Technical schools
continue transition
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Prestonsburg Community College: PCC was involved in the President's Initiative on Race by hosting a Dialogue Day on April 13.

This provided an opportunity for every citizen in PCC's area to be a part of a national conversation about America's racial diversity and about the strength it brings to our nation and our area.
Hopkinsville Community College: Sandy Cavanah, associate professor of English and communications, has been selected by members of student government as the recipient of HCC's annual Great Teacher award for the 1997-98 academic year.  She will deliver the keynote address during graduation ceremonies May 9.
Hazard Community College: The college was honored during the 1998 NELIE Managing Change Through Leadership and Learning Conference in Asheville, N.C., with the David Pierce Leadership Award in the organizational category.
The award was conceptualized in 1995 by Dr. George A. Baker III, director of the National Initiative for Leadership and Institutional Effectiveness (NELIE).
Owensboro Community College: Beginning in fall 1998, OCC and Kentucky Tech will offer a joint program in office systems technology. Curricula were developed in certificate, diploma and AAS degree programs in the areas of administrative assistant and medical administrative assistant.

ue Schooler, associate executive director of the Council on Occupational Education,
was a presenter during the second session of  a Technical Institutions Branch in-service. The most recent session was at Rough River State Park May 4-6.
The in-service's theme was the characteristics of a technical college. Participants included school directors, other school administrators, and faculty and staff representatives.
COE is the accrediting agency for the Technical Institutions Branch. Schooler reported on the criteria COE has established for technical colleges, including credentialing of instructors.
The program also included a presentation by school directors on their proposed organizational structure. 
Jack Moreland, interim chancellor of the Technical Institutions Branch, said he was pleased with the information provided during the in-service.
"Technical education has done an outstanding job for years as evidenced by the strong support it receives from Kentucky's businesses and industries," Moreland said.  "But now, as we move to a technical college culture, we can provide even more options and services to our students."

UKCCS students All-Academic

Sixteen students in the University of Kentucky Community College System have been named to the 1998 Kentucky All-State Academic Team.
The students were honored at a luncheon Friday, April 24, in Frankfort, where state Sen. Tim Shaughnessy was presented a "distinguished leadership award" by UKCCS for his advocacy of community college students.
The first-team members are Holly Daknis and Richard Wallace, both of Elizabethtown CC; Patricia Goodman and Margaret Smith, both of Prestonsburg CC; and Kelly Miller, Lexington CC.
Edward P. Grant, vice president of finance, Zoller Co., Louisville, presented scholarships valued at $200 each to the five students.

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