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, `T  _.  *          Beverly Kirk: Big-Time Reporter, Sma1l—Town Roots
  . .   ., `‘»e p  “ *  — The education Beverly Kirk ’96 GS received at the UK Patterson School
~ ° ~ _;     { A °""‘ of Diplomacy 8Ild lIII€III3IlOH3l Commerce helped prepare her for a career
` `  I "'f <’¤*i*"" fa as a news anchor in Washington, D.C., with NPR and PBS.
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Beverly Kirk   GS is a lead news
fQ|',LCFQ";]‘;,°|[,gé,°'“l """“"" b"tW€B" 1 5 UK Air Medical Service Nurse Achieves Gold Level Status
Photo. © Jon GOBH 2004 Franketta “Frankie" Zalaznik ’83 NUR flies with the UK Air Medical Service team
' helping to evaluate and care for patients while transporting them from hospitals,
ambulances and accident scenes.
.. »   By Amanda White
   F      Forensic Pioneer Harvests Body Farm in ‘De3th’S AC1`€’ U
°   i. His path toward a career in counseling veered off "in the direction of corpses, crime
  {nl *’ scenes and courtrooms" and now body farmer William Bass ’56 AS has written a
y , book about his unusual profession.
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·  »   The six recipients of the UK Alumni Association 2004 Great Teacher Award share a
! commonality: innovation in the classroom, concern for students and an unparalleled »
d l love and knowledge of their subject.
rc By Beverly Bell
t   The UK Student Volunteer Center:
Connecting Campus to Community
Win—win situations abound when the UK Student Volunteer Center helps
g students find volunteer opportunities in Lexington and surrounding counties
_ D E P A R T M E N T S to match their interests.
By Robin Kidd Boenker
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