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Archive News Law school named 'friendliest' to women Schach takes over Teaching, Learning Center helm Tutu speaks at 50 Years convocation Tax changed, ground broken over summer Children lead way for new undergraduate dean Finnish medical employees visit Air Med for training Young Women in Science program begins Three inducted into 1999UK Law Hall of Fame Newton, Dickey named outstanding Kentuckians by 4-H UK launches Family Business Institute Taste of Kentucky Briefs Law school named 'friendliest' to women The University of Kentucky College of Law is ranked among the nation's friendliest to women in research published this month by Penguin Books of New York. In her book, "A Woman's Guide to Law School," Linda Hirshman, a professor at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., ranks UK in the top 25 percent of all law schools as the friendliest to female students and faculty. The UK law school ranks at the top of its grouping of law schools, based on student admissions scores. The guide went on sale Aug. 2. Hirshman looked at 158 law schools in her research. She gathered data on the percentage of tenured and tenure-track female academic faculty members, percentage of female students and success of female students in being named to law journal editorial board positions. Although it focused on women, Hirshman said her research shows that all law students are happier at schools with a high percentage of student and faculty diversity. "I think we can conclude that diversity accompanies satisfaction," she said. Commenting on the school's high scores, UK acting law Dean Eugene Gaetke said, "It's ironic that this ranking came during a class year in which our percentage of women students was abnormally low." The UK law school anticipates that women will constitute nearly 50 percent of this year's entering law school class, he added. "The numbers of women students and faculty are important," Dean Gaetke said, "but the rankings also indicate women generally do very well in their studies here. That says a lot about the efforts of the faculty to create an environment in which all students can thrive." UK's College of Law has 27 tenured or tenure-track faculty members. Of these, seven are women. Hirshman, who holds a doctorate from the University of Illinois at Chicago, co-authored the book "Hard Bargains: The Politics of Sex." She has taught law at Washington and Lee University and the University of Iowa and directed the women's legal studies program at Chicago Kent College of Law. - Ralph Derickson Schach takes over Teaching, Learning Center helm On a mid-summer afternoon a day into her tenure as director of the Teaching and Learning Center, Janice Cervelli Schach sat by a fragrant bouquet of flowers from her new staff in the Gillis Building. "The staff is wonderful," she said. "Bill Burke (associate director), Mary Jo Schuerich (administrative assistant) and Rick Swanson and Shelly Brown (student assistants) are the best in the business. I feel privileged to be working with them." Calm, scented afternoons like this one promised to be temporary as the fall semester loomed and Schach anticipated the task that lay ahead. George Lewis Jan Schach was surprised by a bouquet of flowers from her new staff in the Teaching and Learning Center. Schach became director of the center after the previous director returned to teaching this spring. The Teaching and Learning Center is in charge of consulting new faculty and graduate teaching assistants to the University and consulting with them ­ and the faculty already in place ­ on effective teaching techniques. "UK has about 325 new teaching assistants each year, and many of them have little or no teaching experience," said Schach, who also serves as associate dean of undergraduate studies. She took over for former center director Linda Worley, who returned to teaching at the end of the spring semester. Schach, a professor of landscape architecture, would like to continue teaching despite the responsibilities of her new administrative assignment. "I fully intend to teach. I'll never stop teaching," she said. "All individuals in administration should keep their hands clearly tied to students and the student experience ­ and there's no better way than to teach." Schach said the Teaching and Learning Center is a "critical advocate" in UK's quest for top-20 status. "Those institutions ranked as top research universities happen also to be strong in undergraduate education. Clearly, the two go hand-in-hand." She said the center has added four college technology coordinators, who are available to Lexington Campus faculty to assist in the use of technology to enhance learning-course Web pages and Web-based courses. Schach sees a future thrust of the Teaching and Learning Center in the area of pedagogical research ­ the study of teaching practices which enhance learning. In addition, she would like to see the establishment of a faculty research associate program that provides release time for faculty to conduct pedagogical research or to complete major course enhancements. A UK faculty member since 1981, Schach, president-elect of the American Society of Landscape Architecture, is married to Horst Schach, chairman of the landscape architecture department. She received her bachelor of