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September 4, 2001

KCTCS regents approve five requests for state funding

The KCTCS Board of Regents is requesting special appropriations from the 2002 General Assembly to fund five key initiatives.

During a special meeting August 29 at the Cumberland Valley Technical College campus in Harlan, regents approved the following requests for special appropriations for the 2002/04 biennium:

  • $2 million in each of the next two fiscal years to fund administrative information systems (the statewide computer network used to operate KCTCS and its colleges). The system must invest in its administrative system software to allow faculty, staff and students better and wider access to information.
  • $1.69 million in 2002/03 and $2.25 million in 2003/04 to enhance the academic and administrative infrastructure of comprehensive community and technical colleges that are being developed in Northern Kentucky, Bowling Green and Lexington. KCTCS currently serves the three regions through Northern Kentucky Technical College, Bowling Green Technical College and Central Kentucky Technical College. The 2000 General Assembly appropriated $10 million to build a new college in Northern Kentucky.
  • $1.06 million in 2002/03 and $1.68 million in 2003/04 to fund operations and programs at three planned facilities - the Student Services and Academic Complex in Somerset, the East Park Technical Complex in Ashland, and the McCreary County Extension of Somerset Community College.
  • $290,000 in 2002/03 and $299,000 in 2003/04 to operate the Leslie County Center of Hazard Community College.
  • $712,000 in 2002/03 and $2.03 million in 2003/04 to operate the Kentucky School of Craft, a campus of Hazard Community College.

The special appropriations requests will be attached to the proposed base budget that KCTCS submits to the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE). The council then will forward the budget to Governor Paul Patton and the General Assembly for final action.

The regents also established rates for tuition and fees of $64 per credit hour in the 2002/03 academic year and $68 in 2003/04. The rate is $61 per credit hour this year.

CPE, which authorizes KCTCS and state universities to set their own tuition and fees, has established guidelines that call for KCTCS to generate 30 percent of total revenue from tuition and fees. Currently, KCTCS produces 25 percent of revenue from tuition and fees. The proposed increases would raise that figure to 27 percent by 2003/04.


KCTCS staff told the regents that the proposed increases are expected to generate an additional $4.4 million in tuition revenue in 2002/03 (a 7 percent increase) and an extra $3.8 million in 2003/04 (a 6 percent increase).


Dr. Michael B. McCall, KCTCS president, noted that, even with the increases, KCTCS tuition and fees remain the lowest in Kentucky. "We are the best value in postsecondary education," he said.


Also on August 29, four new regents were sworn in as members of the board:

  • Pamala J. Dallas, of Madisonville, director of physician services for the Trover Foundation.
  • Henry L. Jackson, of Lexington, CEO and president of Jackson Plastics Inc.
  • John Jelley II, of Lexington, student regent from Central Kentucky Technical College.
  • Jeffery P. Butler, of Middlesboro, student regent from Southeast Community College.

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KACTE Will Host Regional Conference

The Kentucky Association of Career and Technical Education (KACTE) will host the Association of Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Region 2 Leadership Conference October 11-14. The event will be held in Lexington at the Radisson Plaza Hotel.

Region 2 is comprised of eight southeastern states - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina and South Carolina - and also includes the Bahamas, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Early registration for the conference will be accepted prior to September 7.

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News From the Colleges

Bluegrass Region

Teresa Tope, department of applied academics chair at Central Kentucky Technical College, and John Ozbun, program instructor for office technology at the CKTC Anderson Campus, have both been promoted to professor.

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Jerry Eades has retired as director of the Anderson Campus. Gordon Nichols is serving as interim campus director.

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The medical laboratory technology program at Central Kentucky Technical College has been accredited by the National Academy Association of Clinical Laboratory Sciences.

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Dwayne Lee, CKTC Cisco instructor, recently was named a Cisco Certified Network Associate.

Madisonville District

A college fair sponsored by Madisonville Technical College and Madisonville Community College will be held September 19 in Madisonville CC's Glema Mahr Center for the Arts. Students from six area high schools will attend the event and meet with 50 representatives of colleges, universities and the Armed Forces.

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The Madisonville District's student support services group is offering several workshops during the noon hour. A workshop on transferring to a four-year university was held August 28-29, and "note taking" was the topic on September 4. "Test taking" will be discussed on September 11, and "grammar and punctuation" on September 17-18.

