THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
 A Continuing Commitment to Excellence
From its modest beginnings in 1865, when it was known as State College, the University of Kentucky has grown into one of the nation's most outstanding institutions of higher learning.
As a comprehensive, land-grant university, UK offers an educational experience that cannot be matched anywhere in the Commonwealth. In fact, only a small number of institutions across the nation can offer the wealth of opportunities that await students at UK.
At Kentucky, the emphasis is on excellence. Did you know that:
 UK EDUCATES ONE-THIRD OF THE COLLEGE STUDENTS IN KENTUCKY
Enrollment on the University's campus in Lexington is 21,000, while 29,300 attend UK's 14 Community Colleges throughout the Commonwealth. That represents about one-third of all students attending public or private colleges, business schools and universities.
 INCOMING FRESHMEN ARE BEST IN STATE
The average ACT score of enrolled freshmen in the fall of 1987 was 22.4, the highest for any public university in the state and three points higher than the national average.
 FRESHMAN CLASS INCLUDES MERIT SCHOLARS AND VALEDICTORIANS
The 1987 freshman class includes twelve National Merit Scholars and 72 high school valedictorians. The class also includes eleven Singletary Scholars, whose average ACT score is 31.3 and one of whom had a 34 on the ACT. There are 384 freshmen this year who have ACT scores of 27 or higher  ranking them among the top 10 percent of freshmen in the nation.
 UK STUDENTS ARE WINNING NATIONAL HONORS
UK debaters won the 1986 national championship. The student newspaper, The Kentucky Kernel, was voted one of the top four collegiate newspapers in the nation. Two architecture students placed first and second in a national design competition sponsored by the Institute for Architecture Education. These are just a few of the many areas in which UK students are excelling.
 ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IS GROWING
The University's academic scholarship program has grown from $70,000 a year in 1983 to an amazing $850,000 in 1987.
 UK HAS REACHED TOP CATEGORY OF RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classifies UK as a "Research I" institution, the only such institution in Kentucky and one of only 45 in the nation.
 UK HAS ENTERED THE WORLD OF SUPERCOMPUTERS
The University is now o"e of only 17 universities in the nation to acquire a "supercomputer." UK's IBM 300E supercomputer should be operational in early 1988. The new equipment, which will attract much more research funding and grants, will also be made available to undergraduate students, a rarity at any university.
 UK FEATURES SOME OF THE BEST FACULTY IN NATION
Some examples:
DAVID KAO, a member of the Civil Engineering faculty, was recently named one of the nation's Top 100 researchers by Science Digest Magazine.
JACQUELINE NOONAN, a pediatrician, was selected by
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