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. 4 . a. i. . -4 4.5K; 4;.2; 0118 Thll‘d 0f the College to students based on merit alone — now
4 VV 3 .:. ' / Students in Kentucky amounts to more than $1.5 million a
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a? , if" E V 4 ington Campus and at the fourteen UK °V UK students received $38Vmillion 1n
. “.5344. ‘5’ , VV community colleges across the state, financial aid last year, a Significant part
‘9 V .351 . 3"}:g the University of Kentucky now edu- of which came from federal sources.
. .. £1 33%, cates 36% of all students in Kentucky 0 The ratio of students to faculty on
W" 9 i. i? ‘3 attendinga public or private colle e or the Lexin on Campus is 15 to 1.
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a a 5,513; university. - In the fall of 1988, UK’s entering den-
. ‘. 3‘ ‘ . tal students had an accumulated grade
., ~....,.4 ‘ 235 122‘: " ‘ UK Ranked Among. Top point average of 3.1, ranking them 15th
V/V V :2 Research Umversfiles among the nation’s 57 dental schools
3“ ’ . .4 In Nation on this criterion.
'3 ‘4. ._3‘ f“ I . . - The UK law school moot court team
. , ,3 ' In 1937, the Carnegie Foundatlon for has reached the regional or national
/ "34:. ‘19.." V 4.7. the Advancement of Teaching ranked finals in the national moot court com-
‘V V ’ 5' UK among its top research universities petition three years in a row.
. 4 3:44 a i “ '5' 3 F u '. in the nation. UK 15 the only univerSIty - A UK architecture student, Karen
.5 VV «5 / 4 4 .4 ~4 4 . . ~' 111 Kentucky, and one Of only 45 pUth Russcher was one of four nation 1 win-
x ' 1" M "1' ‘ 4 universities in the United States, to be ne in a’l d h' t t at
I“? . . / . ‘ classified a Research University of the rs . an scape arc 1 8C ure S u-
1s . 5 .3 .5 First Class dent de51gn competition.
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] 4 14.5 V Institute Attracted to UK tercollegiate championship in 1986.
i/ A ‘ ' More than 500 top companies and
5 \ ’4 .. . ,.; , ,, ' UK WP.“ 0}“ over four other top organizations come to the campus
,. x 4“ univers1ties 1n the nation to attract each year to interview thousands of
5V V V X the Asphalt Institute, a prestigious re- UK students for jobs after they
V V V VV V V search organization. The institute does graduate.
about $1 million in research a year, . . .
part of which will be conducted in A UK graduate student in materials
. . sc1ence and engineering, Ram Srlniva-
cooperation With the UK College - -
of Engineering san, was the sole national Winner of a
' $3,000 award for research in the field
i 4 UK Becoming KIIOWII of precious metals.
"_ ,4 - . - There are 250 student organizations
{-3- V v 1...”? Nationally for Computing on the Lexington Campus, including
44 ,4 /-- ’5" " ‘ . 4 3 . The University of Kentucky is now fraternities and sororities, academic
" ~ ' ' one of only a small number of univer- departmental 011113533114 honoraries,
‘- sities in the nation to have a “super- and religious organizations.
’ computer” which not only attracts - The community colleges provided
more research funding and grants to access for Kentuckians wanting to go

 back to college — 43% 01c the commu- ' Steve Skinner, a UK professor of mar- 5 5455; "I ‘ ‘ '
nity college students last year were keting in the College of Business and f%~fl fl‘
adults. Economics, was named one of the na- a
. About 25,000 students every year tion’s Top 10 researchers in his field. -..; "5—5555"_ 5
take part in continuing education pro— - Twenty-one UK faculty have won .4 ' ,\5 . . ’ ‘fi " .1
grams offered by UK’s 14 community Fulbright Fellowships in the past five 5. cfm' "M-.. i ”fl" 5 g ”-3 5
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exposure to the liberal arts in addition . UK has the only center of its kind in L5 :3 1' .. ‘3“, " ‘ T5 . - 5
F0 the preparation they receive for a the United States for research on drug flu; l A: 5'1 MW“?-
1013 01‘ a career. abuse financed by the National Insti— ' "5' .4 U 4"
° The Gaines Center for the Human- tute of Drug Abuse. 3E 335.55. 5.55 O ‘ o
ities is unique among undergraduate ' The UK Sanders-Brown Center on 5,. 4 A "' '
student programs and facflitles found Aging is one of only 12 federally- '
1n 1911th umversrties. funded and designated Alzheimer’s 5 5
° UK’S Department of Economics rose Disease Research Centers in the United "
from 84th to 39th in a national ranking States. 5
of the research quality of economics . In cancer treatment, UK’s Markey 5 4
departments. Cancer Center is linked via computer
° The College of Home Economics and to hospitals statewide. This provides a . 5
two of its departments — interior de- central data base for doctors to use in , ,55 .5
sign and dietetics — were reaccredited comparing experience and treatment — ' ' ' i '55' Q5. 9.. ' '
last year with high marks. the only such program in the United , - 4t?» - y 4 5 5 5’“ 5. 5 , 5 4 5
- The most popular major for under- States. ,4 . ' .5 m&._ ' . 5' . 5 ' 5’ A
graduate students on the UK campus - Somerset Community College is rec- 5, 5sz , ”I “”255
is Business Management. ognized as having the best education- ‘ 1“” ‘ it? \ ’ " '
- The dental lab tech program at Lex— and-industry partnership program in 5, 5.5 ‘ ' 4444 “ 5 5”” ’5
ington Community College was named the nation. ”*3?” fl § q ‘ ' ' ,
the best one in the nation. - 4-H programs coordinated by the " 5 ' j 4" 5 5‘5 ‘~5
- UK ranks eighth in the nation in total University Of Kentucky Cooperative . -.. ) 5 5 : 4" 5 7-354? , 5 , ,3 A»?
