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B
A
Here
it's
also
good
to
have
representative
thomas
with
us
this
morning
sitting
in
the
crowd.
I
appreciate
your
participation
in
our
meeting
this
morning.
We
do
not
have
a
quorum
to
approve
the
minute,
so
we'll
go
directly
into
our
presentation.
Our
first
presentation
will
be
from
murray
state
university.
So
president
jackson,
why
don't
you
and
everyone
you
have
with
you
you'll,
be
testifying,
come
up
to
the
table?
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A
C
Members
of
the
council
are
here
as
well
and
and
including
dr
thompson.
I
appreciate
their
work
in
regard
to
higher
education,
each
and
every
day
they
do
wonderful
work
and
we
appreciate
them.
Representative
walker,
thomas,
is
here
with
us.
Our
west
kentucky
delegation
is
fantastic
and
they
are
very,
very
supportive
of
murray
state
university
and
senator
howell
and
representative
ims.
We
we
couldn't
do
what
we
do
without
them,
and
we
appreciate
them
as
well,
so
I'll
run
through
this
very
quickly.
C
C
C
So
this
is
murray
state
university's,
primary
service
region,
as,
as
most
of
you
will
know
so,
it's
18
counties
the
far
western
18
counties
of
the
commonwealth,
murray,
kentucky
and
callaway
counties.
Our
primary
are
our
main
campus
again.
As
you
know,
we
have
regional
campuses
in
paducah
and
mccracken
county
in
henderson,
in
madisonville
and
in
hopkins
county
and
and
in
christian
county.
We
have
the
brethren
veterinarian
center.
We
have
a
regional
campus
and
the
far
southern
dot
is
for
campbell,
where
we
have
a
education
center
as
well.
C
I
want
to
take
a
moment
and
thank
chair
heath
who
represents
graves
county
and
many
others
throughout
our
region.
In
december,
we
had
a
terrible
tragedy
hit
the
commonwealth,
and
I
I
want
to
thank
the
leaders
of
our
region
and-
and
I
want
to-
I
want
to
thank
our
faculty
and
staff
and
administrators
at
murray
state
university
for
stepping
up
and
assisting
in
every
way
possible
is
a
surreal
time
for
everyone.
C
It
was
a.
It
was
a
terrible
and
tragic
event
for
our
region
and
state
and
at
one
time
murray
state
was
feeding
and
housing
about
700
national
guard,
fema
personnel
and
first
responders.
We
were
housing
them
on
our
campus
and
and
we
were
using
our
facilities
for
warming
centers,
and
we
established
a
need-based
scholarship
fund
to
assist
students
in
impacted
counties
as
well.
We
just
opened
an
office
with
the
west
kentucky
partnership
with
the
west
kentucky
workforce
board
to
further
help
with
student
needs
in
those
impacted
counties.
C
Some
brag
points
that
I
always
want
to
point
out
and
every
institution
has
their
own
brag
points
and
murray
state.
We
have
ours
and
I
want
to
point
out
just
a
few
things.
We
focus
heavily
on
in
half
for
a
hundred
years.
This
is
our
centennial,
so
we're
100
years
old
and
in
2022,
but
quality
access
and
affordability.
C
We
take
those
tenants
seriously.
We
work
on
them
each
and
every
day
and
and
from
our
deans
and
our
faculty
and
staff
and
administrators,
and
just
a
few
quick
points
that
that
I
want
to.
I
want
to
note
washington
monthly
says
we're
the
best
bang
for
the
buck
in
the
commonwealth
and
and
even
a
broader
multi-state
region.
We
were
also
recognized
in
the
last
few
months
as
one
of
the
best
employers
in
the
commonwealth
of
kentucky
and
we're
proud
of
of
that
as
well.
C
We
talk
about
it
around
the
country,
fifty
percent
of
our
students
at
murray,
state
university
graduate
with
no
known
student
debt
and
we're
proud
of
that,
and
last
year
we
awarded
about
115
million
dollars
of
scholarships
and
financial
aid,
which
is
a
record
amount.
So
we
have
three
years
of
record
amounts
in
that
in
that
area.
C
C
We,
this
committee,
as
well
as
as
the
legislature
as
a
whole,
funded
a
new,
a
science
campus
several
years
ago
at
murray
state.
We
did
that
in
phases
over
about
20
years,
chair
tipton,
remembers
quite
well,
and
so
we're
proud
of
the
work
that
we
do
in
those
respective
areas.
We
have
a
lot
of
industry
partners.
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D
So
murray
state
is
really
good
about
taking
academically
average
students
and
and
preparing
them
for
the
workforce,
and
I
feel
like
I'm
a
product
of
that
those
programs
and
just
thankful
for
your
work
here
and
for
helping
the
communities
in
the
commonwealth
of
kentucky
and
our
our
families
a
little
bit
about
the
school
of
nursing
and
health
professions.
Currently
we
have
820
students
enrolled
in
our
programs.
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D
D
D
We
recently
partnered
with
madisonville
community
college
to
offer
a
bachelor
of
science
in
respiratory
therapy.
It
will
be
one
of
the
first
in
the
nation
to
be
accredited
in
the
manner
that
we
are
seeking,
which
is
it's
a
point
of
pride
for
us,
and
we
appreciate
our
partnership
with
the
community
college
and
also
with
west
kentucky
community
and
technical
college.
D
Our
masters
of
science
and
occupational
therapy
program
is
in
paducah
at
the
paducah
regional
campus,
and
then
we
offer
doctoral
degrees.
