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Overview and Summary
of
Outreach and Extension Programs
offered by
Colleges at the University of Kentucky

prepared by
University-Wide Outreach Task Force
Joseph L. Fink III and Larry W. Turner, Coordinators

for the
January 9, 2003
State Cooperative Extension Conference
Lexington, Kentucky

University-Wide Outreach Task Force
coordinators
Joseph L. Fink III
Vice President for Research & Economic Development

Larry W. Turner
Associate Director, Cooperative Extension Service

University of Kentucky
Colleges and Departments

List of Colleges& Departments

Department of Agricultural Economics
Department of Agronomy
Department of Animal Sciences
Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
Department of Community and Leadership Development
Department of Entomology
Department of Forestry
Department of Horticulture
Department of Landscape Architecture
Department of Plant Pathology
Department of Veterinary Science

Department of Aerospace Studies (Air Force ROTC)
Department of Anthropology
Department of Biology
Department of Chemistry
Department of Classics
Department of English
Department of Geography
Department of Geological Sciences
Department of Hispanic Studies
Department of History
Department of Linguistics
Department of Mathematics
Department of Military Science (Army ROTC)
Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literature, and Culture
Department of Philosophy
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Department of Political Science
Department of Psychology
Department of Sociology
Department of Statistics

School of Accountancy
School of Management
Department of Economics

Department of Communication
School of Journalism and Telecommunications
School of Library and Information Science

Department of Oral Health Practice
Department of Oral Health Science

School of Architecture
School of Interior Design
Department of Historic Preservation

Department of Administration and Supervision
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology
Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation
Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion
Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling

Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
Department of Computer Science
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Mining Engineering

Department of Art
Arts Administration Program
School of Music
Department of Theatre

Department of Clinical Sciences
Division of Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Division of Clinical Nutrition
Division of Physician Assistant Studies
Division of Radiation Science
Department of Health Services
Division of Health Services Management
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
Division of Athletic Training
Division of Communication Disorders
Division of Physical Therapy

Department of Family Studies
Department of Merchandising, Apparel and Textiles
Department of Nutrition and Food Science

Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Department of Anesthesiology
Department of Behavioral Science
Department of Diagnostic Radiology
Department of Emergency Medicine
Department of Family Practice
Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Department of Neurology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Ophthalmology
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Department of Physiology
Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health
Department of Psychiatry
Department of Radiation Medicine
Department of Surgery
Kentucky School of Public Health

James W. Martin School of Public Policy and Administration
Graduate Center for Biomedical Engineering
Graduate Center for Toxicology
Patterson School of Diplomacy and Internal Commerce

RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
OUTREACH SUMMARY

Corporate Relations

This unit serves as the portal of entry to the University for businesses wishing to work with faculty or staff at UK or to secure access to some of the University’s unique resources such as scientific instrumentation or equipment. Being familiar with “who’s working on what” at UK, or at least being able to find out, enables this unit to be of assistance to citizens and businesses across the Commonwealth seeking to link up with the institution for mutual benefit. It also provides leadership in policy development for the University when dealing with some potentially thorny issues such as conflict of interest, conflict of commitment, or use of the non-profit institution’s resources by for-profit entities without compromising the public, tax-exempt status of the University.

Economic Development

The office works with a variety of public and private organizations across the Commonwealth on initiatives related to economic development and advancement. For example, the Vice President serves as a member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee of the Center for Rural Development in Somerset as well as on the Board of Directors of Lexington United, the economic development consortium for the Lexington area. He also serves as a member of the Steering Committee for New Appalachian Horizons, a strategic planning initiative of the Kentucky Appalachian Commission.

Other Activities

The Vice President conceived the concept of The Entrepreneurs Club, a campus-wide extra-curricular activity for students at all levels and in all majors designed to awaken and encourage interest in entrepreneurism. He is also representing UK on the team leading development of the Ohio Valley Affiliates for Life Sciences (OVALS), a combination of UK, the University of Cincinnati, University of Louisville and Wright State University, that will be sponsoring a conference on university-led economic development in the region in the broad area of life sciences.

Contact Person

Dr. Joseph Fink
Vice President for Research and Economic Development
A256 Advanced Science & Technology Commercialization Center Building [0286]
Phone: 859-257-2300 ext 271
Fax: 859/323-1023
Email: jfink@uky.edu
Web site: www.rgs.uky.edu/red

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE OUTREACH SUMMARY

The major structure for outreach education for the College of Agriculture is the Cooperative Extension Service. The mission of the Cooperative Extension Service (http://www.ca.uky.edu/ces/aboutces.htm) is to serve as a link between the counties of the Commonwealth and the state's land grant universities to help people improve their lives through an educational process focusing on their issues and needs. Cooperative Extension has an office in all 120 counties of Kentucky (see http://www.ca.uky.edu/county for county web pages). County extension agents conduct programs in agriculture and natural resources, family and consumer sciences, 4-H/youth development, and community and economic development. In support of the county programs are extension faculty in every department of the Colleges of Agriculture and Human Environmental Sciences, and other state extension subject matter specialists and associates.

Extension and outreach programs with other units of UK

Cooperative Extension already has established educational programs in conjunction with other units of UK. Examples include a memorandum of understanding between the Small Business Development Centers and Cooperative Extension, and joint health outreach education programs with the Center for Rural Health, School of Public Health, and the Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy. There are now two faculty who have joint appointments between Cooperative Extension and the School of Public Health.

