Onward & Upward: Year In Review - Kentucky State University

HOMECOMING 2011
Oct. 7-9
2010-2011
Year In Review
KSU Celebrates 125 Years
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KSU Adopts New Banner System
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Homecoming 2011 Events
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President
Dr. Mary Evans Sias
Editor
Hinfred McDuffie
Associate Editor
Felicia Lewis
Staff Writer
Shawntaye Hopkins
Contributing
Garland Higgins
Graphic Designer
Diane Murphy
M I S S I O N
STATEMENT
Kentucky State University,
building on its legacy of
achievement as a historically
black, liberal arts and 1890 land
grant university, affords access
to and prepares a diverse student
population of traditional and nontraditional
students to compete
in a multifaceted, everchanging
global society by providing
student-centered learning while
integrating teaching, research
and service through highquality
undergraduate and select
graduate programs. Kentucky
State University is committed
to keeping relevant its legacy of
service by proactively engaging
the community in partnerships
on civic projects driven by the
objective of positively impacting
the quality of life of the citizens of
the Commonwealth.
Contents
Year In Review
KSU Celebrates 125 Years ....................................... 1
From The President ................................................. 2
President Sias Assumes Chair of APLU Board ....... 2
From The Editor ...................................................... 3
New Banner System Launched ................................ 3
KSU School of Business Receives
Reaffirmation of Accreditation ............................... 4
KSU Celebrates International Education Week
with Cultural Events ............................................. 5
Whitney Young Statue Designer Shares Story ...... 6
Homecoming 2010 Weekend was Sunny Success ... 7
Business Alumna Sells Creations
At Street Fest ......................................................... 8
Pitch Perfect : Opera Great Advises
Students On Vocal Performance ........................ 10
KSU Booth Teaches WEG Visitors About
Aquaculture, Technology .................................... 10
KSU & HUD Announce Partnership for Fair
Housing ............................................................... 11
KSU Honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
at Annual Birthday Celebration. ........................ 11
Thorobrettes Win
SIAC Volleyball Championship .......................... 12
Coach Turns Love Of Baseball Into A Career ...... 12
2011 Spring Sports Wrap-up ................................. 13
Alumni News ......................................................... 14
KSU Celebrates Black History Month................... 15
Homecoming 2011 Events ..................................... 16

KSU Celebrates 125 Years
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n January, Kentucky State University
began a yearlong celebration
to recognize 125 years of
preparing students to contribute
to a more productive, diverse and
ethical workforce and of building
stronger communities. The celebration’s
theme is “Uniting Generations
. . . Securing Futures.”
Banners displaying the 125th
anniversary logo are located across
campus, leaving a visual impression
that KSU is in celebration
mode. And Kentucky State University
has much to celebrate.
“Our many achievements include
the recent reaffirmations
of accreditation of the university’s
overall programs and also
the School of Business. New undergraduate
and graduate programs are continually
planned to keep the university on the cutting edge of
preparing knowledgeable and skilled graduates. And
our students are required to participate in community-service
projects so that we also produce conscientious
global citizens,” says KSU President Mary Evans
Sias.
“If you look around, you’ll see that we are building
new facilities as well as continuously updating
with new technology to better reach students on
campus and beyond,” Sias says further.
“Also, our alumni have been integral partners
in creating a university of distinction that positively
impacts the state, the region and our nation,” Sias
says. “All members of the KSU community should
be proud of what we have accomplished at Kentucky
State University in 125 years.
Continuing its 125th anniversary celebration,
the university is hosting a variety of activities and
events during the fall, including performing arts
events.
Alumni and friends will also be invited to the
opening of the new Rosenwald Center for Families
and Children and the Aquaculture Production Technologies
Laboratory.
The Rosenwald Center for Families and Children
will offer educational programs to families with
young children. Plans include classrooms ranging
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from infant to after-school care,
observation rooms for students in
KSU’s Early Childhood Education
Program, a full-service kitchen and
a multipurpose room for indoor
play and group activities. The Rosenwald
Center is aiming for Leadership
in Energy and Environmental
Design energy efficiency
certification.
The Aquaculture Production
Technologies Laboratory will allow
aquaculture researchers to test and
develop technologies for the production
and retail sales of various
species of fresh- and saltwater fish.
In addition to the tank room, where
species growth research will be conducted,
the building will include a
wet laboratory, a genetics lab and a
water-quality lab.
The university plans to also launch its new stateof-the-art
Kentucky River floating science laboratory.
The Kentucky River Thorobred is a specialized boat
that is being outfitted according to U.S. Coast Guard
specifications. It is designed for teaching KSU students,
visiting school groups and tourists about the
riverfront and water ecology.
Other activities include a schedule of community-service
projects that will have a big impact on the
community.
“An extra special homecoming is planned for
our 125th anniversary during the weekend of Oct.
7-9. Alumni and friends are invited to come home
for Homecoming Weekend to honor and pay tribute
to Kentucky State University’s legacy,” says Hinfred
McDuffie, vice president for administration, external
relations and development. “At that time we will also
present to alumni the details of the university’s fiveyear
capital campaign, whose name reflects our anniversary
theme: ‘Uniting Generations . . . Securing
Futures - A Campaign for Kentucky State University.’”
