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Partnership to groom minority med students
The University of Kentucky's medical school and Georgetown College have become partners in an effort to increase minority recruitment at both institutions.The goal is to develop two Georgetown graduates each year who meet academic qualifications and earn admission at UK, which will provide financial aid for the two minority students to complete medical school.UK President Lee T. Todd Jr. said in a release that the initiative "will help our medical school attract qualified applicants from a variety of different backgrounds, including some students who may have not considered a career in medicine as a possibility."Minorities make up 7 percent of Georgetown's 2,000 students. About 20 percent of students in UK's medical school are minorities.Georgetown will take the first step by identifying prospective minority students as early as the sixth grade who have potential for a medical career.
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The University of Kentucky's medical school and Georgetown College have become partners in an effort to increase minority recruitment at both institutions.The goal is to develop two Georgetown graduates each year who meet academic qualifications and earn admission at UK, which will provide financial aid for the two minority students to complete medical school.UK President Lee T. Todd Jr. said in a release that the initiative "will help our medical school attract qualified applicants from a variety of different backgrounds, including some students who may have not considered a career in medicine as a possibility."Minorities make up 7 percent of Georgetown's 2,000 students. About 20 percent of students in UK's medical school are minorities.Georgetown will take the first step by identifying prospective minority students as early as the sixth grade who have potential for a medical career.
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UK groups hold vigil for quake victims
About 200 people gathered for a candlelight vigil held Friday night at the University of Kentucky's amphitheater for victims of the deadly earthquake that struck China five days ago.The Chinese Students and Scholars Association of UK and the Kentucky Chinese-American Association sponsored the event.Kentucky is halfway across the world, but for many Chinese students studying at UK the earthquake hit close to home.Xiaoji Ma, the president of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, is a native of Chengdu, a city of almost 4 million people that lies just within the quake area.Ma said his own family is safe but he still helped organize the vigil to show solidarity with those back home.
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About 200 people gathered for a candlelight vigil held Friday night at the University of Kentucky's amphitheater for victims of the deadly earthquake that struck China five days ago.The Chinese Students and Scholars Association of UK and the Kentucky Chinese-American Association sponsored the event.Kentucky is halfway across the world, but for many Chinese students studying at UK the earthquake hit close to home.Xiaoji Ma, the president of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, is a native of Chengdu, a city of almost 4 million people that lies just within the quake area.Ma said his own family is safe but he still helped organize the vigil to show solidarity with those back home.
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USC's Innovista Research Campus: New partners brought in to boost project
USC has approved two partners — a Detroit developer and a Philadelphia investor — to help N.C. developer Craig Davis build the school’s Innovista research campus, billed by supporters as Columbia’s economic future.The university’s board gave the new team 120 days, with a possible 60-day extension for contingencies, to start construction of the privately funded Horizon II research building.Should that deadline not be met, “we’ll terminate the contract and find new people,” said Rick Kelly, USC’s vice president for business development and its chief financial officer.Detroit’s Kale Roscoe and Philadelphia’s Robert Heath — who built the University of Kentucky’s research campus — are negotiating a buy-in to Davis’ Innovista contact.Two taxpayer-funded buildings, called Horizon I and Discovery I, are about complete. But Davis, according to his contract with USC, should have started construction of Horizon II, the first of two private buildings, by the summer of 2006 and attracted tenants for it. But the contract carried no penalties against Davis for missing the deadline.
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USC has approved two partners — a Detroit developer and a Philadelphia investor — to help N.C. developer Craig Davis build the school’s Innovista research campus, billed by supporters as Columbia’s economic future.The university’s board gave the new team 120 days, with a possible 60-day extension for contingencies, to start construction of the privately funded Horizon II research building.Should that deadline not be met, “we’ll terminate the contract and find new people,” said Rick Kelly, USC’s vice president for business development and its chief financial officer.Detroit’s Kale Roscoe and Philadelphia’s Robert Heath — who built the University of Kentucky’s research campus — are negotiating a buy-in to Davis’ Innovista contact.Two taxpayer-funded buildings, called Horizon I and Discovery I, are about complete. But Davis, according to his contract with USC, should have started construction of Horizon II, the first of two private buildings, by the summer of 2006 and attracted tenants for it. But the contract carried no penalties against Davis for missing the deadline.
