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       2. The Kernel has won thirteen first place awards and production manager Chris
          Rosenthal was named Journalist of the Year in the Kentucky Intercollegiate
          Press Association competition.

       3. The College of Agriculture has been involved in a request from Governor Paul
          Patton to organize and present training sessions for farmers applying for the
          Phase II Tobacco Settlement Funds. The state estimates it saved some $2.75
          million by having the University of Kentucky, through its extension agents, be
          involved in that training effort.

       4. The campaign with the message "Back to Sleep" is designed to alert parents to
          the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. It is receiving some considerable positive
          publicity for the University of Kentucky. The UK Hospital and UK Children's
          Hospital are the first hospitals in Central and Eastern Kentucky to educate
          new parents about the "Back to Sleep" onesie program.

       5. Professor Doris Wilkinson received recognition for suggesting ending the
          usage of the term "minority." In an article published in the Journal of
          Sociology and Social Welfare, Professor Wilkinson focused on the term
          "minority" and the fact that it may be more inclusive than it should be in terms
          of being able to be specific about the particular group of individuals that one
          is talking about.

      6. The UK Music Hall of Fame, the College of Education Hall of Fame, the
          Gatton College of Business and Economics Hall of Fame, and the College of
          Human Environmental Sciences Hall of Fame recently inducted new
          members. These inductions reflect favorably on our colleges and on our
          graduates.

      7. A memorial scholarship fund has been established in memory of Jeremy
          Michael Streck a graduate and former football player of the University.
          Jeremy was killed by an automobile on October 9, 1999.

      8. Miss Kentucky 2000 Shanna Moore presented her children's book about skin
          cancer to a group of Maxwell Elementary School fifth graders at the UK
          Outreach Center for Science and Health Career Opportunities. Miss Moore is
          a student at Murray State but hopes to attend the UK College of Medicine
          after graduation in August.

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