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WKU, UK form new partnership in medicine
BY MONICA KAST
HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU
WKU and Morehead State University will be partnering with the University of Kentucky College of Medicine to create a satellite program for medical degrees. By late 2018, students will be able to study in Bowling Green and Morehead while earning degrees through the UK College of Medicine. WKU students who enroll in this program will study at The Medical Center in Bowling Green, and Morehead State students will study through the St. Claire Regional Medical Center. “The Commonwealth of Kentucky has a shortage of physicians and especially primary care physicians throughout the state but particularly in rural areas,” UK President Eli Capilouto said at a press conference announcing the partnership on Thursday. “This is an acute health care need and an economic one as well.” During the announcement, Capilouto said the partnership among the three schools resulted from the need for more physicians in Kentucky and from the UK College of Medicine's reaching its enrollment capacity. The hope for the program is that students will stay and work in the areas where they earned their degrees. “The demand for medical education at the University of Kentucky is high, and it increases year after year,” Capilouto said. “Our applicant pool runs deep with very qualified candidates, and we have the opportunity to meet Kentucky’s demand when we collaborate with regional partners.” Currently, UK’s College of Medicine has 521 students, and this program will expand it by approximately 30 percent. “That’s 30 percent more students per class committed to healing Kentucky families,” Capilouto said. President Gary Ransdell also spoke at the press conference to talk about the impact this program will have on WKU. “This announcement today of a collaboration of a full four-year medical school, an extension of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine here in Bowling Green, does indeed meet our need to serve South Central Kentucky and Western Kentucky with our health care priorities,” Ransdell said. Ransdell said this program will complement degrees — specifically those in science, technology, engineering and mathematics — offered at WKU through the College of Health and Human Services and the Ogden College of Science and Engineering. “This also provides a pathway for our WKU pre-med students to be able to pursue a medical school degree from the University of Kentucky here in Bowling Green and hopefully stay here in Bowling Green to go to work to further serve our region as physicians [in] our community,” he said. According to a press release from the UK College of Medicine, the program will begin as early as 2018.
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Jack Rudolph, professor of agricultural education at WKU, removes a cover to the cheese vat at the Taylor Center on the University Farm in Bowling Green on Monday. Rudolph and the agricultural department received a grant totaling $250,000 from the Kentucky Agriculture Development Fund to start the cheese production facility. NICK WAGNER/HERALD
WKU doesn’t cut cheese Cheese production facility to open at WKU Taylor Center BY EMMA COLLINS HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU A cheese production facility located in the Taylor Center on WKU's University Farm is expected to be completed early this March. The cheese lab, which has been in the works for about four years, is the brainchild of Jack Rudolph, a professor of Agricultural Education. “The idea was that we could be a small dairy and we could show in a real way that it would pay — that you could do this, and you wouldn’t have to go into the cheese business and then decide, 'Wow, I don’t want to do this,'” Rudolph said. Rudolph said small dairy farmers have a difficult time making money because of fluctuations in milk prices. When prices are lower, the difficulty increases — especially when feed costs, electricity and other production needs are factored in the equation. One way dairy farmers save money is by using their families for labor rather than hiring other employees, but even
that method has its downsides. “If it’s his labor, his family’s labor, then they end up working a lot of hours and not having a lot to show for it,” Rudolph said. The dairy farmers’ difficulties inspired Rudolph to look into building a cheese lab. He believes that if dairy farmers are able to make and sell a
support his idea. Numerous universities across the nation have cheese production facilities that train students in food science and in making money from cheese sales. Mississippi State University is one such institution. Cheese production there began in 1938 with just a
We wanted to show people that you could make money and make a small dairy product.” Jack Rudolph product made from their milk, then they will be able to increase their income. “We wanted to show people that you could make money and make a small dairy product,” Rudolph said. After looking at numerous milk products, Rudolph settled on cheese because of its long shelf life and easy shipping abilities. He also had examples of other university cheese labs to
small amount of product each year. The facilities have since expanded to produce enough cheese to sell to the general public and to ship all over the country to alumni and other customers. Troy Weaver, manager of the Sale Store at MSU, said the business is extremely successful. “We sell every bit of the cheese we
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Potter College acquires new dean BY MONICA KAST HERALD.NEWS@WKU.EDU Larry Snyder, who was serving as the interim dean of the Potter College of Arts and Letters, has been named dean of the Potter College by university provost and vice president of Academic Affairs David Lee. Lee said Snyder’s appointment concluded an approximately five-month national search that began in October and attracted over 50 applicants. Lee was the former dean of Potter College before he accepted the provost position last semester. He said that a search committee made up of faculty members conducted the process of selecting a new dean and that Snyder came highly recommended by faculty in Potter College. “He knows the Potter College very well,” Lee said. “He’s worked in the dean’s office for more than a decade.” Lee added Snyder “just brings a long list of skills that will benefit Potter College.” Previously, Snyder has
Larry Snyder was named dean of the Potter College of Arts and Letters on Friday, Feb. 19. "In many ways, Potter College is the very heart of the university experience," Snyder said, who had previously been serving as interim dean since August 2015. GABRIEL SCARLETT/HERALD worked as an assistant dean, interim assistant provost and department head in the Potter College. His former position of assistant dean is now held by Andrew McMichael. Snyder has been a professor in the department of religion and philosophy at WKU since 1990, focusing
mainly on American history of Christianity. Snyder also won the University Teaching Award for the 1996-1997 academic year. Lee said this “pertinent, valuable experience” helped Snyder stand out from other candidates. “I am genuinely humbled and honored by this ap-
pointment,” Snyder said in a press release announcing his appointment. “Potter College has been home for most of my academic career. It was — and remains — a great place to work and study, one filled with talented students and a gifted faculty.”
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