name and program. In 1902, the name was changed to Kentucky Normal and Industrial Institute for Colored Persons. The name was changed again in 1926 to Kentucky State Industrial College for Colored Persons. </p><p>In 1929, the high school was discontinued by president <a href="/wiki/Rufus_B._Atwood" title="Rufus B. Atwood">Rufus B. Atwood</a>, since students were now entering college with a high school education.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1938, the school was named the <b>Kentucky State College for Negroes</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-KSUHistory_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSUHistory-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term "for Negroes" was dropped in 1952. </p><p>The civil engineering program was started in 1942 after the <a href="/wiki/NAACP" title="NAACP">NAACP</a> threatened a lawsuit on behalf of a black student who wanted to attend the engineering program at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kentucky" title="University of Kentucky">University of Kentucky</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dr. <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King Jr.</a> delivered the commencement speech at the 1957 <a href="/wiki/Graduation" title="Graduation">graduation</a> ceremonies titled, "Facing the Challenge of a New Age".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1960, the first white student enrolled.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>Kentucky State College</b> became a university in 1972, renamed Kentucky State University.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidents">Presidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_State_University&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Presidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li>John Henry Jackson, 1886 – 1898<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>James Edward Givens, 1898 – 1900<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>James Shelton Hathaway, 1900 – 1907</li> <li>John Henry Jackson, 1907 – 1910</li> <li>James Shelton Hathaway, 1910 – 1912</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Pinckney_Russell" title="Green Pinckney Russell">Green Pinckney Russell</a>, 1912 – 1923<sup id="cite_ref-UPK_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UPK-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Marion_Wood" class="mw-redirect" title="Francis Marion Wood">Francis Marion Wood</a>, 1923 – 1924<sup id="cite_ref-appointment_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-appointment-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Pinckney_Russell" title="Green Pinckney Russell">Green Pinckney Russell</a>, 1924 – 1929<sup id="cite_ref-UPK_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UPK-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rufus_B._Atwood" title="Rufus B. Atwood">Rufus B. Atwood</a>, 1929 – 1962<sup id="cite_ref-Atwood_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Atwood-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_McClellan_Hill" title="Carl McClellan Hill">Carl McClellan Hill</a>, 1962 – 1975<sup id="cite_ref-Atwood_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Atwood-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>William A. Butts, 1975 – 1982</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_M._Burse" class="mw-redirect" title="Raymond M. Burse">Raymond M. Burse</a>, 1982 – 1989<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_T._Wolfe_Jr." title="John T. Wolfe Jr.">John T. Wolfe, Jr.</a>, 1990 – 1991<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_L._Smith_(educator)" title="Mary L. Smith (educator)">Mary L. Smith</a>, 1991 – 1998<sup id="cite_ref-CTobit_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CTobit-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>George W. Reid, 1998 – 2002</li> <li>Mary Evans Sias, 2004 – 2014</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_M._Burse" class="mw-redirect" title="Raymond M. Burse">Raymond M. Burse</a>, 2014 – 2016</li> <li>M. Christopher Brown II, 2017 – 2021<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Ronald A. Johnson, (interim) 2022 – 2023 <sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koffi_C._Akakpo" title="Koffi C. Akakpo">Koffi C. Akakpo</a>, 2023 - Present</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Academics">Academics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_State_University&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Academics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="text-align:center; float:right; font-size:85%; margin-left:2em; margin:10px;" class="wikitable"> <caption><i>Demographics of undergraduate student body - Fall 2022</i> <sup id="cite_ref-enrollment2022_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enrollment2022-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th>Enrollment </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a> </th> <td>80.7% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Asian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian American">Asian American</a> </th> <td>0.5% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_Whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic Whites">Non-Hispanic White American</a> </th> <td>8.0% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic American</a> </th> <td>2.1% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> </th> <td>0.4% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Native_Hawaiians" title="Native Hawaiians">Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander</a> </th> <td>0.4% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Two or more races, non-Hispanic</a> </th> <td>4.3% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Nonresident </th> <td>0.8% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Unknown </th> <td>3.0% </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Enrollment history</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Per annum growth rate" class="abbr-header">±% p.a.</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2006 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,500</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2007 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,696</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+7.84%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2008 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,659</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−1.37%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2009 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,834</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+6.58%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 2010 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2,851</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+0.60%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2011 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,746</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−3.68%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2012 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,524</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−8.08%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2013 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,533</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+0.36%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2014 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,895</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−25.19%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 