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AGENDA
Meeting of the Board of Trustees
University of Kentucky
1:00 P.M.
September 15, 1998
Invocation
Oath of Office
Roll Call
Approval of Minutes
Nomination of Officers and Executive Committee
President's Report and Action Items
PR 1 President's Report to the Trustees
A. College of Agriculture Report
PR 2 Personnel Actions
PR 3 Central Administration
A. Agreement Regarding Awarding Degrees to Students Enrolled in the Community
College System
PR 4 Community College System (No items to report)
PR 5 Lexington Campus
A. Change in Name of Program and Degree
PR 6 Medical Center (No items to report)
Finance Committee
1. Acceptance of Audit Report for the University of Kentucky for 1997-98
2. Report of Lease
3. 1998-99 Budget Revisions
4. Admiral William R. Sheeley Quasi-Endowment
5. Gartner Group Gift and Pledge of $900,000
6. William T. Young Library Endowment Agreement
7. Estate of Jes and Clementine Schlaikjer
8. Property Conveyance to Lexington Fayette Urban County Government Coldstream
Research Campus
9. Coidstream Research Campus Ground Lease - Century Offshore Management Corporation
Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky,
Tuesday, September 15, 1998.
The Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky met at 1:00 p.m. (Lexington
time) on Tuesday, September 15, 1998 in the Board Room on the 18th floor of Patterson
Office Tower.
A. Meeting Opened
Governor Edward T. Breathitt, Chairperson, called the meeting to order at 1:10
p.m., and the invocation was pronounced by Dr. W. Grady Stumbo.
B. Oath of Office Administered
Governor Breathitt asked Richard Plymale, General Counsel, to administer the
oath of office to the following member:
Dr. Elissa Plattner, reappointed by Governor Paul Patton, for a term expiring
2004.
Governor Breathitt and President Wethington expressed pleasure in the
reappointment of Dr. Plattner to the Board.
C. Roll Call
The following members of the Board of Trustees answered the call of the roll:
Governor Edward T. Breathitt (Chairperson), Mr. Nathan Brown, Mr. Paul W. Chellgren,
Mr. Merwin Grayson, Mr. John "Jack" Guthrie, Mr. James F. Hardymon, Professor
Loys L. Mather, Dr. Robert P. Meriwether, Mr. Billy Joe Miles, Dr. Elissa Plattner, Mr.
Steven S. Reed, Professor Daniel R. Reedy, Mr. C. Frank Shoop, Mrs. Marian Sims, Dr.
W. Grady Stumbo, Mr. Martin Welenken, Ms. JoEtta Y. Wickliffe, Mr. Billy B.
Wilcoxson, and Mr. Russell Williams. Absent from the meeting was Mr. Ted Bates. The
University administration was represented by President Charles T. Wethington, Jr.;
Chancellors James W. Holsinger, and Elisabeth Zinser; Vice Presidents Fitzgerald
Bramwell, Joseph T. Burch, Ben W. Carr, Edward A. Carter, George DeBin and Eugene
Williams; Dr. Juanita Fleming, Special Assistant for Academic Affairs; Mr. C. M.
Newton, Director of Athletics, and Mr. Richard E. Plymale, General Counsel.
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Members of the various news media were also in attendance. A quorum being
present, the Chairperson declared the meeting officially open for the conduct of business
at 1:15 p.m.
D. Approval of Minutes
Governor Breathitt said that the Minutes of the Board meeting on August 18,
1998 had been distributed and asked for any additions or corrections. Mr. Guthrie moved
that the Minutes be approved as distributed. Mr. Shoop seconded the motion, and it
carried.
E. Nomination of Officers and Executive Committee
Under the Governing Regulations, officers of the Board and the Executive
Committee are elected annually at the September meeting. Governor Breathitt called
upon Mrs. Sims to preside and receive the report of the Nominating Committee. Mrs.
Sims asked Mr. Wilcoxson, Chairperson of the Nominating Committee, to give his report.
Mr. Wilcoxson placed the following slate of officers for 1998-99 in nomination:
Edward T. Breathitt, Chairperson
Robert P. Meriwether, Vice Chairperson
Merwin Grayson, Jr., Secretary
Richard E. Plymale, Assistant Secretary
Mrs. Sims called for nominations or discussion from the floor. Mr. Wilcoxson
moved that these nominations be approved for 1998-99. Mr. Shoop seconded the
motion, and it carried unanimously.
