Multiple students from Northern Kentucky were nominated for the American Jewish Committee (AJC)’s Simon Lazarus, Jr. Human Relations Award. The honor has been presented since 1965. In late April, AJC Cincinnati celebrated the 56th anniversary of the Lazarus Awards at a virtual ceremony in which one junior winner and four junior finalists and one senior winner […]
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NKY Students Dominate State Highway Art Contest
The winners of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KTYC) 2021 Adopt-a-Highway Art Contest were announced, an included several from Northern Kentucky schools. “A Better Kentucky includes being a cleaner Kentucky,” Governor Andy Beshear said. “These students have done great work in using their creativity to remind us all how to be good neighbors by keeping our neighborhoods, parks, and highways […]
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NKY Students Win Honors at Business Pitch Competition
Square1, the local organization that works with young entrepreneurs, announced the winners of its NEXT final pitch competition, which was held in late April. The competition was virtual this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Neil Hoffman, an alumnus of the business pitch TV show Shark Tank, was a guest speaker, along with Xavier University entrepreneurship […]
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Remake Learning Days Festival, a Free Virtual Event, Comes this Weekend
The Greater Cincinnati Remake Learning Days festival is scheduled for Friday, May 15 through Sunday, May 17. The event offers local families the ability to participate in more than 100 virtual activities, presented by KnowledgeWorks and the Catalytic Fund. KnowledgeWorks is an education nonprofit with equity a central plank to its work in helping schools […]
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Ignite Wins KSBA Public Education Achieves in Kentucky (PEAK) Award
Special to The River City News Written by Matt McCarty of the Kentucky School Board Association Two years ago, the Boone and Kenton County school districts opened a new innovative, collaborative high school – Ignite Institute at Roebling Innovation Center. Ignite Institute offers students from the two districts, along with other students in the area, […]
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Two NKY Students Honored for State Radon Posters
Every year the Kentucky Radon Program hosts a Radon Poster Contest in order to educate on the dangers of the colorless, odorless gas known as Radon and the importance of testing your home. The program is administered by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health & Family Services. In this year’s contest, 9-year old Eli, a student […]
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Bellevue Schools Launch NUE Vue Program
Bellevue Independent Schools announced the launch of a new program, NUE Vue, an acronym for New Urban Education (Bellevue). A new page on the district’s website went live on Friday explaining the concept. The site directs parents and students to explore three choices for curriculum in the next school year: all in-person, all-virtual, and a […]
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NKU Announces Expansion to MPA Program
Northern Kentucky University announced that it will expand its Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree with the addition of a fully online program. NKU’s MPA program is one of the largest in Kentucky. The MPA program is designed to engage students through service-learning projects that directly impact where they live, such as developing emergency management plans for […]
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NKU Leaders Named to National Higher-Ed Leadership Cohort
Northern Kentucky University’s Dr. Gannon Tagher and Dr. Yaw Frimpong-Mansoh have been named to the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) 2021 Emerging Leaders Program. AASCU is a Washington, D.C.-based higher education association of nearly 400 public colleges, universities and systems. Each year AASCU recognizes 35 campus leaders who are “championing student success […]
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Holmes Graduate Back in Covington Classroom as Student-Teacher
From Covington Independent Public Schools. When Alaria Long was in fourth grade at Glenn O. Swing Elementary School in 2009, she sat in the classroom of her favorite teacher, Rachel Jenkins, who taught her reading, writing and math. Alaria is back in Mrs. Jenkins’ classroom learning how to create lesson plans for those subjects as […]