Other Statewide Programs

Other state outreach education programs are conducted by faculty in the College of Agriculture. Examples include the Phillip Morris Leadership Program for young farmers, the Natural Resources Leadership Institute, the American Private Enterprise System youth program, and several others. A number of additional programs are conducted jointly with other statewide associations, business organizations, state government agencies, and commodity groups.

Contact Person

Dr. Larry Turner
Associate Dean for Extension
College of Agriculture
307 Garrigus Building 0215
Phone: 859-257-4302
Fax: 859-323-1991
Email: lturner@uky.edu
CES web site: www.ca.uky.edu/ces

UK College of Architecture
Summary of Outreach Activities

1. Ongoing operation of downtown design centers in Louisville and Lexington involving students, faculty, citizens, local officials in the study and analysis of local issues.
2. Recent project in Frenchburg, KY, to design and construct a community center.
3. Indefinite funding from the Kentucky Housing Corporation to construct a low-income house in the vicinity of the campus annually as a demonstration project for experimental techniques and materials.
4. Liaison with the Kentucky Society of Architects in the form of an endowed Kentucky Society of Architects Professor in the College of Architecture.
5. Extensive fieldwork activities by the Center for Historic Preservation in the College of Architecture to assist and support in numerous community projects related to historic preservation.
6. Faculty work through grants and public service in the form of assistance to community groups in the design of buildings, documentation of existing conditions and facilitation of programs related to community advocacy and leadership in Lexington and Louisville.
7. Implementation next spring of a continuing education program on campus and in Louisville for architects offered by faculty of the College of architecture.
8. Continuing involvement by the Dean and faculty in advancing the Smart Growth initiative in Kentucky.
9. Semester abroad programs offered by faculty of the College of Architecture. Locations have included Italy, Berlin, China, Peru and others.
10. Studio projects this semester involving a study of the campus master plan and relationship to the downtown and a study of a major addition to the Singletary Center. In past years, studios have examined many individual buildings and urban conditions in Lexington and Central Kentucky.

Contacts in the College of Architecture are Dean David Mohney, Dana Cox our development director, Mark Royse the director of outreach and me.

Contact Person

Dr. Russ Groves
Associate Professor
School of Architecture
117 Pence Hall [0041]
Phone: 859/257-2862
Fax: 859/323-1990
Email: jrgrov1@uky.edu
Web site: www.uky.edu/Design/architecture/

College of Arts & Sciences Outreach Summary

The College of Arts & Sciences is involved in a number of outreach activities with the community. Some of the programs are ongoing while others are one-time offerings.

The Department of Hispanic Studies is involved in several community outreach projects involving the Hispanic population of central Kentucky. The Hispanic Studies faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students serve as on-call interpreters for Lexington's pro-bono Hispanic legal clinic, for the Hope Center, and for the UK Medical Center. They also serve as liaisons to the community for a variety of needs. For example, a faculty member was recently called to assist a Lexington resident who was trying to adopt a Guatemalan child and ran into a series of cultural, bureaucratic, and linguistic obstacles. The Department of Hispanic Studies is available as needed to assist individuals and community organizations. Interested individuals or groups can call 859-257-1565 or go to http://www.uky.edu/AS/SPA

Each year on a Saturday in mid-May the foreign language departments at UK host the statewide Kentucky Foreign Language Festival, an event that brings some 1500 high school and middle school students to campus to participate in academic, theatrical, choral and culturally related competitions involving varying levels of proficiency in the following foreign languages: French, German, Japanese, Latin, Russian and Spanish. A faculty member in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures serves as the Executive Director of the Festival. Faculty and Teaching Assistants serve as judges at the statewide festival as well as at the regional festivals that are held in the greater Lexington area.

The Jesse G. Harris, Jr. Psychological Services Center offers individual psychotherapy for adults and children, as well as for couples and families in the greater Lexington area. The Center also offers a wide variety of psychotherapy groups for adults and children. Psychiatric consultation is available. Therapists at the Harris Center are advanced doctoral students in clinical psychology at the University of Kentucky. Licensed clinical psychologists supervise all therapists. The fee for the initial consultation is $20. Fees for therapy and testing services vary depending on the service provided. Acceptance for treatment is not based on ability to pay for services. A sliding fee scale is available based on income and family size. More information can be found at http://www.uky.edu/AS/Psychology/HarrisPSC/

Each fall, the Department of Geological Sciences offers an Open House. Over 150 primary and secondary school students and their parents participate in the lectures, hands-on experiments and mini-field trips that are included in the program.

During the Fall 2002 semester, A&S coordinated a five-part outreach lecture series entitled “Science in the 21st Century” with faculty members from the College of Arts & Sciences and the College of Engineering. The lectures attracted a large number of middle schools and high school students.

The Department of Mathematics, in cooperation with NKU, offers the Kentucky Early Mathematics Testing Program (KEMTP) to high school students throughout the state of Kentucky. This free test is available on-line to students and teachers. The test helps students and teachers determine how prepared a student is for basic college level mathematics courses. The Department of Mathematics also makes available many web-based resources for the teaching of mathematics courses. More information can be found at http://www.mathclass.org.