Mr. Wilcoxson placed the following slate of Executive Committee members for
1998-99 in nomination:
Edward T. Breathitt, Chairperson
Robert P. Meriwether, Vice Chairperson
James Hardymon
Paul Chellgren
Billy B. Wilcoxson
Merwin Grayson, Jr., ex officio
Mrs. Sims called for nominations or discussion from the floor. On behalf of the
Nominating Committee, Mr. Wilcoxson moved that these individuals be approved as the
Executive Committee for 1998-99. Mr. Shoop seconded his motion, and it passed.
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Governor Breathitt expressed appreciation to the Board and thanked them for
their support.
F. President's Report to the Board of Trustees (PR 1)
President Wethington called attention to the following items in PR 1:
1. The University of Kentucky set records during the last academic year for
research funding. This is the fifth consecutive year that the University has
exceeded $100 million in research funding.
2. Allan Butterfield, Department of Chemistry and Center for Membrane
Science, received White House recognition for his years of helping students.
He received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and
Engineering Mentoring, particularly for his work with women and minorities.
3. The University is experiencing a banner year in freshman quality and
enrollment. The total combined enrollment for UK and Lexington Community
College is up nearly two percent to an estimated 30,300. The new figures
show that the top 25 percent of freshmen scored 27 or higher on their ACT
exam and had high school grade point averages of 3.8 or better.
4. The University has received a five-year $961,000 grant from the National
Institutes of Health to create an interactive internet course on writing grant
proposals. The course is being designed to help historically minority
institutions write funding proposals.
5. A $2.25 million National Science Foundation grant has established a graduate
program involving 15 UK chemistry and engineering students per year. The
program will provide classes and research training on the development of
chemical sensors.
6. Twenty high school students and two community college students have been
named this year's Otis A. Singletary Scholars. They include 10 National
Merit Finalists and 10 valedictorians.
7. The Lexington Community College Talent Search Project has received a
$910,600 U.S. Department of Education grant to continue its work.
President Wethington asked the members to read the other items in the report at
their leisure.
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G. College of Agriculture Report
President Wethington called upon Dr. Oran Little, Dean of the College of
Agriculture, to give a report on the College of Agriculture.
Dean Little began his report with a visual presentation about the College and the
scope of its activities. The College, indeed, grows ideas in the fertile minds of students.
It grows ideas that farmers use to produce food. In the laboratories, scientific ideas grow
into practical solutions. Through Cooperative Extension offices in every county, ideas
grow into better communities and economic gain. The College grows ideas that enrich
people's lives and ideas that solve problems.
Dean Little summarized the mission and objectives of the College by first
identifying the scope and economic significance of Kentucky agriculture. In addition to
food and fiber, agriculture involves soil and water, crops and livestock, supplies and
services, and equipment and buildings. It encompasses the management of resources,
capital and labor; but, agriculture is really focused on people, communities and economic
growth. The farm gate value of production now exceeds $4 billion annually and with
economic multipliers, these farm gate dollars soon become $16 million statewide. The
additional agribusiness impact truly reflects agriculture as Kentucky's number one
industry.
The programs of the College of Agriculture are mission oriented and can be
summarized as follows:
1. Develop human resources to meet the needs of an ever changing society,
2. Create knowledge in fields of science relating to agriculture, food, natural
resources, the environment, people and communities, and
3. Transfer technology and the application of science-based knowledge with
practical nonformal educational methods.
To serve these missions, the College is organized into three distinct but closely
coordinated functional components with interrelating objectives.
Instruction (teaching) - to educate the students to be society ready graduates;
Agricultural Experiment Station (research) - to build knowledge bases in areas that
will make a difference; and
Cooperative Extension (service) - to connect with the clientele for knowledge
application and life-long learning.
This structure includes ten academic departments with laboratory, classrooms and
offices in seven major buildings on the Lexington Campus. It also includes the state
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Regulatory Services Division and the Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center, laboratory and
field facilities at ten off campus locations and Cooperative Extension offices and county
agents in all 120 counties.