“The $12.5 million, multiyear campaign will fund
scholarships, endowments and improvements to the
campus’ athletic infrastructure. We are looking to
partner with our alumni, corporations and foundations,
other organizations and friends for this tremendous
and worthwhile effort,” says William H. Wilson,
associate vice president for development.

Year In Review
From The President
Dr. Mary Evans Sias
In 1886 Jacob’s Pharmacy sold the first Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Karl Benz received
a patent for the first successful gasoline-driven car, the Statue of Liberty was
dedicated and Kentucky State University was established.
We have reached a significant milestone, and my reflections on KSU’s history
and legacy have led to some insights about our endurance and sustainability beyond
125 years. I think about the many great teachers and outstanding graduates
that have walked our halls and filled our classrooms. I think about the progress
we’ve made in growing our infrastructure. I think about the difference this institution
has made in people’s lives.
Though KSU is more than a century old, we remain a youthful, flexible enterprise
that embraces innovation in the way we teach, do research and provide
community service. Our extension outreach is making a difference in the lives of
families and is teaching small farmers ways to grow and sell new products in a changing market. Many of our
faculty, staff and students volunteer their time and talents to help young people and our communities be successful.
Finally, as the global community advances via technology, KSU advances. More and more of our students are
earning degrees from their home computers as well as in smart classrooms.
Speaking of technology, I want to thank our staff and faculty who contributed many hours of hard work to
launch the university’s new Banner System, a campuswide initiative that integrates our administrative processes
and technologies. An exact determination of their sweat equity is impossible, but the value added to the university
because of their efforts is priceless.
I also want to thank all board members, administrators, alumni, faculty, staff, students, partners and friends
who have contributed to Kentucky State University’s status as a viable, forward-moving and adaptable university
that continues to unite generations and secure futures.
President Sias Assumes Chair Of
APLU Board Of Directors
During the 2010 annual meeting of the Association
of Public and Land-grant Universities, Dr.
Mary Evans Sias, president of Kentucky State University,
officially assumed the role of chair of the association’s
board of directors. Upon accepting her
new role on Nov. 15 in Dallas, Texas, Sias challenged
APLU members to be instruments for change.
APLU is a non-profit association of public research
universities, land-grant institutions and state
university systems with member campuses in all 50
states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
The association is governed by a chair and a board of
directors elected from the member universities and
university systems.
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The association’s membership comprises 218 institutions,
consisting of state universities, land-grant
universities and state-university systems. The total includes
76 U.S. land-grant institutions, of which 18 are
the historically black institutions. In addition, APLU
represents the interests of the nation’s 33 American
Indian land-grant colleges.
Sias has served on the executive committee for
the APLU Commission on Access, Diversity and Excellence,
whose primary focus is to develop a comprehensive
agenda regarding the relationships between
public higher education and the issues of human resources
and social change.

Year In Review
From The Editor
Hinfred McDuffie
Kentucky State University has kicked off its 125th anniversary with a $12.5 million
capital campaign: Uniting Generations . . . Securing Futures – A Campaign
for Kentucky State University.
The goal of the capital campaign is to support students who will be our future
leaders. Many students’ first experiences as leaders occur on a college campus.
They become involved as campus leaders because they want to help others, and
many KSU students continue their success as leaders after graduation.
KSU’s multiyear capital campaign will award scholarships to students in various
fields of study. The campaign’s goals also include increasing the university’s endowments
and enhancing its athletic infrastructure. Every student will be touched
by the support from alumni, corporate partners and other friends. Endowments, for example, support our teaching,
research and public service missions. They also answer the competing demands for funding the university’s
current and future operations.
A college education continues to be critical to the quality of life of individuals. The U.S. Census Bureau found
that workers with a bachelor’s degree earn about $26,000 more on average than workers with a high school diploma.
But it’s not solely about earned income. It’s about community.
Consider giving to Kentucky State University. We give because of what a college education means to us personally.
We also give because a critical mass of well-educated individuals impacts our nation’s ability to compete
successfully in the global marketplace. It impacts our families. It impacts our communities.
KSU Moves Forward With New Administrative System
As Kentucky State University celebrates its 125th anniversary,
it is moving forward toward streamlining its
business processes and improving its delivery of services
to students.
For about two years, the KSU community has invested
financial and personnel resources to implement a new enterprise
resource planning system through Banner, a SunGard
Banner Higher Education product. The new KSU Banner
System will integrate internal and external data and management
information affecting students across the entire university
more efficiently. “KSU no longer uses the previous model
of multiple systems to store and process student information,”
says Whit Whitaker, KSU’s Banner project manager. The university’s
investment in the ERP system integrates all of the information
into the Banner system.”
The multiyear system migration launched in January of
this year, and the core system was fully implemented this summer.
As it tweaks the finance, financial aid and student services
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Sikita Lanier of Human Resources presents some of the advancements
her team made through Banner training at an
implementation team meeting.

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KSU School Of Business
Receives Reaffirmation Of Accreditation
Kentucky State University’s School of Business received
reaffirmation of its accreditation by the
Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs
last fall. KSU’s undergraduate business programs
are accredited through 2020.