Contact Person

Dr. Howard Grotch
Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
213 Patterson Office Tower [0027]
Phone: 859/257-5821
Fax: 859/323-1073
Email: asdean@uky.edu
Web site: www.uky.edu/AS/

COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND
INFORMATION STUDIES (CCIS)
OUTREACH SUMMARY

Centers and Institutes
CCIS has a number of centers and institutes that involve interested parties throughout the Commonwealth. The First Amendment Center, established by the First Amendment Congress, with continuing support from the Scripps Foundation, promotes scholarship and programs related to public policy issues surrounding the First Amendment’s role in a democratic society. The Media Center for Future provides a setting for advanced research on audience response to messages and a projected role in continuing education through the development of a downtown Lexington center for media production. The Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues is a multidisciplinary consortium, headquartered at UK, that is dedicated to strengthening and invigorating local newspapers and broadcasting stations in central Appalachia. The Center for Applied Information Technology serves as a resource for those interested in the application of sophisticated data bases linked by telecommunications to knowledge management. The McConnell Center for the Study of Children’s Literature promotes conferences and programs that serve as a resource for students, public and school librarians, teachers, authors, and illustrators.

Extramural Grants
CCIS has a very successful grant program that addresses many problems confronting the Commonwealth. The Kettering Foundation is sponsoring a number of grants design to build ‘social capital’ by advancing deliberation and democratic ideals. A new five-year National Institute of Nursing Research funded project focuses on developing school based curricula for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. The College has also partnered with other UK units in developing new programs for mathematics education in Kentucky schools.

Educational Programs
A number of additional educational programs are conducted jointly with other statewide associations, business organizations, state government agencies, and community groups. The Department of Communication’s Honor Society is involved in a number of outreach activities with the Lansdowne Elementary School. The Annual Dow Jones Minority Workshop involves high school students in journalism education. CCIS also works with the Kentucky High School Journalism Association to advance high school journalism education. We partner with library systems in Jefferson County and Northern Kentucky to provide masters level professional education, as well as working towards the development of a cadre of school media librarians.

Contact Person
Janice Birdwhistell
Development Officer
College of Communications and Information Studies
129 Grehan Journalism Building [0042]
Phone: 859/257-4241
Fax: 859/323-9879
Email: jebird2@pop.uky.edu
Web site: www.uky.edu/CommInfoStudies/

College of Dentistry Outreach Summary

Dental Public Service Program

The Dental Public Service Program for the College of Dentistry involves student dentists, dental residents and faculty and staff from dental units across the College. Cooperate activities with the Kentucky Department for Public Health and the Kentucky Department of Education, the University of Louisville, the Kentucky Dental Association and charitable organizations such as Ronald McDonald House Charities of Bluegrass are included. Recently, the College of Dentistry received national recognition from President George Bush as a College of Promise in the UK America’s Promise Program. The America’s Promise initiative targets underserved children and includes school linked dental outreach programs that regularly provide dental pediatric services in Eastern, Western and Central Kentucky ( with 4 mobile programs and 2 fixed school dental clinics). Other dental service activities include special dental pediatric programs at Kosair Children’s Hospital (Louisville) and UK Children’s Hospital (Lexington) and the Lexington Family Care Center, public oral health education, geriatric outreach and ongoing voluntary dental clinics.

Outreach Programs With Other Units of UK

The College of Dentistry has current collaborative activities with School of Public Health, the College of Agriculture, the College of Medicine and several UK Centers (Rural Health, Health Service Management and Research, CDC Prevention Center, Markey Cancer and Center for Oral Health Research). UK Dental Care, an optional dental plan for UK employees is also administered by the College. In collaboration with Human Resources and UK HMO, this nationally unique service program improves access to dental care for the UK community. (8,547 covered UK employees)

State Activities

Major new service initiatives are being developed with UK Center for Rural Health at Hazard and Madisonville ( with Trover Foundation).The College of Dentistry has ongoing collaborative relationships with the Kentucky Early Childhood Development Program and the Kentucky Department for Public Health, helping with staffing and targeted programs for the state Oral Health Program and the state Tobacco Control Program. These activities are also collaborative with U of L. In addition, dental public health faculty are working with the Kentucky Department of Education to help develop Coordinated School Health Programs for Kentucky and with the new Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine and the UK College of Medicine to improve the oral health education of family physicians.

Contact Person

Dr. M. Raynor Mullins
Chief, Division of Dental Public Health
333 Waller Avenue, Suite 101
Lexington, KY 40504-2915
Phone: 859/323-6444
Fax: 859/257-9634
Email: mraynor@uky.edu
Web site: http://www.mc.uky.edu/Dentistry

Overview of UK Outreach Capabilities and Services
UK Distance Learning Technology Center

The University has been involved in educational outreach in one form or another for decades. Before the emergence of technologically enhanced approaches, courses were delivered throughout the Commonwealth by the faculty traveling to off-campus locations. In the 1970’s, the deployment of satellite delivery was the first technological approach that fits with the contemporary definition of distance education. In 1991, considerable institutional investment and focused program selection was initiated using Interactive Television (ITV, also called T-1, Compressed Video or Video Conferencing). A major increase in ITV programming came as a result of the University’s initiative to deliver graduate programs in Education and Engineering to the western parts of Kentucky in 1991 and expanded to the eastern region in 1992 with the delivery of selected Allied Health and Nursing programs to the newly established UK Center for Rural Health in Hazard. More recently, the delivery of Physician Assistant programming began to Morehead State University. The Internet has provided the latest and fastest growing dimension of educational outreach both for academic courses and continuing education. Presently, there are dozens of online courses being delivered each semester and hundreds of others that have some web enhancements to the traditional face-to-face classroom instruction.