Dean Little summarized examples of major activities and accomplishments in
several program areas that reflect active students, superior and highly productive faculty
and staff, strong and responsive linkage with clientele, and supportive organizational and
business partners. He also provided specific examples of results in financial and societal
benefits that have had tremendous positive impacts and examples of emerging areas of the
College's programs and related high expectations that can provide the stepping stones to
assure the future growth of Kentucky agriculture.
The College of Agriculture report concluded with a video which illustrated
examples of how the College is leveraging technology as it goes about doing its business.
These technologies are expected to greatly influence agriculture and help to lead our
students and clientele into the 21 st Century in advancing the mission of Kentucky's
Land-Grant University.
Packets of additional information about the programs and accomplishments of the
College were distributed to the Board. Dean Little recognized and expressed appreciation
to Dr. Carla Craycraft, Director of Agricultural Communications Services, and Dr. Craig
Wood, Director of Agricultural Distance Learning, for their efforts in preparing the
materials for the presentation. Dean Little entertained questions from the Board at the
end of his presentation.
H. Personnel Actions (PR 2)
President Wethington recommended that approval be given to the appointments,
actions and/or other staff changes which require Board action; and that the report relative
to appointments and/or changes already approved by the administration be accepted.
Mr. Welenken moved approval. The motion, seconded by Mr. Williams, carried. (See
PR 2 at the end of the Minutes.)
I. Agreement Regarding Awarding Degrees to Students Enrolled in the
Community College System (PR 3A)
President Wethington recommended that the Board approve the Memorandum of
Understanding between the University of Kentucky (UK) and the Kentucky Community
and Technical College System (KCTCS) concerning degrees granted in the Community
College System. He said that the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of
College and Schools, the accrediting agency for the University of Kentucky Community
College System (UKCCS), has questioned whether degrees may be granted by UK Board
of Trustees to students enrolled in UKCCS programs under the administration of
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KCTCS. In response to this concern expressed by the accrediting association, KCTCS
has made the decision that it will set up all new degree programs and all degrees in the
future will be granted by KCTCS, not by UK. Since KCTCS has made that decision, UK
is, by this agreement, agreeing to award degrees to students who were officially enrolled
on or before June 30, 1999 in associate degree programs approved by the Board of
Trustees of UK and who complete the associate degree program on or before June 30,
2004. He said that this agreement will continue the Board's commitment to students
already enrolled by giving them five years to complete their degree. He asked Mr.
Chellgren, chairperson of the ad hoc committee, to comment on the agreement.
Mr. Chellgren said that this Memorandum of Understanding is very important in
the transition of the community colleges to KCTCS. As President Wethington stated,
this Memorandum of Understanding will permit the students an additional year to enroll
in programs and six years from June 30, 1998 to complete their degree programs. He said
that he believes this satisfies the students' expectations and should satisfy the Board's
responsibility. It also permits KCTCS to move forward independently. KCTCS is
optimistic that this Memorandum of Understanding will be acceptable in their
accreditation procedure. He said that the next series of meetings regarding accreditation
will be in October 1998; therefore, it is necessary to have the Board's action at this
meeting to support execution of this Memorandum of Understanding. He entertained
questions from the Board.
Governor Breathitt expressed his appreciation to Mr. Chellgren for his leadership
as chairperson of the ad hoc committee. Mr. Chellgren has been very helpful, along with
President Wethington, Dr. Carr and others in the administration, in working to make the
transition smooth. He added his endorsement to the Memorandum of Understanding.
Mr. Guthrie said that contrary to some editorials you see he feels the
administration and the Board are doing the job the Governor and legislature asked them to
do.
Mr. Brown asked if UK was publicizing the information about the change to
prospective community college students.
President Wethington said the administration would be pleased to assist; however,
that is the role of KCTCS under the delegation of management. He said he expressed to
President Jeff Hockaday and Chancellor Anthony Newberry that it is very important for
this information to get out to prospective students. The UK administration will be
pleased to help, but the community colleges and KCTCS will be doing the recruiting now.
On motion made by Mr. Grayson, seconded by Mr. Shoop and carried, PR 3A
was approved.
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J. Change in Name of Program and Degree (PR 5A)
President Wethington recommended that the Board approve the change in the
name of the program Home Economics Education to Family and Consumer Sciences
Education and the name of the degree from B.S. in Home Economics with a major in
Home Economics Education to B.S. in Family and Consumer Sciences with a major in
Family and Consumer Sciences Education. He noted that this is the result of the name
change of a certain professional association and organization. He recommended approval
of PR 5A. Dr. Meriwether moved approval. His motion, seconded by Mr. Welenken,
passed. (See PR 5A at the end of the Minutes.)