science degree at Purdue University and her master's degree in landscape architecture at the University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. With an abiding interest in the environment and a keen graphic sense, Schach became a sought-after expert on urban design and the revitalization of urban areas. "It is important to maximize development within the city ­ whether that is revitalizing declining neighborhoods, developing unused lands or reclaiming wasted industrial lands ­ to prevent unnecessary suburban sprawl that consumes precious agricultural land and green space. This is especially true in Lexington. Successful community designs are those that mix land uses such as commercial and residential, attract a range of economic income levels and ethnic groups and provide ample transportation alternatives, open space and recreational opportunities," she said. Design projects of local interest by Schach and her students include proposals for an expanded Lexington Farmers Market, the new Lexington-Fayette County Downtown Government Center and a major revitalization master plan for Cincinnati's Over-The-Rhine District. An award-winning teacher, Schach involves her students heavily in service learning providing important design ideas to communities and, in turn, invaluable real-life learning opportunities for students. - George Lewis Tutu speaks at 50 Years convocation Archbishop Desmond Tutu will be the featured speaker at the University of Kentucky's convocation to commemorate 50 Years of the African-American Legacy at UK. The convocation is the highlight of the University's year-long commemoration of its African-American past and future. Tutu will give his keynote message at 3 p.m. Sept. 16 in UK's Memorial Coliseum. Everett McCorvey, chairperson of the convocation committee of the 50 Years of the African-American Legacy Steering Committee, said Tutu's work toward peace and reuniting South Africa made him the perfect convocation speaker. Archbishop Desmond Tutu "His coming will be a monumental event in the life of UK," McCorvey said. "We didn't want to just have pageantry and a world figure, but someone who could speak to renewal. We wanted someone who could understand what this University has been through, acknowledge that and speak of promise for the future." For his battle against apartheid and pursuit of racial justice in South Africa, Tutu was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. He is archbishop emeritus of Cape Town and chancellor of the University of the Western Cape. In 1995, he was picked by South African President Nelson Mandela to lead the nation's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Tutu is the author of four collections of sermons and addresses and is working on two new books, one chronicling the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the other on transfiguration. In addition to the Nobel Prize, Tutu holds the Order of Meritorious Service Award (Gold) presented by Mandela, the Archbishop of Canterbury's Award for outstanding service to the Anglican Communion, the Prix d' Athene from the Onassis Foundation, the Family of Man Gold Medal Award and the Martin Luther King Jr. Non-Violent Peace Prize. Tutu and his wife, Leah, reside in Atlanta, where he is the Robert W. Woodruff Visiting Professor at Emory University. The commemoration of the 50 Years of the African-American Legacy at UK is a year-long celebration which will run through Homecoming in October and includes art exhibits, classroom discussions, the convocation, plays, banquets and much more. For more information on events, call the Office of Minority Affairs at 257-1991 or visit www.uky.edu/Alumni/ AAC/main.htm. - Selena Stevens Tax changed, ground broken over summer With many people returning to campus from summer breaks or assignments, catching up with the news can be a task. Here are is a brief update of summer at the University of Kentucky. Staff Appreciation Day 1999 rated most successful The UK Staff Appreciation Day held May 14 in Memorial Coliseum was rated the most successful in the event's seven-year history with about 3,000 people participating. Ken Wiley Jerry Hart, Physical Plant Division grounds department, hands out flowers to University of Kentucky employees during the 1999 Staff Appreciation Day in May. The flowers were grown by the department in the University greenhouses. More than 50 colleges and departments had exhibit booths at the event, and in a judging for their theme, creativity, originality, presentation and information, the winner was the College of Agriculture's entomology department. Second place went to the Hillary J. Boone Faculty Center, and third place was won by Health Care Plans. The event was sponsored by the UK Women's Forum Board and the administration of the University. Volunteers served 2,740 plates of pizza, and 60 organizations contributed door prizes and gifts. Miller named alumni president Robert E. Miller of Winchester has been elected the new president of the University of Kentucky Alumni Association for 1999-2000. David L. Shelton of Marietta, Ga., is the new president-elect, and Ann Brand Haney of Nancy is the new treasurer. Elections were held in June at the association's annual summer workshop in Ashland. Miller is vice president of communications and governmental affairs at East