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Student wins award for electronic thesis$500 prize given for analysis of Old English text in an 11th-century manuscript damaged by fire.University of Kentucky graduate Linda Cantara has been chosen to receive the 2003 Council of Southern Graduate Schools (CSGS) Master Thesis Award for the Humanities and Arts Division. The award includes a $500 prize and travel expenses for Cantara to attend the CSGS annual meeting in Tampa, Fla., Feb. 23 to receive the award. Cantara was one of the first UK graduate students to produce an electronic thesis as part of UK's Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) project. The former program coordinator for Research in Computing for Humanities (RCH) in the William T. Young Library, Cantara is now a metadata librarian at Indiana University in Bloomington. She has three degrees – a Bachelor of Arts in English, a Master of Science in Library Science and a Master of Arts in English. Cantara's thesis is an analysis of Old English text that survives in an 11th-century manuscript that was severely damaged by fire in 1731. Kevin Kiernan, a UK English professor who has pioneered work in the digital imaging of ancient Old Engilsh documents, including "Beowulf," and who directed Cantara's project, said her thesis "constitutes a pioneering electronic thesis, one of the first and most innovative at UK." Kiernan said Cantara used digital images he acquired using ultraviolet of a badly damaged manuscript. This process, he said, reveals readings that were formerly illegible. "She meticulously transcribed these formerly illegible readings and compared them with the text from another well preserved manuscript and discovered any differences, which she presents and perceptively discusses in her thesis," Kiernan added. Cantara said submitting an electronic thesis was a "natural complement" to earning a graduate certificate in humanities informatics and her work in RCH. She described the subject of her text, Mary of Egypt, as a fourth century prostitute who repented of her sinful occupation at the age of 29 and served penance the last 47 years of her life as a desert ascetic. Cantara said, "I am delighted to be the recipient of this award, and am very pleased that the English department at UK will be honored because of it." Cantara's thesis is accessible at lib.uky.edu/ETD/ukyengl2001t00018/html/lcantara.htm or lib.uky.edu/ETD/ukyengl2001t00018/pdf/lcantara.pdf. topWomen's Choir to perform at Carnegie Hall for first time
The University of Kentucky Women's Choir will perform at Carnegie Hall and Riverside Church in New York City Feb. 12 as part of the activities of the American Choral Directors National Convention. Lori Hetzel, UK associate director of choral activities, conducts the 110-member choir. The choir's performances at Carnegie Hall and Riverside Church will consist of a chant by medieval composer Hildegard of Bingen, a new piece commissioned for the Women's Choir and oboe professor Nancy Clauter by contemporary composer Paul Basler, a Mendelssohn part song, two Venezuelan folk songs featuring percussion and professor of voice Noemi Lugo, and a rousing gospel finale arranged for the choir by New York composer Roger Holland. The UK Women's Choir was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall and Riverside Church after submitting an audition tape this past summer. This is the first appearance by the UK Women's Choir at Carnegie Hall and the first time a UK choir has been invited to attend the American Choral Directors National Convention. topState Sen. Dan Kelly of Springfield receives award for promoting Kentucky Reading Recovery Program
State Sen. Dan Kelly of Springfield, Senate Majority Floor Leader in the Kentucky General Assembly, recently received a national award for promoting an innovative reading recovery program for Kentucky schools. The Reading Recovery Teacher Leader Award from the Reading Recovery Council of North America was originally presented at a June 2002 meeting of the council in Boston, Mass., but Sen. Kelly was unable to attend that meeting to receive the honor. The award recognizes Sen. Kelly's efforts in support of Senate Bill 186, which established the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development, providing for reading recovery education programs at all Kentucky universities. The center is headquartered at UK. President Lee T. Todd Jr. presented the award to Sen. Kelly at a ceremony at Maxwell Place, the home of the UK president. The event was attended by the program's participants from other state universities as well as members of Kentucky's Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence. Todd said the award represented a spirit of teamwork among the state's leaders and the leadership of Kentucky's institutions of higher education that will be required to cure some of the "Kentucky uglies," including the state's lagging literacy rate. "There is no educational goal I can think of that would be greater than giving our young Kentucky citizens the tools they need to learn to read at their appropriate levels of learning," Todd said. Kelly and several of his legislative colleagues were inspired to develop reading recovery legislation for Kentucky after they visited an elementary school in Frankfort in 1997 and watched a 6-year-old boy learning to read with the help of a reading recovery teacher. The reading recovery program is an early intervention program designed by Marie Clay of New Zealand. By intervening early, the reading recovery program can halt a debilitating cycle of failure of at-risk children that stems from the confusion, frustration and anxiety that many first-year reading students experience. topCheerleaders claim runner-up spot at Championships