K. Acceptance of Audit Report for the University of Kentucky for 1997-98
(FCR 1)
Mr. Hardymon, Chairperson of the Finance Committee, reported that the Finance
Committee met and considered nine items to submit to the Board. FCR I is a
recommendation that the Board accept the University of Kentucky financial statements
for the year ended June 30, 1998, consisting of the Consolidated Balance Sheet,
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Fund Balances, Consolidated Statement of Current
Funds Revenues, Expenditures and Other Changes, Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies, and Notes to Financial Statements. He said that the statements need an
explanation this time because there are historical statements that include the Community
College System and the ongoing statements that do not include them. He referred to page
2, total liabilities and fund balances ($2,173,704) and page 7, total assets transferred to
the Community College System ($274 million). He compared these figures and noted that
the assets have improved and the liabilities have dropped. This is extremely important
because when you take a large portion out of a financial statement there is a tremendous
amount of work necessary to assure it is accurate and also to understand the balance.
Even though there was a change in accounting because the University lost the Community
College System, the UK balance sheet from year to year is strengthened. He said that the
auditors will be making a complete report to the Board at a later meeting. The
university's financial procedures have been reviewed, and an excellent report was
received. He complimented the university's staff and moved approval of
FCR 1. Mrs. Sims seconded the motion, and it passed. (See FCR 1 at the end of the
Minutes.)
L. Report of Lease (FCR 2)
Mr. Hardymon said that FCR 2 is a report of a new lease less than $30,000 per
year in value for the College of Allied Health for a location on South Limestone in
Lexington involving 1,800 square feet (a value of $8.76 per square foot). He moved
approval of FCR 2. His motion, seconded by Mr. Guthrie, carried. (See FCR 2 at the
end of the Minutes.)
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M. 1998-99 Budget Revisions (FCR 3)
Mr. Hardymon said FCR 3 is a quarterly report on budget revisions. He reviewed
the report briefly and called attention to the gifts and grants. On motion made by Mr.
Hardymon, seconded by Professor Reedy and carried, FCR 3 was approved. (See FCR 3
at the end of the Minutes.)
N. Admiral William R. Sheeley Quasi-endowment (FCR 4)
Mr. Hardymon said that FCR 4 recommends that the Board approve the
establishment of a quasi-endowment in the amount of $500,000 received from the estate
of Admiral William R. Sheeley to create the William R. Sheeley Spinal Cord and Head
Injury Chair in the College of Medicine. He directed that the gift be used at the discretion
of the College of Medicine, and the College of Medicine is establishing the quasi-
endowment to support medical research in spinal cord and head injury in recognition of
Admiral Sheeley's generosity. The $1M chairwill be created by matching the $500,000
quasi-endowment with $500,000 previously received by the College of Medicine.
Mr. Hardymon pointed out that this resident of Kentucky did not attend the
University of Kentucky. He died in 1993 and left his estate to the medical schools at the
University of Kentucky and Johns Hopkins University. He did this in recognition of his
heritage and the good medical care he received throughout his 86 years. This is truly a
unique type of gift. He moved approval of FCR 4. Mr. Shoop seconded his motion, and
it passed. (See FCR 4 at the end of the Minutes.)
0. Gartner Group Gift and Pledge of $900,000 (FCR 5)
Mr. Hardymon said that FCR 5 recommends that the Board accept a gift of
$300,000 and a pledge of $600,000 from the Gartner Group of Stamford, Connecticut, to
create a chair in the College of Engineering Department of Computer Science. He noted
that the University has a three-year contract with the Gartner Group that involves their
supplying extensive technology training materials, expertise in the development of Web
page instructional materials, and other items in the information technology field. This gift
is to provide support for advanced research work in network engineering and for support
for a curriculum to provide students a wide range of networking experience. The
university's goal will be for the Challenge Fund to move this to a million dollar chair. The
$600,000 pledge will be paid before October, 1999. He moved approval of FCR 5. His
motion, seconded by Mr. Welenken, carried. (See FCR 5 at the end of the Minutes.)
