The 2009 Annual Report of the Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges & Universities (AIKCU), a 501(c)3 serving Kentucky's 20 independent, nonprofit, 4-year colleges and universities.

1. 2009 Partners for the Commonwealth Annual Report
The Association of
Independent Kentucky
Colleges and Universities

2. The Association of Independent
Kentucky Colleges and Universities
www.aikcu.org

3. Sector Overview 2
Affordability 6
Profiles 10
Funding Partners 18
Business Partners 20
Collaboration 22
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AIKCU is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization funded primarily
by member dues. The Association also receives some support
from revenue generated by business services activities. AIKCU is
governed by a board of directors comprised of the presidents of
its member institutions and representatives from the Kentucky
business community.

4. sectoroverview
20
Independent colleges and universities. All accredited
by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
(SACS) and meet the same rigorous quality standards
as KY’s public colleges and universities.
Less than
4 percentof total Kentucky
postsecondary spending
AIKCU by goes to financial aid for
AIKCU students.
the numbers:
Kentucky’s nonprofit, independent colleges
and universities provide a huge return
on a small state investment.
More than
1 in 5
undergraduates
is 25 years old
or older.
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5. Enroll 1 in 4 transfers from Kentucky Community and
Technical Colleges (KCTCS) to 4 year institutions in Kentucky.
Enroll more than
30,000 $0 students.
3
in state money to
import more than
of
7,000 out of state
4
students are students.
Kentucky residents.
Almost 9 percent of
students are minorities
22%
Produce (7.1% African-American students)
- essentially the same
as Kentucky’s public institutions.
of Kentucky’s bachelor’s degrees.
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6. sectoroverview
AIKCU by
the numbers:
Kentucky’s nonprofit, independent colleges
and universities provide a huge return
on a small state investment.
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7. AIKCU Total Headcount Fall Enrollment. 1999-2008
40,000
30,000 30,411
29,041
26,908 27,440
25,252 25,532 26,151
23,836 24,764
23,206
20,000
10,000
0
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Source: CPE Comprehensive Database
Kentucky’s independent colleges and Kentucky cities
The total combined student and faculty staff populations at AIKCU campuses rank 6th among Kentucky’s largest cities
[Not shown: 1. Louisville Metro (557.224) 2. Lexington-Fayette (282.114)]
Owensboro 55,516
Bowling Green 55,097
Covington 43,245
AIKCU 34,810
Richmond 32,895
Hopkinsville 32,076
Henderson 27,933
Florence 27,745
Frankfort 27,322
0 7,500 15,000 22,500 30,000 37,500 45,000 52,500 60,000
Sources: 2008 city populations from Kentucky State Data Center. F07 AIKCU faculty/staff data from IPEDS,
student data from CPE Comprehensive Database
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8. affordability
Scholarships make dreams possible
for Thomas More student.
Brian Muse puts the student in student-athlete.
A pre-engineering major at Thomas More College
as well as a member of the basketball team, Brian Muse
chose to attend Thomas More because of the financial
aid the college made available and its reputation for
preparing students for graduate studies and research.
“I was looking for a school strong in physics where I would
have a chance to pursue my other dreams of playing
NCAA basketball,” says Muse. “When I visited Thomas
More I immediately loved it. Although the tuition was
higher than some of the state schools I was considering,
I decided to give it a try. Scholarship funds helped make
this decision a possibility, and what a great decision!”
Muse plans to obtain a Thomas More physics degree
as well as an engineering degree through the college’s
3/2 engineering partnership before moving on to
graduate school.
“Scholarships helped me afford a great education,”
he said.
“Scholarships
helped me afford
a great education.”
Brian Muse
Thomas More College ‘11
Physics/Pre-Engineering Major
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9. Average 2008-09 Independent College Published Tuition and Fees
(Note: very few students at independent colleges actually pay this “sticker price” after financial aid is factored in.)
$30,000
$25,000 $25,143
$20,000 $21,773
$17,256
$15,000
$10,000
$5,000
$0
Kentucky South National
Source: AIKCU 2008 Tuition Survey; College Board’s Trends in College Pricing 2008
Average Kentucky independent college costs
and financial aid awards by source, 2006-07
AIKCU Average total 2006-07 costs = $21,285
(Average tuition = $15,245; Estimated average room/board = $6,040)
$25,000
$20,000 $6,217
$15,000
$3,503
$10,000 $3,868
$5,000 $7,697
$0
Avg. Institutional aid Avg. State aid Avg. Federal aid Avg. Student share
Sources: Aid Data: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2006-07. First-time, full-time student cohort;
Tuition: AIKCU 2006-07 Tuition/Fees Survey; Room/board: IPEDS, 7 campuses reporting an average of $6040.
