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Quarles Reappointed to Council on Postsecondary Education

LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 20, 2007) – Ryan Quarles, a second year student at the University of Kentucky College of Law, has been reappointed to the Council on Postsecondary Education. 

Quarles, of Georgetown, has already received a bachelor’s degree in agriculture economics, public service and leadership and political science, a master’s degree in agricultural economics and a master’s degree in diplomacy from the University of Kentucky. 

Quarles was honored as a Truman Scholar in 2005 and as a Toyota Community Scholar in 2002, and has worked as an agriculture and interior intern for the office of U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell.  He represents postsecondary students on the council.

The Council on Postsecondary Education is the state coordinating board for postsecondary and adult education in Kentucky. The council coordinates change and improvement in postsecondary and adult education as directed by the Kentucky Postsecondary Education Improvement Act of 1997.  The council is composed of 13 citizen members, a faculty member and a student member appointed by the Governor.  The Kentucky Commissioner of Education serves as a nonvoting ex officio member.

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