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P. William T. Young Library Endowment Agreement (FCR 6)
Mr. Hardymon said FCR 6 is a recommendation that the Board establish the
William T. Young Library Endowment, authorize the president to execute an endowment
agreement with the donors, and amend the University's long-range development plan to
prohibit any non-library use of the William T. Young Library site until the year 2050.
Mr. Young has agreed to chair a campaign to raise the $5,000,000 for the endowment by
December 31, 2002. The University's amended long-range development plan for the
library site will prohibit any non-library uses until the year 2050. The parties also want
to maintain the library site as a park-like setting. To accomplish these goals, Mr. Young
and the Foundation have proposed the creation of an endowment to develop research
collections to help carry out the recommendations of the Task Force on Research and
Graduate Education and to support the University's goal of becoming a top 20 public
research university; to purchase books and other supporting materials, with special
consideration to collections which also meet the library and information needs of other
libraries in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; to supplement landscaping and maintenance
for the library site; and for other extraordinary needs of the William T. Young Library.
He moved approval of FCR 6. Professor Reedy seconded the motion, and it passed. (See
FCR 6 at the end of the Minutes.)
Governor Breathitt said this is a very generous offer on the part of Mr. Young,
and it will greatly enhance the service that the library will give everyone.
President Wethington said it is a wonderful opportunity for the University to
have this good endowment started for the library. The preservation of this site around
the library in a park-like setting is very important to the University.
Q. Estate of Jes and Clementine Schlaikjer (FCR 7)
Mr. Hardymon said FCR 7 recommends that the Board accept $7,001,966 from
the estate of Jes and Clementine Schlaikjer to establish and endow funds to study and
research equine infectious diseases in the College of Agriculture's Gluck Equine Research
Center in the Department of Veterinary Science. These two great individuals lived in
Arizona. She died in 1995, and he died in 1996. They left most of their estate to the
University of Kentucky for endowments to support equine infectious disease research.
The endowments will create chairs and professorships and support other research
programs and initiatives.
Jes and Clementine Schlaikjer spent 40 years together traveling the world, riding
and training their horses. Obviously, the horses gave them great pleasure, and that is why
they thought about this gift. He explained that they saw one of the Equine Research
Foundation's newsletters in. their veterinarian's office, called the foundation for more
information, and within six months rewrote their will to include the University of
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Kentucky. He moved approval of FCR 7. His motion, seconded by Professor Mather,
passed. (See FCR 7 at the end of the Minutes.)
R. Property Conveyance to Lexington Fayette Urban County Government -
Coldstream Research Campus (FCR 8)
Mr. Hardymon reminded the Board that the preliminary development plans of the
Coldstream Research Campus submitted by the University of Kentucky and adopted by
the Urban County Planning Commission in 1992 anticipated that the University would
dedicate the right of way through Coldstream for the construction of a major roadway
connecting Newtown Pike with Georgetown Road; therefore, serving as one of the major
streets in the development of Coldstream.
He said that FCR 8 recommends that the administration be authorized to convey
to the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government a roadway right of way and a
permanent maintenance easement from Newtown Pike to the western boundary of the
Coldstream Research Campus. The right of way will be approximately 150 feet in width,
and the permanent maintenance easement will be 100 feet in width on each side of the
right of way. He noted that this will not jeopardize the plans or infrastructure on lots 17
and 18. This action will accomplish the objective of both the government and the research
campus. He moved approval of FCR 8. Mr. Reed seconded the motion, and it carried.
(See FCR 8 at the end of the Minutes.)
S. Coldstream Research Campus Ground Lease - Century Offshore
Management Corporation (FCR 9)
Mr. Hardymon said that FCR 9 also involves Coldstream. It is a ground lease
involving the Century Offshore Management Corporation. This Lexington based
independent oil and gas exploration and production company was incorporated in 1986 in
the State of Kentucky. It has facilities in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore Louisiana and
onshore in Mississippi and Louisiana, and the North Sea.
He said that FCR 9 is a recommendation that the administration be authorized to
execute a ground lease between the University and Century Offshore Management
Corporation for Lots 19 and 20 for the purpose of developing a commercial office
building to house their corporate headquarters and support units of Century Offshore as
well as an alternative medical clinic. The prospective tenant is interested in working with
the UK Medical Center on research projects to evaluate the science related to the
Ayurveda medical system. The lease arrangement is for a $1,000 a month before
construction and $8,310 per acre per year after the start of construction. He moved
approval of FCR 9. His motion, seconded by Mr. Wilcoxson, carried. (See FCR 9 at the
end of the Minutes.)