We
transition
from
the
master's
level
programs
to
the
dnp
program
with
the
change
in
national
accreditation
for,
in
particular,
for
the
nurse
anesthesia
track,
and
we
believe
that
we
were
visionary
when
we
decided
to
transition
those
programs.
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D
We
currently
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
our
buildings
on
campus.
The
school
of
nursing
and
health
professions
is
located
both
in
the
oakley
applied
science
building.
We
have
three
programs
there,
and
most
of
nursing
is
in
mason
hall,
with
the
intent
to
grow.
Those
programs
in
in
particular,
mason
hall,
does
not
meet
the
needs
of
the
nursing
program.
D
We
have
a
small
lab
space
and
we've
done
pretty
well
with
educating
our
students,
but
there
is
a
need
with
changes
in
the
competency
level
needed
to
provide
prepare
students
for
the
workforce.
So
we
we
need
more
simulation
activities
in
our
program
and
where
we're
at
right
now,
we
we
need
additional
space.
We
are,
we
had
did
partner
and
receive
a
usda
grant
for
963
000,
which
we
were
able
to
work
with
murray
callaway
county
hospital
to
build
a
simulation
center
there.
There
are
some
challenges
there
and
it's
a
small
unit.
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D
There
is
a
need,
I
think
the
nursing
shortages
is
has
been
around
for
a
while.
But
more
recently,
we've
had
an
increase
in
openings
for
registered
nurses,
and
it
is
anticipated
that
it
will
need
at
least
30
000
additional
nurses
in
here
in
the
state
of
kentucky,
and
I
think
that's
important
really
for
our
rural
area
of
western
kentucky
and
our
role
as
an
academic
unit
to
help
meet
the
needs
of
the
workforce
by
increasing
enrollment.
D
The
picture
here
on
the
slide
we
were
able
to
participate
in
the
regional
vaccination
center
and
we
did
administer
over
11
000
vaccines
during
that
time,
and
one
unique
partnership
with
the
university
and
several
others
on
campus
and
in
our
community.
Our
nursing
students
were
there
and
we
were
present
with
our
faculty
administering
those
vaccines,
and
there
was
one
particular
day
that
I
worked
with.
C
Dean,
thank
you
and,
and
mr
chairman
also,
and
members
of
the
committee,
we've
developed
a
new
strategic
plan
at
the
institution
in
the
last
couple
years.
New
campus
master
plans
in
regard
to
campus
as
a
whole
and
housing
and
in
house
bill
one.
You
have
authorized
a
number
of
public-private
initiatives
for
murray
state
for
housing
and
dining
initiatives,
as
well
as
master
plans
for
athletics
dean
byers,
talked
about
the
new
nursing
and
health
professions
building.
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
including
that
in
house
bill
1
and
it
replaces
an
old
building.
C
C
The
47.2
million
dollars
in
deferred
maintenance
needs
with
no
match,
and
mr
chairman,
you
and
I
have
had
many
many
conversations
about
this
topic
over
many
years,
along
with
dr
aaron
thompson
and
and
my
colleagues
at
other
institutions.
Everyone
has
a
tremendous
need
in
regards
to
deferred
maintenance
and
asset
preservation.
This
is
going
to
make
a
major
difference
for
all
of
us.
It's
going
to
make
a
major
difference
at
murray,
state
university
at
murray
state,
and
I
know
many
of
you
have
been
on
our
campus.
C
We
have
a
lot
of
old
buildings,
old
historic
buildings,
many
of
them
on
the
national
register,
and
we
want
to
take
care
of
them
and
we
do
take
care
of
them.
The
state
buildings
and
we're
proud
of
the
look
and
the
design
of
our
campus,
and
it
is
different.
All
the
institutions
have
their
own
personality,
including
murray
state.
C
This
is
just
some.
This
is
one
of
the
oldest
buildings
on
campus,
and
this
is
work
from
just
a
few
weeks
ago.
A
couple
months
ago,
trees
are
still
green,
but
the
window
replacement
for
energy
savings
purposes
is
these:
were
the
original
windows
in
this
almost
100
year
old
building
and-
and
you
see
the
the
other
deferred
maintenance
work.
The
hudson
school
of
agriculture
is
growing
and
healthy
and
doing
well
and
again,
part
of
this
will
enhance
oakley,
applied
science
building
the
home
of
the
hudson
school
of
agriculture
and
do
some
great
things
there.
E
When
I
was
there,
there
was
about
200
students
in
agriculture.
Now
we
have
1175,
so
we've
grown
tremendously
and
we
say
we're
outstanding
in
the
field
and
many
times
we
are
out
in
the
field
we're
blessed
with
some
good
farm
laboratories
and
we've
been
able
to
add
to
those
through
the
years
we
are
still
in
oakley
applied
science.
It's
the
same
place.
I
was
in
as
a
student
and
very
much
is
in
need
of
of
renovation
and
and
bringing
it
to
modern
day
agriculture.
E
Instead
of
the
agriculture
that
I
study
when
I
was
there,
we're
very
pleased
to
have
as
part
of
our
operation
the
breath
at
veterinary
center
that
we'll
talk
about
a
little
bit
later.
That's
our
needs
are
to
educate
students
number
one
but
to
serve
our
region,
and
we
do
a
very
good
job
of
serving
our
region
in
agriculture.
They
do
a
great
job.
E
It's
not
one
of
these
things
that
you
want
to
be
on
national
news
for
the
for
the
tornado
or
for
avian
influenza,
but
you
do
want
to
be
in
national
news
for
your
response
to
those
things
and
our
university
responded
to
the
tornado,
and
now
our
university
and
our
brethren
center
has
responded
to
the
avian
influenza
and
that's
why
we
put
money
into
those
is
be
prepared
for
times
like
these.