“I am happy because we have continued the
legacy here. We have not failed the students,” said
Dr. Gashaw Lake, dean of the College of Professional
Studies, where the School of Business has resided.
Dr. Gashaw Lake
KSU was accredited in November by the
ACBSP to offer the Bachelor of Arts in Business degree
specializing in the following programs: accounting,
finance, general business, management, management
information systems and marketing.
ACBSP is one of two major accrediting organizations
that support and reward teaching excellence
in business programs. Its mission is to develop, promote
and recognize best practices that contribute to
continuous improvement of business education and
accredit qualified business programs.
Led by assistant professor of accounting Kim
Sipes and School of Business interim chair Dr. Stephen
Graham-Hill, the team of business professors
had worked earnestly toward ACBSP reaffirmation
since the 2008-2009 school year. Lake said the business
school is continuing to assess its programs with
plans to add more faculty, online courses and smart
classrooms.
The improvement plans include applying for accreditation
of the business school’s Master of Business
Administration program for the first time. The
university also will add an executive MBA program.
“We plan to be more competitive, and we plan
to put the School of Business on the map,” Lake said.
“Accreditation helps us to recruit and retain good
students and faculty. It helps us to continue our heritage
of excellence.”
Lake said he appreciated the leadership from
and support of KSU President Mary Evans Sias and
former interim Provost James Chapman for the success
of the school’s reaffirmation efforts.
“Business has been one of the strongest areas because
of the number of students it attracts,” Sias said.
“This affirms our desire to produce professionals who
will be leaders in a global society.”
“It is clear that the faculty in the School of Business
take a lot of pride in what they do and how they
do it. That was evident in the outstanding job done
on the reaffirmation visit,” she said further.
“This is a major milestone,” Chapman said when
thanking the business faculty. “Thank you all for your
diligence and hard work in making this happen. I applaud
Dean Lake’s leadership along with the faculty
and staff who participated.”
The business school’s reaccreditation came in
addition to reaffirmation of the university’s overall
accreditation in 2009 by the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools.
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KSU Celebrates International Education
Week With Cultural Events
Kentucky State University’s Office of Global Programming,
the International Student Association
and the Scholarships for Education and Eco-
nomic Development program hosted a number of
events in November in honor of International Education
Week.
The celebration is an initiative by the U.S. Department
of State and the U.S. Department of Education
to show the importance and benefits of international
education and exchange. It is also part of a
national effort to prepare Americans for a global environment
and attract future leaders from abroad to
study, learn and exchange experiences in the United
States.
Among the events planned for International Education
Week were a Parade of Flags down the campus’
main drive, showing the community the various
countries and ethnicities represented on campus. A
series of lectures and discussions also were held as
well as a banquet.
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functions and human resources services of the current
Banner System, the university also plans to add more
service-oriented components in the near future.
Moving to Banner has meant more streamlined
accounting, payroll, purchasing and requisitioning processing.
Switching student financial aid and student administration
services to the new system means a more
efficient delivery of services to students as well. Students
will get admitted, receive financial aid, get registered,
view their grades, schedule advising and pay their bills
through the integrated system.
“SunGard has delivered on what it said it would
do, and the university is experiencing a smooth transition,”
says Hinfred McDuffie, vice president for administration,
external relations and development. “We are
moving forward with a more integrated system, where
information retrieved and reports generated will be immediately
at the fingertips of users.”
“Staff spent hundreds of hours implementing the
Banner System in addition to their day-to-day responsibilities.
They took on the additional responsibilities
of learning the new system, customizing Banner to our
needs and training co-workers on the processes,” says
President Mary Evans Sias.
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Months before the January launch, the university
began the process of converting data from the university’s
old SIS Plus system to the new system. Conversion
activities included pretest exercises, which required
teams to practice the student records, financial aid and
accounts receivable aspects of the system. Test scenarios
included processes such as recruiting and admitting
students, assigning academic advisers, making student
housing assignments and awarding financial aid.
The pretest and final testing exercises assisted the
implementation process in three ways, according to
Whitaker. First, it re-enforced the staff’s Banner skills.
Second, it tested the accuracy and thoroughness of the
system’s security procedures. Finally, it verified and validated
Banner’s implementation completeness to date.
“The purpose of the testing exercises is to work
through and test the implementation results for each of
the Banner system modules and to resolve or correct any
remaining problems,” Whitaker says.
The finance, financial aid, human resources and
student records modules have gone live, or been fully
implemented, with student accounting information and
the final conversion of students’ academic history left to
be loaded into the system, says Whitaker.

Year In Review
Whitney Young Statue Designer Shares Story
Ed Hamilton
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then one of
Ed Hamilton’s sculptures represents thousands of
pages of research.
The Louisville-based sculptor who designed the
Whitney M. Young Jr. likeness that greets all visitors
to Kentucky State University’s campus also designed
the Spirit of Freedom Memorial in Washington, D.C.,
honoring the African American soldiers who fought
in the Civil War. In addition, he created the Abraham
Lincoln sculpture sitting in Louisville’s Waterfront
Park, the Migration to the West piece in Louisville’s
Frazier International History Museum and many
more famous works throughout the United States.