The University of Kentucky cheerleaders finished in second place at the Universal Cheerleaders Association National Championships in Orlando, Fla., on Jan. 11, ending a streak of eight consecutive titles. The UK squad has won UCA's National College Cheerleading Championship an unprecedented 12 times, in 1985, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002, more than any other Division 1A school. UK's squad is the only team to win back to back championships twice (1987-88 and 1995-1996). The win in 1995 began the amazing streak of eight consecutive championships. No team had ever won more than two in a row. The pom squad, competing in the Division IA Dance Championships, finished in ninth place. On Jan. 10, Scratch came in seventh in the College Mascot National Championships. The University of Central Florida was named the 2003 National Champion, the first squad other than Kentucky to finish first since 1994. In the dance division, the University of Minnesota claimed the title. Aubie, the mascot from Auburn, walked away with the Mascot Championship. For complete results, visit www.varsity.com. Matt Steinke topSullivan Medallion nominations sought
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university is seeking nominations for the Algernon S. Sullivan Medallion,
presented at every Commencement to a graduating man, a graduating woman
and a non-student member of the university community. The non-student recipient can be a male or female member
of the university staff or faculty or a Deadline
for nominations is To obtain nomination materials, call 323-6161 or visit www.uky.edu/SullivanAward/. Submitted topThomas awarded First Robert Straus Professorship in Behavioral ScienceProfessional success, accolades, and recognition do not often go hand-in-hand with personal success, kindness and humanity. Two University of Kentucky faculty members, exemplary in professional and personal practice, were recently honored for their commitment to teaching, research and service. The Department of Behavioral Science, UK College of Medicine, recently celebrated the 80th birthday of Robert Straus, Professor Emeritus, and awarded the first Robert Straus Professorship to Thomas Kelly, professor, Department of Behavioral Science. "What a thing to do, to link Robert Straus and Tom Kelly. Tom is a collaborator, a connector and is really a good guy," said Carl Leukefeld, professor and chairperson, Department of Behavioral Science, UK College of Medicine. "He is working on something close to 10 grants at any one time and working with something like 10 departments at any one time. Tom is everything that Bob stands for." The event, held at the UK Student Center, was well attended. Kelly was joined by his family, friends and colleagues as he accepted the professorship with sincerity and humility. "This professorship is in recognition of an individual, Robert Straus, who by his scholarship, dedication to teaching, administration and service, and individual character, has established the standard of excellence for academia," he said. Kelly discussed his work in drug and alcohol dependency and its relation to human behavior, particularly his work at the department's Residential Research Facility, linking his current findings with the groundbreaking, earlier research of Straus. The afternoon presentations focused on the life and work of Straus, an internationally known expert in drug and alcohol abuse. Straus was integral to the design of the College of Medicine, and founded the Department of Behavioral Science, the first department of its kind in the world. topWhite appointed Commissioner of Social Services
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developed and directed the planning process that created Those efforts, and others, led to her being presented the 2002 Martha Layne Collins Leadership Award at the Women's Business and Leadership Conference this past September. White came to UK in 1993 after six years as executive director of the Women's Center of Central Kentucky Inc., which provided services to adult women through a crisis phone line, counseling, workshops and other activities. A
1976 graduate of topKrausman named 2002 State StarAssociation of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC) President Donald Wilson announced that Patricia Krausman has been selected as the 2002 State Star of the Kentucky Small Business Development Center (SBDC) network. "I am pleased to make this announcement, and to recognize Patricia for extraordinary contributions to the work of the KSBDC network and small business in Kentucky," Wilson said. Krausman is the director of the Elizabethtown SBDC, which is supported by UK and the Gatton College of Business and Economics. She was chosen by the KSBDC network for being an exemplary performer, making a significant contribution to the KSBDC program, and showing a strong commitment to small business in Kentucky. "It is an honor to accept this award," said Krausman. "I love my job and am excited to have the opportunity to help so many people achieve the dream of starting and succeeding in their own business." America's Small Business Development Center Network is a partnership uniting private enterprise, government, higher education and local nonprofit economic development organizations. It is the federal Small Business Administration's largest partnership program, providing management and technical assistance to help Americans start, run and grow their own businesses. With more than 1,000 centers across the nation, the SBDC network assists about 600,000 small businesses every year in face-to-face counseling and training, in addition to assisting hundreds of thousands more small businesses through fax-on-demand and e-mail. The KSBDC is a member of the ASBDC network and supports 15 centers across Kentucky. Staff Report top
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