So
we
appreciate
your
support
and
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
be
here
today.
C
Dean,
thank
you
and
and
quickly
kers,
funding
and
and
chair
tipton,
especially.
I
want
to
recognize
and
thank
you
because
you
and
I
and
and
dr
thompson
and
many
of
my
colleagues
worked
on
house
bill
8
for
a
long
time
for
a
year
and
and
we
said
we
were
going
to
fix
and
com.
You
know
committed
ourselves
to
doing
that
and
you
did-
and
I
appreciate
it
very
much
and
we
appreciate
it
very
much
to
get
those
numbers
correct
for
all
the
institutions
participating
in
kers
and
and
it
was
a
small
number
in
the
budget.
C
It
was
a
big
number
to
each
of
our
institutions
and
it
will
make
a
difference
performance
funding.
We
support.
We
support
the
amounts
that
were
included
in
house
bill
1
and
we
greatly
appreciate
it
and
we're
getting
close
to
bringing
all
of
our
institutions
to
equilibrium
and
and
murray
state
will
be
with
with
this
level
of
funding,
and-
and
we
look
forward
to
enhancing
that
in
in
the
future-
I'm
gonna
I'm
gonna,
stop
there
turn
it
over
to
tony
dean
brannon
and
dr
reed,
who
heads
up
the
breath
of
veterinarian
center
slightly.
C
It's
been
in
the
national
news
lately.
This
is
a
building
that
this
legislature
funded
just
a
few
years
ago,
and
we
appreciate
that
support
from
this
committee,
as
well
as
the
legislature
as
a
whole.
But
this
facility
is
the
only
a
level
one
laboratory
in
the
commonwealth,
so
it
sees
and
deals
with
a
lot
of
things
and
that's
located
in
hopkinsville,
dr.
A
F
Knowing
right
from
left
has
nothing
to
do
with
being
able
to
treat
animals,
but
you
raised
it.
You
know,
anyway.
Okay,
we
are
extremely
proud
of
the
breadth
of
veterinary
center,
the
pic
the
photograph
you
see
there
is
our
facility
we
moved
into
it
in
2017
and
and
actually
one
of
our
staff
members
took
that
photograph.
F
F
African
swine
fever
came
into
the
news,
the
possibility
of
it
entering,
and
we
were
able
to
start
to
get
authorized
to
do
that
testing.
In
expanding
our
mission,
we
have
started
doing
meat
testing.
We
we
are
able
to
do
hemp
analysis
and
with
the
equipment
that
we
purchased
to
do
the
hemp
analysis.
It
also
allowed
us
to
expand
some
of
the
testing
that
we
can
do
for
livestock.
F
On
sunday
we
diagnosed
the
or
actually
on
saturday,
we
diagnosed
high
pathogenicity
avian
influenza
in
western
kentucky,
and
it's
been
found
in
two
different
sites.
My
staff
is
working
very
very
hard,
while
I'm
talking
to
you
all
in
testing
poultry
from
different
companies
from
backyard
flocks-
and
we
are
working
closely
with
both
the
state
veterinary
office
and
the
federal
veterinarians
so
being
prepared
for
foreign
animal
disease
is
one
of
the
biggest
reasons
that
the
breadth
of
veterinary
center
sits
there
and
the
fact
that
we
have
this
facility.
F
F
Let's
see
but
the
the
the
non-level
one
laboratory
has
been
has
also
helped
us
in
that
it
is
increased
our
federal
funding,
our
federal
funding
last
year,
because
we
became
a
level
one,
our
federal
funding
almost
doubled
and
that
we
use
that
federal
money
for
purchasing
new
and
expensive
and
modern
equipment.
We
buy
maintenance
contracts
to
protect
that
equipment
so
that
it
stays
in
use
longer
and-
and
we
know
that
every
day
it's
going
to
be
operational.
F
C
Thank
you
all
very
much,
obviously,
a
very
important
facility,
and
we
appreciate
the
fencing
off
of
the
appropriation
for
the
breadth
of
veterinarian
center,
which
is
it's
badly
needed
to
make
sure
that
continues
as
well,
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that,
mr
chairman
and
members
of
the
committee.
That's
that's
our
presentation.
A
A
And
certainly
understand
the
significance
of
it
and
we're
committed
to
keeping
that
as
a
mandated
program.
For
those
who
may
not
be
aware,
the
poultry
industry
is
a
as
a
key
leading
sector
in
our
agricultural
community.
In
the
commonwealth
of
kentucky,
a
serious
outbreak
could
be
extremely
devastating.
A
F
The
kentucky
poultry
federation
works
very
closely
with
all
of
those
poultry
folks
and
works
very
closely
with
all
of
the
companies,
and
then
kentucky
department
of
agriculture
has
a
group
of
folks
that
work
with
backyard
flocks.
So
that's
not
part
of
our
primary
mission.
We
we
tend
to
be
part
of
the
diagnose
and
ship
it.
You
know
ship
samples
off
and
and
make
sure
that
they're
con
they're
confirmed.
A
A
G
G
G
A
G
There
we
go
well
good
morning
to
the
members
of
the
committee
who
are
not
here
in
person.
I'm
tim
cabone,
president
of
western
kentucky
university,
and
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
be
with
you
all
this
morning.
We
have
some
really
exciting
things
happening
at
western
kentucky
university
and
at
wku
our
enrollment
is
strong.
G
We've
since
2016
increased
the
number
of
scholarships
to
african-american
students
by
111
percent,
and
we
are
focused
on
providing
every
student.