UK’s Technological and Developmental Capabilities

1. Nearly a dozen modern classrooms are equipped for ITV or Satellite transmission. The Kentucky Tele-Linking Network facilitates connection to over three hundred fully interactive TV classroom sites across the Commonwealth. UK’s satellite uplink can deliver one-way audio and video to 1700 receiving sites across Kentucky and thousands more regionally.
2. Television capabilities exist for both studio productions and remote site locations. A working relationship with nearby Kentucky Educational Television amplifies the development and delivery of tele-courses and tele-web courses and other news, and special program creations. Two local 24-hour channels via Insight Communication (16 & 19) extend into Fayette County. Many UK programs are often picked up for rebroadcast by other Kentucky cable stations.
3. Desk Top Conferencing, one of the newest technologies, permits two-way audio/video for up to 20 users through high-speed Internet connections. A special card and camera is required at each workstation but the capability is especially suited for small groups whose members are widely dispersed. This can be integrated with interactive television capabilities.
4. A robust Blackboard Online Course Management System is hosted and supported by the DLTC and Information Technology to accommodate up to 20,000 users.
5. Expertise in instructional design, multi-media software programming, and graphics to facilitate the development of effective multi-media instructional packages, including assessment and evaluation techniques for measuring the instructional effectiveness of educational products and efficacy of delivery modes.
6. Web design and development, streaming audio and video capture and delivery, CD ROM design and development, web casting and other modern techniques are provided to clients.
   Basic and advanced training for faculty and staff in the development and use of instructional technology is provided as well as online library support services, e.g., copyright clearance and digitization, staff services to support students and faculty at a distance, help desk assistance, and coordination and scheduling of services related to the use of technologies.

Contact Person
Dr. William G. Pfeifle
Distance Learning Technology Center Director; UK Coordinator
for KCVU & SREC
B108b William T. Young Library [0456]
Phone: 859/257-0500, x 2200
Fax: 859/257-9686
Email: wgpfei1@email.uky.edu
Web site: www.uky.edu/DistanceLearning/

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION OUTREACH SUMMARY

The College of Education at the University of Kentucky provides service to a wide array of individuals, schools, and other agencies in the public and private sectors. As part of its mission statement, the college is charged with “providing leadership in the improvement of education in the Commonwealth, the nation, and the world.” To accomplish this goal, the college has formed numerous partnerships with various schools, school districts, universities, local communities, and social and educational agencies as reflected in the sample initiatives described below.

Collaborative Center for Literacy Development

The college administers the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development (CCLD), which is a partnership of the eight state universities, the Kentucky Department of Education, and the National Center for Family Literacy. A major initiative of the CCLD is the Kentucky Reading Project, a yearlong professional development initiative for Kentucky public school elementary teachers designed to improve student achievement through an emphasis on a research-based, balanced literacy approach. Additional information regarding the CCLD may be found at http://www.kentuckyliteracy.org

School Partnerships

Collaboration with school partners plays an important role in preparing and sustaining a strong teaching force. The Office of Field Experiences and School Collaboration (please see http://www.uky.edu/Education/ofeover.html) makes over 2,000 placements in a network of schools and other educational settings each semester. Teacher candidates also have the opportunity to complete student teaching in an overseas placement through the Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching. In addition, the college coordinates the Kentucky Teacher Internship Program and provides training for principals, resource teachers, and teacher educators serving on first-year internship committees. Through its professional development schools initiative, the college and local public schools have created laboratories for the preparation and continuing professional development of teachers, administrators, and other school support personnel.

Collaborative Initiatives with Other Units on Campus

The college collaborates with other campus units in the preparation of educators through formal program faculty councils. These councils, comprised of education faculty, faculty from other colleges, classroom teachers, and school administrators, ensure broad-based involvement in decisions about admissions, curriculum, and certification. In addition, the colleges of Education and Arts and Sciences demonstrate a strong commitment to the preparation and professional development of educators through an Intercollegiate Committee on Teacher Preparation.

Contact Person

Dr. Rosetta Sandidge
Associate Dean for Academic and Student Services
College of Education
166 Taylor Education Building [0001]
Phone: 859/257-8847
Fax: 859/323-3889
Email: sandidg@uky.edu
Web site: www.uky.edu/Education/

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING OUTREACH SUMMARY

The College has three service/outreach entities: (1) the Kentucky Transportation Center Technology Transfer Program (http://www.kyt2.com), (2) continuing education activities within the Center for Robotics and Manufacturing Systems (CRMS) (http://www.crms/uky.edu), and (3) the Office for Informational Services and Technical Liaison (OISTL). In FY 2000-‘01 in these units, a total of 325 non-credit programs involving approximately 12,500 participants and with 50 faculty/staff partners were carried out. Thirteen coordinators were employed by the College in FY 2000-‘01.

KTC Technology Transfer Program: The Technology Transfer Program assists transportation workers in delivering safe, efficient transportation services by providing a source of information, training, and technical assistance. Kentucky’s program has historically played significant roles in delivering technology nationally and globally, most recently through an environmental workshop and an international symposium designed to enhance methods of transferring technology. Major partnerships include those with the FHWA, the KYTC, and a network of 57 local Technical Assistance Programs throughout the nation. The Program, directed by Ms. Patsy Anderson, presents over 150 workshops per year, attended by over 5000 transportation workers.

