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June 19, 2012
The Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky met at 1:00 p.m. (Lexington time)
on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 in the Board Room on the 18th Floor of Patterson Office Tower.
A.

Meeting Opened

Dr. E. Britt Brockman, chair of the Board of Trustees, called the meeting to order at 1:00
p.m. Dr. Brockman asked Ms. Sandy Patterson, secretary of the Board, to call the roll.
B.

Roll Call

The following members of the Board of Trustees answered the call of the roll: C.B.
Akins, Sr., William C. Britton, E. Britt Brockman, Sheila Brothers, Jo Hern Curris, William S.
Farish, Jr., Micah Fielden, Oliver Keith Gannon, Carol Martin “Bill” Gatton, Pamela T. May,
Billy Joe Miles, Terry Mobley, Sandy Bugie Patterson, Erwin Roberts, Charles Sachatello, C.
Frank Shoop, James W. Stuckert, John Wilson, and Barbara Young. Absent from the meeting
was Dr. Irina Voro. Dr. Brockman announced that a quorum was present.
The University administration was represented by President Eli Capilouto, Interim
Provost Tim Tracy, and Senior Associate General Counsel T. Lynn Williamson.
The University faculty was represented by Chair of the University Senate Council Lee
Blonder, and the University staff was represented by Chair of the Staff Senate Mike Adams.
Members of the various news media were also in attendance.
C.

Consent Items

Dr. Brockman called attention to the two consent items on the agenda. The items
included the minutes for the regular meeting of the Board on May 8, 2012 and PR 2 which deals
with personnel actions. Mr. Stuckert moved approval of the consent items. Mr. Britton
seconded the motion, and it carried without dissent. (See consent items listed below on the
Board of Trustees website, www.uky.edu/Trustees, under agenda.)
Minutes May 8, 2012
PR 2 Personnel Actions
D.

Chairman’s Report

Dr. Brockman began by reporting that there had been no requests since the last meeting
to speak or appear before the Board.
Dr. Brockman acknowledged that the presidential evaluation is ongoing and Dr. David
Hardesty was selected as the facilitator. Dr. Hardesty, former president of West Virginia

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University, is meeting with Board members and constituents on campus this week regarding the
presidential evaluation. Chair Brockman is expecting Dr. Hardesty’s report in early July with the
Executive Committee meeting sometime in the month of July to review the report with the
recommendations coming to the full board thereafter.
Dr. Brockman acknowledged the attendance and offered congratulations to Dr. Lee X.
Blonder, the new chair of the Faculty Senate and Mr. Mike Adams, chair of the Staff Senate.
Mr. Adams has been re-elected to a second term as Chair.
E.

President’s Report (PR 1)

President Capilouto began his report by acknowledging that the Board would be
discussing a budget for the upcoming year and in turn, plans for the future. These plans will
position the University of Kentucky over the next several years. He continued that
such moments in time remind us that great universities like UK are always at once poised to look
ahead, even amidst great change, while never forgetting to pause, to honor our history and the
legacy of those who made us what we are. He concluded that today’s report and meeting were
full of such reflections and transitions that are positioning UK for an even brighter future.
President Capilouto congratulated Trustee Terry Mobley and his wife Becky on the birth
of their grandchild. He also congratulated long-time General Counsel, Barbara Jones, who
announced earlier this month that she was retiring. He acknowledged her steadfast commitment
to UK as she vigilantly protected the university's interests on a broad range of issues. He stated
that he has begun a search for a replacement and will update the Board as the search progresses.
President Capilouto called attention to the recent award of $6.25 million dollars to the
Markey Cancer Center to study blood and bone marrow disease. The award was made possible
through a $5 million grant from the Edward P. Evans Foundation and an anonymous gift of
$1.25 million from a donor. He thanked Board of Trustee member, Bill Farish, who also serves
on the Evans Foundation, for his tremendous work in making this award possible.
President Capilouto recommended for the Board’s reading an inspiring profile of Trustee
Jim Stuckert in the most recent issue of the UK Alumni magazine. He thanked Mr. Stuckert and
his wife, Diane, for their committed resolve to give back to the institution that had given so much
to them. As early as 1968, with not only major endowments in the Colleges of Engineering,
Education and the Gatton College, they have given to a number of other initiatives from the
Stuckert Career Center to chairing UK’s $1 billion capital campaign.
President Capilouto pointed out another important investment that is contained in the
Finance Committee's report, the approval of nearly $5 million for the campus security system.
Under the direction and leadership of Assistant Vice President Anthany Beatty and Chief of
Police Joe Monroe's, UK is making critical investments of time, training and money in measures
to enhance safety on campus. The investment is a multi-faceted, high-tech system that includes
video monitoring, centralized building access control, and increased early warning
communication capabilities. The system will significantly enhance security on campus with its
capacity to lock down of buildings remotely, if necessary. Video monitoring will be valuable in