2015 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1,586</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−16.31%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2016 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,736</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+9.46%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2017 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,926</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+10.94%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2018 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,781</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−7.53%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2019 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,171</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+21.90%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb"> 2020 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2,290</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+5.48%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2021 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">2,279</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.48%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px"> 2022 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">1,726</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−24.27%</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Students are divided into five colleges, four associate degrees, 55 undergraduate degrees, and six postgraduate programs.<sup id="cite_ref-KSUQuickFacts20132014_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSUQuickFacts20132014-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KSUAcademicPrograms_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSUAcademicPrograms-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>College of Agriculture, Food Science, and Sustainable Systems</li> <li>College of Arts and Sciences</li> <li>College of Business and Computer Science</li> <li>College of Professional Studies</li></ul> <p>The university also offers five liberal study degrees through the Whitney Young School (WYS) of Honors and Liberal Studies, which consists of a Honors Program, an Integrative Studies Program, and an International Studies Program.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The degrees include Africana Studies and Liberal Studies.<sup id="cite_ref-KSUAcademicPrograms_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSUAcademicPrograms-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Demographics">Demographics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_State_University&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2022<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_State_University&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Kentucky State University was host to 1,343 undergraduate students. African Americans comprised 81% of the undergraduate student body.<sup id="cite_ref-enrollment2022_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-enrollment2022-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Library">Library</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_State_University&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Library"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Paul G. Blazer Library,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> constructed in 1960,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> houses a collection of more than 700,000 items includes extensive reference, periodical, and circulating collections of materials such as books, videos, microforms, sound recordings, and others, to aid students in their course work and research.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is named after <a href="/wiki/Paul_G._Blazer" title="Paul G. Blazer">Paul G. Blazer</a>, a strong supporter of education<sup id="cite_ref-book_1992_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-book_1992-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who was the founder and <a href="/wiki/CEO" class="mw-redirect" title="CEO">CEO</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ashland_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Ashland Inc.">Ashland Oil and Refining Company</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ashland,_Kentucky" title="Ashland, Kentucky">Ashland, Kentucky</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pawpaw_program">Pawpaw program</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_State_University&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Pawpaw program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>KYSU has the world's largest pawpaw (<i><a href="/wiki/Asimina_triloba" title="Asimina triloba">Asimina triloba</a></i>) research planting.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The research program was started in 1990 with the aim of developing pawpaw as a new tree-fruit crop for Kentucky.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pawpaw is the largest native fruit in the United States and has very few diseases compared to other orchard crops. KYSU is the site of the <a href="/wiki/USDA" class="mw-redirect" title="USDA">USDA</a> <a href="/wiki/National_Clonal_Germplasm_Repository" title="National Clonal Germplasm Repository">National Clonal Germplasm Repository</a> for <i>Asimina </i>species<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the pawpaw orchards at KYSU contain over 1,700 trees. Research activities include germplasm collection and variety trials, and efforts are directed towards improving propagation, understanding fruit ripening and storage, and developing orchard management practices. Cultivation is best in <a href="/wiki/Hardiness_zone" title="Hardiness zone">hardiness zones</a> 5-9 and trees take 7–8 years from seedling to fruiting. KYSU has created the three cultivars 'KSU-Atwood', 'KSU-Benson', and 'KSU-Chappell', with focus on better flavors, higher yields, vigorous plants, and low seed-to-pulp ratios.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ccd-cp-14_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ccd-cp-14-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kysu-propagation_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kysu-propagation-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kysu-cultiv2009_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kysu-cultiv2009-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Athletics">Athletics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_State_University&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Athletics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_State_Thorobreds_and_Thorobrettes" title="Kentucky State Thorobreds and Thorobrettes">Kentucky State Thorobreds and Thorobrettes</a></div> <p>Kentucky State University teams participate as a member of the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">Division II</a> <a href="/wiki/Southern_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference">Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference</a>. The school's mascot are the Thorobreds. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, and indoor and outdoor track and field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field, softball, and volleyball.