In eight days, a new president is officially stepping in at Kentucky State University. Dr. Koffi Akakpo has been on campus since last summer but he’s still looking forward to laying out future plans.
Dr. Akakpo says, “You know we have come a long way. I came here July 1 last year and found an institution that was troubling not only that we have MIP; an audit was not done for ’21, ’22, ’23; we needed to balance the budget; enrollment was so low; and then our dorms and some of our buildings were in very bad shape. So, look back at 13 months of and now I can say a lot has happened.”
Dr. Akakpo is originally from Togo in West Africa. He moved to Ohio where he grew up. He’s worked in the Ohio state government. He served at north central state before coming to Kentucky to serve at Bluegrass Community and Technical College.
Dr. Akakpo says, “It was to me like everything was coming full circle. Because I started with an HBCU and here I am starting at an HBCU.”
During his time at North Central State College in Ohio he was able to get finances back on track. He says he can use that experience here… and says they’ve seen a turnaround in the last year.