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helping solve cases of a criminal nature, but it is also expected to be an important deterrent to
crime. The $4.8 million dollar project will take three years to complete.
President Capilouto also wanted to draw to the Board’s attention the other ongoing
capital planning efforts. Also discussed at the Finance Committee meeting was the $4 million
design phase of a significant renovation and expansion of the Gatton College of Business and
Economics. He commented that the re-imagination of Gatton is but one example of how we are
moving forward on a number of fronts, in a strategic and intentional way, with the revitalization
of the campus core. Similar plans are being discussed for the renovation of the College of Law.
President Capilouto shared that Bob Wiseman and others are taking a comprehensive
look at UK’s facilities' needs and devising a strategy for how to address them, both now and into
the future. As with the Gatton Building and the College of Law, President Capilouto emphasized
the importance of philanthropy as one of the ways to finance the ambitions for Kentucky and for
UK. It is necessary to be able to cultivate donors with a matching and powerful vision for our
progress. He offered that the efforts to partner with the state and seek its support are, and will
remain, critical to UK’s success. At the same time, the University must find more paths for
earning its way.
President Capilouto commented on the days in early March when tornados ripped
through much of Eastern Kentucky, leveling most the town of West Liberty. The University of
Kentucky extension office, which provides service throughout Morgan County, was destroyed
along with much of the town. UK extension agent Sarah Fannin, when reached by phone in the
storm's aftermath, told President Capilouto that she had opened a makeshift extension office in
her home and, as he recalled, was arranging for the delivery of supplies for farmers and others,
whose needs were piling up. He noted that this is what our extension agents do in all of
Kentucky's 120 counties every day. It is a profound example of the impact and support UK
provides to countless Kentuckians and a touching reminder of the importance of our Kentucky
Promise, a promise of education, of research and of service. The Kentucky Promise is as
relevant today as it was nearly 150 years ago.
President Capilouto introduced Scott Smith, dean of the College of Agriculture, the
College responsible for UK’s extension program. Dean Smith wanted to recognize several
leaders of the effort of the Cooperative Extension Service, Associate Dean for Extension and
Director of the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service Jimmy Henning, District 1 Supervisor
David Adams and Assistant Director for Natural Resources Gary Palmer. Dean Smith also
recognized representatives and leaders of a team of agents who responded to the tornado. They
were Daniel Wilson, County Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources for Wolfe
County, Mary McCarty, County Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural resources in Elliott
County, and Courtney Jenkins, County Extension Agent for 4–H Youth Development &
Agriculture and Natural Resources in Menifee County.
Dean Smith then introduced Nelly Buchanan, County Extension Agent for Family and
Consumer Sciences in Morgan County and Sarah Fannin, County Extension Agent for
Agriculture and Natural Resources in Morgan County. He invited them to the podium to offer
comments.