“I try to do a lot of reading, a lot of research
about the subject so that I can accurately portray it,”
Hamilton said when he visited KSU during Homecoming
2010.
He takes into account where the piece will be
placed and the materials he will use. Then he begins
a conceptual design. From there, the piece blossoms
into his finished work.
The location and position were especially important
for the Whitney Young sculpture, he said.
“I knew he would be at the entrance, and I wanted
to make him a welcoming figure, with his hand
extended,” Hamilton said. “He was such a people person.
He fought for the rights of so many, and he was
a good man and humanitarian.
I wanted to show
that.”
Hamilton was commissioned
to create the
statue by the Kentucky
State University National
Alumni Association and
KSU Foundation. The
statue was dedicated in
1998.
Whitney Young was
a civil rights pioneer who
led the National Urban
League into prominence
during the 1960s. He
graduated from KSU in
1941.
One of the students
Young statue
the statue has inspired over the years is Hamilton’s
daughter, Kendra, who graduated in 2000 from KSU
with a degree in business and music.
Thanks to his daughter and his partnership with
the alumni association, Hamilton has always attended
KSU’s Homecoming festivities, and 2010 was no
exception.
“I have always enjoyed coming to Kentucky
State’s Homecoming,” Hamilton said. “My wife (Bernadette)
and I are friends with Laura Douglas (chair
of the KSU Board of Regents) and her husband, my
daughter is an alumna and we have always supported
KSU.”
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Homecoming 2010 Weekend Was Sunny Success
President Sias with (from left) Lytle Davis, KSU National
Alumni Association president Dr. George Moore, Tish Norman,
Gloria Bond and National Alumni Association Vice
President Venita Hawkins during the Founder’s Day Convocation.
Davis and Bond received the William Goodwin Award.
Norman, who is with the Lexington Alumni Chapter, was the
speaker.
Kentucky State University alumni and friends
could have asked for a better outcome to the
Homecoming 2010 game, but they could not have
asked for better weather. The sunny, crisp conditions
partnered perfectly with the parade, game and tailgating
events on Oct. 16.
And fans were treated to a halftime show jampacked
with music when the KSU and Clark Atlanta
marching bands took the field for their shows, which
spilled over into the latter part of the game as the two
bands continued to play, joined by some of the high
school bands that traveled to Frankfort to participate
in the Homecoming parade and watch the game.
While the Thorobreds battled the Clark Atlanta
Panthers, eventually falling 19-7, Tailgate Village was
lively with fans grilling, chilling, laughing and playing
cornhole. In the stands, green and gold pompoms
waved, cheering on the team, as fans sang along with
the band or responded to the cheerleaders.
“This is my first time here, but I am having a
wonderful time,” said Theresa Foster of Orlando,
Fla. She was one of a group of 32 Fosters from Ohio,
Michigan, Florida, Texas, Indiana and Georgia who
descended on Frankfort for Homecoming. Theresa’s
husband, Tony Foster ’84, and his relatives attended
KSU, and her niece, Marcal Turner, was a freshman
in the band.
“We brought all of the youths (in our family) so
that we could show them the importance of an education,”
said Lisa Pointer, a Foster family member
from Detroit, Mich. “We want to show them early
what college is about and inspire them to start planning
for their future.”
That was one of the key messages in Founder’s
Day speaker Tish Norman’s address. She encouraged
the audience to take responsibility for their own excellence
and said KSU was the perfect place to lay the
foundation for their excellence.
“The soul of KSU lives in all of you,” Norman ’95
said. “Continue to ignite the flame of excellence and
let it forever burn.”
Norman was not the only one reminiscing. In
between events, alumni and friends caught up on
campus and in the lobby of the Capital Plaza Hotel.
Then they showed off their dance moves at the Alumni/Community
Concert featuring the Stylistics on
Friday night and at the Old School Jam on Saturday.
Homecoming Committee Chair Ron Banks was
pleased with “Let’s Do It Again: Homecoming 2010,”
saying attendance for all of the events had increased,
spirits were high and the weather was good.
“All I have heard are great things,” Banks said.
“McDonald’s ran out of biscuits at the breakfast this
year, the parade had a much bigger crowd, coronation
was beautiful and the concerts were well attended.
The most important thing was everyone left the
way they came – happy and safe.”
The Foster family enjoy a mini reunion during KSU’s
Homecoming Weekend.
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Alumni are treated to lunch after
Founder’s Day Program.
Mr. and Miss KSU are crowned.
KSU and Clark Atlanta bump heads at Homecoming
Game.
Guests enjoy hospitality at the Pres
Reception before Homecoming Gam
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Business Alumn
One day when Tee Draper was
shopping, she could not find
anything she liked. She went to a fabric
store, found materials and a pattern and
created her own clothing.
Soon after, she received so many
compliments that she began taking orders.
“I was working six days a week and
doing this on my day off,” Draper said. “It
just made sense to start my own company.
This was what I was most passionate
about.”