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Out-of-state costs at WKU may increase by 10 percent
Western Kentucky University President Gary Ransdell announced during the university’s Board of Advisors meeting Friday that out-of-state tuition will likely increase 10 percent. Ransdell said tuition for out-of-state students will be somewhere between $16,500 and $17,000 next year.Tuition at Western, Ransdell said, is less than at the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky, but higher than at the other comprehensive universities in the state.“I like where we are within the state,” Ransdell said. “We are positioned right where we need to be to sustain growth.”Ransdell spoke to the non-voting advisory board at Western’s Center for Research and Development.Out-of-state students make up 18 percent of Western Kentucky University’s population; there were 3,446 out-of-state students enrolled in fall 2007.While the Council on Postsecondary Education last week approved an 8 percent hike in in-state tuition for WKU, the CPE gave the university the option to raise out-of-state tuition up to 13 percent. WKU had sought a 9 percent across-the-board hike.Ransdell said with $5 million in cuts to its state appropriation, the primary revenue source for the university is tuition.Ransdell told the board that the revenue generated from the tuition increase will go to fund initiatives cited in the university’s strategic plan instead of offsetting the state cut to the university’s operating budget.“If we raised tuition 3 or 4 or 5 percent, it would barely have covered the fixed cost increases,” he said. “We could have raised tuition 5 percent and broke even, but we wouldn’t gain anything.”The university was underpriced for years, Ransdell said, but is now well placed in the higher education market.The state appropriation used to be about 50 percent of the university’s operating budget, he said, but now it’s 25 percent. In 11 years, the state appropriation has grown from $65 million to $80 million, but the university’s operating budget has increased from $130 million to $330 million and the student population has grown from about 14,000 students to more than 19,000.Tuition has doubled since he has been president, and so has the applicant pool, he said.While the other state universities are using their tuition revenue to offset the cuts to their state funding, Western plans to take the revenue gained from tuition and invest it back into the university. Some of the initiatives include building scholarships, the Honors College, the new doctorate in Education Leadership, regional campus programs and internationalization.“The exposure to international opportunities is critical,” said board advisor Biff Kummer. “It’s neat to be a part of that.”“We are focused on quality,” Provost Barbara Burch said.Burch said the university is doing a variety of things to drive academic quality, such as offering more study abroad opportunities. The initiatives, Ransdell said, are in line with the university’s mission to become a leading American university with international reach - a statement driving most of the decisions that the university makes.“I think (President Ransdell) has taken a reasonable approach with the tuition increase,” board advisor Don Vitale said. “Instead of using it to offset cuts, he’s investing it to offset cost increases to strategic initiatives. I am in agreement with his strategy.”The board also got an update on WKU’s “A New Century of Spirit” capital campaign.Along with rebranding the university from a regional institution to a nationally recognized university and attracting and keeping quality faculty and students, the goal of the campaign was to raise $200 million for the university - and reaching a $200 million endowment. As of April 30, the university has raised $118.7 million, said Tom Hiles, vice president for Institutional Advancement at WKU. He said even with a downturn in the economy, gifts and pledges remain steady.The endowment is up to $103.8 million, he said, but sustaining the endowment will be the most daunting task. The stability of the endowment depends on investment policies and a steady flow of funding.“Clearly it’s going to be more difficult to achieve the strategic plan with budget cuts,” board advisor Todd Lowe said. “But they’re doing a better job raising more private funds for the university. And it’s a neat thing that lots of enhancements will still take place despite the budget cuts.”