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10. affordability
4 in 10
undergraduates receive
Pell grants, indicating high
levels of financial need.
More than
$161 million in
institutional grants
and scholarships
(2006-07)
Tuitions
1/3
less than national private
college average and
1/4 less than
Southern average.
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11. State financial aid to independent
college students, 1998-2008
State financial aid to AIKCU students through Kentucky’s “big three” aid programs
$60,000,000
$50,000,000
$40,000,000
$30,000,000
$20,000,000
$10,000,000
$0
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
KTG CAP KEES
Source: KHEAA
Kentucky’s Investment In AIKCU students
is less than 4% of total state postsecondary spending Annual Economic Impact of Kentucky’s Independent
AIKCU student aid: $53.4 million Colleges and Universities = more than $1.48 billion
(Aikcu KTG: $28 million, or 2.2% Total economic impact (in millions), by spending category
3.9% Direct Indirect
Non-AIKCU student aid:
$127.5 million 800
700
9.4% 600
500
400
300
Other postsecondary spending: 200
$1.17 billion
100
86.7% 0
Institutional Expenditures Capital Expenditures
Sources: Private Colleges, Public Benefits: The Economic and Community Impact of Kentucky’s Independent Colleges
and Universities on the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Human Capital Research Corporation, 2006. http://www.aikcu.org/
wp-content/uploads/2007/08/Private%20Colleges,%20Public%20Benefits%20-20%AIKCU%2011-1-06.pdf
Sources: 2007-08 postsecondary budget data - CPE
2007-08 KY Student aid lottery funded program (CAP,KTG,KEES) data - KHEAA
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12. profiles
Berea grad created his own major, now
hopes to create a sustainable business
in the mountains
Nathan Hall ’09 didn’t come to Berea College right after graduation from
high school. Instead, he left the mountains to live in Louisville. When he
returned, he worked with an underground coal mining operation in Knott
County. Mining, though, was primarily a way to make enough money to
open a business focusing on biodiesel production and innovative mountain
agriculture.
Nathan soon found that his interests did not lie in business management,
but rather in agriculture and technology. “I realized that I was going to
have to make up my own curriculum,” he said. His agriculture professor
helped him to create his independent major in Sustainable Agriculture and
Industrial Management.
His labor positions, likewise, gave Nathan a chance to pursue his interests
in alternative energies. He retooled the Berea Bikes program and later
helped to generate biodiesel fuel for two tractors at the College Farm.
Nathan plans to return to Floyd County to run a larger scale biodiesel
business after graduation. “After growing up in the mountains, and not
liking it as a teenager, I moved away to other places, only to find out — to
have an epiphany — that I really did belong in the mountains. And that that
was the only place that I really want to be.”
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13. First Georgetown College
Bishop Scholar accepted
at Oxford
Stella Brown, a rising senior from San
Leandro, CA, is the first Bishop Scholar to
be accepted at prestigious Regent’s Park
College/University of Oxford – fulfilling
the primary reason she transferred to
Georgetown College in the first place.
Centre student teaches Spanish to “I just thought I’d have more opportunities
community members to help them like this at Georgetown,” said Stella, who
connect with Hispanic residents brought a 3.9 GPA from Clark Atlanta University a year ago. “I’m really excited
about spending fall semester in England!”
Centre College student Trisha Cole ’10, a Spanish major
from Hulen, KY, received a Carter Academic Service Stella is one of 11 Bishop Scholars at Georgetown, a program for African
Entrepreneur (CASE) grant of $1,000 from the Jimmy American students with strong connections to Bishop College, the historically
and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Foundation to expand black Baptist institution in Texas that closed in 1988 due to financial reasons.
her program to teach English as a Second Language Georgetown has forged a unique partnership with Bishop alumni.
classes in Danville.
Stella, who was pretty much all-study at Clark, saw coming to Georgetown
Cole started a beginner-level Spanish class for local College as a chance to “start over,” she said. “I decided I wanted to be more
business owners, factory workers and other Danville active, more involved.”
residents who work with the city’s Hispanic population.
