April 9, 2001

KCTCS, Georgetown to Announce
"The British Experience" on April 17

KCTCS and Georgetown College have scheduled a news conference for April 17 to announce a partnership that will create opportunities for students, faculty and staff to study at some of England's most prestigious institutions of higher education, including Regents College of the University of Oxford. Details of "The British Experience" will be outlined at the 2 p.m. event, which will be held at the Ensor Learning Resource Center on the Georgetown College campus.

Participants in the news conference will include:

· Gordon K. Davies, president of the Council on Postsecondary Education
· KCTCS President Michael B. McCall
· Georgetown College President William H. Crouch Jr.
· Paul Fiddes, principal of Regent's Park College of the University of Oxford
· Terry Ashhurst, principal of Doncaster College
· A student and faculty/staff members who have benefited from, or will benefit from,
 "The British Experience."

Governor Paul E. Patton has been invited to participate in the announcement.

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Cabinet Discusses Enrollment, Issue Tracking

During its April 3 meeting, the President's Cabinet continued to analyze enrollment data for the spring semester.

Dr. Candace Gosnell, vice president, reviewed a template she developed for tracking internal affairs TAG (Tactical Advisory Group) issues. TAG is a work group of the President's Leadership Team (PLT) that addresses specific tactical issues. The Cabinet agreed that the template could be expanded to include all TAG issues. Barbara Hoskins will develop the master list and work with Beth Hilliard to maintain the list for the PLT and Cabinet.

The chancellors reported that the draft policy regarding the use of live animals in laboratories is ready to be included in the policy and procedure manual.

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May 4 is Application Deadline
For Leadership Seminar

Applications for the 2001-2002 KCTCS President's Leadership Seminar must be received in the System Office by no later than May 4, 2001. The first session of the next seminar will be held in Lexington October 8-11 and all participants also will attend a follow-up retreat in the spring of 2002.

Faculty and staff who have not already received a seminar informational brochure, application instructions and an application form can obtain these from college presidents/directors, business deans, academic deans, student deans or member of the President's Cabinet. Information is also available on the web at http://www.kctcs.edu/prodev/pls.htm.

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News from the Colleges

Prestonsburg CC News Briefs

Dr. George D. Edwards, president of Prestonsburg Community College and CEO of the Big Sandy District, and Dr. Nancy Johnson, executive dean of academic affairs, recently attended the American Association of Community Colleges annual conference in Chicago. This year's conference celebrated the 100th anniversary of community colleges.

Professor Donald Barlow will be leading a summer tour of Ireland, Scotland and England from June 15-26. The deadline for applying to participate in the tour is April 11. For more information, call Barlow at (606) 886-3863 or contact him via e-mail.

Robert Bayes, president of the Paintsville Market of Classic Bank, recently presented a $1,000 check to Dr. Edwards (see photo). As chair of the Big Sandy College Educational Foundation, Inc., Bayes (on the right) is leading an effort to raise $17,500 to match the Big Sandy District scholarship fund. A graduate from each of the 25 high schools in the Big Sandy District will be eligible to receive a scholarship to attend Mayo Technical College or Prestonsburg Community College.

The Prestonsburg CC campus hosted the eighth annual Regional Science Olympiad March 31. Six schools completed in the Grades 6-9 group, and six in the 9-12 division. Dr. Thomas Vierheller, associate professor of biology, is director of the Olympiad.

Three Prestonsburg CC faculty members (see photo) made a presentation titled "Teaching Organization and Idea Development in Writing to Generation X" during last month's National Association for Developmental Education Conference in Louisville. They are (from left) John Carrell, instructor in developmental reading; Myra Salisbury, assistant professor in developmental English; and Rick Casper, assistant professor in developmental education.

Elizabethtown CC Program Recognized

The Elizabethtown Community College Business and Industry Technical Assistance Center (BITAC) has received a "Benchmark Practice for Local Economies" award for an entrepreneurial program that was developed for middle school students. Developed by Regional Technology Strategies, Inc., the "Benchmark Practice" award is part of a 3-year project funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fund for Rural America.

Lindon Coffee, director of the Elizabethtown CC BITAC, reports that the program, called Get Up and Go, is a business start-up simulation. "Eighth graders go through all the steps of starting a business such as market research, writing a business plan, getting a loan, developing advertising, etc.," Coffee said. "The simulation is based on learning through experience with everything from math to English to geography thrown into the learning process."

According to Coffee, about 5,000 students have participated in the simulation program during the past three years. Pre-tests and post-tests showed that learning occurred in each simulation.

From Central Kentucky Technical College . . .

Central Kentucky Technical College and Laura Lynch, CKTC construction technology coordinator, will receive a community service award April 21 for the Girls Can Too program. Girls Can Too gives Girls Scouts the opportunity to get hands-on experience through participation in CTKC workshops taught by women in the trades.

A story about Girls Can Too was featured in the December 27 edition of the Lexington Herald-Leader.

The Wilderness Road Girl Scout Council sponsors the award.

Karman Wheeler, medical laboratory instructor at Central Kentucky TC, recently received the "Outstanding New Member" award from the Kentucky Society for Clinical Laboratory Scientists. The award is given for significant contributions to the society and the profession.

