While at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø, history professor Jason Petrulis was partially tasked with researching the history of the university in advance of the 2019 bicentennial.
With Black History Month coming to a close, Petrulis (now a professor at Cal Poly Pomona) recently took to : four early African-American Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø students went on to become college presidents.
William J. Simmons
Simmons attended Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø from 1868–69 and was the second president of the eponymous Simmons College of Kentucky.
Matthew Gilbert
Gilbert graduated from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø in 1887 and was the president of Selma University.
John Brown Watson
John Brown Watson attended Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø from 1900–01 and was president of Leland College and what is now the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.