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The second annual Summer Arts Academy held at the Glema Mahr Center was a success. The two-week program provides middle school students instructions in dance, theatre, music and set design. The academy ended with a presentation of The Wizard of Oz, which attracted an audience of 673.

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Clara Dorris, Madisonville TC practical nursing program coordinator, is serving as vice president of the Kentucky Board of Nursing and chair of the education committee.

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Dr. Mary Werner, Madisonville CC assistant professor of English, has been elected to represent all two-year colleges across the nation in the Modern Language Association. The MLA is considered the most prestigious professional organization for scholars in the languages and literatures, most notably those who profess in English. Dr. Werner was nominated for the position and ran for office last spring in a national election for the three-year post. She will be representing two-year colleges in MLA executive council sessions during the organization's annual national conventions, which are held between Christmas and the New Year's holiday. Dr. Werner will be attending this year's conference in New Orleans.

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Dr. Debbie Cox, Madisonville CC social sciences division chair, will teach workplace skills and Felecia Johnson, professor of business technology, will teach keyboarding at the Providence Housing Authority's new computer lab this Fall. Residents of the Westview Apartments and the general public will use the lab to upgrade skills or learn new skills.

Somerset District

Chris Phillips, assistant professor of economics at Somerset CC, recently attended the Association for Evolutionary Economics summer school at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. The association is concerned with the advancement and study of Institutionalist or Heterdox economic theory, which is a non-mainstream or anti-neoclassical approach to economics. While working toward his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Tennessee, Phillips has studied under Heterdox economist and Post-Keynesian Dr. Paul Davidson, and institutionalist Dr. Hans Jensen.

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Fourteen members of the faculty at Somerset Community College have received promotions, with eight faculty receiving tenure for the first time as associate professors, and six promoted to full professor. Roger Angevine, Jody Epperson, Wanda Fries, Dr. John McGriff, Mihan Mihankhah and Betty Peterson have been promoted to professor. Don Brashear, Jon Burlew, Susan Gadd, Dr. April Kilgore, Jeff Perkins, Nancy Owens, Lynn Shearer and Barbara Stringer have been promoted to associate professor with tenure.

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David Wiles, Sean Ayers, Terri Reynolds and Kathy Patscheck were among approximately 150 participants who attended a two-day cross-training seminar at the Center for Rural Development in Somerset. The initiative was a cooperative effort of 11 area agencies that comprise a one-stop partnership, and enabled participants to learn more about services provided by partner agencies. The seminar included a dramatic production illustrating services available to a family in need. Wiles, Reynolds and Ayers had roles in the production and Patscheck served as narrator.

Ashland District

A paper by Dr. Elizabeth A. Hoffman, associate professor of microbiology at Ashland CC, was featured in the May edition of Microbiology Education, a journal published by the American Society for Microbiology. The paper on "successful application of active learning techniques in introductory microbiology" is based on Dr. Hoffman's research of nontraditional teaching methods that increase student success.

Henderson District

Dr. Mary Gail Wilder (see photo), professor of nursing at Henderson Community College, has been appointed to the Kentucky Board of Nursing. Wilder, a member of the Henderson CC faculty for 16 years, is coordinator of the college's nursing program and department chair of biological sciences and related technologies.

Bill Gary, Henderson CC associate professor of English, will have an article published in September in the Florida-based magazine, Family Forum. The article - Parent First, Father Second - is based on Gary's experience as a single parent. In November, Gary will present a paper . . . Empowering Students: If you can Hum It, You can Write It . . . at the South Atlantic Modern Languages Association Conference in Atlanta.

West Kentucky District

The Challenger Learning Center at Paducah Community College and Paducah Bank are sponsoring a regional winter holiday art contest for fourth through-eighth grade students. The grand prize winner will have his or her work used as the Center's 2001 holiday card, and will receive a $100 savings bond plus other prizes.

Big Sandy District

Bobby McCool, chief administrative officer of Mayo Technical College, has announced that Clyde Caudill (see photo) has been appointed coordinator of dual credits for Mayo TC. Caudill will assist secondary technical education students wanting to enroll in programs that will earn credits from both Mayo TC and their high school. Caudill, who recently was promoted to associate professor, has worked in technical education for almost 30 years.

 



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