The
tools
possible
to
be
successful
and
we're
not
just
focused
on
access
access
without
success
is
access
to
nothing,
and
so
once
students
come,
we
wanna
make
sure
they
finish,
and
I
received
some
preliminary
follow
the
spring
retention
data
earlier
this
week
and
it
is
very
exciting.
G
Overall
90.9
of
our
fall
first
year
class
has
returned
this
spring
semester.
That's
a
two
percentage
point
increase
over
last
year:
a
4.6
percentage
increase
since
the
fall
of
2017.
we've
experienced
improvements
across
the
board,
not
just
first-year
students,
but
those
who
are
also
traditionally
underserved
by
higher
education.
G
G
G
We've
dedicated
significant
resources
to
closing
that
achievement
gap
and
the
numbers
confirm
that
what
we're
doing
is
increasingly
providing
students
with
the
resources
that
they
need
to
be
successful.
Continuing
on,
we
opened
our
first
year
village.
This
fall,
which
provides
students
with
the
opportunity
to
participate
in
one
of
our
living
learning
communities.
We
have
22
now
set
to
grow
again.
Next
fall
a
student
who
resides
in
the
first
year
village
lives
in
a
pod
with
23
other
students
who
share
an
academic
or
social
interest.
G
A
quarter
of
our
first
year
class
set
to
grow
again
next
year
participates
and
the
retention
data
for
those
who
are
members
is
impressive.
During
the
fall
semester,
95.2
percent
of
those
in
llc
returned
this
spring.
That's
5.9
percentage
points
higher
than
those
who
are
not
in
a
living
learning
community,
and
so
we
knew
that
the
launch
of
our
first
year
village
and
the
expansion
expansion
of
these
communities
would
provide
a
considerable
boost
to
the
success
of
our
hilltoppers,
and
these
metrics
clearly
demonstrate
the
result
of
that
investment.
G
I'm
excited
in
just
a
few
weeks.
I
hope.
Certainly
this
spring
semester,
the
commons
at
wku,
will
open
are
rethinking
what
a
university
library
looks
like
we
close
the
helm
library
at
the
end
of
the
spring
2019
semester
and
since
then
have
been
renovating
and
completely
transforming
that
facility.
When
it
opens
later
this
semester,
the
commons
will
transform
the
top
of
our
hill
and
will
serve
as
an
intellectual
hub
where
students,
faculty
and
staff
will
gather
to
share
ideas
and
engage
in
active
learning.
G
G
We
have
high
achieving
high
school,
juniors
and
seniors
who
attend
and
they
simultaneously
finish
high
school
and
complete
their
first
two
years
of
college.
At
wku,
we've
got
190
students
currently
enrolled
and
we've
had
representation.
We're
very
proud
of
this
from
117
of
kentucky's
120
counties.
I
will
say
if
you
know
a
qualified,
talented
student
from
robertson,
letcher
or
leslie
counties.
We
want
them
because
we
want
to
get
all
120
of
our
counties
in
the
in
the
commonwealth
in
the
next
couple
of
years.
G
The
students
average
act
is
a
32
and
the
average
gpa
is
a
3.87.
These
are
some
remarkable
young
people.
They
participate
alongside
faculty
and
their
colleagues
in
research
as
undergraduate,
high
school
students,
and
they
have
one-on-one
mentorship
from
our
stem
faculty
on
research
projects
really
creating
a
scholarly
pursuit
as
an
extracurricular
activity
at
wku.
G
They
study
abroad
and
we've
been
working
hard
to
make
sure
we
have
scholarship
dollars
to
afford
them
the
opportunity
to
go
wherever
they
need
to
go
or
want
to
go,
even
if
they
don't
have
the
means
to
do
so
at
home,
62
of
them
enroll
at
a
kentucky
college.
When
they're
done,
I
wish
we
could
keep
more,
but
when
you're
losing
students
to
mit,
harvard
princeton,
johns
hopkins
and
cal
tech
I'll
take
that
competition
any
day.
The
goal
is
once
they've
completed
their
undergraduate
and
other
studies.
G
We
get
them
back
to
the
commonwealth
to
start
their
companies
here
to
work
in
our
communities
and
to
elevate
the
commonwealth.
As
I
mentioned,
117
of
120
counties,
we
serve
the
entire
commonwealth
and
will
continue
to
do
so
again.
Anybody
from
those
three
counties
I'll
help
you
with
a
leg
up
on
your
admission.
If
you
need
it
kentucky
mesonet,
this
is
a
statewide
network
of
high
quality
research,
grade
weather
and
climate
observing
stations.
For
those
of
you
who
know
wku
and
our
academic
programs
focused
on
meteorology
and
climate
and
weather
sciences,
atmospheric
sciences.
G
This
is
an
important
part
of
that
program.
You
heard
earlier
about
the
the
tornadoes
that
impacted
bowling,
green,
south
central
kentucky
and
western
kentucky.
The
university
came
through
that.
Well,
I
will
tell
you:
I've
never
heard
until
this
december,
the
roar
of
the
train
that
comes
over
your
house,
and
we
were
in
the
basement
and
are
very
fortunate
as
a
campus
to
have
escaped
major
damage.
We
have
about
a
million
dollars
in
damage,
but
compared
to
the
county
and
the
city
very
small,
but
I'm
proud
of
the
way
our
institution
responded.
G
We
took
a
week
as
a
community
to
not
come
into
work
but
to
go
swing,
a
hammer
or
a
chainsaw
and
move
debris
or
really
to
respond
to
the
needs
of
the
community
and
elevate
bowling,
green
and
warren
county.