ing 2010
Ham and Jam organizers include KSU’s
Jennifer Miles; Bob Waitkus of Graviss
McDonald’s in Frankfort; Ronald Banks,
Homecoming Committee chair; Carmen
Inman, Frankfort Area Chamber of Commerce
executive director; and Joy Jeffries, Frankfort/
Franklin County Tourist and Convention
Commission executive director.
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Founder’s Day Celebration
a Sells Creations At Street Fest
Draper, who graduated with her undergraduate
When she became serious about her business
degree in 2002 and her master’s in 2004, brought idea, she attended the Columbus College of Art and
some of her creations to Kentucky State University’s
Design, where she learned to create her own patterns.
Homecoming 2010 Street Fest. Though she typically
does in-home sales, she wanted to return to her alma
Now she regularly uses her own patterns for purses,
mater and try her luck as a vendor.
which are among her most popular items.
“I always support Homecoming and come back
“I purchase my own textiles based on what moves
to visit everyone, so I thought why not mix the two?”
me and then create something I know that I would
Draper said.
like to wear,” Draper said. “I have always been quite
Kustom Aide is based out of Columbus, Ohio,
and offers purses, jewelry and clothing, where Draper a fashionista, so it was really a matter of working for
offers showcases of her customized creations.
myself or working for someone else.”
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Year In Review
Pitch Perfect:
Opera Great Advises Students On Vocal Performance
William Ray stands with (from left) Brandi Bonner, Qiana
Younge and Arielle Crosby, the three sopranos he evaluated
during his master class.
William Ray started his vocal master class Nov.
11 by asking the audience members if they
knew who Methuselah was.
When a student said that he was the oldest man
listed in the Bible and was associated with old age,
Ray replied, “I’m his oldest brother.”
While he may have started at Kentucky State
University following World War II, the former opera
singer has not missed a beat. He offered three KSU
sopranos suggestions to improve their vocal performance
and tips to the other students on how to more
fully engage their audience.
“You need to get into (the song) and get the feeling
of it,” Ray said. “The more you are comfortable
with it, the more the audience is comfortable with it.”
He told aspiring singers to learn the languages
they are singing, because he said anyone who speaks
the language will be able to pinpoint incorrect grammar
or pronunciations. Also, in order to more fully
captivate a crowd, vocalists must learn the meaning
behind the words they sing. That way they can more
fully express the love, sorrow, yearning and distress
in the song.
“It was very beneficial, especially what he was
saying about my pronunciation,” said Brandi Bonner,
a sophomore music education major who was one of
the singers critiqued. “I did not realize that I was saying
some of the words wrong or that I was not hitting
some of the notes. He taught me to be more aware of
what I am doing when I am singing.”
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KSU Booth Teaches WEG Visitors About Aquaculture, Technology
Kentucky State University’s Division of Aquaculture
introduced the visitors at the 2010 Alltech
FEI World Equestrian Games to “How We Learn Today.”
They were both informed and entertained at a
high-tech booth featuring iPads, a Microsoft Surface
multiuser computer and models of iPods, netbook
computers, e-readers and smart phones. The World
Equestrian Games were held in September and October
in Lexington, Ky.
All of the technological devices had video streaming
to their screens, showing information about aquaculture
and teaching visitors about how they could access
KSU courses online.
The Division of Aquaculture offers online and
downloadable courses through iTunes U, which has
content and classes from universities. The courses serve
students in 17 countries and 37 states.
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Visitors also could explore the Microsoft Surface,
which allowed multiple people to access content at the
same time. Children were frequent visitors to the booth
because they loved using the multiple technological devices.
Legendary jockey Pat Day and 2010-2011 National
High School Rodeo Queen Callie Martin also dropped
by to explore the technology.

Year In Review
KSU, HUD Announce Partnership For Fair Housing
When representatives from the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development visited
Kentucky State University’s campus Oct. 14, they
planned to announce a new partnership between
the department and university and discuss housing
concerns with KSU students.
What they found was a group ready to tackle the
needs of those uninformed about their housing rights.
At the luncheon, John Trasviña, assistant secretary
of fair housing and equal opportunity for HUD, and KSU
President Mary Evans Sias discussed the Fair Housing
Innovative Education Program at KSU, including courses
and a curriculum designed to educate students about
fair housing and how to advocate on behalf of others,
internships within the department and opportunities to
help the department monitor fair housing practices in
the area.
Afterward, Trasviña and his staff met with a group
of KSU students to discuss their involvement on campus,
how they could help promote the new program and their
experiences with housing in Frankfort. What the HUD
Kentucky State University’s
annual program celebrating
the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. featured keynote speaker
J. Michael Brown, who counseled
the audience to avoid being stuck
in the past, to live in the present
and to elevate the mind.
KSU’s celebration was held
Jan. 20 in KSU’s Bradford Hall Auditorium. Sharing
a quick history lesson, Brown, who is the secretary of
the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, said
that President Reagan signed the federal holiday into
law in 1983. The holiday was first observed on the
same day as this year’s celebration 25 years ago, in
1986. He also noted, however, that all 50 states did
not officially observe the holiday until 2000.
Brown advised the audience not to remain in
representatives found was that many KSU students were
passionate about educating their peers about their rights.