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Western Kentucky University President Gary Ransdell announced during the university’s Board of Advisors meeting Friday that out-of-state tuition will likely increase 10 percent. Ransdell said tuition for out-of-state students will be somewhere between $16,500 and $17,000 next year.Tuition at Western, Ransdell said, is less than at the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky, but higher than at the other comprehensive universities in the state.“I like where we are within the state,” Ransdell said. “We are positioned right where we need to be to sustain growth.”Ransdell spoke to the non-voting advisory board at Western’s Center for Research and Development.Out-of-state students make up 18 percent of Western Kentucky University’s population; there were 3,446 out-of-state students enrolled in fall 2007.While the Council on Postsecondary Education last week approved an 8 percent hike in in-state tuition for WKU, the CPE gave the university the option to raise out-of-state tuition up to 13 percent. WKU had sought a 9 percent across-the-board hike.Ransdell said with $5 million in cuts to its state appropriation, the primary revenue source for the university is tuition.Ransdell told the board that the revenue generated from the tuition increase will go to fund initiatives cited in the university’s strategic plan instead of offsetting the state cut to the university’s operating budget.“If we raised tuition 3 or 4 or 5 percent, it would barely have covered the fixed cost increases,” he said. “We could have raised tuition 5 percent and broke even, but we wouldn’t gain anything.”The university was underpriced for years, Ransdell said, but is now well placed in the higher education market.The state appropriation used to be about 50 percent of the university’s operating budget, he said, but now it’s 25 percent. In 11 years, the state appropriation has grown from $65 million to $80 million, but the university’s operating budget has increased from $130 million to $330 million and the student population has grown from about 14,000 students to more than 19,000.Tuition has doubled since he has been president, and so has the applicant pool, he said.While the other state universities are using their tuition revenue to offset the cuts to their state funding, Western plans to take the revenue gained from tuition and invest it back into the university. Some of the initiatives include building scholarships, the Honors College, the new doctorate in Education Leadership, regional campus programs and internationalization.“The exposure to international opportunities is critical,” said board advisor Biff Kummer. “It’s neat to be a part of that.”“We are focused on quality,” Provost Barbara Burch said.Burch said the university is doing a variety of things to drive academic quality, such as offering more study abroad opportunities. The initiatives, Ransdell said, are in line with the university’s mission to become a leading American university with international reach - a statement driving most of the decisions that the university makes.“I think (President Ransdell) has taken a reasonable approach with the tuition increase,” board advisor Don Vitale said. “Instead of using it to offset cuts, he’s investing it to offset cost increases to strategic initiatives. I am in agreement with his strategy.”The board also got an update on WKU’s “A New Century of Spirit” capital campaign.Along with rebranding the university from a regional institution to a nationally recognized university and attracting and keeping quality faculty and students, the goal of the campaign was to raise $200 million for the university - and reaching a $200 million endowment. As of April 30, the university has raised $118.7 million, said Tom Hiles, vice president for Institutional Advancement at WKU. He said even with a downturn in the economy, gifts and pledges remain steady.The endowment is up to $103.8 million, he said, but sustaining the endowment will be the most daunting task. The stability of the endowment depends on investment policies and a steady flow of funding.“Clearly it’s going to be more difficult to achieve the strategic plan with budget cuts,” board advisor Todd Lowe said. “But they’re doing a better job raising more private funds for the university. And it’s a neat thing that lots of enhancements will still take place despite the budget cuts.”
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Who Is Kentucky? A Pre-Primary Tour
Among the last states to hold a primary, Kentucky is showing in polls that it will favor Sen. Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's voting, according to Donald Gross, a professor at the University of Kentucky at Lexington.
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Among the last states to hold a primary, Kentucky is showing in polls that it will favor Sen. Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's voting, according to Donald Gross, a professor at the University of Kentucky at Lexington.