Kentucky Power Cooperative. In addition to being past president of the Clark County UK Alumni Club and past president of the Winchester Chamber of Commerce, he has served several terms on the national board of directors of the UK Alumni Association. Shelton is a financial consultant and chief financial officer of both TAP USA, an electronics manufacturer, and Star 1 Inc., a fast food franchisee. Robert Miller Haney has worked in sales and marketing at Appledale Farm for almost 30 years and is executive director of the Pulaski County Literacy Council. County changes tax sheltering law Effective July 1, 1999, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government amended its definition of taxable salaries and wages. Ordinance No. 175-99, Section 13-1 no longer permits tax sheltering of employee payroll deductions for retirement, medical and child care plans. This tax will be levied against UK employees' 5 percent mandatory contribution to 403b retirement plans, voluntary 403b retirement contribution amounts and salary reduction (IRS Code Section 125) amounts, all previously untaxed. The tax rate is 2.25 per cent for UK employees working in Fayette County and living outside the county. The school tax adds one-half percent more, for a total of 2.75 percent, for those employees who work and live in Fayette County. Questions about benefit deductions should be directed to benefits@pop.uky.edu or 257-9519 ext. 167. UK honors construction industry Five Kentuckians were recognized for their contributions to the state's construction industry at the seventh annual Construction Management Founders Society banquet. The society and the University of Kentucky Department of Civil Engineering sponsored the banquet. Those receiving Lifetime Achievement awards were Lewis Bizzack of Frankfort, owner of Bizzack Inc.; Paul W. Hemmer Sr. of Fort Mitchell, owner of Paul Hemmer Construction Co.; Leonard Lawson of Lexington, owner of The Mountain Companies Inc.; James D. Scott of Bowling Green, owner of Scotty's Contracting and Stone Co.; and Harold C. Watts of Lexington, president of Central Rock Mineral Co. Inc. In addition to the Lifetime Achievement Award, Phillip G. Howard Jr. of Corbin received the Young Construction Engineering of the Year Award. Howard owns a construction company with his father. New area code for Bluegrass - "UKY" The Public Service Commission announced a new area code for the Northern and Central Kentucky region in early August. The new area code - 859 or "UKY" - will become active Oct. 1 for a six-month permissive dialing period. Beginning April 1, 2000, callers will have to dial 859 to successfully complete a call into the Central or Northern Kentucky regions. The 859 or "UKY" area code was selected because of its relevance to the residents of the new code area, in hopes the relevance will make the number easy to remember. UK breaks ground for new center Groundbreaking ceremonies were held May 10 for the University of Kentucky's new two-story, $4.8 million James F. Hardymon Building at the corner of Rose and Maxwell streets. The structure will house the University's Center for Networking Excellence. It will be equipped with the most current technology and high-speed computing access capabilities to support researchers' efforts in the development of solutions to the challenges of evolving network and communications systems. Hardymon, a UK graduate and former member of the Board of Trustees, recently retired as chairman and chief executive officer of the Textron Corp., headquartered in Providence, R.I. Anthropology museum launches Web site for state's teachers The UK anthropology museum has established a new Internet site providing information on the history and pre-history of Kentucky, as well as resources for the state's social studies teachers. The Kentucky Humanities Council provided funding for the Web page. The page's address is: http://www.uky.edu/AS/ Anthropology/Museum/museum.htm. UK meets research fund-raising goal The University of Kentucky announced June 7 it had met its goal to raise $66.7 million in private gifts matching the Research Challenge Trust Fund incentive appropriated by the state in 1998. With new state and private research funds totaling $133.4 million, UK nearly tripled its number of endowed chairs and doubled its number of endowed professorships in less than one year. Board of Trustees approves budget On June 8, the UK Board of Trustees approved a $1.129 billion budget for 1999-2000 that continues the University's push to become a top-20 public institution and reflects initiatives in undergraduate education. Along with expenditures for building projects, computer equipment and book purchase, the new budget provides for an average salary increase of 4 percent for UK employees, based on merit. In its May meeting, the board accepted gifts and pledges totaling $6,240,650. - Staff report Children lead way for new undergraduate dean It's natural that the University of Kentucky's dean of undergraduate studies would want UK to flourish. But Philipp Kraemer has an even greater personal stake in helping UK become a top-20 public university. "I want my daughters, Emily and Anna, when they reach college age, to choose this as an institution they'd like to attend," Kraemer said of his children, ages 8 and 6. Kraemer took over as undergraduate