EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Office of Academic Affairs

UNIT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

College of Arts and Sciences

• Dr. Louis Bourgois, Mr. Hunt Butler, Mr. Vincent Davis, Mr. Mark Tollefsen, and Ms. Jae Won Kim have all participated in musical performances, concerts and recordings.
• Dr. Thomas McPartland, Dr. Tucker Landy, Ms. Reba Rye, Mr. Vincent Davis and Dr. Barry Johnson have accompanied students to various conferences, competitions and educational field trips.
• Dr. Eung Cho and Mr. David Shabazz had papers/stories selected for publication.
• Music Majors presented “Mozart and More” and students Vanessa Henderson and Meghan Bestler were winners at vocal competitions.
• Dr. Robert Lancaster attended the Latin American and Caribbean Higher Education Council on Internationalism at the Universidad de La Salle.
• Dr. Cynthia Lynne Shelton, was invited to Zumbi dos Palmares University, Sao Paulo, Brazil to lecture at the Black Observatory Seminary (lecture series) and to attend the prestigious Raca Negra Awards.

College of Business and Computer Science

The College of Business and Computer Science organized and hosted an event which brought more than 70 business leaders from Frankfort, Louisville, Lexington and other parts of Kentucky to the campus for a discussion on the state of the U.S. economy and the role of the Federal Reserve Bank system in stabilizing the national economy.

Faculty from the School of Business and the Division of Computer Science presented at 8 conferences, published 5 peer-reviewed articles, with one under review, and participated in 3 public service activities. We received a grant award through UK, NASA Kentucky EPSCoR, for $15,000. One grant submitted is pending.

College of Professional Studies

• The School of Education will host a Day of Literacy using Discovery Education and involving 125 public school teachers across the Kentucky Region. KYSU is the ONLY school who is currently engaged in the project. The kick off will begin January 13, 2013.
• Drs. Mason and Downing were featured in a webinar entitled Bullying: Pre-Service Teacher Perceptions and Curricular Recommendations. The two were invited to develop and present a webinar in October, which is National Bullying Month. The webinar highlighted the research conducted and currently being conducted by them.
• Jennifer Moore gave an oral presentation entitled Health Literacy Predicts Cardiovascular Disease in the Male Prison Population at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Los Angeles, CA.