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University of Kansas. The University Senate plans to conduct a special
election to choose someone to fill the seat of Dr. Powell.

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

      1. UK, for the fourth consecutive year, again ranked among the top 10
         public institutions in the number of freshman National Merit
         Scholars enrolled in the fall 1996 semester.

      2. The Chandler Medical Center opened Kentucky Clinic North on
         December 16. The clinic will provide primary care in a medically
         underserved area of Lexington.

      3. UK and the City of Lexington jointly sponsored the Martin Luther
         King Jr. Day holiday celebration on January 20. President
         Wethington commended the faculty, staff, and students for their
         leadership and participation in the program.

      4. UK's Robinson Scholarship Program, funded by the E. 0. Robinson
         Trust, has been implemented at Southeast Community College.
         Hazard and Prestonsburg community colleges will also administer
         the program in their respective service areas.

      5. The three new members to be inducted into the Gatton Business
         College Alumni Hall of Fame on February 7 are: Roy W. Bahl, Jr,
         Roger D. McDaniel and James W. Stuckert.

      6. UK linebacker Mike Schellenberger is one of only 14 Division I-A
         football players awarded a $5,000 NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship
         based on athletic and academic excellence. President Wethington
         commended C. M. Newton, Jerry Claiborne, Bill Curry, Hal Mumme
         and others who have established and continued the excellent
         academic reputation of the University's football program.

      7. The UK cheerleaders won first place among large schools competing
         in the Universal Cheerleaders Association Championships earlier
         this month. UK became the first school in its division to win the title
         three consecutive years.

      8. The Thomas D. Clark Foundation has received a $300,000 challenge
         grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to allow the
         University Press of Kentucky to enhance its humanities book
         publishing program.