The Northern Kentucky University men’s golf team was picked to finish fifth out of eight teams in the Horizon League preseason coaches poll. Reigning champion Cleveland State finished atop the prognostication with 45 total points and four first-place votes. Wright State followed the Vikings with 39 points and two first-place votes while Youngstown State (37) […]
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NKU’s Murray Named Conference Player of the Week
Northern Kentucky’s Cole Murray was named the Horizon League men’s basketball Player of the Week after an outstanding performance against Detroit last weekend. Murray scored a team-best 25 points on the Titans as the Norse used his long-range shooting to post a 91-83 win. He converted 9-of-14 field-goal attempts, including a scintillating 7-for-10 effort from […]
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Campbell County Mayors Discuss Needs to Improve Development Opportunities, Talent Retention
Campbell County Zoning and Planning Director Cindy Minter and Economic Development Officer Seth Cutter led a discussion with the various Campbell County mayors on Tuesday evening about what transportation and/or development projects that they would like to see in their cities. Minter talked about how the typography and soil conditions in Campbell County provide an extra challenge […]
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Audit Shows Good Fiscal Health in Highland Heights
The City of Highland Heights had a financially successful 2014-2015 Fiscal Year according to the annual audit report presented at the regularly-scheduled meeting of the Highland Heights City Council last week. Adam Demoss, who is contracted from a firm in Lexington, presented his findings to the city council. According to Demoss, the city had a […]
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NKU Welcomes Pair of New Development Directors
Two experienced development officers, Tara Widener and Jerome ‘Jey’ Marks, have joined Northern Kentucky University’s Haile/US Bank College of Business and College of Health Professions. “We are thrilled to welcome Tara and Jey to our team,” said Julie Dials, Assistant Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations. “Each of them brings not only a wealth […]
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Honorary Cincinnati Reds Batboy to Speak at NKU
When Teddy Kremer was born, the doctors told his mother, Cheryl, that her son had Down syndrome and might never talk, walk, or smile. More than thirty years later, he not only talks, walks, and smiles, but has also won the hearts of the entire Greater Cincinnati community as an honorary batboy for the Cincinnati […]
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Citing RCN Interview, Campbell Commissioner Continues to Call for Chase Law to Stay
Campbell County Commissioner Charlie Coleman continued to express his ongoing dissatisfaction with the potential move of Chase Law School to Downtown Covington after hearing Northern Kentucky University President Geoffrey Mearns speak of the possibility in a podcast published by The River City News. Coleman has repeatedly brought up the issue in Fiscal Court meetings over the […]
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NKU Awarded $75K Grant for Workforce Development Efforts
Northern Kentucky University’s Office of Community Connections has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the Bluegrass State Skills Corporation (BSSC) to improve and promote workforce development efforts for Kentucky residents in the areas of manufacturing, healthcare, and service. The grant will allow NKU to partner with the Northern Kentucky Training Consortium to provide training and […]
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NKU Student Awarded Prestigious International Scholarship
Northern Kentucky University Computer Science student Drake Woods has won a prestigious international scholarship to study in Romania this spring. He has been awarded an Erasmus+ scholarship from the European Union to study at Babes-Bolyai University in Romania beginning in February. The junior from Florence is the first NKU student to receive an Erasmus+ scholarship […]
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NKU Capstone Project Leads to $40K Grant for Safe Homes in Price Hill
Like many students in the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program at Northern Kentucky University (NKU), Lisa Marie Watkins wanted to work on a Capstone project that would have a positive impact on people in the region. She decided to help develop an innovative program at Santa Maria Community Services, the nonprofit organization where she […]
