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§ All  sl;  -’ /» if 2005 Campus Bicycle Plan, which created shared paths for pedes-
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James K. Patterson served from 1879 until 1910 as nrst president of eonneet the shared path system to the city streets to facilitate oii-
the University of Kentucky, at that time named the Agricultural and campus bike trips, ‘A new pathway will be created through the Ar-
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ative Writing Program, is the Kentucky Poet Laureate for a two-       ‘,`r` if  ply    »l A .‘'`   A   V     Tl
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the literature of Appalachia and the South, He was instrumental ,~`` r l'
in the founding ofthe Appalachian Poetry Project and the South- The Arboretum, State Botanical Garden of Kentucky
ern Appalachian Writers Cooperative, A charter member ofthe
faculty of the Hindman Settlement School’s Writers Workshop,
he continues to serve as a senior writer in residence for the annual For a llst of UK’s Sustalnablllty
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(Least Whole Earth Cozml0g” and sold 2 million copies worldwide,
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