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          state universities, including editor Richard Ulack and co-editor Karl Raitz, both of
          the Department of Geography. It is the first Kentucky atlas published in more
          than 20 years and the biggest publication by the University Press since the
          Kentucky Encyclopedia and the New History of Kentucky.

       5. The UK Children's Hospital received $658,988 from the annual Children's Miracle
          Network, broadcast on WKYT-TV in Lexington and WYMT-TV in Hazard. The
          UK Hospital has received a total of $4.9 million over 11 years, and the fund drive
          in support of the Children's Hospital at the University of Kentucky continues to
          be a success.

       6. The College of Medicine's Southeast Center for Agriculture Health and Injury
          Prevention has received a $600,000 U.S. Department of Health and Human
          Services award to provide care to migrant and seasonal farm workers. The UK
          facility is the first university health center in the nation to receive a migrant health
          award.

       7. The UK Hospital transplant surgeons performed Central and Eastern Kentucky's
          first kidney/liver transplants on May 6th and May 18th. Drs. Dinesh Ranjan and
          Thomas Johnston led the surgical teams in performing these transplants.

       8. The new rural telemedicine hub began operations May 7th through the Kentucky
          TeleCare Network's linking of two hospitals, two elementary schools and two
          health centers. The hub is the first phase of a three-year project to establish 11
          new sites in northeastern Kentucky. The hub will directly link schools with
          physicians and other health professionals. The $1 million project is funded by the
          U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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

       F.    Operating Budget for 1998-99 (FCR 7)

       With the concurrence of the Chairperson of the Board and the Chairperson of the
Finance Committee, President Wethington gave the annual Operating Budget report for 1998-
99 as a part of his report. He noted that all of the operating units of the University have put
forth their request for operating funds for 1998-99, and decisions have been made about the
budget centrally. He presented the following series of slides which reflect the priorities of the
university for 1998-99.