CRMS Programs: The Center sponsors seminars, short courses, and workshops that address issues of interest and importance to the manufacturing community. The International Lean Manufacturing Conference is an annual event that focuses on manufacturing and academic developments in lean manufacturing. Lean Manufacturing Certification courses prepare individuals to become effective “lean” change agents for companies. Courses are offered to the public and also presented on-site at manufacturing facilities locally, nationally, and internationally. There are currently six courses in the series, with more under development and modification to better match industries’ needs. Occupational Ergonomics is an annual workshop to help manufacturers stay current on new developments in this important field. Public ergonomics courses are also offered. Manufacturing and business courses from the National Technological University (NTU) is another focus of the Center’s educational program. Lean manufacturing certification courses have been provided by the Center to NTU for national broadcast. CRMS has joined with other organizations in Kentucky to form the Kentucky Manufacturing Satellite Network, as a way to provide less expensive satellite downlinks of NTU courses to member manufacturing facilities for on-site training. The CRMS, with Dean Thomas Lester as Interim Director and Dr. Larry Holloway as Deputy Director, sponsors approximately 160 programs per year, serving over 5000 participants.

OISTL: This unit provides coordinating support for technical education through short courses, seminars, and conferences for the mineral, engineering, and environmental industries, and increases communication between the developers and potential users of new techniques and technologies. OISTL, on a contract basis, also provides support in planning and coordinating meetings and conferences for professional societies and associations. OISTL sponsors and/or coordinates 10-12 programs per year, serving approximately 1500 attendees. The OISTL director is Dr. G. T. Lineberry.

Contact Person
Dr. G. T. Lineberry
Associate Dean for Commonwealth & International Programs
College of Engineering
230 MMRB [0107]
Phone: 859/257-2833
Fax: 859/323-1962
Email: gtli@engr.uky.edu
Web site: www.engr.uky.edu/

COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS OUTREACH SUMMARY

Consistent with the land grant mission of the University, the College of Fine Arts is engaged in broadly based outreach programs in which every academic unit within the College brings programs representing their respective disciplines to a variety of venues. These outreach projects, which reach throughout the Commonwealth, have been funded by both private and public sources, including individuals, foundations, and corporations.

Statewide Programs:
Diversity is the focus of the outreach efforts of the UK Department of Theatre. Performances dealing with civil rights and issues faced by members of the Hispanic community are being done in collaboration with Actor's Theatre of Louisville, senior citizens in Lexington, and members of a Latino community theatre. The Roots Festival of Lexington also benefited from a performance of UK Theatre students who showed the challenges of the Hispanic community in learning how to live in a new culture. Other partnerships include designing scenery, costumes and performing in four productions of the Lexington Shakespeare Festival and researching and performing in a play on Shaker life at Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill with a performance also for the Kentucky Theatre Association. For the movie aficionado, several students are working as production assistant interns in the production of Seabiscuit being filmed in Lexington this fall.
Marketing of and fundraising for arts organizations in central Kentucky will be enhanced by the participation of students in the College's Arts Administration program. These students who hope to do similar work next year for the Lexington Philharmonic or the Lexington Art League, coordinated marketing studies analyzing the impressions people of central Kentucky have of the Lexington Children's Museum and Actors Guild of Lexington. Helping organizations in their fundraising efforts will begin in the spring with potential partnerships that include KET, WUKY, the Lexington Arts and Cultural Council and the UK Art Museum.
The students and faculty of the nationally recognized School of Music will distribute study guides, conduct workshops and performances throughout the year with Kings Elementary (Lincoln County), Harrison County Schools, Christian County High School, Moyer Elementary (Fort Thomas), Marion County schools in Lebanon, Rosa Parks, Tates Creek, Lansdowne, Meadowthorpe, Maxwell, Mary Todd, Millcreek, Clays Mill, Veteran's Park, Glendover schools in Lexington, Lindsey Wilson College, Glasgow Theatre, Kentucky Convention Center and St. Patrick's Cathedral in Maysville. These outreach activities will involve the UK Percussion Ensemble and Steel Drum Band, UK Jazz Band, UK Piano Program, UK Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble, UK Chorale, Trumpet Ensemble, Choral, Paws and Listen, AcoustiKats, the faculty McCracken Woodwind Quintet, and UK Opera Theatre. Faculty from the School of Music plays an important role in the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra.
By hosting 340 public programs in the 2001-2002 season to an audience of 103,529 people from over 42 counties in Kentucky, the Singletary Center for the Arts serves as a statewide resource for education and entertainment. The Center has collaborated with Woodford County Schools, Kentucky Center for the Arts, and the Linlee and Meadowthorpe Family Resource Center to provide professional development workshops, performances, curriculum development and the booking of arts educational programming for schools throughout the Commonwealth. The Center also provides statewide support to other presenters and performing arts centers by being part of the Kentucky Arts Presenters which leads to block booking and making artists more affordable to present statewide.

Education and outreach programs with other units of UK:
The College of Fine Arts has established collaborative outreach educational programs with the UK Medical Center, UK Dance Ensemble, Asian Studies, UK Art Museum, The Graduate School, College of Architecture, Athletics, and African-American Student Affairs.