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Renewable energy sources sought
The company that was to have supplied power for Warren Rural Electric Cooperative Corp. is looking for sources of renewable power in the area. East Kentucky Power Cooperative, which currently supplies power to Farmers Cooperative’s 23,500 members in Barren, Metcalfe and Hart counties, is looking for the renewable energy. In all, EKPC supplies power to 16 cooperatives with nearly a half million customers.“This is the first time we have issued a request for proposals specifically for renewable power,” said Nick Comer, public and media relations representative.Comer said about 8 percent of EKPC’s power comes from renewable resources, primarily hydroelectric power from the Ohio River, Lake Cumberland and other places.It also uses methane gas emitted from five landfills in its power area.“That is a very powerful greenhouse gas,” Comer said. Methane is emitted as landfill waste breaks down.“They are typically small generating facilities - about 3 megawatts,” he said.The co-op is looking for sources that could generate at least 1 megawatt of power. That power source could include such things as wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, recycled energy or biomass.Biomass could be wood byproducts turned into fuel or such things as switchgrass, a tall native grass that needs little care.The cooperative has partnered with the University of Kentucky, which has a group of farmers growing switchgrass. The university is studying what it takes to produce, harvest, store and transport the grass as a potential to grow it for biofuel. For the first few years of the study, the cooperative will use the grass to supplement a coal-fired burner at its Maysville plant, according to Comer.While preference will be given to proposals within the EKPC service area, others will be considered as well. The RFP is for anyone who already owns or proposes to develop the rights to renewable energy generation.As the cooperative’s power demand increases and its capacity for coal-power generation increases, Comer said the cooperative would at least like to maintain its 8 percent in alternative fuels and perhaps eventually expand it.To that end, the cooperative this week joined The National Renewables Cooperative Organization. Comer said the organization will help cooperatives like EKPC diversify its generation resources by finding existing renewable projects or developing new ones.- For more information about supplying renewable power to the cooperative and for an online application, go to www.ekpcrfp.com. The proposals are due by June 30.
Bowling Green Daily News – May 14, 2008 4:41 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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The company that was to have supplied power for Warren Rural Electric Cooperative Corp. is looking for sources of renewable power in the area. East Kentucky Power Cooperative, which currently supplies power to Farmers Cooperative’s 23,500 members in Barren, Metcalfe and Hart counties, is looking for the renewable energy. In all, EKPC supplies power to 16 cooperatives with nearly a half million customers.“This is the first time we have issued a request for proposals specifically for renewable power,” said Nick Comer, public and media relations representative.Comer said about 8 percent of EKPC’s power comes from renewable resources, primarily hydroelectric power from the Ohio River, Lake Cumberland and other places.It also uses methane gas emitted from five landfills in its power area.“That is a very powerful greenhouse gas,” Comer said. Methane is emitted as landfill waste breaks down.“They are typically small generating facilities - about 3 megawatts,” he said.The co-op is looking for sources that could generate at least 1 megawatt of power. That power source could include such things as wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, recycled energy or biomass.Biomass could be wood byproducts turned into fuel or such things as switchgrass, a tall native grass that needs little care.The cooperative has partnered with the University of Kentucky, which has a group of farmers growing switchgrass. The university is studying what it takes to produce, harvest, store and transport the grass as a potential to grow it for biofuel. For the first few years of the study, the cooperative will use the grass to supplement a coal-fired burner at its Maysville plant, according to Comer.While preference will be given to proposals within the EKPC service area, others will be considered as well. The RFP is for anyone who already owns or proposes to develop the rights to renewable energy generation.As the cooperative’s power demand increases and its capacity for coal-power generation increases, Comer said the cooperative would at least like to maintain its 8 percent in alternative fuels and perhaps eventually expand it.To that end, the cooperative this week joined The National Renewables Cooperative Organization. Comer said the organization will help cooperatives like EKPC diversify its generation resources by finding existing renewable projects or developing new ones.- For more information about supplying renewable power to the cooperative and for an online application, go to www.ekpcrfp.com. The proposals are due by June 30.
Bowling Green Daily News – May 14, 2008 4:41 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Somber Anniversary for Bus Crash Survivors
Wednesday marks a somber anniversary in Kentucky.It was 20-years ago this country's deadliest drunk driving accident happened in Northern Kentucky. 27 people died, 24 of them children, on May 14, 1988 when a pickup going the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton collided with a church-owned school bus bringing kids home from an outing at an amusement park. Larry Mahoney was the drunk driver who caused the crash. He was sentenced to 16 years and is now out of prison.The accident led to safety improvements on buses and re-focused America's attention on the dangers of drinking and driving.One of the survivors is Harold Dennis who was horribly burned in the accident.He courageously overcame his injuries and went on to earn a football scholarship at the University of Kentucky.He was recently featured on the Montel Williams show on WTVQ 36.His amazing life story is being made into a major motion picture.Action News 36 will be in Carrollton Wednesday marking the anniversary.
