Benefactors of the Year, 2006
West Kentucky Community and Technical College

Murray-Calloway County Hospital, Murray
Honored by Paducah Junior College, Inc.

From left, WKCTC President Barbara Veazey; Keith Travis, vice president of human resources, Murray-Calloway County Hospital, Murray; and KCTCS President Michael B. McCall.

In 2005, Murray-Calloway County Hospital pledged $100,917 to West Kentucky Community and Technical College’s Fulfilling the Promise Campaign.  This gift enabled the College to continue its licensed practical nursing program in Calloway County.  The new facility provides students the opportunity to become a LPN while minimizing travel distances.                                              The College’s Murray-based program enrolls more than 35 LPN students each year and an additional 20 students receive nurse assistant training.  Murray-Calloway County is a 366-bed, public (not-for-profit) institution that serves residents of far western Kentucky and northwest Tennessee.

Superior Care Home, Inc., Paducah
Honored by Paducah Junior College, Inc.

From left, WKCTC President Barbara Veazey; Helen Sims, owner/administrator, and Mike Sims, management/finance, of the Superior Care Home, Inc., Paducah; and KCTCS President Michael B. McCall.

Superior Care Home, Inc. made a $75,000 pledge to renovate West Kentucky Community College’s first off-campus allied health facility in 2005.  The Mary Ellen Thompson Health Education Center was opened in January 2006 and is now home to the College’s flourishing nursing assistant program, CPR and first-aid classes, and the region’s only testing center for the state nurse aide registry.  The Center, named in memory of the founder of Superior Care Home, Inc., accommodates more than 450 students.  Superior Care Home, Inc. is a family-owned and operated 88-bed nursing and rehabilitation community that employs more than 100 and offers residents suite-style living arrangements.