<sup id="cite_ref-KSUThorobreds_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSUThorobreds-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kentucky State's main rivals include Tennessee State University, West Virginia State University, and Central State University. </p><p>The men's basketball team was national champions in 1970, 1971, and 1972 at the NAIA level. </p><p>The Exum Center, the university's athletic and recreational complex, was named after William Exum, the first African-American varsity football player at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Wisconsin">University of Wisconsin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Exum was hired as head of KSU's Physical Education department in 1949, and later made head of the Athletics department. He then became manager of the United States Track and Field teams at the <a href="/wiki/1972_Summer_Olympics" title="1972 Summer Olympics">1972</a> and <a href="/wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics" title="1976 Summer Olympics">1976 Olympics</a>. Exum retired from KSU in 1980. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mighty_Marching_Thorobreds">Mighty Marching Thorobreds</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_State_University&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Mighty Marching Thorobreds"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kentucky State University's marching band is named the Mighty Marching Thorobreds (MMT). MMT is one of the largest student organizations on campus with over 200 members. MMT has several notable performances including the <a href="/wiki/Honda_Battle_of_the_Bands" title="Honda Battle of the Bands">Honda Battle of the Bands</a> in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta</a> and the National Battle of the Bands in <a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston</a>. MMT is accompanied by the K-Rettes danceline and Silk Flag Corps.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_alumni">Notable alumni</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_State_University&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notable alumni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Kentucky_State_University_alumni" title="Category:Kentucky State University alumni">Category:Kentucky State University alumni</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:20%">Name </th> <th style="width:15%">Class year </th> <th style="width:*">Notability </th> <th style="width:10%" class="unsortable nowrap">Reference(s) </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ezzrett_Anderson" title="Ezzrett Anderson">Ezzrett Anderson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td class="note">One of the first African Americans from a predominantly African-American school to play professional football when he joined the Los Angeles Dons of the All-American Football Conference in 1947. He also played with the Los Angeles Mustangs. He played for the Hollywood Bears in the Pacific Coast League when they won the title. </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Bernard" title="Michael Bernard">Michael Bernard</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td class="note">Basketball player; the first from KSU to be drafted by the NBA in 1970 (Cincinnati Royals) </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Anna_Mac_Clarke" title="Anna Mac Clarke">Anna Mac Clarke</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1941 </td> <td class="note">Member of Women's Army Corps during WWII; 1st African American officer of an otherwise all-white company </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Colbert" title="Tom Colbert">Tom Colbert</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td class="note">First African-American Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Travis_Grant" title="Travis Grant">Travis "Machine" Grant</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td class="note">College basketball star on Kentucky State University's 1970, 1971 and 1972 NAIA National Championship teams. Played for the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" title="Los Angeles Lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</a> and the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Conquistadors" title="San Diego Conquistadors">San Diego Conquistadors</a> of the <a href="/wiki/American_Basketball_Association" title="American Basketball Association">American Basketball Association</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jayjay_Helterbrand" title="Jayjay Helterbrand">Jayjay Helterbrand</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td class="note">Filipino Player of the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the Philippine Basketball Association, 2008–09 Philippine Basketball Association MVP </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rod_Hill" title="Rod Hill">Rod Hill</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td class="note">Former professional football player who played six seasons in the NFL (1982–1987) and later starred in the CFL </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Cletidus_Hunt" title="Cletidus Hunt">Cletidus Hunt</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td class="note">Former professional football player who played six seasons in the NFL (1999–2004) </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Kendall_(American_football)" title="Joe Kendall (American football)">Joseph Kendall</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1938 </td> <td class="note">Former All-American Quarterback; dominated black college football in the 1930s while leading Kentucky State to a black college championship in 1934; the first person in KSU history to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame; inducted into the Kentucky State Athletics Hall of Fame in 1975. He has been a teacher, coach, and parks administrator in Owensboro, Kentucky </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Kenerson" title="John Kenerson">John Kenerson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td class="note">NFL, AFL and CFL player. </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Merritt_(American_football)" title="John Merritt (American football)">John Merritt</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1950 </td> <td class="note">Former head football coach at <a href="/wiki/Jackson_State_University" title="Jackson State University">Jackson State University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_University" title="Tennessee State University">Tennessee State University</a>. One of the winningest coaches in HBCU football. Inducted into the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a>. </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Council_Rudolph" title="Council Rudolph">Council Rudolph Jr.</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1972 </td> <td class="note">A native of Anniston, AL graduated from Cobb Avenue High School in 1968. In his senior season, he helped the team go to a 9-0-1 championship season. He earned all-conference honors and a scholarship to Kentucky State. In his senior season, Kentucky State ended 8-3-0 and played in the Orange Blossom Classic Bowl game. He was a Pittsburgh Courier Honorable mention. He was inducted into both the Kentucky State Athletic Hall of Fame and Calhoun County (AL) Sports Hall of Fame. Drafted into the NFL in the seventh round, he helped the St. Louis Football Cardinals win two NFC East Championships (1974 & 1975). He retired after playing 6 seasons in the NFL with Houston, St. Louis and Tampa Bay. </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Yingluck_Shinawatra" title="Yingluck Shinawatra">Yingluck Shinawatra</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1991 </td> <td class="note">The 28th and first female <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Thailand" title="Prime Minister of Thailand">Prime Minister of Thailand</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_F._Shobe" title="Benjamin F. Shobe">Benjamin F. Shobe</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1941 </td> <td class="note">Civil rights attorney and jurist who advocated for the desegregation of public education and public facilities in the Commonwealth of Kentucky </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Sibert" title="Sam Sibert">Sam Sibert</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td class="note">Former college basketball standout; Drafted as the 19th player in the 1972 NBA Draft by the Cincinnati Royals </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Moneta_Sleet_Jr." title="Moneta Sleet Jr.">Moneta Sleet Jr.