Her goal was to teach phrases that would be useful
for basic communication, as well as simple sentence Mother, daughter team
structure to facilitate future learning. Offering such
classes for free allowed individuals to learn Spanish
up to earn degrees
without additional expense. from Lindsey Wilson
An aspiring lawyer, Cole does not plan to pursue a career Mother and daughter Lisa and Ashley
in education, but has learned much about teaching. Meyers, from Hyden, Ky., both earned
bachelor of arts degrees in human ser-
“Sometimes they ask a question about point E, and we’re on vices and counseling from Lindsey Wilson
point A, so I have to decide how to get to point E in College this year. Thanks to Lindsey Wil-
a five-minute conversation; it can be very challenging,” son’s innovative partnership with Hazard
says Cole, a member of Centre’s Bonner Program Community and Technical College and the
for service leadership. University Center of the Mountains, the Meyers never had to leave their region to
earn a bachelor’s degree.
“I said to her, ‘Let’s do it together,’ so we just did,” said Ashley, who graduated
from high school in 2002, 17 years after her mom did. “We helped each other out
a lot. I don’t think I could have done it without her help.”
Despite the fact that the two women waitressed together to earn money for school
and both were raising young children, the two graduated with high marks from
Lindsey Wilson College – mom Lisa with a perfect 4.0 and Ashley with a 3.8.
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14. KENTUCKY’S INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Western Kentucky Southcentral Kentucky Northern Kentucky
1. Mid-Continent University 6. Lindsey Wilson College 14. Thomas More College
Mayfield Columbia Crestview Hills
Founded 1949 Founded 1903 Founded 1921
President: Dr. Robert J. Imhoff President: Dr. William T. Luckey, Jr. President: Sr. Margaret Stallmeyer
Fall 2008 Undergrad Enrollment: 1636 Fall 2008 Undergrad Enrollment: Fall 2008 Undergrad Enrollment: 1750
www.midcontinent.edu Fall 2008 Graduate Enrollment: Fall 2008 Graduate Enrollment: 143
www.lindsey.edu www.thomasmore.edu
2. Brescia University
Owensboro 7. Campbellsville University Southeastern Kentucky
Founded 1950 Campbellsville
President: Rev. Larry Hostetter Founded 1906 15. Berea College
Fall 2008 Undergrad Enrollment: 589 President: Dr. Michael V. Carter Berea
Fall 2008 Graduate Enrollment: 45 Fall 2008 Undergrad Enrollment: 2438 Founded 1855
www.brescia.edu Fall 2008 Graduate Enrollment: 389 President: Dr. Larry D. Shinn
www.campbellsville.edu Fall 2008 Undergraduate Enrollment: 1550
3. Kentucky Wesleyan University www.berea.edu
Owensboro 8. St. Catharine College
Founded 1858 Springfield 16. Union College
President: Dr. Cheryl D. King Founded 1931 Barbourville
Fall 2008 Undergrad Enrollment: 905 President: William D. Huston Founded 1879
www.kwc.edu Fall 2008 Undergrad Enrollment: 768 President: Edward de Rosset
www.sccky.edu Fall 2008 Undergraduate Enrollment: 822
Louisville Fall 2008 Graduate Enrollment: 672
Central Kentucky www.unionky.edu
4. Bellarmine University
Louisville 9. Centre College 17. University of the Cumberlands
Founded 1950 Danville Williamsburg
President: Dr. Joseph J. McGowan Founded 1819 Founded 1889
Fall 2008 Undergrad Enrollment: 2344 President: Dr. John A. Roush President: Dr. James H. Taylor
Fall 2008 Graduate Enrollment: 698 Fall 2008 Undergrad Enrollment: 1197 Fall 2008 Undergrad Enrollment: 1754
www.bellarmine.edu www.centre.edu Fall 2008 Graduate Enrollment: 799
www.ucumberlands.edu
5. Spalding University 10. Midway College
Louisville Midway Eastern Kentucky
Founded 1814 Founded 1847
President: Dr. Jo Ann Rooney President: Dr. William B. Drake, Jr. 18. Kentucky Christian University
Fall 2008 Undergrad Enrollment: 1060 Fall 2008 Undergrad Enrollment: 1296 Grayson
Fall 2008 Graduate Enrollment: 645 Fall 2008 Graduate Enrollment: 27 Founded 1919
www.spalding.edu www.midway.edu President: Dr. Jeffrey K. Metcalf
Fall 2008 Undergrad Enrollment: 607
11. Asbury College Fall 2008 Graduate Enrollment: 33
Wilmore www.kcu.edu
Founded 1890
President: Dr. Sandra C. Gray 19. Pikeville College
Fall 2008 Undergrad Enrollment: 1437 Pikeville
Fall 2008 Graduate Enrollment: 104 Founded 1889
www.asbury.edu President: Paul E. Patton.