Like senior Kendra Joseph, Sias found a perfect
apartment when she was in graduate school at the
University of Wisconsin. She applied in person and
was not given the apartment. She later heard from
her classmates that the landlady would not rent to her
because of her preconceived notions about African
American women. She fought the denial, won and had
the landlady pay her rent at another apartment for the
rest of her graduate career in Wisconsin.
“We think that (housing discrimination) is not a
significant issue now, but that is not true,” Sias said at the
luncheon. “There is a need for enforcement and a need
for knowledge.”
The HUD representatives asked the students
the best way to engage their fellow classmates and to
communicate their housing rights to them. Among other
ideas, the students encouraged HUD to use social media,
to plan an event and to target second-semester freshmen
and first-semester sophomores who will be considering
off-campus housing in the future.
KSU Honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
At Annual Birthday Celebration
Attorney J.
Michael Brown
this country’s segregated past, but to look forward
to a more positive future. He said the world is more
connected today than ever before.
He quoted King relating to how all of life is interrelated:
“We are tied together in a single garment
of destiny, caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.
And whatever affects one directly affects all
indirectly.”
“It is true that the world is much more globally
connected now than it ever was,” said Brown. “He
(King) was prophetic in that statement. It’s true that
we are more interrelated – maybe more than we almost
need to be. Technology is such that news travels
so fast that it can be distorted even before it ever really
gets out. We have Facebook. We have tweets. . . .
Information pours into you from a variety of sources,
continued on page 15
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Year In Review
Thorobrettes Win SIAC Volleyball Championship
Kentucky State University
2010 Championship Volleyball Team
In a rematch of the 2009 championship match, Kentucky
State University defeated Albany State University
in straight sets – 25-20, 25-12 and 25-22 – to
claim the 2010 SIAC Volleyball Championship.
The Thorobrettes were led by junior outside hitter
Mercedes Parker, who finished with 15 kills and
two blocks in the championship match, and junior
setter Brittany Stewart, who tallied 42 assists and 4
blocks. Parker, a 2010 All-SIAC selection, was named
Tournament MVP while Stewart was named Setter
of the Tournament. Also, Kyetta May was named
Coach of the Tournament. KSU finished with a perfect
4-0 record in the tournament, dropping just one
set against Benedict.
KSU’s road to the title went through Fort Valley
State University (#6 East), Benedict College (#2
East), Claflin University (#1 East) and Albany State
(#4E). In four matches,
KSU racked up
191 kills and hit an
incredible .346 as a
team. In the championship
match, Parker
had a match-high
and season-high .625
attack percentage
with 15 kills and no
errors on 24 attacks.
She also recorded a
match, season and
Faculty Regent Edwin Conner,
along with the entire Board of
Regents, receives a volleyball
autographed by KSU’s
championship team.
career-high 26 kills in the Thorobrettes’ 3-1 victory
over Benedict.
With their victory, the Thorobrettes ended Albany
State’s nine-year conference championship run.
Coach Turns Love Of Baseball Into A Career
Warren May has been surrounded by
baseball his whole life. The son of a
former Major League Baseball player and
coach, May grew up loving and playing
baseball.
Now, the former high school and college
standout has joined Kentucky State
University as its head baseball coach.
“We are happy to have Coach May
on our staff,” says Dr. Denisha Hendricks,
athletic director. “He has a wealth of experience
and is very enthusiastic about
the sport and working with our young
men.”
May began his career with the Jackie
Joyner Kersey league, where he mentored
adolescents and helped them to develop their skills.
He then spent one year at Clark Atlanta University
assisting with the Panthers’ baseball team.
Coach Warren May
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“I’ve been passionate about baseball
all my life,” May says. “I want to develop
my players into men by preparing them
to take on and succeed at new opportunities.
I want them to become positive, productive
citizens because baseball is only a
small piece in life’s puzzle.”
May attended Southern University
in Baton Rouge, La., and led his team to
back-to-back Southwestern Athletic Conference
titles and NCAA Tournament appearances
in 1994 and 1995. After graduation,
May played one year with the St.
Louis Colts, a semi-pro baseball team in
the Mon-Clair League.
He is working on his master’s in
school counseling from Lindenwood University. He
lives in Frankfort with his wife, Kyetta, and their
daughter, Kyler.

Year In Review
Outdoor Track and Field
Head Coach Von Smith, along with assistant coaches
Markus Broussard and Erica Dunn, led KSU’s men’s
and women’s outdoor track and field teams to seventh-place
finishes at the 2011 Southern Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference Championship.
Smith was nominated for South Region Head
Coach of the Year, while Broussard and Dunn were
nominated for South Region Assistant Coach of the
Year. For the first time, the U.S. Track & Field and
Cross Country Coaches Association has named All-
Region honorees for outdoor track and field in Division
II. The top five from each region in individual
events and each member of a relay ranked in the region’s
top three have earned the All-Region distinction
for the 2011 outdoor season.
A total of 1,250 athletes received 1,838 all-region
nods in the inaugural outdoor class, and KSU
had eight student-athletes (three men, five women)
named to the South Region men’s and women’s teams.
