The first regional meeting of the Kentucky Hunger Task Force is scheduled for Tuesday, June 21 at 4:00 p.m. at the Campbell County Cooperative Extension Office in Highland Heights. The meeting will be conducted in partnership with Freestore Foodbank. “The main goal of the regional meetings is to determine the logistics necessary to meet the […]
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NKU Rec Center Earns LEED Gold Certification
The renovation and expansion of Northern Kentucky University’s Campus Recreation Center has earned LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The designation makes the center the “greenest” facility on campus and among the greenest in the region. The Campus Recreation Center is located inside the 221,461 square-foot Albright Health Center on NKU’s Highland […]
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Notes from the Highland Heights City Council Meeting
On Tuesday, Mayor Pro Tem Jeanne Pettit presided over the Highland Heights City Council meeting in which Mayor Greg Meyers was absent. City attorney Steve Franzen presented an ordinance amending the city’s annual budget for the current fiscal year by estimating revenues and resources and appropriating funds for the operation of city government. Franzen listed […]
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International Expert Joins NKU’s Parker Academy Excavation Project
Northern Kentucky University’s excavation of Ohio’s first co-ed, racially-integrated school has resumed this summer under in collaboration with international scholar Dr. Peggy Brunache, who has been awarded a prestigious Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Foundation fellowship to help advance the project. In May 2015, NKU faculty and students began the first-ever excavation of the Parker Academy site, […]
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Gates Named VP of Legal Affairs & General Counsel at NKU
Northern Kentucky University President Geoffrey S. Mearns announced today that Joan M. Gates has been appointed Vice President of Legal Affairs and General Counsel and will replace Sara L. Sidebottom, who is retiring after 20 years with the University. Gates is Senior Legal Counsel at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and a graduate of NKU’s […]
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Cincinnati Bell, Kentucky Partner to Bring Open Access Fiber Optic Network to NKY
Kentucky Communications Network Authority (KCNA) announced on Friday that the Commonwealth will enter into a strategic agreement with Cincinnati Bell to partner on broadband network construction in Northern Kentucky. KentuckyWired, also referred to as Kentucky I-Way in eastern Kentucky, is a statewide, open-access fiber optic network which will deliver robust, reliable and affordable Internet to communities […]
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Duke Energy Foundation Awards $75K to NKU STEM Training Program for Teachers
The Duke Energy Foundation has announced it will award $75,000 to the The Next Generation STEM Classroom (NGSC) Middle School Program at Northern Kentucky University. The NGSC program brings NKU and school districts in northern Kentucky together to enhance the learning opportunity for thousands of students by focusing on teacher training curriculum. Training teachers, rather than […]
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Whitaker Named Next Women’s Basketball Coach at NKU
Northern Kentucky University Director of Athletics Ken Bothof announced Camryn Whitaker as head coach of the women’s basketball program Friday morning. “I am delighted to welcome Camryn to Norse Nation,” said Bothof. “As I have gotten to know more about Camryn over the last two weeks it became clear that she is the right fit […]
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NKU to Host Free Small Business Workshop on Google Maps
In honor of National Small Business Week, May 1-7, the Kentucky Small Business Development Center network is partnering with Google to host a statewide event, Get Found on Google Search and Maps, on Wednesday, May 4. The event will help businesses claim their local listing and introduces Google My Business, a free tool that allows […]
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NKU’s Plitzuweit Named Head Coach at South Dakota
Northern Kentucky women’s basketball head coach Dawn Plitzuweit has been named the head coach at the University of South Dakota “I’d like to thank Dawn for all that she has done for our student-athletes and NKU,” said Ken Bothof, Director of Athletics. “I wish her nothing but the best in her new role.” A national search for the […]
