Religion and Education
Graphic arts professor earns lifetime achievement award
EKU instructor honored at recent annual conference
Dr. David W. Dailey, graphic arts professor in Eastern Kentucky University’s Department of Technology, has been awarded the International Graphic Arts Education Association’s highest honor — the Frederick D. Kagy Life Achievement Award.
Dailey, who joined the EKU faculty in 1989, was presented the Kagy Award for his “significant contributions to graphic arts education and the graphic arts industry” at the Association’s 84th annual conference, conducted July 26-30 on the EKU campus.
He has served two terms as president of IGAEA and also as first vice president in charge of publications. He has been the organization’s sustaining membership chair since 2001.
At EKU, Dailey serves on the graduate faculty and on numerous committees. He has served as chair of the state communications standards committee for secondary education and is the chair of the department’s graphic communications advisory committee. He was presented the Student Affairs Distinguished Service Award for 2007-08 for orienting and advising new freshmen.
He has served as president of the local chapters of the Club of Printing House Craftsmen in Lexington and Greenville, S.C., and was named Craftsman of the Year by the Lexington club.
Dailey holds bachelor’s, master’s and specialist degrees in education from Clemson University and a doctoral degree from the University of Kentucky.
IGAEA is an association of educators in partnership with industry, dedicated to sharing theories, principles, techniques and processes relating to graphic communications and imaging technology. Its members include includes educators who teach printing and publishing at secondary and post-secondary levels throughout the U.S., Far East and Europe.
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Church celebrates 225th year
A good church is not only a place of worship. It also is a center of the community it serves, providing for the social, as well as spiritual needs of its members.
Tates Creek Baptist Church in Richmond has been doing just that for an amazing 225 years and members and friends celebrated the church’s long history Sunday with specially themed services and a traditional potluck. -
Eastern opens doors to veterans
Eastern Kentucky University has made a commitment to help military veterans and the dependents of disabled or deceased veterans get a higher education.
The Veterans Affairs program, as part of the Student Outreach and Transition Office, currently has 625 students, said Lt. Col. Brett Morris, Ret.
“That includes veterans who are out of service, current active duty service members, guard and reserve service members or dependents of veterans who are 100 percent disabled or deceased who transferred benefits to their spouse or child,” Morris said. -
Cinderella
In a scene from The Spotlight Acting School’s production of Disney’s “Cinderella,” 11-year-old Alexa Snyder, center, as Cinderella, is tormented by her stepsisters, played by 11-year-old Kailynn Dooley, second from left, and Emy Lovell, 9, right, and her stepmother played by Grace Beavin, 12, as the Grand Duke, left, 8-year-old Christian Snyder, tries to fit her for the glass slipper. Performances are 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at Trinity PCA Church, 315 Spangler Dr., Richmond. Tickets are $5.
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Retiring EKU Chautauqua founder MacLaren to speak Thursday
Dr. Bruce MacLaren, who founded Eastern Kentucky University’s Chatauqua lecture series 11 years ago, will give a valedictory address Thursday evening as he turns the program over to his successor, Dr. Minh Nguyen.
The free program will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Ferrell Auditorium of the Combs Building. EKU President Doug Whitlock will pay tribute to MacLaren who will speak on “Why Chautauqua?” -
County schools score well on ACT
Statewide ACT results have been released by the Kentucky Department of Education and the four Madison County high schools scored above the state average in nearly every category.
The test, which was taken by juniors during the spring, is a curriculum-based measure of student’s college readiness. -
EKU ranked 59th among 90 top-tier universities
Eastern Kentucky University ranks in the top tier of Regional Universities in the South in the 2011 edition of “Best Colleges” by U.S. News & World Report.
EKU ranks 59th among 90 universities in the top tier.
The exclusive rankings will be published in the magazine’s September issue, available on newsstands Aug. 31 and are available, along with a summary of the ranking methodology, at www.usnews.com/collegemeth. Also, the 2011 Best Colleges Guidebook will be on newsstands Aug. 24. -
Fun with Arts
Students in Madison County have the opportunity to learn to play an instrument, study dance, discover the finer points of photography or become more familiar with the essentials of art.
Fun with Arts, an after-school program sponsored by the Richmond Area Arts Council (RAAC) and Madison County Schools begins on Monday for students in first through eighth-grade.
After-school programs will be conducted at Glenn Marshall Elementary School, White Hall Elementary School, Shannon Johnson Elementary School and B. Michael Caudill Middle School. -
EKU president opens school year with laughter, goals
President Doug Whitlock kicked off the 2010-2011 academic year at Eastern Kentucky University on Monday with an opening convocation speech.
In the two-hour speech, Whitlock highlighted his goals for the academic community at EKU for the coming year and addressed key issues. He also highlighted the achievements of staff and former students, and the university as a whole. -
County school bus garage gearing up for start of classes
The staff at Madison County Schools transportation department has spent the short summer getting the buses ready for the coming school year, which begins Wednesday.
A huge improvement is the implementation of a new radio system provided by the Madison County Emergency Operations Center, to include new radios in all the buses. Each school will have their own “talk-group.” In previous years, all schools were on the same channel and buses had to wait for one school to clear the channel before they could talk to their school. Now the buses at each school will have a clear channel to communicate with their school or principal without the distraction of radio messages from other schools. -
Floyd: District working on new partnership for school clinics
Madison County Schools superintendent Tommy Floyd was the keynote speaker Thursday morning at the Richmond Chamber of Commerce’s Eggs and Issues event.
Speaking to an audience of about 40 community and business leaders, Floyd highlighted many of the district’s accomplishments over the past year, while detailing plans for the future.
“We finished a very successful school year last year,” he said. “We finished the year in the black in a difficult financial time.” - More Religion and Education Headlines
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