AIKCU, in partnership with the Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA), is pleased to offer a no-cost, one day workshop focusing on EPA compliance issues for AIKCU member campuses. “Environmental Compliance for Colleges and Universities” will be held on November 13, 2007, from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM at the Kentucky Broadcasters Association office (next to the AIKCU office). Lunch will be provided.

Staff from the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection will lead the workshop. They will explain the EPA’s Region 4 Compliance Initiative and cover a number of other environmental compliance topics, including:

• Air Quality Requirements – permitting; asbestos regulations
• Water Requirements – MS-4; stormwater; pre-treatment
• Waste Management Requirements – hazardous waste; universal waste
• Environmental Management Planning
• Environmental Leadership

AIKCU member staff will gain valuable knowledge about how to ensure compliance with current EPA regulations, mitigate fines, and ensure proper disposal of hazardous waste. They will leave better equipped to assess EPA compliance on campus and with knowledge to proactively address areas of concern. Again, there is no cost to AIKCU member campuses for this valuable training.

AIKCU member staff should RSVP to marsha@mail.aikcu.org by November 7 to participate.

Environmental Compliance for Colleges and Universities
November 13, 2007
9:30 AM to 4:00 PM (EST)
Kentucky Broadcasters Association Building (next to the AIKCU office - please park in AIKCU parking lot)
101 Enterprise Drive
Frankfort, KY 40601

Offered by the Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities (AIKCU) and the Kentucky School Boards Association (KSBA).

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DANVILLE, KY-Centre College, in partnership with WKYT Channel 27 in Lexington, will host a gubernatorial debate on Sunday, Oct. 28. The event will be held at the Norton Center for the Arts on campus from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Patrick Noltemeyer, who is coordinating the on-campus efforts to host the event as part of his work as director of volunteer service and the Bonner Program at Centre, says the gubernatorial debate is a great opportunity for the College.

“The Bonner Program at Centre is committed to raising the level of civic engagement on campus, and one of the best ways I can think to do that is to bring the debate between the candidates for the most prominent office in the state of Kentucky to our campus,” Noltemeyer says. The national Bonner Foundation, established in 1991, is a leading organization in providing service curriculum and support for students at more 50 colleges and universities.

“Centre College is a place where important conversations take place, and the October 28 gubernatorial debate promises to be one of the most important of the fall,” Noltemeyer says.

Bill Bryant, WKYT anchor, will moderate the debate between Gov. Ernie Fletcher, Republican gubernatorial candidate, and Steve Beshear, Democratic gubernatorial candidate. A panel also will ask the candidates questions during the hour-long event.

The debate will air live on WKYT 27 and on WKYT’s affiliates in Bowling Green, Ky., Hazard, Ky., and Huntington, WV.

A limited number of tickets for the general public will be available through the Norton Center box office and through WKYT. More information on general public tickets will be available soon.

For more information, visit the Centre College website at www.centre.edu.

On Saturday, October 27, at 2 PM CDT, Brescia University will celebrate the inauguration of the Reverend Larry Hostetter, S.T.D., as the Owensboro university’s fifth president.

Hostetter is the first non-Ursuline president of Brescia. He was selected by the Brescia Board of Trustees in May to succeed Sister Vivian M. Bowles, OSU, Ed.D., who retired on May 31 after serving as president since 1995.

To learn more about Rev. Hostetter, see the official announcement of his presidency on www.brescia.edu.

For more on the inauguration, visit www.brescia.edu.

WILMORE, KY - Asbury College’s 17th president, Dr. Sandra C. Gray, will be inaugurated on Oct. 5, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. in Hughes Auditorium.

During the inaugural ceremony, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will present a welcome and challenge to Dr. Gray for her upcoming tenure as president of Asbury College. Dr. Gray will respond to Sen. McConnell’s challenge with her strategies and goals for the presidency.

Dr. Gray, Sen. McConnell and C.E. Crouse, Asbury College board president, will be available for questions from the media immediately following the inaugural service.

At 11:45 a.m., guests are invited to a reception with Dr. Gray in the Student Center located behind Hughes Auditorium.

On Thursday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. the College will host a coffee house in the Student Center addressing the relevance of Christian liberal arts in today¹s challenging culture with special guests Dr. Jim Holsinger, presidential nominee for U.S. Surgeon General; Paul Corts, CCCU president; Mike Kane, Lexington businessman; Pat Jones, president of Christians in Visual Arts and others.

Media representatives are invited to attend and ask the panelists questions at the conclusion of the event.

