Simmons College of Kentucky
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Get involved
You don't need to be an alum to show up for Simmons College of Kentucky. Students need employers, mentors and people in the stands, and anyone can buy from the campus bookstore.
- Shop the Simmons Shop Buy official Simmons College merchandise.
- Marching band Learn about the Simmons marching band and its performances.
- Alumni and the 1930 Society Alumni page lists the 1930 Society giving society and the Jesse L. Jackson Center.
- Follow on Instagram See what's happening on campus.
- Alumni association For graduates who want to stay connected.
Upcoming events
- Saturday, Nov 7Simmons College Game Day: The Black Tailgate Experience (Homecoming)St. Stephen Family Life Center, 1508 W. Kentucky Street, Louisville, KY
No upcoming events listed yet. Check the school calendar.
Vote in Kentucky
Elected leaders decide how much public money HBCUs get, and their choices reach private HBCUs too. Here is what's on the ballot and how to vote. We don't endorse candidates.
Registration closed Oct 5. You can still vote early Oct 29–31 if you're registered.
Register to voteState elections siteFind your legislators
- Election Day
- Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026
- Registration deadline
- October 5, 2026 (deadline has passed). Online registration is available but no same-day registration was listed on the state site.
- Early voting
- No-excuse in-person absentee voting is October 29-31, 2026; excused in-person absentee voting runs October 21-28.
- Races to watch
- There is no governor's race in 2026. All 100 state House seats and 19 of 38 state Senate seats are on the ballot, along with an open U.S. Senate seat and U.S. House seats. The General Assembly sets state funding for Kentucky State University.
- Ballot measures
- No ballot measures are listed for this election yet.
The underfunding letter
In 2023, the U.S. Departments of Education and Agriculture wrote to the governor of Kentucky. Their numbers show Kentucky State University got about $172 million less in state money from 1987 to 2020 than it would have with the same per-student funding as the state's original land-grant university.
Sources: The letter · Tennessee Lookout
HBCU news in Kentucky
In 2026, lawmakers passed Senate Bill 185, which makes Kentucky State University a four-year residential polytechnic school focused on technical, job-based learning, with fewer liberal arts programs and up to five years of extra financial oversight. (prichardcommittee.org)