HOLMES PARTNERSHIP:

Named after Henry Wyman Holmes, the founder and first dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Holmes Partnership advocates the transformation of teaching and learning through creating, developing, and expanding university/school/community partnerships to serve the public good. The Partnership was founded in 1986; the University of Kentucky is a charter member. Currently, membership includes approximately 65 universities across about 30 states.

For more information about the Holmes Partnership, see http://www.holmespartnership.org/

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF UK THROUGH HOLMES PARTNERSHIP
University of Kentucky Educators Network: This partnership includes a network of schools that collaborate with the University of Kentucky in preparing professionals in the field of education. Schools in the field network serve as training sites.
For more information about network schools, see http://www.uky.edu/Education/ofe/site_demographics.html

Holmes Scholar Nomination: Among the successes of the Holmes Partnership is the Holmes Scholars Program, established in 1991 to provide support and mentoring for talented men and women who are underrepresented in leadership positions in professional development schools and institutions of higher education. More than 400 students have participated in the network and nearly 100 are currently in tenure-track positions at colleges and universities around the country. In early March 2005, Gwendoline Ayuninjam, a doctoral student with the department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation (EPE), became the first Holmes Scholar at the University of Kentucky. The Holmes Partnership, a prestigious national educational partnership advocacy group, selected her for this honor.