Other weekend events:
Friday, Asbury College students and others are invited to attend a special commissioning service with Dr. Gray at 9 a.m. in Hughes Auditorium.

The music department will perform an inaugural music concert in Hughes Auditorium at 7:30 p.m on Friday. The event is free and open to all.

The art department will present the “Sacred Spaces” photography exhibit on Friday in the Kinlaw Library. An opening tea reception begins at 4 p.m. in the library lobby. The event is free and open to all.

More than 100 representatives from regional colleges and universities will gather on Thomas More College’s campus to participate in the Northern Kentucky Regional College Fair on September 27, 2007 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. College representatives will be on hand to talk with high school students about options in higher education in the region.

Northern Kentucky Regional College Fair is sponsored by Thomas More College and Northern Kentucky University.

For more information, visit www.thomasmore.edu or contact the Thomas More Admissions Office at 859-344-3332.

Fair location:

Connor Convocation Center
Thomas More College
333 Thomas More Parkway
Crestview Hills, KY 41017

The Governor’s Conference on Postsecondary Education Trusteeship will be held Sunday, September 16, and Monday, September 17, at the Brown Hotel in Louisville. The conference will be preceded by a CPE meeting on Sunday at noon.

AIKCU President Gary S. Cox will serve as a panelist during the 3 PM Sundary afternoon session “Reflecting Back, Looking Forward: A Conversation With Kentucky Policy Leaders on Postsecondary Education Reform,” moderated by KET’s Bill Goodman. Gary joins a panel of distinguished speakers including: former Governor Paul Patton; Senate President David Williams; Speaker of the House Jody Richards, Representative Harry Moberly; Univ. of Louisville President Jim Ramsey; Northern Kentucky Univ. President Jim Vortruba; former Sec. of Education and current CPE member Virginia Fox; and Charles Whitehead, former Chair of CPE.

After a breakfast of the public university and AIKCU presidents on Monday morning, the AIKCU Board of Directors will hold a closed retreat on Monday in conjunction with the Trusteeship Conference.

For more information and the full schedule, visit the CPE website:

http://cpe.ky.gov/calendar/statewide/2007+Trusteeship+Conference.htm

The AIKCU business officers group will hold their semi-annual meeting on September 19 at the headquarters of the Kentucky Broadcasters Association (across the street from the AIKCU office).

From September 10-15, Georgetown College will host a national conference focused on the Underground Railroad. This is the inaugural conference of the Friends of the Network to Freedom Association. The conference, whose theme is “Looking Back, Moving Forward,” is sponsored by the Underground Railroad Research Institute at Georgetown and expects to draw several hundred participants. The URRI was established in 2001 to promote education and cultural understanding among students, communities and the nation.

Below is the full press release, courtesy of Kentucky.gov and the Kentucky Department of Tourism:

Underground Railroad Conference at Georgetown Sept. 10-15

GEORGETOWN, Ky. – The Underground Railroad, the network of anti-slavery activists and sites that helped enslaved African Americans escape the South and the Caribbean prior to emancipation, will be the focus of a conference at Georgetown College Sept. 10-15, 2007.

The inaugural conference of the Friends of the Network to Freedom Association is expected to attract several hundred participants and is sponsored by the Underground Railroad Research Institute at Georgetown, which was established in 2001 to promote education and cultural understanding among students, communities and the nation. The theme of the conference is “Looking Back, Moving Forward.”

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AIKCU members are encouraged to participate in the August 13 Campus Safety Forum at EKU, presented by the KY Department of Criminal Justice Training. From the official announcement:

In response to Governor Fletcher’s Kentucky campus safety initiatives and the formation of the Governor’s Steering Committee on Campus Safety, the Department of Criminal Justice Training (DOCJT) will be conducting a one-day Campus Safety Forum. The primary goal of this forum is to provide accurate and practical information about training, prevention, preparation and protection in Kentucky’s campus communities.

You are invited to attend the Campus Safety Forum at DOCJT on August 13. This Forum is designed to provide educators, university police, local and state law enforcement officials and first responders with current information that will assist them in planning for the future, understanding trends, best practices, mutual aid and training opportunities.

Who should attend: University police, university security officers, educators, first responders, facility security staff, student affairs administrators, legal staff and local and state law enforcement officers in college communities

What: Campus Safety Forum

When: Monday, August 13, 2007; 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Where: Department of Criminal Justice Training
Funderburk Building
Eastern Kentucky University
521 Lancaster Avenue
Richmond, KY 40475

RSVP: Shannon Sanders (859.622.2967) or Shannon.sanders@ky.gov
Registration and agenda will follow