dean at the beginning of this semester. He follows Louis J. Swift, who returned to teaching in the classics department. Philipp Kraemer Asked why he wanted to be UK's undergraduate dean, Kraemer, who turns 49 next month, replied, "I like new challenges. As I've gotten older, I have a greater desire to have an impact on a broader level." In his characteristic self-effacing fashion, Kraemer said, "I'm not in a powerful position. I have no budget, no faculty. But what I do have is a deep passion for undergraduate education." That passion began in Buffalo, N.Y., where Kraemer grew up. After high school, he joined the Marine Corps in the late 1960s. His military experience during that turbulent time supplied the focus needed to excel as an undergraduate. Kraemer received his associate degree from Erie Community College in 1972. He followed with his bachelor's degree two years later at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He got his master's and doctoral degrees at SUNY at Geneseo and the University of Western Ontario. Kraemer came to UK in 1989 as a psychology professor. He became chair of the psychology department in 1996. His research centers on ways to reduce memory dysfunction. He has worked closely with researchers at UK's Chandler Medical Center regarding closed-head injuries and patients' resulting memory losses. "One of my goals is to not abandon my research," he said. Continuing a mission begun by Lexington Campus Chancellor Elisabeth Zinser and Swift, Kraemer cited the need to unite research and the undergraduate experience. He sees this union as a vital part of the President's Initiative on Undergraduate Education. "The initiative itself is reflective of what we have to do to improve our educational offerings, from residence hall life to changes in the curriculum," Kraemer said. "The initiative offers high aspirations. We have to turn those aspirations into inspiration." Another of his goals is to raise UK's level of self-expectation. "We've got to convince ourselves that we're better than we think we are," Kraemer said. "We've got to develop confidence. It's a lot easier to maintain status quo." Kraemer said one of his biggest challenges is following Swift, an immensely popular dean from 1990 to 1999. "We're different in many ways, but similar in our passion for undergraduate education," Kraemer said. "Lou was an excellent role model for me." Kraemer is married to Beth Kraemer, an electronic resource librarian at the William T. Young Library. - George Lewis Finnish medical employees visit Air Med for training Two years of planning pay off with Aug. 2-13 visit. The University of Kentucky Air Medical Service crossed international lines recently to train 16 Finnish medical employees. After two years of planning between Mike Poynter, flight paramedic with UK Air Medical Service, and Pertti Kiira, a paramedic and nurse, and Dr. Ari Kinnunen, both of Helsinki, Finland, 16 Finnish medical employees traveled to Lexington to train with UK's Air Medical crew in August. The students included doctors, nurses, paramedics, firemen and members of the coast guard. UK Chandler Medical Center Mike Poynter of UK Air Medical Service, center, planned training with Pertti Kiira, left, a paramedic and nurse, and Dr. Ari Kinnunen, right. After two years of planning between Mike Poynter, flight paramedic with UK Air Medical Service, and Pertti Kiira, a paramedic and nurse, and Dr. Ari Kinnunen, both of Helsinki, Finland, 16 Finnish medical employees traveled to Lexington to train with UK's Air Medical crew in August. The students included doctors, nurses, paramedics, firemen and members of the coast guard. "Since the Finnish are expanding their service by adding more helicopters, they sent some of their key medical personnel to Lexington to be trained," Poynter said. The trainees, most of whom had emergency helicopter service experience, rode along with UK's service on emergency calls. The students also participated in classes and practice exercises. Finland's primary service, Medi-Heli, began in 1992. The service averages 1,600 runs a year. Kinnunen said officials hope the service will expand from two to eight helicopters soon. The training in Lexington will be used to improve classes held in Finland. Air medical services from other countries already have expressed interest in training with UK's service, Poynter said. - UK Chandler Medical Center PR Young Women in Science program begins Appalachian women learn about scientific professions from the new program. The Young Women in Science program, run by the University of Kentucky Center on Drug and Alcohol Research (CDAR) and designed to encourage young women from Appalachia to pursue scientific careers in drug abuse research, began July 18 with the arrival at UK of 26 young women who are entering the ninth grade. The program is supported by a $1.29 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a division of the National Institutes of Health. "Very few opportunities exist for rural high school women to learn about the excitement of science and the related scientific career opportunities in drug abuse research," said Carl Leukefeld, professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the UK College of Medicine, director of CDAR and principal investigator for the grant. "This project will provide scientific