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Ms. Fannin, on behalf of her fellow County Extension agents, thanked the Board of
Trustees and President Capilouto for the invitation to share their story. She began by saying that
the tornadoes that battered the state on February 29 and March 1 not only changed forever the
landscape, but devastated families, leveled communities, wiped out businesses, and destroyed
much loved farms. Remaining unchanged though was the ability of the University and the
Cooperative Extension Service to meet its land grant mission, serving others.
She continued that, assisted by the College of Agriculture’s leadership and with access to
their resources, extension agents throughout the state were able to overcome communication and
transportation barriers. Through the existing network of UK Cooperative extension service
agents, specialist and community partners, farmers were provided with emergency supplies and
families were provided with the basic needs of food, clothing and shelter.
Ms. Fannin spoke of the generosity of neighbors that crossed county, state, and national
boundaries. From Morgan, Menifee, Johnson, and Magoffin Counties alone, over $200,000 was
donated in hay, feed, fencing supplies, plus in-kind volunteer efforts for direct and immediate
agricultural relief. She gratefully thanked Trustee Keith Gannon for his generosity. She shared
that her heart still tightens when she thinks about seeing the truckload of fencing supplies roll in.
She offered that, for many, 4 roles of barbed wire and 50 posts per farmer may not sound like a
lot, but in some cases those donations meant keeping the profit from literally walking off
devastated farms. To others, it was a much-needed stimulus, encouragement to begin the
overwhelming task of rebuilding.
Ms. Fannin concluded that currently Extension is both learning and helping the
communities to learn, the meaning of such words as endurance, long-term recovery, resiliency
and new normal. UK Extension is vested in rebuilding and strengthening the community
economic foundations, including homes, small businesses, main street stores, and farms. She
noted that in the midst of difficult circumstances, extraordinary events do occur, and new
opportunities present themselves. Extension’s challenge today is to grow these new
opportunities.
Ms. Fannin closed her remarks by saying that, though her community’s landscape may
have been altered by the tornadoes, more relevant than ever, the UK extension mission and
commitment to service and this state, has not. The Board gave Ms. Fannin and the extension
agents a heartfelt round of applause.
President Capilouto reminded the Board that one of our alums, Chris Sullivan, was the
national chairman of the effort to raise funds for the memorial to those who died in the tragic
Flight 93 crash on September 11, 2001. As an example of how one selfless act, in turn creates
others, the President shared that he wrote to Mr. Sullivan to let him know that in April, students,
faculty and alumni from the UK departments of Forestry, Landscape Architecture and Plant and
Soil Sciences joined 150 volunteers in planting thousands of tree seedlings at the site of the
Flight 93 National Memorial.
President Capilouto’s next recognition was former President Charles T. Wethington. He
said that since his arrival at UK, Dr. Wethington and he had spent time together talking about