An
important
part
of
that
work
were
our
undergraduate
students
who
worked
hand
in
glove
with
the
national
weather
weather
service,
to
examine
and
critique
and
measure
what
happened
in
the
area.
An
important
part
of
that
was
the
mesonet
and
the
data
that
the
mesonet
connects.
G
There
are
77
stations
across
the
commonwealth
and
70
counties
that
provide
data
in
real
time
and
are
archived
as
kentucky's
climate
record.
They
measure
standard
weather
variables,
such
as
air
temperature
participation
that
are
recorded
about
every
minute
at
every
station,
and
then
we
have
enhanced
stations
which
are
directly
tied
to
agriculture.
G
They
measure
additional
parameters,
including
soil
temperature,
soil
moisture.
They
have
webcams
and
they
have
snow
depth,
sensors
all
of
this
providing
value-added
services
to
kentuckians
and
this
year.
We
anticipate
installing
at
least
these
next
two
years,
installing
at
least
20
new
stations
as
a
result
of
local
county
partnerships
with
the
university
and
we
work
hand
in
glove
with
kentucky
state
emergency
management
through
the
fema
hazard
mitigation
program,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
these
data
are
useful
at
shaping
our
responses
to
disasters,
but
also
helping
support
agriculture
across
the
commonwealth,
an
example.
G
The
kentucky
mesonet
staff
served
in
preparation
for
in
response
to
the
storms
by
using
a
direct
feed
to
the
operation
centers.
This
allowed
forecasters
to
integrate
the
mesonet
data
into
analysis
of
near
surface
atmosphere
and
environment
temperatures,
so
real
time,
understanding
what's
happening
on
the
ground.
G
So
this
summer
our
staff
will
be
co-mentoring,
a
national
weather
service
research
experience
for
undergraduates,
in
conjunction
with
the
oklahoma,
mesonet
and
they're,
going
to
investigate
atmospheric
conditions
recorded
by
mesonet
stations
in
the
proximity
of
tornadoes,
both
in
kentucky
and
across
the
nation.
And
finally,
the
national
weather
service
in
louisville
is
convening
a
committee
to
certify
the
new
state,
wind
gust
record
that
was
established
at
the
caldwell
county
kentucky
mesonet
station
again
during
the
storms.
G
I
want
to
talk
briefly
about
the
new
project
in
in
hospital,
one
for
which
we
are
quite
thankful.
The
gordon
ford
college
of
business
building
right
now
resides
in
grice
hall,
a
building
that
is
approaching
70
years
in
age.
Unfortunately,
it
was
not
designed
as
a
70
or
100
year.
Building
it's
well
beyond
its
useful
life.
It's
home
to
six
undergraduate
and
three
graduate
degree.
G
This
new
building
will
do
several
things
and
when
I
talk
about
new
construction,
I
don't
like
talking
about
new
buildings
for
new
buildings
sake.
New
buildings
are
not
about
construction
projects.
It's
about,
transforming
the
way
in
which
we
educate
our
students
and
create
applied
learning
experiences
for
them.
G
So
our
students
have
to
learn
how
to
do
business,
not
just
learn
about
business
and
having
spaces
where
they're
able
to
collaborate,
do
applied,
learning
and
create
a
community
that
also
involves
the
off
off
campus
community
is
important,
and
this
new
building
will
provide
the
space
that
does
just
that.
Our
current
classrooms
are
small,
they're
inflexible
they
limit
class
size,
they
limit
our
instructional
capabilities
and,
most
importantly,
they
limit
community.
If
you've
ever
been
in
grice
hall.
It
is
a
wonderful
building
in
1950,
but
it
doesn't
work
in
2022.
G
This
new
building
will
have
space
that
provides
the
flexibility
and
creates
further
applied
learning
experiences
environments
for
our
young
people,
allowing
them
to
take
what
they
learn
in
the
classroom
and
apply
them
to
real
world
situations.
A
hallmark
of
the
wku
experience
we'll
also
provide
centralized
student
success
center
services,
such
as
advising
tutoring
resume
development,
internships
and
career
counseling,
and
also
a
closed
closet
for
our
young
people.
That
might
need
some
help.
Getting
that
first
interview,
outfit
together,
we
have
a
tremendous
closet
to
help
support
that
effort
as
they
begin
their
careers.
G
G
I
sit
on
the
chamber
board
and
in
collaboration
with
them,
we
want
to
make
sure
our
students
are
prepared
for
the
local
workforce
to
elevate
south
central
kentucky
and
to
build
important
careers
that
elevate
our
region
of
the
state,
the
centers
for
excellence
and
having
space
for
them
will
also
create
robust
learning
experiences
that
will
transfer
to
their
careers
again
everything
about
taking,
what's
learned
in
the
classroom
and
putting
into
practice
in
the
real
world.
So
I
thank
you
for
including
this
project
in
house
bill
1..
G
Lastly,
asset
preservation:
we've
got
about
500
million
dollars
at
wku,
a
half
billion
dollars
in
deferred
maintenance
across
our
campus
and
we're
in
dire
need
of
funding
to
address
these
issues.
The
projects
that
we
will
work
on
with
these
funds
include
underground
infrastructure,
our
electrical
distribution,
infrastructure,
steam
lines,
water,
sanitary
sewer,
storm
lines.
G
All
of
the
funding
in
house
bill
1
will
allow
us
to
begin
to
address
these
important
concerns,
and
you
hate
to
show
pictures
like
this.
But
here
we
go.
This
shows
you
a
portion
of
the
underground
infrastructure
work.
We've
done
there
even
was
a
twitter
account.