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Wednesday marks a somber anniversary in Kentucky.It was 20-years ago this country's deadliest drunk driving accident happened in Northern Kentucky. 27 people died, 24 of them children, on May 14, 1988 when a pickup going the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton collided with a church-owned school bus bringing kids home from an outing at an amusement park. Larry Mahoney was the drunk driver who caused the crash. He was sentenced to 16 years and is now out of prison.The accident led to safety improvements on buses and re-focused America's attention on the dangers of drinking and driving.One of the survivors is Harold Dennis who was horribly burned in the accident.He courageously overcame his injuries and went on to earn a football scholarship at the University of Kentucky.He was recently featured on the Montel Williams show on WTVQ 36.His amazing life story is being made into a major motion picture.Action News 36 will be in Carrollton Wednesday marking the anniversary.
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Minton named state’s chief justice
Bowling Green resident John D. Minton was chosen Monday as only the fifth chief justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court. Minton, 56, was selected the court’s leader in a vote of the justices. He will take the oath of office June 27 to replace current Chief Justice Joseph E. Lambert, who announced his retirement as chief justice last month.“I am honored by the vote of my colleagues,” Minton said. “I look forward to working with the members of the court and the court of justice family in service to the citizens of the commonwealth.”The fact that the other justices had this kind of faith in him is very humbling, Minton said.“I have been receiving calls from all over southcentral Kentucky,” he said. “I am very grateful for all the support I’ve been receiving.”The challenge in the job will be continuing to provide services with a reduced budget, Minton said.One of Minton’s accomplishments while a judge in Warren County was the creation of drug court.Through his job, Minton said he will continue to work to keep drug courts operating in Kentucky.“We’re going to continue to emphasize drug court because I think it’s important,” Minton said.Minton’s selection is not only a great day for the citizens of Warren County, but for all residents of Kentucky, said Chris Cohron, commonwealth’s attorney for Warren County.“Chief Justice Minton has served as a lawyer, circuit judge, appellate judge and Supreme Court justice. I cannot think of a more qualified man for the position,” Cohron said.He has the unique experience of working at nearly all levels of courts, Cohron said.Minton will be responsible for overseeing the schedule of the Supreme Court and the entire administrative office of the courts, Cohron said.It’s hard to put Minton’s selection into words, said Warren Circuit Judge Steve Wilson.“I’ve known Chief Justice Minton since I was 18 years old,” he said. “You may not always agree with him, but you will understand his ruling and he articulates it very well.”Minton’s experience at working at nearly every court level will make him able to work well with both sides of the aisle, Wilson said.Minton was a good attorney and judge who was always respected by those he worked with, Wilson said.“Justice Minton is an outstanding scholar and a person of unquestioned integrity,” said Lambert. “His experience serving as a judge for three levels of Kentucky courts equips him well to be an outstanding chief justice. I am delighted with his election.”Western Kentucky University President Gary Ransdell said he has been close friends with Minton for 37 years.“I’m not at all surprised with his selection. When John decided to be an attorney and then a judge, it was just a matter of time before he rose to the position of chief justice,” Ransdell said.Minton has impeccable character, his judgment is superb and he is a caring person in both his personal and professional life, Ransdell said.“I would trust him in any matter in any situation,” he said. “He is ideally suited to this job and for the state of Kentucky.”Minton was elected to the Supreme Court in November 2006. He had been appointed to the court in July of that year to fill a vacancy created by retiring Supreme Court Justice William S. Cooper. Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court, Minton served as a judge for the Kentucky Court of Appeals, representing the 2nd Appellate District. He was elected to the Court of Appeals in November 2003 and served there until his appointment to the Supreme Court.He was a circuit judge from 1992 to 2003 for Warren County before being elected to the Court of Appeals. From 1996 to 2003, he also served as chief regional judge for the Green River Region, a 21-county area.While on the circuit bench, Minton was recognized by the Kentucky Court of Justice for forming the Warren County Drug Court and for his commitment to law-related education programs. In 2003, the Kentucky Bar Association honored him with its Outstanding Judge Award. He is also a graduate of the National Judicial College.Before his election to the Circuit Court bench, Minton practiced law in Bowling Green for nearly 15 years. He earned a bachelor's degree with honors in history and English from Western Kentucky University in 1974 and a law degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1977.
