addressed managing water quality and diseases. The Division of Aquaculture was featured in the KSU booth developed for the World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Sept. 25 – Oct. 10. It was in a prime location being right at the entrance to the Trade Show Village. There were four interactive iPads and a Microsoft Surface, as well as oversized facsimiles of netbooks, iPods, texting phones and eReaders – all of which had video running. The Division of Aquaculture's Multimedia Coordinator Tod Porter spent over 6 months designing and developing the exhibit and it was manned by Division of Aquaculture personnel for the full 11 days.

CS Graduate Student presents his research at conferences

• P.Garrity a Computer Science student guided by S. Bhattacharyya (Associate Professor Computer Science) presented his research on vehicle classification using wireless sensor network technology at IEEE Sensors 2010 at Waikoloa HI Nov 1-4th and a regular paper at Intellectbase International Consortium Dec 16-18th 2010 at Las Vegas, NV. IEEE Sensors 2010 is the international conference for the presentation, discussion and exchange of information regarding the latest research and development in sensors and its related fields. Three Kentucky State University computer science students attended the Super Computing 2010 annual conference, Nov. 13-19 in New Orleans, La. Drs. Chi Shen and Mike Unuakhalu accompanied Wen Li, Dan Cleland and John Roberts (students in the computer science program) to the conference. SC10 has more than 10,000 participants every year. It is the international conference for high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis.
• The School of Nursing will have a reaccreditation visit on January 25-28, 2011.

College of Professional Studies

The School of Business received re-affirmation by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) for another 10.

The School of Education had its State Personnel Grant renewed for $177,000. In collaboration with the Office of the Provost, the School was awarded $200,000 to introduce, deconstruct and implement the Common Core Academic Standards at KSU

The School of Education conducted a Beta Test of its Online Professional Development Center with 20 teachers from the University's eight service area districts (Anderson, Franklin, Frankfort, Henry, Owen, Scott, Shelby, and Woodford County Schools). The School will launch the Professional Development Center and School of Education Website on February 1, 2011.

The KSU Student Education Majors Association boasts one of its largest paid membership enrollments in the history of the program with over sixty members. The School has over 150 students participating in Clinical and Field Placements in Kentucky Public School during the Fall 2010 semester. These included Clinical (graduates) and Early Field Experience (undergraduates), Student Teaching (Undergraduates) and Practicum Experiences (Graduate Students).

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