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UK’s history, the challenges and joys of being a president, and the possibilities for UK’s future.
He offered that early on Dr. Wethington pledged to be a friend who would listen and provide
counsel when needed. He thanked him for being that friend and for joining the Board meeting
today to allow the University to mark his retirement and thank him for 47 years of dedicated
service. He described his presidency from 1990 to 2001 as a time of remarkable growth, 41
building projects, a dramatic increase in private donations, including UK's first ever capital
campaign.
President Capilouto asked Terry Birdwhistell, Dean of Libraries and University Historian
to come forward to share a few observations of Dr. Charles Wethington.
Dean Birdwhistell began by thanking the Board of Trustees and President Capilouto for
the honor to offer remarks about his colleague, mentor and friend. He offered that Dr.
Wethington’s service at UK for almost half a century is a tribute to his dedication to the
University of Kentucky and that his career has been an enormous benefit to this University and
to the Commonwealth as a whole
Dean Birdwhistell stated that there is a tradition at the University of Kentucky, much like
other universities, where presidents continue serving the institution after stepping down as
president. Our first president, James K. Patterson, started a tradition, but may have carried it a
little too far. After leaving office, he did not move out of the president’s house, forcing President
and Mrs. Barker to live in Patterson Hall, the girl’s dormitory, the entire time he was president.
When Frank McVey came to UK in 1917-1918, President Patterson still remained in the original
president’s home, so UK purchased Maxwell Place for the new president. President McVey
served for over two decades. And after his retirement from UK, Frank McVey maintained an
important presence on campus and continued his advocacy for higher education and wrote a
history of education in Kentucky. Dr. Otis Singletary held an endowed chair and served as
national president of Phi Beta Kappa after leaving UK’s presidency.
When Dr. Wethington left the presidency, he worked to build upon the largest capital
campaign in UK history. Later he assisted UK libraries, directing a major oral history of the
community college system, advising on other projects and helping create a major endowment for
the Louis B. Nunn Center for Oral History. Dr. Wethington has worked on many issues and
projects for the Bluegrass Community and Technical College and serves on the board of the
Markey Cancer Foundation. During this time, he has continued to work on a memoir that often
gets mentioned and that might be the most detailed review of any UK presidency in our history.
As UK’s president, Charles Wethington supported research, improved undergraduate
education, increased diversity, built buildings and raised unprecedented funds for this institution.
Dean Birdwhistell said that he enjoys telling visitors to the William T. Young Library, “welcome
to the house that Charles built.” He shared that, if Dr. Wethington is within ear shot of that
remark, he always blushes, but is quick to add that he did that with a lot of help.
Dean Birdwhistell closed by stating that, from his family’s humble Casey County roots,
Dr. Wethington never forgot the fundamental mission of the University of Kentucky, providing
educational opportunities for Kentucky students. Like all successful UK presidents, he left the

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University better than he found it, continuing to provide a world-class education to Kentuckians
while at the same time contributing to the arts, the humanities, the sciences and the medical
discoveries that changes lives, and ultimately changes the world.
On behalf of the entire UK community and the citizens of the Commonwealth, he
thanked Dr. Charles and Mrs. Judy Wethington for their service and wished them the best in the
years ahead.
Dr. Wethington thanked Dean Birdwhistell and President Capilouto for their remarks.
He continued that as Dean Birdwhistell had indicated, he had spent more than 50 years here as
part of this University. When he arrived at UK as a full-time graduate student in 1961, Frank
Dickey was president. He commented that he had had the privilege of working under eight of
the twelve University of Kentucky presidents. He went on to say that his commitment to UK is
stronger than ever. With its unique mission as a land grant institution, its dedication to statewide
research and service, next to state government, he believes the University of Kentucky is the
entity that has the greatest opportunity to have a positive influence on the lives of Kentuckians.
Dr. Wethington also stated that the University of Kentucky had a tremendous
responsibility to be a quality institution to serve the needs of the best and brightest of our
Kentucky students. He reminded the Board of Trustee members that “you who are here today
are charged with holding this University in trust… that is what trustees are. “ He challenged the
students, faculty and staff not to forget that they must always advocate for, support and defend
when necessary, the University of Kentucky.
Dr. Wethington pledged his continued support to the University of Kentucky and thanked
all present for the opportunity to be a part of this atmosphere again.
Dr. Wethington received a warm and lengthy round of applause.
President Capilouto and Chair Brockman presented Dr. Wethington with a framed photo
montage and the news of new signage on the Charles T. Wethington Building.
In regards to his two week trip to China, President Capilouto shared that the purpose and
challenge of the trip was to advance ongoing discussions and initiatives begun long before his
arrival as President. These initiatives, under the careful stewardship of Susan Carvalho,
Associate Provost for International Programs, Dr. Rodney Andrews, Center for Applied Energy
Research (CAER) and Deans Mary John O’Hair, College of Education, Michael Tick, College of
Fine Arts, and Mark Lawrence Kornbluh, College of Arts and Sciences, were ready to be moved
to the next level.
He continued that the goal for the trip was to not only strengthen international
partnerships in education and research, but also the global interconnectedness of UK’s students.
He explained that with federal support for research and discovery declining, and state and local
funding staying flat, academic institutions have begun using their own funds to support their
research programs.