Bowling Green Daily News – May 13, 2008 4:23 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Bowling Green resident John D. Minton was chosen Monday as only the fifth chief justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court. Minton, 56, was selected the court’s leader in a vote of the justices. He will take the oath of office June 27 to replace current Chief Justice Joseph E. Lambert, who announced his retirement as chief justice last month.“I am honored by the vote of my colleagues,” Minton said. “I look forward to working with the members of the court and the court of justice family in service to the citizens of the commonwealth.”The fact that the other justices had this kind of faith in him is very humbling, Minton said.“I have been receiving calls from all over southcentral Kentucky,” he said. “I am very grateful for all the support I’ve been receiving.”The challenge in the job will be continuing to provide services with a reduced budget, Minton said.One of Minton’s accomplishments while a judge in Warren County was the creation of drug court.Through his job, Minton said he will continue to work to keep drug courts operating in Kentucky.“We’re going to continue to emphasize drug court because I think it’s important,” Minton said.Minton’s selection is not only a great day for the citizens of Warren County, but for all residents of Kentucky, said Chris Cohron, commonwealth’s attorney for Warren County.“Chief Justice Minton has served as a lawyer, circuit judge, appellate judge and Supreme Court justice. I cannot think of a more qualified man for the position,” Cohron said.He has the unique experience of working at nearly all levels of courts, Cohron said.Minton will be responsible for overseeing the schedule of the Supreme Court and the entire administrative office of the courts, Cohron said.It’s hard to put Minton’s selection into words, said Warren Circuit Judge Steve Wilson.“I’ve known Chief Justice Minton since I was 18 years old,” he said. “You may not always agree with him, but you will understand his ruling and he articulates it very well.”Minton’s experience at working at nearly every court level will make him able to work well with both sides of the aisle, Wilson said.Minton was a good attorney and judge who was always respected by those he worked with, Wilson said.“Justice Minton is an outstanding scholar and a person of unquestioned integrity,” said Lambert. “His experience serving as a judge for three levels of Kentucky courts equips him well to be an outstanding chief justice. I am delighted with his election.”Western Kentucky University President Gary Ransdell said he has been close friends with Minton for 37 years.“I’m not at all surprised with his selection. When John decided to be an attorney and then a judge, it was just a matter of time before he rose to the position of chief justice,” Ransdell said.Minton has impeccable character, his judgment is superb and he is a caring person in both his personal and professional life, Ransdell said.“I would trust him in any matter in any situation,” he said. “He is ideally suited to this job and for the state of Kentucky.”Minton was elected to the Supreme Court in November 2006. He had been appointed to the court in July of that year to fill a vacancy created by retiring Supreme Court Justice William S. Cooper. Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court, Minton served as a judge for the Kentucky Court of Appeals, representing the 2nd Appellate District. He was elected to the Court of Appeals in November 2003 and served there until his appointment to the Supreme Court.He was a circuit judge from 1992 to 2003 for Warren County before being elected to the Court of Appeals. From 1996 to 2003, he also served as chief regional judge for the Green River Region, a 21-county area.While on the circuit bench, Minton was recognized by the Kentucky Court of Justice for forming the Warren County Drug Court and for his commitment to law-related education programs. In 2003, the Kentucky Bar Association honored him with its Outstanding Judge Award. He is also a graduate of the National Judicial College.Before his election to the Circuit Court bench, Minton practiced law in Bowling Green for nearly 15 years. He earned a bachelor's degree with honors in history and English from Western Kentucky University in 1974 and a law degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1977.
Bowling Green Daily News – May 13, 2008 4:23 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Teacher Accrediting Group Names Next President
James G. Cibulka, the dean of the college of education at the University of Kentucky, will become the new president of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.
Education Week – May 12, 2008 4:07 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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James G. Cibulka, the dean of the college of education at the University of Kentucky, will become the new president of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.
Education Week – May 12, 2008 4:07 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Tent caterpillar population threatens horse farms
Officials at the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture are warning horse farm owners to be wary of an usually high tent caterpillar population.
Kentucky.com – May 11, 2008 8:35 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Officials at the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture are warning horse farm owners to be wary of an usually high tent caterpillar population.
Kentucky.com – May 11, 2008 8:35 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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