education and mentoring to attract more young women to the field." UK researchers developed the program, offered only by UK. Drawing from the experiences in this project, UK researchers plan to refine the curriculum and develop a manual for use in replicating the program, both at UK and at other institutions nationwide. Although male and female high school students take about the same number of science courses, young men are more likely than young women to take courses in all three core scientific areas - biology, chemistry and physics. This disparity continues into the work force where women cluster in only 20 of 400 job categories, and two out of three minimum-wage earners are women. Twenty-six young women entering the ninth grade from 13 counties in southeastern Kentucky have been chosen to participate in the program. Next year, an additional 26 young women will be selected to participate, for a total of 52 participants. The young women for the first year were chosen for their academic achievement especially in science and math, participation in extracurricular and community volunteer activities, ability to articulate a career goal, ability to benefit from the program and strong personal references. The young women will be given in-depth training and education in drug abuse research at UK for three weeks each summer and five one-day weekend sessions each year over a three-year period. Along with lectures, scientific lab work and sports activities, the young women will go on field trips to local attractions. Each young woman also will be paired with women mentors in the scientific and local communities. "It is important that the young women make contacts with women who are succeeding in scientific and mathematically-based careers that are traditionally dominated by males," said Caroline Reid, program coordinator. "A mentor can confirm that society's pressures are real and also provide assurance that young women can conquer these obstacles." Each young woman earned a stipend upon completion of the summer study and will earn a scholarship to the college of her choice upon completion of the three-year program. - Maureen McArthur Three inducted into 1999 UK Law Hall of Fame Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Janet R. Stumbo, the late Congressman John Y. Brown Sr. and Robert F. Houlihan, a Lexington lawyer, were inducted into the University of Kentucky College of Law Hall of Fame June 16.  The inductions were made at the college's annual awards banquet held at the Hyatt Hotel in Louisville. Justice Stumbo, a native of Prestonsburg, is the second woman to serve on the Kentucky Supreme Court. She served three years as assistant county attorney for Floyd County and chaired the Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky Inc. from 1984 to 1989. While practicing law beginning in 1982 with the firm of Turner, Hall and Stumbo, she emphasized workers' compensation, federal black lung claims, dissolution of marriage and personal injury. Justice Stumbo also serves as chair of the Family Court Consortium, a statewide committee appointed by the chief justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals to devise a pilot project of six family courts. Legislation implementing the pilot project and funding nine family courts was passed by the 1998 Kentucky General Assembly. In 1995, Justice Stumbo received the Kentucky Women Advocates' Outstanding Justice Award for her support of a gender fairness test for state judicial language. She also received the first Women Lawyers Achievement Award given in 1996 by the Kentucky Bar Association for Women.   Janet Stumbo John Brown Sr. Robert F. Houlihan John Y. Brown Sr., a native of Morganfield, was a state representative for nearly three decades, serving one term as speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives and as majority floor leader during the term of Gov. Edward T. Breathitt. He served in Congress in 1932-34. Brown was a well-known trial lawyer who practiced law from 1926 to 1985 in Lexington with three firms, Brown and Miller, Brown and Son, and Brown, Sledd and McCann. Brown was noted for his extensive quotation of the Bible from memory during his summations to juries. Brown sponsored much legislation in the Kentucky House of Representatives including the state's first sales tax and civil rights legislation. He was recognized on many occasions as the most effective legislator in the House. He and his wife, Dorothy Inman Brown, had five children. One son, John Y. Brown Jr., also a UK College of Law graduate, served as Kentucky governor from 1979 to 1983. Robert F. Houlihan is a 1941 graduate of the UK College of Law. He is a senior partner in the Lexington law firm Stoll, Keenon and Park. Houlihan was a major in the U.S. Army during World War II, serving in Yugoslavia, Greece and Italy. Among his many awards, Houlihan received the Henry T. Duncan Lifetime Achievement Award from the Fayette County Bar Association in 1996 and the Kentucky Bar Association's Service Award in 1998. