A well-known Covington woman is among the recipients of 42 Art Meets Activist grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women. The organization awarded forty-two grants totaling more than $225,000 to feminist artists and social change organizations. These artists and organizations received grants to advance social change through feminist-led, arts-based activities in communities throughout Kentucky, according to […]
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NKU Announces 2022 Alumni Award Recipients
Northern Kentucky University will present its 2022 Alumni Awards in February. Northern Kentucky University has announced the 2022 Alumni Awards recipients as Nathan Smith, Jakki Haussler, Tracy Schwegmann, H. McGuire (Mac) Riley, John Perpetou Baylosis Jose and Peg Adams. They will be honored at the Alumni Awards dinner on Feb. 4 to kick off Homecoming […]
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NKY Lawmaker, Teacher Differ on Bill Changing Decision-Making Councils’ Power
Written by Mark Payne, LINK Media politics & government reporter The Senate Standing Committee on Education heard two bills Thursday morning. Senate Bill 1 focused on giving more power to superintendents to make decisions, taking power away from Site-Based Decision-Making Councils (SBDM). Major school decisions, such as teachers, curriculum, and textbooks, are currently made by […]
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COVID Shutters River City Schools as Cases, Positivity Rate Rise
The school districts in Covington, Newport, Bellevue, and Dayton are closed due to rising COVID-19 cases. The closures come as nearly 10,000 new positive COVID-19 cases were reported across Kentucky on Thursday, the state’s highest-ever single-day figure. There were 1,300 new cases Thursday across five Northern Kentucky counties on a day where the state reported […]
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NKU Alumni Award Recipients Announced
Northern Kentucky University announced the recipients of its 2022 Alumni Awards. An awards dinner is scheduled for February 4 to kick off homecoming week on campus. “The recipients of the Alumni Awards have shown that they have deep passion for supporting our students and making a positive impact in the community,” NKU President Ashish Vaidya said. “The […]
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Highlands Student Investment Club Going Strong; Tackles Cryptocurrency Next
Young entrepreneurs Anna Steffen, Isaac Hamlin and Carson Grill joined Charlie Gorman at the Highlands High Investment Club meeting in December. (photo provided) by Robin Gee In fall semester 2020, then junior Charlie Gorman launched a new club at Highlands High School known as the Investment Club focusing on topics of financial literacy. Since then […]
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Northern Kentucky University Vice President and Director of Athletics to Retire
NKU Vice President and Director of Athletics Ken Bothof has announced his retirement in June 2022. Ken Bothof, vice president and director of athletics at Northern Kentucky University, has announced his retirement effective June 30, 2022, concluding a nine-year period leading Norse Athletics. “I’m very grateful that my 35-year career in college athletics provided me […]
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Fischer Homes to Sponsor The Econ Games 2022 Conference
Fischer Homes is the presenting sponsor for The Econ Games hosted by the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky. Fischer Homes is presenting sponsor for The Econ Games 2022 hosted by the University of Kentucky’s Gatton College of Business and Economics. The Econ Games is a conference designed to allow […]
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NKU Delays Start of Spring Classes Due to COVID Surge
Northern Kentucky University announced Tuesday that it is delaying the start of spring classes by one week, pushing the return to Tuesday, January 18. In a message to the campus community, President Ashish Vaidya cited “eye-opening” COVID-19 cases in the region, with record infections of 120 per 100,000 people each day. “The regional transmission rate […]
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NKU’s College of Health and Human Services donates to help WKU students affected by tornado outbreak
The Northern Kentucky University Dean of the College of Health and Human Services (CHHS), Dr. Dale Stephenson, has approved a college donation to the Western Kentucky University College of Health and Human Services to help WKU students affected by the tornado outbreak in early December. Dean Stephenson and the WKU CHHS Dean are colleagues and […]