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       2. President Wethington informed the Board that U.S. News and World Report has
          ranked the UK graduate programs in elementary education, rehabilitation counseling,
          and nursing high in its most recent rankings. Elementary education ranked 22nd
          among 187 programs, rehabilitation counseling ranked 34th among 90 programs, and
          nursing ranked 36th among 69 programs.

       3. President Wethington stated that the Markey Cancer Center recently received a five-
          year, $6.8 million award from the National Cancer Institute to help expand and
          operate the Appalachian Cancer Network.

       4. President Wethington noted that the UK College of Architecture and U of L have
          opened an Urban Design Center in downtown Louisville. This center will be similar
          to the Design Center located in downtown Lexington. President Wethington
          commended Chancellor Zinser, Dean Mohney, and the others that helped to make this
          happen.

       5. President Wethington stated that the UK Graduate Center for Toxicology has been
          awarded more than $10 million over the next five years from the National Institute of
          Environmental Health Sciences to continue to study the role of PCBs in the human
          body.

      6. President Wethington informed the Board that Dr. Jeffrey Dembo, professor in Oral
          Surgery, has been re-appointed as Academic Ombudsman for the next academic year.

      President Wethington asked the members to read the other items in the report at their
leisure.

      F.    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. Chellgren
moved approval. The motion, seconded by Dr. Meriwether, carried. (See PR 2 at the end of the
Minutes.)

      G.    Central Administration (PR 3)

      There were no items to report from Central Administration.

      H.    Community College System (PR 4)

      There were no items to report from the Community College System.

      I.    Candidates for Degrees - University System (PR 5A)

      President Wethington said that PR 5A is a recommendation that the President be
authorized to confer upon each individual whose name appears on the attached list the degree to
which he or she is entitled upon certification by the University Registrar that the individual has