KCTCS In Forefront at Phi Theta Kappa Convention

KCTCS played a prominent role during the recent Phi Theta Kappa International Convention in Denver. An Ashland Community College student, Mandy Phelps, a centennial scholar, was named a Guistewhite scholarship finalist. Dr. Jo Marshall, president of Somerset Community College, was recognized for her 28 years of service to Phi Theta Kappa. She recently retired from the organization's international board of directors. Margo Hamm, Maysville Community College, served as a presenter for two educational forums at the convention.

Somerset CC Staff Members Attend Seminar Three Somerset Community College staff members recently attended a national seminar in San Antonio, Texas, on student financial assistance. Dorothy Phillips, Pat McCoy and Stewart Phillips were among 80 administrators and counselors accepted for the national training program, jointly conducted by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators and the Council for Opportunity in Education. Dorothy Phillips (center in photo), director of student support services, and McCoy (right), financial aid office, visited with Florida A&M University's Dolores Davis during one of the sessions.

Mayo TC Column Featured in Newspapers

A column called Mayo Moments written by Mayo Technical College's Linda Lyon appears in several newspapers. The Paintsville Herald publishes the column on a regular basis, and it also appears in the Floyd County Times and Appalachian Express. Other area newspapers occasionally publish all or parts of Mayo Moments.

Lyon uses the column to promote the importance of education and to inform the public about programs and services provided at Mayo TC.

Owensboro District News Briefs

The Owensboro Community College debate team won awards for both individual and team excellence during a tournament at Bob Jones University. The team advisor is Bob Glenn, associate professor of communications at OCC.

Owensboro Community College is hosting an exhibit by Buffalo, KY artist Heath Seymour, a recent graduate of Western Kentucky University and a part-time faculty member at Elizabethtown Community College. The exhibit, which ends April 20, includes acrylic paintings on canvas and paper, mixed media works and encaustic drawings. Seymour's art has been successfully exhibited in several galleries throughout the United States.

Grant Talbott, assistance professor/counselor at Owensboro CC, is hosting the 14th annual OCC 5K Fun Run on April 14.

Diane Garrard, Pam Wilson, Greta McDonough, Linda Calhoun, Jackie Addington, Tom Duke, Jim Houston, Cindy Murphy, Laura Grimes, Greg Labyak, Jim Glenn, Fred Wetzel, Debbie Ruth, Kathy Mowers and Sally Lake represented the Owensboro District at the AACC Conference in Chicago.

JobQuest 2001, held at the Executive Inn Rivermont in Owensboro on March 28, attracted about 2,700 job seekers, more than double the number who attended last year's event. One hundred and sixteen companies had booths at the fair, whose sponsors include Owensboro Technical College.

Southeast CC Faculty in KBS Roles

Associate Professor Richard Elliott of Southeast Community College's Whitesburg campus, is the new president of the Kentucky Business Society (KBS), an academic organization comprised of faculty members from Kentucky colleges and universities.

Jamie H. Vaught, associate professor from the Middlesboro campus, continues to serve as chair of KBS' student relations committee. Vaught received a special award during the KBS annual meeting for his dedication and service as the student relations committee chair.

Madisonville CC President "Woman of the Year" Dr. Judith L. Rhoads (see photo), president of Madisonville Community College and Madisonville Technical College, was recently selected as the Madisonville Lions Club "Woman of the Year." Rhoads was a faculty member at Madisonville CC for 17 years before being named academic dean at Owensboro CC in 1994. She returned to Madisonville CC as president in July 1998.

Hazard CC Professor Chosen

Hazard Community College Economics Professor Richard Crowe has been selected to attend the Rothbard Graduate Seminar in Austrian Economics at Auburn University May 27-June 2. Participants will study the book, Human Action, by Murray N. Rothbard.

Faculty for the seminar will include the editors of a quarterly Austrian economics publication and other Austrian scholars.

Hopkinsville CC to offer Black Writers Course

Hopkinsville Community College will offer a new literature course, Major Black Writers, beginning this fall. The class will provide a cross-cultural and historical approach to written and oral works by major Black authors of Africa, the Caribbean and the United States.

Somerset TC PR Director in "Who's Who" Steve Phillippi (see photo), Somerset Technical College's public relations director, has been included in Lexington Who's Who 2001-2002 publication. The Lexington Who's Who is based in Garden City, New York and highlights professionals throughout the United States. Phillippi has been at Somerset TC since 1970. He was the graphic communications program instructor for several years before moving to the public relations post.

Northern Kentucky Technical College Hosts Teleconference

Northern Kentucky Technical College Disability Services was the site sponsor of an April 2 teleconference, "Psychological Disabilities on Campus: What You Need to Know." The teleconference was presented by the University of Vermont continuing education department and featured experts in the field of disability services.

Representatives of Northern Kentucky TC, Jefferson Community College, Jefferson Technical College, the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, Northern Kentucky University, Kentucky Christian College, the KCTCS System Office, Department of Vocational Rehabilitation and the Northern Kentucky Cooperative for Vocational Services participated in the teleconference at the NKTC site.

Ashland District Played Key Role in Attracting Company

Recent stories in the Ashland Independent newspaper noted the key role played by the Ashland KCTCS District in bringing Cingular Wireless and 1,000 new jobs to the area. A Cingular spokesman said training assistance was one of the services that attracted the company. The newspaper reported that Ashland Community College will coordinate training for Cingular and, along with Morehead State University, provide space for employee training.

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