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T. Meeting Adjourned
Governor Breathitt announced that this is the eighth anniversary for the president
of the University of Kentucky. He praised President Wethington for his good work and
adjourned the meeting in respect for eight very fine years of leadership by Charles
Wethington as President of the University of Kentucky. President Wethington received a
round of applause. There being no further business to come before the Board, the
Chairperson adjourned the meeting at 2:38 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Merwin Grayson, Jr.
Secretary
Board of Trustees
(PR 2, 3A, 5A; FCR 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 which follow are official parts of the
Minutes of the meeting.)
PRI1
Office of the President
September 15, 1998
l. University Sets Research Funding Record
The University set records during the last academic year for research
funding. Faculty and staff received a $131.5 million in research contracts, grants
and gifts during the 1997-1998 academic year, a 4.7-percent increase over the
previous year. This is the fifth consecutive year that the University has
exceeded $100 million in research funding.
2. Graduate School Confers Record Number of Degrees
The Graduate School awarded 1,366 degrees last academic year, a 7.4
percent increase over the previous year and the most graduate degrees ever
conferred by the University. Those degrees included 233 doctoral degrees and
1,133 master's and specialist degrees. The increase brings the University closer
to the goal of increasing the number of graduate degrees 10 percent by 2003.
3. Butterfield Receives Presidential Award
Allan Butterfield, chemistry and Center for Membrane Science, received
White House recognition for his years of helping students. Butterfield received
the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering
Mentoring particularly for his work with women and minorities. The award
includes a $10,000 National Science Foundation grant to further his mentoring
work. Since Butterfield came to UK in 1975, he has advised about 40 doctoral
and master's degree candidates, has worked with more than 70 undergraduates in
his laboratory and has worked with about a hundred students as director of the
Center for Membrane Science.
4. University Experiencing Banner Year in Freshman Quality and Enrollment
Preliminary figures indicate a 1998 freshman class of 2,860 compared with
the 1997 freshman enrollment of 2,626, an increase of nearly nine percent. The
total combined enrollment for UK and Lexington Community College is up nearly
two percent to an estimated 30,300. The new figures show that the top 25
percent of freshmen scored 27 or higher on their ACT and had high school grade
point averages of 3.8 or better. The freshman class includes 75 National
Merit/Achievement Scholars, 127 Governor's Scholars and 103 high school
valedictorians.
5. UK Receives Grant to Help Minority Institutions Write Funding Proposals
The Universitv has received a five-year $961,000 grant from the National
Institutes of Health to create an interactive Internet course on writing grant
proposals. The course is being designed to help historically minority institutions
become more competitive and will cover the grant-writing process from
developing an idea to writing a final draft. Virginia State University and the
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras will serve as pilot schools before the
course is expanded to include 80 other institutions. Don Frazier, Center for
Science Outreach. is principal investigator.
6. NSF Grant Establishes New Graduate Program
A $2.25 million National Science Foundation grant has established a
graduate program involving 15 UK chemistry and engineering students per year.
The program - called the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training
Program - will provide classes and research training on the development of
chemical sensors. The grant will be used to establish new graduate fellowships,
seminars, visits by industrial scientists, cross-disciplinary courses and
workshops and internships at industrial and government laboratories. Student
projects will be jointly supervised by participating professors, who will come
from the departments of chemical and materials engineering, chemistry and
electrical engineering. Leonidas Bachas, chemistry, is directing the program.
7. Medical Center and Charter Ridae Announce Joint Venture
The Chandler Medical Center and Charter Ridge Behavioral Health System
have announced the creation of one of the largest integrated behavioral health
delivery systems in Kentucky. The partnership will consolidate the resources of
three entities - the UK Department of Psychiatry, the UK Hospital and Charter
Ridge - into one organization known as the Behavioral Healthcare Alliance. The
partnership developed out of a 16-year affiliation between UK and Charter Ridge.
8. Singletarv Scholars Named
Twenty high school students and two community college students have
been named this year's Otis A. Singletary Scholars. They include 10 National
Merit Finalist