That
was
the
steaming
manhole
cover
that
talked
about
when
steam
was
coming
out
on
different
parts
of
campus
and
roved
around
campus.
G
We're
glad
that
that
twitter
account
is
defunct
because
we've
managed
to
get
all
the
steam
back
in
the
tunnel,
but
we
have
many
many
many
yards,
hundreds
of
yards
to
go
to
complete
that
work.
You'll
see
there
the
roof
of
the
academic
complex
another
building
that
is
about
60
years
old.
The
roof
desperately
needs
to
be
replaced
and
then
on
our
cravens
library,
which
is
right
next
to
the
commons.
G
A
A
A
That
she
won't
be
there
to
enjoy
it,
but
but
I
will
share
that.
We
appreciate
all
your
work
you've
done.
I
know
that
the
last
few
years
have
been
a
struggle,
as
the
commonwealth
has
faced
some
financial
challenges.
We
seem
to
be
coming
out
of
that
and
we've
had
the
fortunately
with
house
bill.
One
we've
had
the
opportunity
to
make
some
huge
investments,
not
only
in
k-12
but
post-secondary
education.
Do
any
of
our
members
have
any
questions
at
this
time.
A
A
H
H
H
This
was
what
we
consider
to
be
historic.
It's
been
a
long
time.
I've
been
in
frankfurt
since
2009
and
we
obviously
haven't
seen
this
now.
We
want
to
believe
this,
not
just
because
we
have
money.
We
want
to
believe
that
you're
investing
in
us,
because
we
are
a
great
return
on
that
money
and
that's
what
we're
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
today,
especially
with
cpe,
and
I
won't
I
will
go
through
the
slides.
As
you
all
know,
I
don't
keep
to
them.
H
Too
often,
my
staff
gets
upset
that
I
don't,
but
we
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
we're
doing
at
cpe
the
things
that
we
need
to
do
at
cpe
and
how
we
need
to
think
about.
Looking
into
the
future
and
you've
heard
me
say
this
many
times,
and
we
have
data
to
show
this-
that,
in
order
for
kentucky
to
thrive,
we're
going
to
have
to
have
a
robust
economy
that
keeps
going
in
order
for
that
to
happen.
H
I
appreciate
the
article
you
sent
me
that
showed
that
you
know
the
more
than
tax
incentives.
The
number
one
item
that
every
company
that
moves
into
the
state
that's
had
success
that
want
to
move
in
the
state.
They
need
an
educated
workforce
and
you
can't
have
a
strong
economy
without
a
strong
educated
workforce.
You
can't
have
a
strong
educated
workforce
with
a
stronger
higher
ed
system.
It's
the
most
direct
correlation
that
we
have
so
direct
as
a
statistician.
H
Or
we'll
get
things
moving
here
somehow
there
we
go.
We
want
to
talk
about
our
budget.
A
lot
of
people
think
cpe
has
a
huge
budget.
We
like
to
think
that
they
think
that,
because
we
get
a
lot
out
of
the
few
people
that
we
have,
but
over
the
last
many
years,
you'll
see
here
in
a
minute,
we've
been
cut
over
50
percent.
H
H
That's
helped
us
to
carry
on
the
duties
for
the
state.
I
mean
we've
gotten
a
lot
of
grant
dollars
over
the
years
and
that's
what
kept
us
going
and
so
we're
at
a
point
now
to
where
I'm
going
to
talk
about
the
future,
I'm
not
going
to
talk
about
asking
for
replacement,
I'm
going
to
talk
about
once
again
investing
and
where
we
need
to
go.
We
have
examples
here.
H
I
won't
read
them
all
to
you,
because
you
all
know
some
of
the
things
that
that
are
here,
but
just
to
say
that
higher
education
in
this
state,
we
have
an
accountability
system
built
into
it.
From
the
front
end,
we
run
through
our
model,
all
of
the
performance
funding
and
we're
happy
with
that.
We
look
at
what
it
takes
in
order
to
invest
in
the
state
and
get
performance
out
of
it.
We
measure
that
we
pay
for
that.
You've
been
a
part
of
this
group.
H
Obviously
you
know
a
lot
about
it,
but
we've
also
done
other
things
along
the
lines
of
creating
a
statewide
agenda
that
focuses
on
the
needs
of
the
state.
Our
jobs,
more
than
anything
else,
is
what
I
call
consumer
protection.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
our
students
are
getting
what
they
pay
for
and
make
sure
that
the
employers
understand
that
so
we've
created
a
new
way
of
thinking
about
quality,
one
of
the
first
states
in
the
nation.
H
I
can't
tell
you
how
many
times
actually,
but
we've
done
a
lot
of
things.
We
also
put
on
the
front
end
a
student's
right
to
know.
We
want
students
to
know
that
if
you
go
into
this
major
this
amount
of
money,
that's
going
to
take
to
really
help
you
to
be
successful
in
it.
This
is
the
borrowing
power
that
helps
them
to
know
how
much
they
can
borrow
should
borrow.
H
It
causes
a
way
that
they
can
look
at
it's
a
new
whole
element
of
financial
literacy
in
place,
but
it
also
allows
them
to
know
what
kind
of
money
they're
going
to
make
when
they
finish
that
major
and
all
the
jobs
that
are
out
there
for
it
immediate
jobs
and
future
jobs.
We're
happy
with
that.
We're
also
happy
with
we're
the
people
that
I
know
there's
tuition
bills
out
there,
and
I
would
ask
you
to
look
at
it.
