ALMA, Michigan, Feb. 2 (TNSper) -- Alma College issued the following news: The Alma College Board of Trustees, at its January board meeting, approved faculty tenure and promotions, effective with the 2023-24 academic year. Brianna Harfmann '11, an assistant professor of integrative physiology and health science, was awarded tenure and promoted to the rank of associate professor. Hired in 2017, Harfmann has a doctoral degree in physiology from the University of Kentucky. Her expertise is in cir  more

BEREA, Kentucky, Feb. 2 (TNSres) -- Berea College issued the following news release: The Berea College Hutchins Library is offering the public a chance to learn more about Berea College graduate and historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson during the library's upcoming Friday Finds series. Every Friday through Feb. 24, Berea College Special Collections and Archives (SCA) will give participants a look at Dr. Woodson's published and unpublished writings. Known as the "Father of Black History," Woodson w  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Feb. 2 (TNSfund) -- Transylvania University issued the following news: Transylvania Theater has received a grant from partner AthensWest Theatre Company, which is closing and distributing its assets to organizations with similar artistic missions. The university received $28,000 for developing new plays. It was one of two large donations to local organizations -- the other was to the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning. Smaller grants went to other area theater group  more

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, Feb. 2 (TNSpconf) -- Western Kentucky University issued the following news: Dr. Rodney King, a member of the WKU Biology Department and University Distinguished Professor delivered the keynote address at the Viruses of Microbes conference held at Northumberland University, Newcastle upon Tyne, in the United Kingdom (Jan 26-27, 2023). The UK conference featured talks on the biology of bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, and recent advances in phage therapy, t  more

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, Feb. 2 (TNSper) -- Western Kentucky University issued the following news: Amy Combs of WKU Public Broadcasting (PBS/NPR) joins other distinguished public media leaders from across the country to participate in the Public Media Diversity Leaders Initiative (PMDLI), a program of the Riley Institute at Furman University offered in partnership with South Carolina ETV and modeled after the Institute's award-winning South Carolina Diversity Leaders Initiative. Combs is one o  more