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and served on the UK College of Law Board of Visitors. Houlihan is well known for his efforts to restore Shakertown at Pleasant Hill. He is a founder and director of the Shakertown Board of Directors and, since its restoration in 1965, has served as its general counsel and secretary. He was one of a 10-member international election delegation to observe the first multi-party elections in the Yugoslavian Croatian Republic in April 1990. - Ralph Derickson Newton, Dickey named outstanding Kentuckians by 4-H Kentucky 4-H honored two University of Kentucky employees over the summer with some of its highest awards. C.M. Newton, UK director of athletics, was given the Outstanding Kentuckian Award, and Elizabeth Dickey, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, was named Outstanding Young Kentuckian. The state 4-H office, 4-H alumni committee and 4-H teen council present the awards each year to outstanding leaders who are role models for youth. Persons selected are former 4-Hers or people who represent outstanding achievement and service to community. Dickey, a former Kentucky 4-H president, joined the UK faculty in 1997. She since has been honored as one of the 60 top young scientists in the nation, earning the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. She earned her undergraduate degree in chemical engineering at UK and her master's and doctoral degrees in material science and engineering from Northwestern University in Illinois. Newton, a former 4-Her, has served as athletics director since 1989, helping the UK program rebuild to its status as national champions. A member of UK's 1951 national champion team, Newton has coached at Transylvania, Alabama and Vanderbilt. In his last two seasons as a coach, he was named SEC Coach of the Year. Recently, he was honored with the Naismith Award for Outstanding Contributions to Basketball. He also has served as chairperson of the Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament Committee. Elizabeth Dickey   C.M. Newton The 1999 awards, the seventh year for each, were presented during the 4-H Senior Conference held in June at UK. - UK staff report UK launches Family Business Institute For the hundreds of family-owned businesses in Kentucky and surrounding states, the Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics has launched the Family Business Institute to offer workshops and sessions on a variety of issues facing those enterprises. Director Pete Menard, who also heads the Gatton College's International and Business Management Center, said the institute's mission is to help family businesses avoid the pitfalls they commonly encounter, including issues such as executive succession planning; family communication; estate planning, transition and taxation; and other topics. Among the seminars planned by the institute are "Getting Along in Family Business" with guest speaker-facilitator Edwin A. Hoover, Nov. 10; "All in the Family" panel discussion and discussion groups, Feb. 9; and "Balancing Work, Family and Life" with guest speaker-facilitator Patricia DiVecchio, April 12. - Dan Adkins Taste of Kentucky Submitted The July Society for Nutrition Education meeting featured a taste of Kentucky this year. A silent auction held to raise funds for the nonprofit organization included a basket of Kentucky goods donated by Janet Tietyen, a food and nutrition specialist, and Bonnie Tanner, assistant director of family and consumer sciences, both of the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service. The basket, handmade in Kentucky, was filled with handmade pottery, a pot-handle holder, a wooden spoon, corn husk vegetables, a "Bluegrass Winners" cookbook, Maker's Mark Bourbon Gourmet Sauce and more. The items were donated from businesses across the Bluegrass. Briefs MEGA health insurance offered to UK's graduate students The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees approved as part of the 1999-2000 operating budget the provision of MEGA student health insurance for all graduate students funded as full teaching, research or graduate assistants and all full fellowship holders. The Graduate School Fellowship Office will coordinate the new program. Eligible students do not need to take action for the policy to take effect. For more information, visit www.rgs.uky.edu/gs/fellowship/ healthcoverage.html. Questions may be directed to 257-3261 or e-mailed to lcollin@pop.uky.edu. Transportation hall of fame award nominations sought The University of Kentucky's Kentucky Transportation Center is accepting nominations for the Kentucky Transportation Hall of Fame Award to be presented Nov. 30 at the 35th annual Transportation Forum. Inductees are honored for their foresight, dedication, leadership, perseverance and integrity in enhancing transportation systems in Kentucky. Nominations are due by Sept. 30 and can be mailed to Hall of Fame Selection Committee, c/o Kentucky Transportation Center, 176 CE/KTC Building, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. 