enrollment in its independent study Extensron Service reached 2194483 ~£~EM§£Lg§§A€5y“gwayrzlrtx’j
programs for high school and college young people in 1983- ‘ii‘ ‘5' “T - 55“" F:"“..“4fl' " " ' ’
students. 0 University Hospital recorded more ' ,.
than 20,000 patient admissions and
more than 386,000 outpatient Visits ' ' ” ‘ 'W
“7;" /.\5 ( 1' ” A ‘ ”I J last year. Emergency care was rovided V , 7 TV 5 , 5
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- About 98% of UK’s faculty have the 0 The UK Hospital emergency helicop- ‘ ' » 1' ‘
highest degree attainable in their fields. ter service transported 1,138 patients ’5 A f 5 ,5 5 fl
- Last year, the expertise of UK faculty in one year. 5 j “is” 45.5 ";~ .
attracted some $60 million in outside - The UK Cooperative Extension Ser- 3 / / , i , 4 ,4" 5_
grants, contracts and gifts. This all-time vice — through its county agents and "" ‘ a. ’ X “ ““ i
record amount was a $12 million in- specialists across the state — makes 5,- « it ' 95,-325
crease over just two years ago. some 5 million service contacts in a j; , 4 ”: .5 :l
- A UK plant pathologist, Robert year- 4 / \ 5.1,” . 55;
Shepherd, is the first person from a - The UK College of Fine Arts pro- , ~'/ I” " 5 "
Kentucky institution to be named to vided a record-breaking 108,000 ' 55 .- 4 .5 I.
the National Academy of Sciences, people with concerts and other cul- 5 %”‘ 44a: M 051” i
one of the most prestigious scientific tural events on the campus last year at 5 .4... 5.5 ’ 3'”
organizations in the world. the Singletary Center for the Arts. 1 9% , i
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. The LaIlCaSter Aquatics Center, one :/\ I : ”77,/V 7.7: l 7. \l . 777,l/ 7 L, l 7;; L;i..l.t , J .3... l 7. j 3t, Jr”;
of the finest facilities of its kind in the
Southeast, opened last winter on the History
UK campus. UK was founded in 1865 as a land-grant institution...Took present
- An entire new community college — name in 1916...David P. Roselle became the ninth president in 1987.
in Owensboro ~ opened last year on a
104-acre campus with six new build- The Campus
ings. UK’s 673-acre campus is located just south of downtown Lexington
. New buildings for agricultural en- in the heart of the beautiful Kentucky Bluegrass region.
gineering, regulatory services, and
robotics — and an addition to the Uni- Emullnlent _
versity Hospital _ will be opened this There are about 223000 students on the Lexmgton Campus and
year. about 36,000 students in the UK Community College System.
- In the Community College System, Academic Programs
negfduiédings iii Prestonsburgl, TIEleirdt There are 17 academic colleges and a graduate school. There are
Elder a 130”“ e were comp e e as 108 undergraduate majors from which to choose.
Library
I)’Qj’\/’/_\|'TE 1271/1??qu a j UK’s library system contains more than 2 million volumes.
"— . . . . . Research
inTiJggltgpvrllgs’gezglylrrilgiltlootllieflinégggsliéy UK ranks among the Top 100 research institutions in the nation.
- ' - ’- . . Last ear UK faculty expertise' attracted $60 million in research grants
largest total in the Univers1ty 3 history. y ’ . . ’
contracts and gifts from outSIde sources.
- Alumni last year gave their alma
mater $2.1 million, a record. Faculty
- There were 210 new UK Fellows There are 1,520 full-time faculty on the Lexington Campus, and
in 1988 (persons who give at least some 862 faculty in the community colleges.
$10,000], also a record. . _
Tuition ,
[\l Uh T’T‘ll The 1989-90 undergraduate tuition on the Lexington Campus is
1 i, a .. 5/: L o a o $779.75 a semester for Kentucky residents, and $2,159.75 for non-resi-
' There are 24,000 members of the UK dents.
Alumni Association and 58 active Student Financial Aid \
alum}? leuths — 30 inSKentuIEky anld 28 About 50 percent of UK’s students receive financial aid which
OUtSI e 0 e StNati 1813"?“ entuc y amounts to some $38 milli' 'on annually. More than $1.5 nulll‘ 'on in schol- '
governors, two ,0 e , rize Winners, arships based on merit is awarded each year to UK students. .
thiee Pulitzer Prize Winners, CEOs of
national corporations, and one astro- Alumni I
guilt arte among UK 5 distinguished The University has 96,000 alumni around the world. 7
a ua es.
Community Colleges ;
ATE-fl 'l‘Q‘rT“ [WC There are 14 two-year community colleges in the UK system located 2
7. .1-.. :._..._A-Ai 1L1 1m.) 3 a u a the state. :
' UK’s women’s cross country team .
were 1988 NCAA national champions, MBdlCfll center _ 7 f
the first UK athletic program other There are 2,700 students in the five colleges of the UK Albert B. ;
than basketball ever to win an NCAA Chandler Medical Center — medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, '3
title. and alhed health professmns.
- The football team was named by the TheMedical Center also hasa461-bed hospitalaspart ofitsteach—
College Football Association as No. 1 ing and service programs. '
in the nation in the graduation rate of ‘
its student athletes — ahead of Notre Campus Tours
Dame, Duke, Virginia, Penn State and There are free, guided campus tours at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. week-
North Carolina, which were among days from the Visitor Center in the UK Student Center. Saturday tours ~
the runners-up. are at 11 a.m. September through April only. . . 7 _ . i