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      FCR 9     Susan G. Ford Gift and Pledge
      FCR 10    Sutherland Foundation Pledge
      FCR 11   University of Kentucky Woman's Club Gift

      Dr. Jones pointed out that the degree list has its first group of students coming to the joint
WKU - UK engineering program that was recently approved.

      President Todd expressed appreciation to Provost Nietzel, Dr. Jones, Professor Kennedy,
and Dr. Jeff Dembo, Chair of the Senate Council, for their help with expediting the degrees and
recognitions. It is a good move for the state to have engineering available outside of the
Louisville/Lexington area provided their ties are to the traditional engineering programs at the
University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville.

      D.    President's Report

      President Todd called attention to the following items in PR 1:

      Commencement will be Saturday, May 8th at the Lexington Center's Rupp Arena. It will
      be the largest Commencement the University has ever had.

      U.S. News and World Report has ranked several UK graduate programs among the
      nation's best. The way UK will get to be a Top 20 institution is by doing it program-by-
      program and college-by-college. The programs ranked among the best are to be
      congratulated.

      The Gill Heart Institute and the Gill Building officially have opened. Jack and Linda Gill
      were present for the opening and were extremely pleased. It is a state-of-the-art building
      and is greatly appreciated. The Institute will have a major impact on the state's health.

      The College of Nursing has created a program that will help bring people back into that
      program and allow them to graduate in a shorter period of time. This is an effort to try to
      address the shortage of nurses.

      The UK Health Literacy Project has unveiled a "Well on Your Way" program. The
      Health Literacy Project effort has been helping the University. The national average for
      health care cost increases is around 12 percent. Last year, UK held its increases to 6.1
      percent. President Todd applauded the faculty, staff, and retirees. Health care costs are a
      major financial concern for the University.

      Two UK undergraduates have won Beckman Scholarships for research, which are given
      to very few institutions. Stephanie Logsdon and Brandon Sutton were selected recently.
      They are to be congratulated for their achievement.

      UK, CHA Health, and WKYT-TV are honoring Kentucky's high school sophomores
      across the state of Kentucky. High school counselors select their top sophomore
      scholars, and 30 second commercials are being aired to highlight those students and their