Contact Person:
Robert Shay
Dean, College of Fine Arts
202 Fine Arts Building [0022]
Phone: 859/257-1707
Fax: 859/323-1050
Email: rshay@uky.edu
Website: www.uky.edu/FineArts/

GATTON COLLEGE OUTREACH SUMMARY

Small Business Development Center
The mission of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is to serve as a link between the Kentucky’s universities and the small business communities to help support business development and growth. SBDC has 14 offices in Kentucky (see www.ksbdc.org for office locations). SBDC staff provides one-on-one counseling with current and potential business owners to address business startup and growth issues. They also provide educational opportunities and resources to encourage community and economic development. All of Kentucky’s major public universities participate in the SBDC program allowing university faculty knowledge to reach local businesses.

CLEAR
CLEAR provides noncredit instruction and conducts applied research on topics of interest to working people and their representatives throughout the Commonwealth.  CLEAR provides services by way of The Union Leadership Development Program, Conferences, Research, Workshops.

Kentucky Business Environmental Assistance Program (KBEAP)
KBEAP provides environmental assistance services to small businesses. Services include education on new requirements of state and federal air quality standards, explaining filing requirements, assistance in completing required applications and permit forms, and development of documentation systems.

International Business Management Center
International Business and Management Center (IBMC) provides high-quality continuing education and professional development resources to assist in the business growth process.

Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER)
CBER conducts many applied business and economic research projects throughout the year, serves as the main storehouse of business and economic data and information on Kentucky and provides consultation services to government agencies, businesses, media outlets and the general public.

Family Business Institute (FBI)
FBI is a collaborative effort between Institute sponsors and member businesses to offer opportunities to learn through interaction with the experts and colleagues. The Institute is designed as an evolutionary and dynamic organization with the flexibility to meet the needs of its member companies. The forums and other functions are designed to provide an educational environment to specific business challenges in an organized and professional manner.
Contact Person
Dr. Becky Naugle
State Director SBDC
225 Gatton B & E Building [0034]
Phone: 859/257-7668
Fax: 859/323-1907
Email: lrnaug0@uky.edu
SBDC Web site: www.ksbdc.org/
Gatton College Web site: http://gatton.uky.edu/

THE GRADUATE SCHOOL -- Summary of Outreach Capabilities

The primary mission of the Graduate School at the University of Kentucky is assistance with and oversight of graduate recruitment and admissions, student records, degree certification, fellowships and scholarships, and other aspects of graduate students’ academic careers. The great majority of our operations involve direct assistance to and interaction with the University's graduate students and their academic programs. Nonetheless, a number of our activities have a substantive outreach component. A selected group of such activities is highlighted below.

Distance Learning Office. The Graduate School's Distance Learning Office, in cooperation with the Distance Learning Technology Center, provides direct assistance and support to graduate students and departments involved in the delivery of courses and programs to off-campus locations throughout the Commonwealth and nationally via an increasing number of courses on the Internet. While the impetus for the development and implementation of new off-campus graduate programs must originate in the academic departments involved, direct assistance to prospective and current off-campus students is but a phone call or email away.

Graduate Academic Centers. In conjunction with Northern Kentucky University, we operate a Graduate Center to better serve the graduate academic needs of the large population in that area. Our academic centers -- the Martin School of Public policy and Administration; Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce; the Graduate Centers for Biomedical Engineering, Nutritional Sciences, and Toxicology -- and the doctoral program in Gerontology also participate in a variety of outreach activities.

Graduate Certificates. Graduate certificates are an increasingly important and common facet of overall graduate programming. They are not graduate degrees, but rather short (9-15 credits), highly focused curricula that are intended to teach a specific academic topic or skill to some targeted population. The topic area is often interdisciplinary in nature and/or in a subject in which a UK degree program does not exist. Given the available resources, certificates can be quickly developed for delivery to a particular clientele group. Certificates are often of special interest to working professionals and those who already have an awarded graduate degree. They provide a valuable, formal academic credential attesting to the mastery of a specific topic.

Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). Graduate Students at the University of Kentucky now have the option of submitting their master's theses and doctoral dissertations in entirely electronic format, which are then posted on the Worlsd Wide Web at www.uky.edu/ETD. The research and creative efforts of the University's students are thus quickly available to the international community of scholars. Perhaps more importantly, the University's cutting edge research is easily accessible to Kentucky citizens from their home or work computer.

Contact Person
Dr. James E. O'Reilly
Associate Dean for Distance Learning and Multidisciplinary Programs
The Graduate School
317 Patterson Office Tower [0027]
Phone: 859/257-2411 (Toll-free: 800-828-9686, Menu choice #1)
Fax: 859/323-1928
Email: oreilly@uky.edu
Graduate School Web site: www.rgs.uky.edu/gs/gradhome.html
Distance Learning Web site: www.rgs.uky.edu/gs/extcampuspgms.html

COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES OUTREACH SUMMARY

Service to the community, university, and profession is consistent with the College of Health Sciences mission. The following is a brief summary of community service activities provided by College of Health Sciences faculty and students.

Several Divisions in the College provide service to community agencies. Faculty and students in the Physician Assistant Studies Division volunteer for Moveable Feast, an organization that prepares and delivers meals for delivery to AIDS patients in their homes. The Physical Therapy Division provides significant student participation under supervision in the Cardinal Hill Sensory Integration Camp each summer and also provides pro bono service to the Salvation Army. Division faculty members also have longstanding involvement in the Bluegrass Hippotherapy program that provides horseback riding experiences for individuals with disabilities.