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Internationally, average annual growth of research and development expenditures for the
United States is averaging just over a 5% increase. The increase in research and development is
happening the most rapidly in Southeast Asia. He emphasized that these economies have a thirst
for innovation and investment. They want to invest in human capital, brain power, and produce
global experts. They do this by investing in higher education.
President Capilouto continued that China’s investment in higher education is evident at
every university he visited. He showed pictures from Shanghai University, Jilin University,
Tsinghua University, and Xi’an Jiaotong University, showing numerous academic and housing
projects under construction. China is also building an energy infrastructure using technologies
50 years ahead of what is being deployed in the United States.
President Capilouto also had the opportunity to visit with high school students and
everywhere he went, he was asked about Kentucky basketball. The “goggles up” sign seems to
be universal. He remarked that it was a reminder of how athletics is often times a bridge for
many things that we do at the University of Kentucky.
In continuing to build global partnerships through education, President Capilouto visited
with the Vice-Minister of Education, Dr. Hao Ping. Dr. Ping told him that there are 160,000
Chinese students studying in the United States. Their conversations also focused on further
exchanges and the development of new partnerships. President Capilouto visited the Confucius
Institute Headquarters. He noted that we should be proud that the University of Kentucky
competed successfully for one of these centers. They are located in 100 countries and our partner
is Shanghai University. There is also a partnership by which we put an American Studies Center
at Shanghai University. This partnership allows for faculty and students to work together and to
have Chinese language instruction at high schools throughout Kentucky as well.
President Capilouto also had an opportunity to visit with the president of the Chinese
Equestrian Association, Mr. Pan Zhichen and he was pleased that Roger Beasley, Director of
Racing at Keeneland, joined him for this meeting. Equine Sciences is an emerging interest and
business in China. He and Dean Mary John O’Hair signed partnerships at Capital University of
Physical Education and Sports Two of their faculty will be coming here to teach in Kentucky
K-12 schools, and UK will send 15 to 20 students for summer experience.
President Capilouto also visited Jilin University, in the northeast part of China. UK has
an ongoing 2+2 agreement with them and UK is developing 3+2 arrangements, along with other
opportunities for STEM education. He visited Shanghai University, where UK partners with the
Confucius Institute on a 2+2 program and he was pleased to deliver two students who are the
first enrollees in this program. President Capilouto also visited Xi’an Jiaotong University and
Shaanxi Normal University to discuss energy research and 2+2 teacher education programs.
With China investing $1,000 billion in coal utilization research over the next five years
(the US in comparison is investing $2 to $2.5 billion), President Capilouto was proud of the
discussions and presentations by Rodney Andrews and Kunlei Liu of the Center for Advanced
Energy Research (CAER). They shared the exciting work in the development of clean coal
technology. UK’s teams of research scientists are recognized as international experts in these

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fields. They also discussed partnerships and student exchanges as part of the US-China Clean
Energy Research Center.
President Capilouto closed his presentation with stories of visiting with UK students in
Beijing, meeting UK bound students from China on the plane coming home, to then meeting a
Chinese graduate student from Shanghai giving her family a tour of campus not a week later. He
remarked that, using author Tom Friedman’s phrase,” the world is flat.” He explained that more
people could suddenly compete, connect, and collaborate with other people, from different
places, for less money and with greater ease than ever before.
He concluded that UK currently has 600 students from China on our campus, through all
kinds of partnerships. He hopes to grow that which will be good for China and even better for
the University of Kentucky.
F.

