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      H.   Personnel Actions (PR 2)

      President Wethington recommended that approval be given to the
appointments, actions and/or other staff changes which require Board action;
and that the report relative to appointments and/or changes already
approved by the administration be accepted. Mr. Shoop moved approval.
The motion, seconded by Mr. Chellgren, carried. (See PR 2 at the end of the
Minutes.)

      I.   Appointment of Board of Directors - University of Kentucky
Research Foundation (PR 3A)

      President Wethington said that PR 3A is an appointment to the Board
of Directors of the University of Kentucky Research Foundation (UKRF). The
recommendation is that approval be given to the appointment of Mr. George
Woolwine as a public member of the Board of Directors for a term ending
June 30, 2000. In accordance with the Bylaws, the Board of Directors of UKRF
are appointed by the Board of Trustees after being recommended by the UKRF
Board. He recommended PR 3A for approval. On motion made by Mr.
Chellgren and seconded by Mr. Guthrie, PR 3A was approved. (See PR 3A at
the end of the Minutes.)

      J.   Candidates for Degrees - Community College System (PR 4A)

      President Wethington said that PR 4A is an action item dealing with
candidates for degrees in the Community College System that will be awarded
at the completion of the summer term. The recommendation is that the
degree specified on the list attached to PR 4A be awarded to the persons
named upon certification that the requirements for those degrees have been
satisfactorily completed. He said he was pleased to recommend approval of
PR 4A. Professor Mather moved approval. His motion, seconded by Mrs.
Bell, passed. (See PR 4A at the end of the Minutes.)

      K.   Inclusion of Paducah Junior College in the Community College
System Pursuant to HB 1 (PR 4B)

      President Wethington said that PR 4B recommends that the Board of
Trustees concur with the Board of Trustees of Paducah Junior College (PJC)
that PJC continue to be included in the Community College System (CCS) as
Paducah Community College, pursuant to Section 114 of House Bill 1 enacted
by the 1997 Extraordinary Session of the Kentucky General Assembly.
Paducah Junior College is an entity which was in existence prior to the
establishment of the UK Community College System. There has been an
agreement reached with Paducah Junior College going back to June 2, 1967
which gave the University of Kentucky the authority to manage and operate