H
Look
at
illinois
when
they
implemented
such
a
bill,
but
I'm
proud
to
say,
since
I've
been
in
this
role,
our
tuition
has
been
the
lowest
historically
ever
we're
averaging
about
little
over
one
percent,
which
is
like
six
percent
below
the
inflation
markers
for
higher
education.
So
we're
happy
with
keeping
that
down
and
when
I
took
over
higher
ed.
As
you
all
know,
we
focused
on
four
big
items
that
we
thought
was
good
for
the
state.
One
is
the
affordability
and
there
was
a
perception
among
many
students
that
they
couldn't
afford
to
go
to
college.
H
So
affordability
is
also
about
how
we
allow
students
to
know
that
they
can
go,
and
I
appreciate
what
dr
cabane
was
saying
about
those
three
counties
but
that
they
can
go
but
that
in
fact
they
deserve
to
go
now.
Not
all
college
is
a
four-year
degree,
so
we
need
to
do
a
better
job
and
that's
what
we've
been
trying
to
do
with
higher
ed
matters
to
let
people
know
exactly
what
college
is
they're
going
to
have
to
have
some
post-secondary
credential
in
order
to
be
sustainable.
H
Don't
believe
me,
look
at
the
unemployment
rates
and
during
coverage
are
those
that
don't
help
that
are
on
medicaid
and
those
that
are
in
prisons.
Even
so,
all
of
these
things
we
put
into
a
value
proposition,
so
we
focused
on
affordability.
We
focused
on
letting
people
know
the
value
of
higher
education.
H
We
focused
heavily
on
that
and,
lastly,
is
the
quality
of
connecting
employers
to
what
we're
doing
so
happy.
If
you
notice
my
twitter
this
morning,
you
found
out
that
mr
chair,
you
know
when
we
started
this
conversation.
Four
years
ago
we
were
like
number
27
in
the
country
in
the
entertainment,
not
everybody
stood
still
and
waited
for
kentucky
to
catch
up
and
pass,
but
I'm
happy
to
say
that
we're
now
number
seven
with
the
latest
data
and
that's
through
2020,
we've
done
even
a
better
job.
H
H
We
thought
by
2030
we
get
60
educational
attainment
in
this
state
with
a
credential
that
matters
we
will
be
at
the
national
average
being
able
to
collect
the
employers
that
want
to
come
here
and
keep
the
people
in
the
state,
and
we,
you
know
once
again
we're
going
to
have
to
work
on
this
in
a
few
minutes.
We're
going
to
talk
about
in
order
to
keep
up
this
educational
jargon.
H
It
is
a
juggernaut
now
I
hate
to
use
that
term,
but
it
is
because
we
are
way
above
the
average
in
what
we
should
be
in
order
to
do
it,
but
there's
four
items
that
we're
going
to
have
to
consider
and
I'll
go
through
these
quickly
and
then
these
slides
will
pass
by
fast.
One
is
that
we're
going
to
have
to
increase
the
college
going
from
our
k-12
to
higher
ed?
It's
a
lower
number
of
people
graduating
it's.
H
H
So
I'm
proud
of
that,
but
we
also
have
to
also
get
more
of
people
from
out
of
state
to
stay
in
state.
If
we
could
somehow
create
a
process
of
keeping
35
to
40
percent
of
students,
we
get
more
students
coming
to
state
that
would
stay
in
the
state.
Then
we'll
increase
that
and
number
four
we're
going
to
have
to
do
a
better
job
with
our
adult
learners.
H
H
H
H
Well,
once
again,
I
just
got
through
talking
about
this.
I
underrepresented,
my
origin,
put
it
in
perspective.
We've
had
about
a
17
17
and
a
half
percent
growth
over
the
last
four
or
five
years,
and
our
overall
degrees
and
credentials
we've
had
a
37
percent
increase
in
our
underrepresented
minorities.
We've
had
more
students
coming
in.
It's
really
the
only
demographic
group,
that's
actually
increasing
beyond
their
baseline
in
the
last
two
years
of
covet.
So
we
know
that
we're
not
going
to
leave
anybody
behind
and
I'm
proud
of
this
that's
coming
from
our
campuses.
H
H
This
is
in
great
need
we're
going
to
target
what's
needed
in
the
state
to
build
a
pipeline
and
we're
going
to
what
I
call
the
squeeze
effect
we're
going
to
get
out
those
that
we
can
quickly
get
out
into
the
marketplace
and,
as
you
know,
I'm
the
chair
of
baptist
health
corporate
baptist
itself.
We
can
hire
750
nurses,
this
incident,
but
we're
also
going
to
have
to
build
a
pipeline.
So
we
want
to
work
with
our
p12
folk
to
build
the
pipeline
into
those
needed
professional
areas.
H
Our
expanded
duties
have
become
many,
even
though
we've
been
cut
over
the
years.
You
have
given
us
a
lot
more
to
do
and
we're
happy
to
do
that.
But
pretty
soon
I
can't
get
keep
getting
grant
money
to
do
some
of
those
and
so
we're
here
today
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
we
can
ask
you
all
to
help
us
to
do
and,
as
you
all
know,
with
hb
250
we're.
H
H
We
got
some
gear
funding
to
help
us
to
do
that,
but
if
we
don't
do
that,
we're
never
going
to
get
to
where
we
need
to
go
and
that's
those
are
bang
for
the
dollars,
and
I
do
believe
that
the
way
we
can
work
with
our
campuses
and
the
high
schools
together
to
do
this
beyond
what
kia
is
doing
is
exactly
where
we
need
to
go,
and
we
have
proof
to
show
that
that's
the
outcomes
that
we
can
get
we
got.
We
have
a
student
success,
collaborative
that's
working
with
best
practice.
