PRESIDENT'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES

                          JUNE 9, 1970




1.    DEGREES TO CC GRADS INCREASE BY 44.6 PER CENT

      Commencement exercises for colleges in the Community College
System were conducted as scheduled. Speakers were: Dr. Ellis Hart-
ford, Lexington Technical Institute; Mrs. John Walthall, Ashland
Community College; Frank Groschelle, Somerset; Miss Edith Napier,
Hazard; Hecht Lackey, Henderson; Alvin Harrison, Hopkinsville; Dr.
Hartford, Maysville; Dr. Henry Campbell, Prestonsburg; Eugene Goss,
Southeast; Dr. Hartford, Madisonville; Dero Downing, Elizabethtown;
Louisville Mayor Frank Burke, Jefferson; Dr. Hartford, Northern, and
Judge Earl Osborne, Paducah Community College.

      The rank by number of graduates in the 1970 class is as
follows: Northern, 177; Ashland, 145; Jefferson, 132; Henderson, 124;
Somerset, 91; Paducah, 89; Elizabethtown, 83; Hopkinsville, 62;
Maysville, 58; Lexington Technical Institute, 55; Southeast, 54;
Prestonsburg, 51; Hazard, 32, and Madisonville, 14. The increase in
technical course graduates in 1970 was relatively high. For the
Associate Degree in Applied Science, the percentage increase was 69.2
this year over 1969. For the Associate in Arts degree, there were
42.8 per cent more graduates over a year ago. The total number of
degrees given increased by 44.6. The number of certificates (con-
ferred to students expected to transfer to four-year institution for
study toward a baccalaureate degree) increased in 1970 over 1969 by
22.9 per cent.



2.    835 HERE FOR FIRST 4-WEEK SESSION

      A total 835 students enrolled for classes during the first
four-week intersession, May 19-June 12, on the Lexington campus.
During registration, 791 students signed up for the 18 courses offered
during the University's newest and shortest semester. The regular
nine-week summer session will begin June 16 and end August 11. Regis-
tration for the summer session will be Monday, June 15, in Memorial
Coliseum, based on an alphabetical schedule. Friday, June 19, is the
last day to enroll in a class for the semester. The four-week inter-
session offers classwork in history, mathematics, sociology, speech,
statistics, home economics, library science, philosophy, and allied
health. Because of the unexpected enrollment, 19 additional courses
were offered, making a total of 37.