Proposed Revision to the Governing Regulations: Removal of Board Member

(PR 3)
President Capilouto introduced PR 3, stating that it is the second reading of the Proposed
Revision to the Governing Regulations that addresses removal of a Board Member.
Chair Brockman acknowledged that it was a second reading and asked for a motion of
approval. Mr. Farish moved approval and Mr. Britton seconded. There was no discussion and
the motion passed without dissent. (See PR 3 on the Board of Trustees website,
www.uky.edu/Trustees, under agenda.)
G.
Proposed Revision to the Governing Regulations: University HealthCare
Committee (PR 4)
President Capilouto stated that PR 4 is the first reading of a resolution that deals with
University HealthCare Committee. It is driven by compliance regulations promulgated by the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Chair Brockman asked for a motion of approval for the first reading of PR 4, adding that
there will be a second reading at the September meeting. Mr. Stuckert moved approval and Ms.
Patterson seconded. Trustee Young offered that the University HealthCare Committee reviewed
and approved the provision at the committee retreat on Monday, June 18, 2012. There was no
additional discussion and the motion passed without dissent. (See PR 4 on the Board of Trustees
website, www.uky.edu/Trustees, under agenda.)
H.

Proposed Revision to the Administrative Regulations: Policy on Deadly Weapons

(PR 5)
President Capilouto stated that the proposed revision to the Administrative Regulations
will put UK in compliance with state regulations, especially in regards to the recent ruling by the
Kentucky Supreme Court.

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Chair Brockman asked for a motion for approval of PR 5. Mr. Mobley moved approval
and it was seconded by Ms. Curris. There was no discussion and the motion passed without
dissent. (See PR 5 on the Board of Trustees website, www.uky.edu/Trustees, under agenda.)
I.
Appointment/Reappointment to Board of Directors University of Kentucky Gluck
Equine Research Foundation (PR 6)
President Capilouto stated that PR 6 was the Appointment/Reappointment of board
members to the University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Foundation.
Chair Brockman asked for a motion for approval of PR 6. Ms. Brothers moved approval
and it was seconded by Dr. Akins. There was no discussion and the motion passed without
dissent. (See PR 6 on the Board of Trustees website, www.uky.edu/Trustees, under agenda.)
J.
Appointment/Reappointment to our Board of Directors University of Kentucky
Research Foundation (PR 7)
President Capilouto stated that PR 7 was the appointment of members to the Board of
Directors of the University of Kentucky Research Foundation.
Chair Brockman asked for a motion for approval of PR 7. Ms. Patterson moved approval
and it was seconded by Mr. Farish. There was no discussion and the motion passed without
dissent. (See PR 7 on the Board of Trustees website, www.uky.edu/Trustees, under agenda.)
K.
Reappointment to our Board of Directors of the Fund for Advancement of
Education and Research in the University of Kentucky Medical Center (PR 8)
President Capilouto stated that PR 8 was a recommendation dealing with the
reappointment of an individual to the Board of Directors of the Fund for Advancement of
Education and Research in the University of Kentucky Medical Center.
Chair Brockman asked for a motion for approval of PR 8. Mr. Shoop moved approval
and it was seconded by Ms. Brothers. There was no discussion and the motion passed without
dissent. (See PR 8 on the Board of Trustees website, www.uky.edu/Trustees, under agenda.)
L.

Naming of University Building (PR 9)

President Capilouto stated that PR 9 is the recommendation that the Board of Trustees
approve the official naming of the former Northside Library building as “The UK/Lexmark
Center for Innovations in Math and Science Education.” He remarked that this has been a
terrific partnership and appreciated the opportunity to recognize Lexmark’s generosity.
Chair Brockman asked for a motion for approval of PR 9. Mr. Britton moved approval
and it was seconded by Mr. Mobley. There was no discussion and the motion passed without
dissent. (See PR 9 on the Board of Trustees website, www.uky.edu/Trustees, under agenda.)

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M.