H
The
only
one
in
the
country
like
this
by
the
way
that
james,
graham
brown
helped
us
get
going,
but
it's
showing
already
great
improvement.
We
need
some
dollars
to
keep
that
sustainable.
So
what
we're
asking
here
for,
without
going
in
great
detail
and
we'll
happy
to
take
any
questions
from
anyone,
are
those
items
that
we
know
that
have
to
be
put
in
line
for
strategic
movement,
we're
not
asking
for
any
replacement
dollars
of
anybody
or
make
up
any
sort
of
dollars
that
we've
been
cut,
which
once
again
has
been
over
50
percent.
H
And
I've
got
rational.
You
already
know
the
rationale
but
happy
to
give
you
even
more
and
I'm
going
to
get
to
the
end.
Let's
go
go
with
one
more
there,
so
we
need
to
be
thinking
about
the
future,
those
items
that
we've
already
mentioned.
How
do
we
increase
the
kentucky
priority
areas?
We'd
love
to
talk
to
you
about
teacher
education
and
how
we
need
to
do
that
more
and
how
we
can
incentivize
that
happening
more
college
affordability,
that's
just
not
about
tuition,
I'm
afraid.
H
As
a
matter
of
fact,
college
affordability
comes,
as
I
mentioned
in
so
many
other
ways.
Tuition
tends
to
be
a
very
minor
part
of
that
conversation
as
a
matter
of
fact,
but
we
need
to
talk
about
transition
and
that's,
sir
you've
been
a
part
of
this,
these
committees.
So
we're
happy
that
the
education
continuum
we
know
what's
coming
out
in
a
in
a
bill,
and
that
is
exactly
the
way
we
need
to
be
thinking
about
the
future.
H
A
H
A
B
It's
a
lot
and
it's
changed
a
lot
since
covid,
and
so
what
we
did
is
we
were
able
to
secure
some
gear
dollars
and
arpa
funds
from
the
coveted
relief
funds,
basically
to
focus
in
on
support
and
professional
learning
around
advising
college
and
career
advising.
So
we
were
able
to
hire
someone
who
has
higher
education
experience
actually
from
western
has
been
a
kia
coach.
B
Sorry,
my
apologies
has
been
a
kia
coach
and
then
also
was
most
recently
working
in
bowling
green
independent
as
a
college
and
career
advisor,
and
so
she
has
already
been
working
with
all
eight
co-op
regions
to
provide
service
and
support
around
really
focusing
in
initially
on
college
access
and
getting
the
resources
into
the
hands
of
the
folks
who
work
with
students
every
day.
We
know
we're
not
going
to
get
more
counselors,
but
we
know
that
the
counselors
we
have
are
really
over
inundated
with
lots
of
needs.
B
Student
needs
and
families
feel
like
they
don't
know
enough,
and
so
excuse
me
that
is
the
focus.
We
also
have
a
design
team
that
includes
multiple
agencies,
universities,
to
guide
that
professional
learning
and
those
resources
so
they're
in
real
time.
They're
kentucky
specific
and
provide
immediate
support
and.
H
B
So
ours
is
really
early,
so
we
don't
have
specific
data
yet,
but
we
have
based
our
structure
on
the
data
that
has
been
provided
from
different
national
organizations
who
actually
provide
college
advising
that
I
can
absolutely
provide
you.
That
is
why
we
kind
of
took
the
strategy
that
we
took
and
I'd
be
happy
to.
That
would
be.
That
would
be
very
good
and
we
have
absolutely
we
have
the
gear.
A
H
That's
correct
and
these
expanded
duties
in
a
nutshell,
comes
in
three
or
four
forms.
One
is,
as
you
all
know,
when
I
took
over,
I
reassembled
took
apart
and
reassembled
cpe
to
focus
heavily
on
the
workforce,
so
we
have
that
as
an
expanded
duty
working
with
our
employers,
working
with
our
campuses
for
direct
working
with
economic
development
to
be
a
liaison
to
create
that
direct
action,
we
were
able
to
find
some
other
dollars
to
get
it
started.
H
The
other
is
that
these
folk,
two
folks
here
I'm
happy
to
say
that
are
part
of
the
team
with
the
ed
continuum
that
was
never
a
part
of
higher
ed.
So
that's
a
part
of
those
expanded
duties
and
we
have
obviously
more
than
just
that,
but
those
are
two
of
our
biggest
areas.
The
other
area
is
our
student
success,
collaborative
that
we
have
in
place.
We
got
money
from
james,
graham
brown,
that
won't
be
with
us
forever
that
are
truly
working
on.
H
A
H
H
We
will
have
to
have
a
student
success,
an
organizational
person
that's
in
place
to
do
that,
an
academic
person
that
will
work
on
building
out
the
system
in
the
end
it
would
be
close
to
that
million,
so
that
would
be
for
that
expanded
duty.
Now,
obviously,
we'll
do
whatever
we
will
we'll,
as
we
always
have
right
so
and
by
the
way,
just
let
you
know
this
first
time
in
12
years,
13
years,
14
years,
that
we've
come
to
the
table
asking
for
any
extra
dollars
at
all.
A
A
All
you
do
thank
you
to
all
the
presenters
today
at
this
time.
I
do
not
have
any
additional
meetings
planned
for
this
subcommittee,
but
that
is
always
subject
to
change.
As
situations
arise,
we've
fortunate
to
have
all
our
universities,
kctcs
come
cpe,
come
and
testify,
but
standby
you
never
know
what
comes
up,
but
for
now
we
definitely
will
not
be
meeting
next
week.