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       2.    The Donovan Scholars Program, one of the first of its kind in
             the U.S., is celebrating its 30th year of providing educational
             opportunities for older students.

       3.    Prestonsburg Community College has received a $355,420 grant
             from the Appalachian Regional Commission for a campus health
             service.

       4.    The UK College of Agriculture and the University of Arkansas
             and North Carolina State University have been chosen to share a
             $737,000 grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. The colleges
             will develop educational programs to bridge the gap between
             those who would develop and those who would preserve natural
             resources.

       5.    The libraries of UK and the University of Tennessee at
             Knoxville have formed an alliance to share research
             collections, doubling the materials available to the faculty
             and students of both institutions.

       6.    A proposed partnership between Kentucky Tech and Paducah
             Community College may become the model for all of Kentucky's
             community colleges in the future. The proposal approved last
             month by the Council on Higher Education calls for Paducah
             Community College to recognize and give students credit for
             classes taken at Kentucky Tech's West Campus.

       7.    Approximately 1,000 architecture students held their national
             conference titled Bluegrass Forum 1994 in Lexington November
             22-26.  The conference was hosted by the UK chapter of the
             American Institute of Architecture Students.

       8.    A computerized version of some sections of the original
             manuscripts of the Old English heroic poem Beowulf is featured
             in the December issue of National Geographic magazine. The
             Electronic Beowulf program, which is accessible to scholars
             around the world through Internet, is edited by UK English
             Professor Kevin Kiernan.

       President Wethington invited the members to peruse the other items 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. Shoop moved approval. The motion,
seconded by Mr. Wilcoxson, passed. (See PR 2 at the end of the Minutes.)

       G.    Naming of University Building - William T. Young Library (PR 3A)

       President Wethington said that PR 3A recommends that the Board
approve the name "William T. Young Library" for the central and life
sciences library on the campus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington.
He reminded the members of the groundbreaking ceremony held on campus
December 6 for this facility. He said that the University of Kentucky