Candidates for Degrees: August 2012 (AACR 1)

Dr. Gannon said that AACR 1 is related to preapproval of Candidate for Degree in
August 2012. Due to licensure or certification requirements, these degrees must be verified as
soon as possible, since our next Board of Trustees meeting is not scheduled until September 11,
2012.
On behalf of Academic Affairs Committee, Dr. Gannon asked approval of AACR 1 and
it passed without dissent. (See AACR 1 on the Board of Trustees website,
www.uky.edu/Trustees, under agenda.)
N.

Candidates for Degrees: May 2012 (AACR 2)

Dr. Gannon stated AACR 2 was related to administrative errors that were made on the
candidates for degree for May 2012.
On behalf of Academic Affairs Committee, Dr. Gannon asked approval of AACR 2 and it
passed without dissent. (See AACR 2 on the Board of Trustees website,
www.uky.edu/Trustees, under agenda.)
O.

Change in Name of an Educational Unit: College of Agriculature (AACR 3)

Dr. Gannon offered that AACR 3 is a change in name of an educational unit in the
College of Agriculture. The recommendation is that the Board of Trustees approve a change in
the name of the College of Agriculture’s Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences to
Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition. The background offered is faculty want to make a
clear distinction between Dietetics and Human Nutrition and the Department of Animal and
Food Sciences’ food science program. This proposed change has been approved by the faculty
in College of Agricultures Faculty Council, reviewed and endorsed by the Senate Academic
Organization and Structure Committee, Senate Council, and the University Senate. The Interim
Provost supports this recommendation.
On behalf of Academic Affairs Committee, Dr. Gannon asked for approval of AACR 3
and it passed without dissent. (See AACR 3 on the Board of Trustees website,
www.uky.edu/Trustees, under agenda.)
P.

Change in Name of an Educational Unit: College of Education (AACR 4)

Dr. Gannon stated that AACR 4 asked that the Board of Trustees approve a change in the
name of the College of Education’s Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation
Counseling to the Department of Early Childhood, Special Education, and Rehabilitation
Counseling. The proposed change has been approved by the faculty in the department, reviewed
and endorsed by the Senate Academic Organization and Structure Committee, Senate Council,
and endorsed by the University Senate. The Interim Provost supports this recommendation.

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On behalf of Academic Affairs Committee, Dr. Gannon moved for approval of AACR 4
and it passed without dissent. (See AACR 4 on the Board of Trustees website,
www.uky.edu/Trustees, under agenda.)
Q.

Change in the Name of an Educational Unit: College of Fine Arts (AACR 5)

AACR 5 asks that the Board approve a change in the name of an education unit in the
College of Fine Arts, the Department of Art to School of Art and Visual Studies. The proposed
School of Art and Visual Studies better reflects the practices and academic goals of the
disciplines. The proposed change has been approved by the faculty; reviewed and endorsed by
the Senate Academic Organization and Structure Committee; the Senate Council; and endorsed
by the University Senate. The Interim Provost supports this recommendation.
On behalf of Academic Affairs Committee, Dr. Gannon moved for approval of AACR 5
and it passed without dissent. (See AACR 5 on the Board of Trustees website,
www.uky.edu/Trustees, under agenda.)
R.

Academic Degree Recommendation: College of Arts and Sciences (AACR 6)

Dr. Gannon stated that AACR 6 is an academic degree recommendation for the College
of Arts and Sciences. The recommendation is that the Board of Trustees approve the
establishment of a Master of Arts with a major in Linguistic Theory and Typology degree in the
Department of English within the College of Arts and Sciences. The background states that
Linguistics is the scientific study of language, a uniquely human capability whose systematic
study sheds light on human behavior and thought. The College of Arts and Sciences currently
offers a bachelor’s degree in linguistics through the College’s Interdisciplinary Program. This
program has been approved by the appropriate councils and the University Senate, and has
completed the forty-five day review by the Council on Postsecondary Education. The Interim
Provost supports this recommendation.
On behalf of Academic Affairs Committee, Dr. Gannon asked for approval of AACR 6
and it passed without dissent. (See AACR 6