Kentucky State University (KSU or, less commonly, KYSU to differentiate from Kansas State University) is a four-year institution of higher learning, located in Frankfort, Kentucky, United States, the Commonwealth's capital. The school is an historically black university,. It is also an 1890 Land Grant university which serves the citizens of Kentucky through its cooperative extension program. More than half of the student body is African-American today. The current university president is Dr. Mary Evans Sias and every October she hosts the annual Homecoming weekend for students and alumni. The University is a member-school of Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
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