with the life and mission of Martin Luther King. Also attending the conference from KSU and the Whitney Young Honors Program were Whitney Young School faculty members, Dr. Thomas McPartland and Dr. Tucker Landy, and Whitney Young honors core student Samuel Clark.

Additionally, four students, all sophomore honors majors in liberal studies, and one faculty member from the Whitney Young School represented KSU at the Southern Regional Honors Council Conference in March. This conference included honors students and faculty from throughout the south. Bronwyn Burk and Travis Renz and Sara St. John gave versions of their Honors Roundtable presentations, and Jasmine Walters explored various ancient texts from the Bible to Plato in her paper on “The Journey of Knowledge.” Honors Director Dr. Thomas McPartland represented the University on a panel on “Best Practices in Honors: Interdisciplinary Education.”

The Division of Fine Arts reports accomplishments of both faculty and students. Dr. Patricia Griffith, Professor of Music, recently performed a series of public solo piano recitals throughout the state and the Southeast US to favorable review. Also, the compositions (sheet music and CD) of Dr. Barry Johnson entitled, Heroes of the Faith were released by the R. H. Boyd Publishing Corporation as part of the 2009 Vacation Bible School kit and are currently in stores nationwide. Finally, in August of 2008 Ms. Sharmaine Harris, KSU Music graduate, participated in the Southeastern Theater Conference in Pennsylvania resulting in a performance opportunity with the Cumberland County Playhouse in Crossville, Tennessee. There Ms. Harris was featured as lead vocalist in a production of Crowns and a production of White Christmas. Sharmaine recently secured a position with PGT Entertainment and she will soon embark on one of their five star world cruises as a cabaret singer and actress. Ms. Harris is very appreciative of the excellent education she received at KSU, and she credits the faculty in the Music area she says instilled her with the versatility and training which have led to her current success. Sharmaine says she will always rely upon the instruction and mentoring she received at KSU.

Dr. Bruce Griffiths and Dr. Robert Hebble attended an Executive Council meeting for the Central Kentucky Partnership in Mathematics and Sciences (CKPIMS) as KSU representatives. The CKPIMS is a partnership established to improve mathematics and science education in targeted schools (11 elementary and 15 middle schools) from school districts in the Central Kentucky Education Cooperative (CKEC) that were identified as high need and low performing. CKPIMS involves CKEC, the Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation (KSTC), and science/mathematics faculty from the University of Kentucky and Kentucky State University. Dr. Griffiths and Dr. Hebble reported the year one accomplishments and year two plans.

In year one of the project, Math Program Improvement Profiles (PIP) were completed for 22 schools, and Science Program Improvement Profiles (PIP) were completed for two schools. Summer Workshops were developed and held for teachers from the participating schools including three Mathematics workshops and one Science workshop. Workshop Follow-up Sessions are continuing. Faculty members Dr. Robert

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