40506-0281. Business dean retires from post Richard W. Furst will step aside as dean of the Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics effective June 30, 2000, after 19 years of leadership. He will be on sabbatical leave during the fall 2000 academic semester and will remain at the college as the Garvice D. Kincaid Professor of Finance. Furst has been the college's dean since 1981. During his tenure, the college's academic, research and service programs have received substantial national and international attention. He directed one of the most successful fund-raising operations in the University's history. Pfeifle to lead distance learning William Pfeifle, a professor in the College of Allied Health Professions' health sciences education department, will serve as the interim director of the University of Kentucky's Distance Learning Technology Center. Pfeifle will serve as the University's liaison with the Kentucky Commonwealth Virtual University and will serve as the coordinator for the Southern Regional Electronic Campus. Dembo reappointed ombud Jeffrey B. Dembo, oral surgery, has been reappointed academic ombud for the 1999-2000 academic year. Dembo served his first year-long term as ombud in 1998-99. As he did formerly, Dembo will serve part-time as ombud and part-time as an oral surgery professor. Financial workshop for women to be held in September An eight-week series designed to help women take charge of their money will begin Sept. 13 at the Fayette County Extension Center at 1140 Red Mile Place. Each session is offered at 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Mondays through Nov. 1. The program fee is $30. The deadline for registration is Sept. 3. To register or for more information, call 257-5582, 257-5073 or 257-8301. Southern landscapes exhibited at University Art Museum "A Place Not Forgotten: Landscapes of the South," on exhibit at the University of Kentucky Art Museum, includes oils and watercolors dating from the early 19th century to the 1940s by Elliott Daingerfield, William Aiken Walker and others. The artworks will be on display through June 25, 2000. Accompanying the exhibition is an illustrated catalogue with essays by writers such as Wendell Berry, Ed McClanahan, Gurney Norman, William Freehling and Chris Offutt. The exhibit was made possible by a $40,000 grant from the Museum Loan Network, a national collection-sharing program funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts. The museum is open noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. For more information, call 257-5716. Millennium exhibit opens The University of Kentucky Art Museum will open "On the Brink: The Millennium Nears" Sept. 12. The exhibit centers around works dating from A.D. 1500 and explores how art and artists have interpreted millennial themes. It will feature works from Albrecht Durer, Hans Holbein and others. "On the Brink" will continue through Jan. 30, 2000. The museum is open noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. For more information, call 257-5716. Technical college classes covered by UK tuition waiver program University employees seeking to further their education or improve their skills now have another option. The state's technical colleges are offering college-credit courses that are covered by the Faculty and Staff Tuition Waiver Program. Regular, full-time employees of the University are eligible for the waiver program. For more information, visit www.uky.edu/HR/benefits/eep.htm or e-mail benefits@pop.uky.edu. UKadvance applicants sought Applications are being accepted for the UKadvance 2000 Leadership Development Institute to be held March 13-24, 2000. The institute is designed to help University employees prepare for administrative and management opportunities. All regular, full-time University employees are eligible for the institute. For more information, call Jeanie Caldwell at 257-9555 ext. 185. Mercer to become USF dean L. Preston Mercer, chair of the Department of Nutrition and Food Science in the College of Human Environmental Sciences, has been named dean of the Lakeland Campus of the University of South Florida. Mercer, who will begin his new position later this fall, will be the second permanent dean of the 12-year-old campus. He has 26 years of faculty experience, 18 as a university administrator. At UK, he has served as chair of the nutrition and food science department since 1990, being reappointed to the position in 1996. He also served as director of graduate studies, professor of the graduate faculty and as a member of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Human Nutrition Advisory Committee. In addition, he was a visiting professor in science and sustainable development for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at the National Research Center in Egypt. Brain discoveries subject of series The University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences will sponsor a free public lecture series this fall to share what local researchers have learned about the human brain. Speakers for "Frontiers of Learning: The Brain and How it Works" will be: - Sept. 11, Rich Milich, Department of Psychology, "Demystifying Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)." - Sept. 18, Susan Board, Department of English, "Beauty on the Brain." - Sept. 25, Allan Butterfield, Department of Chemistry, "Alzheimer's Disease and Free Radicals." - Oct. 2, Jonathan Golding, Department of Psychology, "Intentional Forgetting: Can We Remember to Forget?" The series will be held in the auditorium of the William T. Young Library at 10:30 a.m. each day. It is co-sponsored by the UK Library Associates. A reception will be held at 9:30 a.m. prior to each lecture, and tours of the new library will be available following the lecture. For more information, contact the College of Arts and Sciences communications director at 257-8124.