The honorees for the 2011 Outdoor Track and Field
South Region teams are as follows:
Men
Deven Boxx - Shot Put
Kieren Broussard - 800 Meter Run
Cory Spalding - High Jump
2011 Spring Sports Wrap-up
Women
Tonisha DeLorch - Long Jump
Ciara Gibson - High Jump
Tiffany Jones - 100 Meter Hurdles
Brittany Stewart - Javelin
Ebone Washington - 100 Meter Hurdles
In addition to their regional honors, Cory Spalding
was named to the 2011 SIAC Men’s Track and
Field All-Conference Second Team in the high jump,
while Brittany Stewart was named to the 2011 SIAC
Women’s Track and Field All-Conference First Team
in the javelin throw. Tiffany Jones was also named
to the 2011 SIAC Women’s Track and Field All-Academic
Team, maintaining a 3.81 grade point average
in biology.
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Men’s Golf
The Thorobreds finished third in the 2011 SIAC Golf
Classic. With rounds of 352, 346 and 338, the team
total of 1,036 outpaced Paine College and LeMoyne-
Owen College for the third-place finish.
Josh Jackson was the team’s low scorer with a total
of 248 strokes over the three days and was named
to the 2011 SIAC All-Conference Second Team.
Baseball
Around the diamond, KSU’s baseball squad made it
into the SIAC Championship Tournament in Albany,
Ga., with a 6-6 conference record.
Junior right fielder Raphael Amey was named to
the 2011 All-Conference Second Team. During the
regular season Amey led the Thorobreds in nearly all
statistical categories and was the only student-athlete
to play and start in all 37 games. He led the offense,
batting .360 with a .536 slugging percentage and a
.400 on-base percentage. Amey was also successful
stealing 33-of-40 bases and scored 29 runs. Defensively,
he was responsible for 76 putouts while maintaining
a .920 fielding percentage.
Softball
The Thorobrettes, who finished with a 17-8 conference
record (17-18 overall), entered the 2011 SIAC
Softball Championship as the No. 2 seed in the West
Division and received a first-round bye.
The Brettes’ impressive run in the 2011 Championship
tournament was capped by having Shenaaz
Burrell, Danielle Garay and Kayla Lewis named to
the All-Tournament Team. In addition, three student-athletes
picked up All-Conference honors:
Burrell was tabbed as an All-Conference First Team
selection, while sophomore Teya Everett was named
to the All-Academic Team and Garay was selected as
the SIAC Relief Pitcher of the Year.

Year In Review
Alumni News
Leonard Brown ’68 edited the book “Coltrane and
Black America’s Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and
the Music” for Oxford University Press. Brown is a
professional saxophonist, composer and arranger. He
is an associate professor of African American studies
and music at Northeastern University.
Deborah Hearns Smith ’70 received an honorary
Doctorate of Humane Letters during the commencement
ceremony at Martin University in Indianapolis,
Ind. Smith is the chief executive officer of Girl Scouts
of Central Indiana, which serves more than 44,000
girls and 18,000 adult volunteers in 45 counties in Indiana.
Lawrence Williams ’65 presented the Martin Luther
King Jr. Day Lecture at Luther College in Decorah,
Iowa, in January. Williams joined the faculty at Luther
College in 1985 and taught Africana studies, history
and Paideia courses. He retired in 2010 and now
resides in Louisville.
Celebration Marks 50 Years Of
Concert Choir Traveling To Cleveland
The Cleveland Chapter of the Kentucky State University
National Alumni Association celebrated 50
years of the KSU Concert Choir appearing in Cleve-
land with a performance at Antioch Baptist Church
in March.
The first concert in Cleveland was the first time
the Concert Choir performed outside of Kentucky.
The concert in March was dedicated to Andrew
W. Smith, who was a member of the inaugural choir
that appeared in Cleveland during the spring of 1961.
Cleveland alumni chapter members Helen Caise
Wade and George Beach, who were also part of the
inaugural choir, were also recognized during the
celebration. And the Cleveland chapter recognized
Lytle T. Davis for his service as chairman of the
annual concert for many years.
Founders’ Day In Chicago
The Chicago Chapter of the KSU National Alumni
Association held its 84th Annual Founders’ Day
Breakfast in February at the South Loop Hotel in
Chicago. The annual event honors the 22 founders of
the Chicago chapter, which met in Chicago in 1927
to organize the first alumni chapter in the nation for
Kentucky State University.
The Chicago Chapter also honored the 36
current members from the graduating classes of 1965
and prior. Sixteen of the Legacy Honorees attended the
event. They were presented with an award and given
time to talk about what KSU has meant to him or her
over the years.
Pitch Perfect
continued from page 10
Ray was a young man from Lexington, Ky.,
who came to KSU in the 1940s on the GI Bill. His
music professor quickly advised him to transfer to a
conservatory where he would have more challenging
material. He switched to Oberlin College, where he
earned his bachelor’s degree and learned German,
Italian and French and met his wife.
While practicing social work and singing at the
Karamu Theater in Cleveland, Ohio, he was recruited
to sing in a production overseas. From there, he
continued to earn operatic contracts and receive rave
reviews. His estimated six-month stay turned into 25
years of touring in Austria, Germany, Italy, France,
Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Russia, working
for opera houses, orchestras, television and radio.
