itions i F U C 8 I
blica-   t
1 The ` D U ' n
zvords
ly_ A is on UK’s academic colleges. A study recently published in
Change magazine, an important joumal of higher education,
,0 €H_ reveals a meritorious showing for UK. The study was con-
fmm ducted by two sociologists from Columbia University and
was supported by the National Science Foundation. It
mghb solicited the views of 1,180 deans of 17 types of accredited
Mmes professional schools affiliated with universities. The deans »
ming. , listed the outstanding colleges in their professions. The UK
ndent dentistry college was rated third in the nation and the phar-
these l macy college, fifth. A total of only 85 universities made
lumm I the top-rank lists which places UK in very exclusive com-
H the pany. The study also pointed out that less established
i schools and newer professions rank their top schools away
i from the “elite East Coast universities." Some “firsts” UK
t pOS_   can brag about are the first College of Library Science and
S pOs_   the first College of Social Professions. Read the articles to
issue-   follow and see how much pride is stirred in your heartl
entral i
I
cnergy
-np-S. gI°1Cl1ltI1I`€ *
active `
devel-
-S..th€ A Paducah mother learns how to shop wisely at the Experience has shown that this purpose can best be
grocery store and prepare more nutritious, less expensive accomplished through involving people in identifying
d into meals for her family. their problems and opportunities and planning action
od glo An Eastern Kentucky farmer produces a good corn programs to help solve the problems and capitalize on
S ago crop using the no-tillage planting method on land so the opportunities. Nearly four million personal contacts
better steep that the topsoil would wash away if plowed, were made by Kentucky Extension employees last year
Development of a rapid—aging process for hams sparks in SUpp0ft of this p11fp0S€—3¤d that d0€SH’t iI1Cll1d€
olumn a Kentucky country ham industry to production of a contacts Hladé thwllgh IHHSS media-,)
es, the half million hams for sale each year. EXTENSION PROJECTS
ngs of What do these situations have in common? All re- One of the newer phases of Extension work is the
urette. sulted largely from efforts of UK College of Agriculture Expanded Foods and Nutrition Education Program
t your staff members. With a combination of resident instruc- (EFNEP), which involves helping low-income families
nd for tion, problem—oriented research, and off-campus Exten- learn skills in buying and taking care of food, in prepar-
, story sion work throughout the state, the College of Agricul— ing healthful and tasty meals, and in growing and
ture directly serves Kentucky people in all walks of life. preserving their own food supplies. Federally funded
romise The Cooperative Extension Service’s activities have and administered through Extension specialists and
broadened considerably since the beginning in 1914, agents, EFNEP makes use of trained part-time para-
with urban as well as rural people now among those professionals—338 in 117 Kentucky counties last year-
served. According to Dr. C. E. Barnhart, who is director who are usually part of the communities in which they
of the state’s Cooperative Extension Service as well as work. Now in its fourth year, this program has enrolled
dean of the College of Agriculture, “Extension’s purpose nearly 31,000 families. Another 25,500 low-income fam-
is to increase the productivity and responsibility of ilies not officially enrolled in the program have asked
people through programs of motivation and education. for and received help with various food-related problems.
3