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       D.    President's Report to the Board of Trustees (PR 1)

       President Wethington called attention to the following items in PR 1:

       1. Medical Center electrophysiologists are the first in the country to implant a
          new heart defibrillator that is smaller than other defibrillators. This is a
          technological breakthrough for the University's Medical Center.

       2. The Guignol Theatre Restoration Fund has raised more than $100,000. They
          have a campaign underway to put new seats in the theater, naming seats for
          those contributing $350 or more.

       3. The University Hospital has completed its review and been re-accredited by
          the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the
          nations premier healthcare accreditation entity.

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

       E.    The College of Engineering Report

       President Wethington said that Tom Lester, Dean of the College of Engineering,
would give a report on the College of Engineering, its present and its future. He called on
Dean Lester to give his report.

       Dean Thomas W. Lester presented an overview of the historical development,
current status, and future possibilities for engineering and computer science at the
University of Kentucky. Although the bulk of engineering activity resides within the
College of Engineering, significant engineering instructional, research, and public service
initiatives are carried out by units administratively outside the College. UK offers 8
bachelors degrees, 11 masters degrees, and 8 doctoral degrees in engineering and computer
science. Since its first graduate in 1890, the University has awarded over 16,000
engineering and computer science degrees. The institution's importance to the
Commonwealth is underscored by the percentage of engineering and computer science
degrees produced at UK. During the 1995-96 academic year, the University produced
85.5% of the accredited engineering degrees in Kentucky, as well as 75.7% of the MS
degrees, and 76.7% of the doctoral degrees in engineering and computer science.

       Consistent with its Land-grant mission, UK is extending its engineering and
computer science programs state wide through its individualized masters of engineering
program offered via compressed video and to the Purchase Region through its new
extended campus undergraduate engineering programs in Paducah.