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$1,083,036 grant to UK to create the Asia ~  f  h_  _— ` ...». eg      lg     h A
Center, which will be housed in Bradley Hall _   A if F T  l   .,\ "   i  
and will work closely with the UK Office of  _· V ¤    . T   3   l lf T, Q     _
International Affairs. The grant is part of the   . h_    ··  _j·€‘K‘*‘.Z;* or = ·‘=t   ‘     .¤i* J.s*
Freeman Foundation Undergraduate Asian < ' -* ‘     gl] *22 {  Zi T j  V 
Studies Funding Initiative. ‘. C 1 . _ I /   ,   A `A I   i   if 
Kristin E. Stapleton, associate professor of ‘ C  ` ‘ s  A r A · N  »   I L ° . I J . ` ,. T . .
history in the College of Arts and Science and _ _ _ ‘  ‘ org _ * Q_ . je 
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eeerelnete Aslemeleted Yeeeereh and Cultural Tagavi [SAE adviser]. Team members not pictured Vp for Outreach
activities OU eamPuS» Organize Student and f?i€· are Nick Lewis, Blake Whitley, Andy Feger and Curtis and Service
ulty exchange programs, and serve as an out- Smith.
reach center for K—12 teachers and the · · R rl S rr Walk d
community in Kentucky.   %:::|Ents Orih; Ucg Collcgirbfgg
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ge g i    I g o? UK College of Engineering students and cnc? hasfaceeptcd if
· '     A faculty recently raced an intricately engi— gosjélondo YICEOPISSI in
_ V no r i? of   . ·   r neered vehicle the students designed and built Oil Piihenglc .u Bac
·     ` A   ·i·‘ ° in a competition sponsored by the Society of aalk , C BYYI? {
-   .   L `h ’· `L __ V Automotive Engineers at the Pontiac Wm mis Eg;) $1; mc?4
_ .   l‘£—· 6 · h Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich. dine E ec Sel tr;
o   sf if I   More than 1,000 engineering students $$12BO%-Elggggusgcs C
E {     gi ·   from 140 colleges and universities competed . ‘
ag   ‘   1 l     in the annual event that emphasizes creativity   thliillguvgly Cvglelatcd
gi . ‘ I _,`     _,_,___ ;   and ingenuity. The competition calls for gsshgznémcc E; EXP;/;;l
¤ -     .   students to conceive, design, fabricate and . . `
E is   —  * ‘? E   I l then compete with small formula-style race ual  uCaUOn’.dcV€lOp.
_ cars. The cars are built as a team effort and adgmofmltscwlcc lefumeg
UK celgbratgs   B||*'|;hday have high-performance in terms of accelera— gigs fl; §;;;;;pg;)MdI;`
tion, braking and handling qualities. . . ’ .
uf DI" Thomas clark In order to continue competing next year, g%C;§;2;t;l%g2E5li(;d§;gic
Over 200 people thronged the patio at Max- the UK Students must Y61$€_m0f€ ¥}}HH $40,000 grams, and promote the
well Place to help the UK College of Arts and E9 eever ghe iests mvihied m ?tEY9Je§P if thlz Unlvcrsityk efforts to
Sciences and the UK Department of History YPe» We as YQHSPOY 3 Km O e Ve IC C an · th lr rrlrlr ‘-
celebrate noted historian Thomas Clark’s 99th mechmeehep Sewleesh §If,`,§°,§§§, sgcigl and env]
birthday in July. A _ Cultural ll b in fth
Clark’s awards have been numerous. In ,   rp h ‘. r orozorrs olrilro gO Ol·i
1990 the Kentucky State Legislature named l _A ° • * Woalrlr She will develop
him Commonwealth Historian Laureate for   _     . .A Q. N" I Outreach partnerships
life and designated him "a state treasure." `l  f V; f h l between the University
That same year, he was awarded the first   “ ‘?7°`i   _  and local oommrmlrlos,
UK Library Medallion for Intellectual ·   h`   I . E and Sor-Vo as university
Achievement- , ’ t ·.1¤> #?i  E liaison to local, state and
Clark served as a professor and department r  1 · —· _  ,(·o     national agenclos ooo-
chair in the UK Department of History. He has   r   § Cemed with academic Duo
wrrttencrrumerous books, including his most      o rg" E reach and Sgryicg loarnrog
mccnb The People S }{?uSe`. Governors Flevered history professor Thomas D. Clark W¤1k~i>r has a doctorate
Manszons 0fKentuck)4 which he coauthored .29 Cglghhams his 99th hlhrhday at Maw in orluoorrorr arlrrlrmsrra-
with Margaret A. Lane. It rs scheduled for Woll plooo rrorr from Iowa graro
rgleasellhrs fall by The University Press of Unlvorsrry
entuc y.
Compiled from UK Web sites and UK Public Relations news reports. KENTUCKY ALUMNUS 7