Faculty and students also provide direct clinical services. The Athletic Training Division provides clinical services to colleges, high schools, and sports medicine clinics in the greater Lexington area, including Lexington Christian High School, East Jessamine High School, Center College, Asbury College, Transylvania University, The Lexington Clinic, and the UK Sports Medicine Clinic. The Communication Disorders Division has provided speech-language assessment and intervention to the community for many years through its clinic. Clinical services are provided by clinical faculty and by graduate students under the supervision of faculty. In addition, graduate students assist a number of local school districts in providing hearing screening to their students each fall.

A number of faculty members provide service through consultation to schools and community agencies. The Acting Associate Dean serves on the Advisory Board for the Bryan Station High School Medical Academy that serves to recruit and prepare high school students for health care careers. The Communication Disorders Division has a faculty member who serves on the Advisory Board of the Bluegrass Technology Center, a not-for profit agency that provides education about and access to assistive and adaptive devices for individuals with disabilities. Several faculty members in Communication Disorders serve as Teacher Educators for the Kentucky Teacher Internship Program for the purpose of providing assistance and consultation to new teachers in the Commonwealth. At the international level, the Director of the Rehabilitation Sciences Doctoral Program served as consultant for the Pediatric Community-Based Classroom and Service Learning Project in Hong Kong.

Service is also provided through continuing education and public information activities. For example, faculty in the Clinical Nutrition Division provide commentaries through radio, television, and newspaper interviews on many aspects of nutrition such as sport supplements, aspects of chocolate, fats, and cardiovascular disease, menopause and nutrition, and nutritional aspects of AIDS.

Contact Person
Dr. Sharon R. Stewart
Acting Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
College of Health Sciences
900 South Limestone, Room 123 [0200]
Phone: 859/323-1100, ext. 08570
Fax: 859/323-1058
Email: srstew01@uky.edu
Web site: www.mc.uky.edu/HealthSciences/

College of Human Environmental Sciences Outreach Summary

1] Research Center for Families and Children:
Lexington-Fayette County Needs Assessment provides data on community and neighborhood social service needs in the Lexington-Fayette County area. The Needs Assessment community partner for the project is LexLinc, the local non-profit corporation that promotes leadership and accountability to improve the way public and private human services are delivered, specifically those that encourage family self-sufficiency and well-being of children. Hope VI Charlotte Court Third Party Evaluation of Relocation Services evaluates of the impact on families and children of relocation services provided to residents of a housing project in a low-income community as they were moved to other parts of Lexington. The project is a partnership between the Research Center for Families and Children and Community Action Council. Welfare, Work, and Well-Being is a research and outreach project designed to determine the condition of families and children in the Lexington-Fayette County area regarding the effects of welfare reform legislation. The project, based in the Research Center for Families and Children in the College of Human Environmental Sciences, involves collaboration with the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government and Community Action Council.

2] Family Studies Department:
Evaluation of the Governor’s Initiative on Early Childhood Development is a one-year project, sponsored by the KY Governor’s Office of Early Childhood Development and based in Family Studies. The University of Kentucky is working with a subcontract to the University of Louisville to determine the effects of the KIDS NOW Initiative on children, families, and communities. State and Local memberships in which Family Studies faculty participate include: the Governor’s Task Force on Child Outcomes writing team; the State Advisory Board, Kentucky Association of Family, Career, Community Leaders of America; the Mental Health Consortium; the Building Healthy Marriages Partnership; the Discipline Committee for Henry Clay High School (Lexington, KY.); The PUSH Early Childhood Development Center (Frankfort, KY); and the American Council on Rural Special Education. National memberships in which Family Studies faculty participate include: the American Red Cross Mental Health Specialist. The Cooperative Extension outreach component of the Department of Family Studies: Keys to Great Parenting, in response to the Governor’s Initiative on Early Childhood; Aging Gracefully: Making the Most of Your Later Life Adventure, group learning sessions; and High School Financial Planning Program, in support of the KERA Technology Initiative and to alleviate the high level of financial illiteracy in Kentucky.

3] Nutrition and Food Science:
Lexington and Kentucky programs: Nutrition and Food Science (NFS) faculty collaborate with the Cardiovascular Health Coalition for the improvement of Cardiovascular Health in Kentuckians. NFS provides a speakers bureau for the Autism Society of the Bluegrass, Coalition for Reform in the Delivery of Services to Children with Special Health Care Needs, The Kentucky Nutrition Council, and the Kentucky Dentists Association and grant review services in Maternal and Child Nutrition programs and research projects to the March of Dimes. Service to the God Pantry program on surveying and addressing the professional issues involved with Hunger and Food Security. Kentucky Tourism Board – Data collection and analysis for Equine Tourism and Hospitality. National programs: Collaborate with Con Agra and the Marriott Corporation to do needs assessments for food service professionals and students participating in School Food Service operations. Plan leadership and marketing training for women-owned small business in food systems. International programs: Edit and review nutrition communications from the Caribbean Association of Home Economists and the Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute to International Development Banks and the Pan American Health Organization. Develop and review goals for Healthy Communities in the English speaking Caribbean.

4] Textile Testing Laboratory
The Department of Merchandising, Apparel, and Textiles provides quality control testing for textile and apparel manufacturers, appliance manufacturers, chemical suppliers and consumers.

