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State Of Th e U n iversity Add ress
In his State ofthe University Address, UK President Lee T, • Forty UK graduates are working for Teach for America,
Todd ]r, recounted the accomplishments UK has made despite which recruits college graduates to teach in urban and
deep budget cuts experienced over the last year, He thanked rural public schools to eliminate educational inequity
members ofthe campus community for their hard work and • UK’s total research expenditures for fiscal year 2007 in-
encouraged them to keep pushing toward the goal of becom- creased to a record high $332 million
ing a Top 20 public university, • Last year 55 local companies received $64,5 million in
Among the many accomplishments cited were: venture funding with 32 ofthose companies having UK
• Record high freshman African-American enrollment this connections
fall at 341 • UK unveiled 13 new Commonwealth Collaboratives, out-
• Record number of Governor’s Scholars and Governor’s reach projects to help solve some of Kentucky’s most in-
School for the Arts Scholars at 389 trinsic economic, health and environmental problems
• Record high rate of freshman to sophomore retention this • UK continues its strong leadership in the health care
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• UK had 20 research papers accepted to last year’s National Chandler Hospital and for the new College of Pharmacy
Conference on Undergraduate Research Building
The Heroes Of Public Health Alpha Gamma Delta At 100 Yea rs
The UK College of Public Health honored three distinguished Alpha Gamma Delta sorority members and alumni came to-
professionals at its Hfth annual Hall of Fame celebration, This gether for a Centennial Celebration Weekend, marking the soror-
year’s inductees are Dr, Gilbert H, Friedell, Dr, Rice C, Leach and ity’s 100th year milestone as the oldest chapter at UK and
]ohn S, Wiggs, Wiggs, who died of cancer last year, was inducted honoring its years of success and service for the university and
posthumously, Lexington area,
Friedell came to Kentucky in 1983 as the Hrst director ofthe The Epsilon Alpha Gamma Delta sorority established itself on
Markey Cancer Center, His focus has been on the control of can- campus May 14, 1908, and stands as the second oldest Alpha
cer and chronic diseases in the poor, rural population of Eastern Gamma Delta chapter in the nation,
Kentucky and Central Appalachia,
Leach has more than four decades of public health experience, • •
including chief of stafffor the Ofhce ofthe Surgeon General’s US, Robl nson   rs Program Fu nd I ng
Public Health Service, the Commonwealth’s Commissioner gf _ The R0b1¤S¤¤ Sehelars Program (RSP), which has touched the
public health and most recently as executive director of the Pri- lives QT-llcarly 600 Students {rem Eastern Ke¤r¤¤kY» ls Icccwmg
mary CUC Center with thc Lcxmgtonfaycttc Urban County $2 million over the next two years from the state legislature, The
Health Department, program serves)Hrst generation college-bound and college students
Bcghmmgm 1969) Wiggs held Various Positions Within thc UK from Kentucky s Appalachian region who have demonstrated the
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paula Health. In 1999, he became the associate alecm rar aa- AS the ¤¤gm¤l fmdmg {rem e d¤¤¤¤¤¤ by E0 R¤l?1¤S¤¤ he
missions aaa Salaam arm, in are eauege ¤fPub11e Health, nap- §*Wmdled» the RSP has Werked te Secure Private §*¤¤¤¤¤¤S» HM-
ing to start the master’s in public health program, mg SHPPOIF {rem Some Kcmucklhbascd COmPfm1CS‘
State legislators worked to secure state funding for the RSP,
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College Of Law Hall Of Fame
]ohn Y, Brown ]r, and ]ane E, Graham have been inducted Graham joined the US, Attorney’s Orlice for the Eastern District
into the UK College of Law Alumni Association Hall of Fame, of Kentucky in 1978, She handled major public corruption and fr-
Brown was the 55th governor of Kentucky turned Kentucky nancial fraud cases and was appointed to the US, Department of
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in the world and helped establish the UK Sanders-Brown Henry Watz Gardner 8c Sellars PLLC and served three tenns on
Center on Aging, the Kentucky Bar Association Board of Governors,
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