</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1947 </td> <td class="note">Photographer for <i><a href="/wiki/Ebony_magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Ebony magazine">Ebony</a></i>, won a <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a> for his picture of <a href="/wiki/Coretta_Scott_King" title="Coretta Scott King">Coretta Scott King</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Funeral_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Funeral of Martin Luther King Jr.">funeral of Martin Luther King Jr.</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Effie_Waller_Smith" title="Effie Waller Smith">Effie Waller Smith</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">ca. 1900 </td> <td class="note">Educator & poet; poet James Still called her "Kentucky's Emily Dickinson" </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Elmore_Smith" title="Elmore Smith">Elmore Smith</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td class="note"><a href="/wiki/National_Basketball_Association" title="National Basketball Association">NBA</a> and college basketball player, who is listed among the top rebounders in college basketball history, starred on KSU's 1970 and 1971 national championship teams. Holds the NAIA records for Rebounds in a Season (799 in 1971 also tops on the NCAA All-Divisions list, as well as being eighth with 682 in 1970) and Career Average (22.6, seventh on the NCAA All-Divisions list), while ranking eighth on the NCAA All-Divisions Career list with 1719 total despite being the only player in the top 10 to play only three seasons. Earned NCAA Division II First Team All-American honors in 1971. A seven-foot center, Smith played in the NBA for eight seasons (1971–1979) and was the third overall pick in the <a href="/wiki/1971_NBA_draft" title="1971 NBA draft">1971 NBA draft</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Braves" title="Buffalo Braves">Buffalo Braves</a>; listed amongst all-time greatest shot-blockers in NBA history even though that statistic was only recorded for six of his seasons. </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Herb_Trawick" title="Herb Trawick">Herb Trawick</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1942 </td> <td class="note">First black man to play in the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">Canadian Football League</a>; played for the Montreal Alouettes 1946–1957 and was a seven-time All-Star; played in 4 <a href="/wiki/Grey_Cup" title="Grey Cup">Grey Cup</a> Championships, winning in 1949; was inducted into the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cfhof.ca/members/herb-trawick/">Canadian Football Hall of Fame</a> in 1975. </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Luska_Twyman" title="Luska Twyman">Luska Twyman</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td class="note">Kentucky's first African American mayor in 1968 when he became mayor of <a href="/wiki/Glasgow,_Kentucky" title="Glasgow, Kentucky">Glasgow, Kentucky</a>. </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Davey_Whitney" title="Davey Whitney">Davey 'Wiz' Whitney</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1953 </td> <td class="note">Former head basketball coach at Texas Southern University and Alcorn State University. One of the winningest coaches in HBCU basketball. Inducted into <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame">National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Harrison_Wilson,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Harrison Wilson, Jr.">Harrison Wilson, Jr.</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1950 </td> <td class="note">Became the second President of <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_State_University" title="Norfolk State University">Norfolk State College</a> in 1975 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;" class="vcard"> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Whitney_M._Young_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Whitney M. Young Jr.">Whitney M. Young Jr.</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1941 </td> <td class="note">Former civil rights leader, educator and executive; former Executive Director who led the National Urban League through its most prosperous period; served many presidential commissions including as a Vietnam elections observer in 1967 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_faculty">Notable faculty</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_State_University&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notable faculty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Category:Kentucky_State_University_faculty" title="Category:Kentucky State University faculty">Category:Kentucky State University faculty</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wilfred_Reilly" title="Wilfred Reilly">Wilfred Reilly</a>, contemporary professor and published author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_C._Tillis" title="Frederick C. Tillis">Frederick C. Tillis</a>, educator, professor, musician</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kentucky_State_University&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-KSUHistory-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-KSUHistory_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KSUHistory_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KSUHistory_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KSUHistory_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KSUHistory_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KSUHistory_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kysu.edu/about-ksu/history.php">"History of Kentucky State University"</a>. Kentucky State University<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontier_Nursing_University" title="Frontier Nursing University">Frontier Nursing University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgetown_College" title="Georgetown College">Georgetown College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Christian_University" title="Kentucky Christian University">Kentucky Christian University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Mountain_Bible_College" title="Kentucky Mountain Bible College">Kentucky Mountain Bible College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Wesleyan_College" title="Kentucky Wesleyan College">Kentucky Wesleyan College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington_Theological_Seminary" title="Lexington Theological Seminary">Lexington Theological Seminary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Wilson_College" title="Lindsey Wilson College">Lindsey Wilson College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville_Presbyterian_Theological_Seminary" title="Louisville Presbyterian Theological 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