Contact Person:
Dr. Claudia J. Heath
Associate Dean, College of Human Environmental Sciences
102 Erickson Hall [0050]
Phone: 859/257-2878
Fax: 859 257-4095
Email: cjpeck@uky.edu
Web site: www.uky.edu/HES/

COLLEGE OF LAW
COMMUNITY OUTREACH SUMMARY

College of Law Legal Clinic

The UK Legal Clinic was established in 1997 to provide free legal assistance to area residents and offer clinical training to students in their final year at the UK College of Law. Through the Legal Clinic, senior law students work under the supervision of an experienced lawyer to provide basic legal services to those who, because of income limitations, could not otherwise secure representation. The Clinic provides a full range of civil legal services such as the following: estate planning, domestic abuse, guardianship, consumer problems, landlord/tenant issues, public benefits and uncontested divorce.

UK/CLE

The Office of Continuing Legal Education is a separately budgeted, self supporting, unit of the College of Law that provides high quality educational programs and publications to the legal community. In the 2001-2002 fiscal year, UK/CLE provided over 15,238 contact hours of instruction to lawyers and currently offers 53 separate volumes on Kentucky and federal law.

Externships

The College of Law externship program, like the College of Law Legal Clinic, serves both instructional and a community outreach goals. Students work under the supervision of attorneys in public interest settings and are able to provide their skills to the community while further developing those skills. Students in College of Law externships work on criminal prosecutions in the Fayette County Commonwealth Attorney’s office, with the Office of Public Advocate in the College of Law Innocence Project, with inmates in the Lexington Federal Correctional Institute and as law clerks with state and federal judges in Lexington and Frankfort.

Kentucky Prosecutors Institute

The Kentucky Prosecutors Institute, jointly sponsored by the College of Law and Kentucky’s Office of the Attorney General, provides trial advocacy training to Kentucky prosecutors. This annual program brings state officials throughout to Commonwealth to the College of Law for a week of intensive training.

Contact Person:

Christopher W. Frost
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
College of Law
209 Law Building [0048]
Phone: 859/257-8336
Fax: 859/323-1061
Email: cfros1@uky.edu
Web site: www.uky.edu/Law/

UK COLLEGE OF MEDICINE OUTREACH SUMMARY

REGIONAL CLINICS:
Faculty from various departments conduct more than 3,500 regional clinics throughout the state each year providing an average of 65,000 patient encounters at these regional sites to individuals who would otherwise not have easy access to the specific types of care provided. Through formal contractual arrangements with various entities, the College’s faculty serve as on-site Medical Directors for specific specialty services in some of these regional locations (e.g. Adult and Pediatric Pulmonary at Rockcastle County Hospital; Radiation Medicine at St. Claire Medical Center, Berea Hospital, and Lake Cumberland Regional Medical Center; Pathology at St. Claire Medical Center; State Medical Examiner for central and eastern Kentucky at the lab in Frankfort). In a few locations, the College is operating freestanding clinics.

DISTRICT CANCER COUNCILS AND CANCER PATIENT DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM:
As a co-administrator of the Kentucky Community Cancer Program with the University of Louisville, the College’s Lucille Parker Markey Cancer Center administers nine District Cancer Councils which serve as advisory boards to staff in our regional offices headquartered in Highland Heights, Maysville, Morehead, Hyden, Somerset and Lexington. These local offices operate with advisory boards composed of individuals who donate their expertise to the Cancer Center in an effort to keep the University apprised of specific cancer related matters indigenous to the specific areas represented. The statewide Cancer Patient Data Management System, a state of the art tumor registry, is housed at and operated by the Markey Cancer Center.

UK CENTER FOR RURAL HEALTH (UKCRH):
This nationally recognized program is headquartered in Hazard with regional offices in Madisonville and Morehead. The program was established by the College and state legislature in 1990 and has already graduated 25 family practice physicians, 105 masters degree nurses, 66 clinical lab scientists, and 114 physical therapists. The Center recruits and admits place-committed students who are likely to practice in the rural areas in which they live. To date, slightly more than 80% of the Center’s graduates are practicing in rural communities. In addition, the Center is designated by the Governor as Kentucky’s State Office of Rural Health. The Center manages Kentucky’s Critical Access Hospital (CAH) program, the Kentucky Homeplace Project serving 49 counties, the Southeast Kentucky Community Access Program (SKYCAP), and a grant/loan program for health professions students.

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TELEMEDICINE:
The College annually provides more than 150 continuing education programs to a total of 14,000 practitioners. Additionally, our Telemedicine service provides access to departmental Grand Rounds to practicing physicians and live consultation services to physicians and their patients throughout the state.

REGIONAL ALZHEIMER’S CLINICS:
The Sanders-Brown Center on Aging annually conducts 8-15 regional clinics in eastern Kentucky.

CONTACT PERSON:
Tony Goetz
Associate Dean for Community Development
College of Medicine
MN150 UKMC [0298]
Phone: 859/323-6580
Fax: 859/323-2039
Email: tgoetz@email.uky.edu
Web site: www.mc.uky.edu/medicine/

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER PROGRAM
OUTREACH SUMMARY

Area Health Education Center Program

The major structure for outreach education for the University of Kentucky Medical Center is through the Area Health Education Center Program (AHEC). The Area Health Education Center program (AHEC) is a cooperative program between the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville. Eight AHECs, strategically located across Kentucky, form a statewide network of regional Centers that carry out a broad array of activities to support health professions education programs, practicing professionals and communities. State and federal funds support the activities of the program.

The AHEC program is often referred to as the “Agricultural Extension Service” of the Medical Center. By contributing to building stronger professional communities through provision of accessible continuing education, regional medical libraries and ongoing contact with the Medical Center and its resources, the AHEC Program works to address the issues of imbalances in the number, specialty an