Religion and Education
EKU professor honored by Richmond Kiwanis Club
Dr. Stephen Black, associate professor of horticulture at Eastern Kentucky University, has been honored for his outstanding contributions in the area of agricultural communications and education.
The Kiwanis Club of Richmond presented Black with the 2009 Jack Taylor Support of Agriculture Award, established in 2002 and named after former Agricultural Extension Agent and former director of the EKU Stateland Farm.
Black has been the recipient of awards from EKU, Future Farmers of America and the University’s Horticulture Club. His service to the community has included conducting greenhouse tours, judging 4-H contests at the county fair, and providing demonstrations to garden and homemakers clubs.
A graduate of Louisiana State University and the University of Tennessee, Black has received pesticide certification from the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, assisted in FFA contests at the local, regional, state and national levels, and participated in the Kentucky Nursery Association Convention.
He has worked diligently to acquire chemicals, equipment and other supplies for the floral program at Eastern, and his students have created floral arrangements for a wide variety of university and community activities.
The Taylor award has previously been awarded to a high school agricultural teacher, university agricultural administrators and teachers, an agricultural extension agent and a Madison County resident active in the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Past EKU recipients have been Dr. Danny Britt, former chair of the Department of Agriculture (2005); Dr. Bruce Pratt, chair of the Department of Agriculture (2007); and Mike Judge, former chair of the Department of Agriculture and former director of EKU Farms (2008).
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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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