“It is remarkable what he has done,” said Qiana
Younge, a senior voice and composition major who
was one of the three singers evaluated. “He has played
all sorts of roles and had a family to share it with. He
has had a well-lived life. It is admirable and something
that I want to go after.”
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Year In Review
KSU Celebrates Black History Month
“B
lack history
should be a 365
day a year proposition,”
said Thomas Dortch,
the keynote speaker at
Kentucky State University’s
Black History
Month Celebration on
Feb. 10.
It was a program
of reflection on the
achievements in black
history, an appeal to
Thomas Dortch understanding and a
call to positive action.
“I encourage you to learn more,” Dortch said regarding
black history. “The more we understand each
other, the more we understand history. It removes the
fear, and we understand that we have a role to play
and a presence to be made in this nation.”
Noticing the diversity in KSU’s Concert Choir,
which performed during the February program,
Dortch compared the choir to sports teams, many
of which also reflect society’s diversity.
“If we can sing together, if we can play on
sports teams together with the focus on winning,”
he said, “we can focus on winning together in
America. America didn’t get where it is today because
of a certain group or a certain population.
All of us made it great.”
“I am here today to say we can move together
and we can achieve together,” he said.
Dortch is president of 100 Black Men of Atlanta
Inc. The national organization – 100 Black
Men of America Inc., which comprises 116 chapters
and more than 10,000 members – has the mission
to improve the quality of life in our communities
and enhance the educational and economic
opportunities for African Americans.
He is also chair and chief executive officer
of TWD Inc., a business development consulting
firm. Dortch was also state director and chief
administrator for Sam Nunn, former U.S. senator
from Georgia.
KSU Honors Martin Luther King, Jr.
continued from page 11
sometimes so fast that you don’t think. Therein is the
danger that I think King would alert us to today –
that you must always evaluate things for yourselves.”
“Today, the world of technology transcends
color. It transcends names. It transcends language,”
Brown said further. “We do all have to live together.
There is no choice in that. If we don’t open our
eyes and recognize that this is in fact a global world,
a global nation and truly now a multicultural state,
we’re going to be left behind.”
President Mary Evans Sias agreed concerning
society transcending color. She said, “I will remind
you that it (King Day) is not a celebration of African
Americans only, but this is a people’s holiday and a
people’s celebration.”
Brown ended his speech with a quote from the
civil rights leader: “The mind is the standard of the
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man.”
“As you go about this informational onslaught
that you face every day, as you go about in this institution
of higher education, the best thing that you
can learn from Dr. King right now is to live in the
present,” Brown said. “Elevate the standard of your
mind. Think for yourselves. Don’t look back except to
learn. Look ahead so that those problems of the past
will never be repeated again in the future. When you
do that, you honor him.”
A native New Yorker, Secretary J. Michael Brown
is a former Jefferson County district court judge, law
director for the city of Louisville and assistant commonwealth
attorney. He served on the board of the
Louisville Regional Airport Authority for 12 years and
also served as a paratrooper and officer with the 82nd
and 101st airborne divisions of the U.S. Army.

Homecoming 2011 Events
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, SPIRIT DAY
Wear Green & Gold to show your KSU support
STARTS AT 9 A.M. ALUMNI REGISTRATION
Capital Plaza Hotel
9 a.m. K-Club Golf Tournament
Juniper Hill Golf Club
Entry Fee: $75
11 a.m. Founder’s Day Program
Bradford Hall Auditorium
12:15 p.m. Lunch with Alumni
Underwood Cafeteria
Alumni free with ticket
(Tickets given at Founder’s Day Program and at cafeteria)
4-6 p.m. Green/Gold Reception
Capital Plaza Hotel
7 p.m. KSU Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet
Student Center Ballroom
Cost: $25
7 p.m. Coronation
Frankfort Convention Center
10 p.m. – 2 a.m.
Alumni/Community Concert
Exum Center
Alumni with Paid Membership Card: $25
General Admission: $35
Entertainment: The Whispers
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8
8 – 9 a.m. Community Ham/Jam Breakfast
Corner of Capital Avenue and Second Street; sponsored by
McDonald’s, KSU National Alumni Association, Frankfort/Franklin
County Tourist Commission, Frankfort Chamber of Commerce (firstcome,
first-served)
9 a.m. –noon Alumni Registration
Capital Plaza Hotel
9 a.m. – noon K-Club Annual Meeting
Exum Seminar Room
9:15 – 11:15 a.m. Parade
Downtown Frankfort-Clinton Street to the corner of Capital Avenue
and Second Street
1:30 P.M. HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME
KSU vs. Fort Valley State University
General Admission: $25
After Game Tailgate City Concert:
Midnight Star
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Step Show
Exum Center
10 p.m. – 1:30 a.m. National Alumni Association
Old School Jam
Capital Plaza Hotel
Admission: $25 for alumni with paid membership card;
$35 general admission
Attire: “Fall White Night”
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9
9 – 11 a.m. Alumni General Assembly Meeting
Capital Plaza Hotel
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