Religion and Education
EKU’s health center receives national grant for expansion, renovations
Eastern Kentucky University’s Bluegrass Community Health Center will update its management system and expand one of its clinics with a $472,915 grant from the Health Resources and Service Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The center, originally established as a migrant farm worker health center in 2001, is now a licensed comprehensive health care facility with two clinics in Lexington that provide preventive and primary care services to all central Kentuckians on an ability-to-pay basis — a change made possible, in part, by a previous HRSA grant.
Funds from the most recent grant will allow the center to expand and renovate the clinic at 1306 Versailles Road in Lexington and update electronic medical record/practice management systems, according to Dr. Susan Fister, R.N., executive director of the Bluegrass Community Health Center and professor of baccalaureate and graduate nursing at EKU.
Both the Versailles Road clinic and the one located at 151 N. Eagle Creek Drive in Lexington provide a variety of on-site services, including well-child and well-adult exams, sick visits for adults and children, chronic illness management, school and sports physicals, immunizations, women’s health and family planning, counseling services, and case management and referral. Outreach services include interpreting, health care screenings, health education, case management, community collaborations and health fairs. The center serves Bourbon, Clark, Garrard, Fayette, Jessamine, Madison, Scott and Woodford Counties.
The center lists more than 30 community partners, including the Lexington-Fayette Health Department, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, Lexington Clinic, University of Kentucky, Central Baptist Hospital, Saint Joseph Health System, county extension agencies and family resource centers.
For more information, call 859-259-2635 or, toll-free, 877-527-2583 (1-855-LASALUD) or visit www.bchc.eku.edu.
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Parents upset about test scores, deficiencies
The frustration was evident in the voices of a number of Berea Community School parents who spent more than an hour Monday night addressing the Berea Independent Board of Education.
The parents spent most of the evening talking directly to middle school/high school principal John Masters about a lack of communication with school personnel and asking for answers about how the district intends to correct a number of deficiencies identified by the state in a December audit. -
Berea Independent Schools propose make-up schedule
Berea Independent Schools has announced a proposed schedule to compensate for 11 days missed during the school year because of inclement weather and the H1N1 virus.
The schools were closed for seven days during the first three months of 2010 because of weather and for four days in October when illness forced the district to shut down. -
Central wins second straight title
In 1967, world champion boxer Muhammad Ali (formerly known as Cassius Clay) went on trial for refusing to enter the U.S. Armed Services. The Vietnam War was then raging, and, based on his religious convictions, Ali unsuccessfully had applied for conscientious objector status.
Although he was convicted for resisting the military draft, the U.S. Supreme Court later overturned the verdict. -
Students focused on energy
Students at Eastern Kentucky University, many of whom are planning careers as teachers or have already begun their teaching careers, are spending this semester learning about environmental issues.
Those taking Ecology for Teachers, an undergraduate class taught by Billy Bennett, and Environmental Science Issues, a graduate course taught by Melinda Wilder, have utilized a grant that allows students to actively pursue ways to teach their classmates and current and future students. -
Foster Music Camp at EKU to celebrate its 75th season
The nation’s second oldest music camp will celebrate its 75th season this summer at Eastern Kentucky University.
Founded in the midst of the Great Depression, the Stephen Collins Foster Music Camps — with numerous camp options throughout June for middle school and high school students — continue to draw young musicians from throughout the nation and even internationally. -
Students tell educators why they left school
For some students, graduating from high school and going to college is their goal.
For others, turning 16, dropping out and getting a job is their goal.
That is one message a group of education leaders and First Lady Jane Beshear heard Monday from some former Madison County High School students. -
Citizens Trade Campaign founder to speak Thursday in Berea
Lori Wallach, founder of the Citizens Trade Campaign, a diverse national coalition established in opposition of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), will be speaking Thursday at Union Church in Berea at 3 p.m. Admission is free and the event is open to the public.
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Students score well in testing
During the fall, eighth and 10th graders throughout the state were given assessment tests as a way to help identify areas of academic strength and weakness.
Students in 10th-grade took PLAN in preparation for taking the ACT during their junior year and to allow them to see in which subjects they need improvement and what careers might be of interest to them.
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Director of black history museum to speak Thursday at Berea
A Berea College graduate who has directed major museums interpreting the experience of black Americans will speak 3 p.m., Thursday, in Phelps Stokes Auditorium as part of the college’s Black History Month celebration.
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Dropouts darkening Kentucky's future, Madison County educator says
Madison County Superintendent Tommy Floyd and his teachers have the data. They can point to students in fifth and seventh grades and tell which are likely to drop out before graduating.
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