Fall 2008 Undergraduate Enrollment: 771
12. Georgetown College Fall 2008 Osteopathic Medical School Enrollment: 306
Georgetown www.pc.edu
Founded 1829
President: Dr. William H. Crouch 20. Alice Lloyd College
Fall 2008 Undergrad Enrollment: 1338 Pippa Passes
Fall 2008 Graduate Enrollment: 518 Founded 1923
www.georgetowncollege.edu President: Dr. Joseph A. Stepp
Fall 2008 Undergraduate Enrollment: 609
13. Transylvania University www.alc.edu
Lexington
Founded 1780
President: Dr. Charles L. Shearer
Fall 2008 Undergraduate Enrollment: 1158
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16. profiles
Scotty and Adella Walker and their 19-year-old twin daughters, Teri and Sheri
(not pictured) are all enrolled in Spalding University’s nursing program.
Parents’ return to school inspires teens: entire
family studying nursing at Spalding University
38-year-olds Scotty and Adella Walker—parents to 19-year-old twin daughters,
Teri and Sheri—came to Spalding University in the spring of 2007 and were
attracted to the University’s adult-oriented classes.
Scotty, an Army Reservist, always had a passion for medicine, but didn’t consider
it seriously until he was stationed in Iraq.
“Seeing a buddy of mine get killed, it was like, ‘okay, I think I found my calling in
life,’ and that’s when I decided to get into nursing,” Scotty says.
Adella had previously stayed at home to raise her family. She found her
desire to become a nurse while caring for her grandmother, who was dying
of colon cancer.
Their parents were an inspiration for Teri and Sheri.
“I knew my parents cared about my sister and me when they put their goals
on hold for us. I really love them for that because I know they wanted me to
do something good for myself,” Teri says. “Now that I am older they can
pursue their dreams. ”
Seeing their parents’ success at Spalding, it was a natural choice for Teri and Sheri
to apply to the university’s pre-nursing program. The Walker parents and their
daughters expect to graduate in 2011 and 2012, respectively.
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17. Kentucky Wesleyan’s small campus, Union College education majors bring gift of
small town atmosphere just what literacy to Flat Lick Elementary
former refugee needed
In early December, Union College education majors and faculty visited Flat
Born in civil war-ravaged Liberia, Precious Buxton lost her parents Lick Elementary with Santa, noted Eastern Kentucky author Silas House and a
at an early age and spent three childhood years wandering from musician in tow. The college students also brought Christmas gifts: three new
one refugee camp to another with an older brother and sister. books for each student.
She remembers the massive number of displaced persons, and Union students also raised funds to provide each second-grade classroom at
the excruciating, unremitting hunger. “People tried to help, but Flat Lick with 50 new books. The books were funded through donations from
there were so many of us with so many needs. I wasn’t seen as a Union faculty, staff, students and a small grant. Union’s library also donated
person, but as a need to be filled,” says Buxton. books to the effort.
Adopted by a former Peace Corps volunteer, she moved to
Grandmother of eight:
Northern Kentucky at age 11. When the time came to choose a
college, Precious fell in love with Kentucky Wesleyan College and Campbellsville University
with Owensboro on her first visit. “The friendly campus and small Louisville Campus was
town atmosphere won me over,” she shares. ‘like an extended family’
Buxton, a Panther soccer player who graduated in May, says the “I was afraid to go back to school because
encouragement and support she experienced in her four years at people had told me that I was not college
Kentucky Wesleyan prepared her for the future by helping her deal material,” said Campbellsville University
graduate and grandmother of eight Sandra
with the pain of her past.
Holden.
“The close-knit community at KWC is just what I needed,” she “The [Campbellsville University] Louisville Campus was like an extended family,
says. “I was a person of value from the moment I arrived.” She they helped me stay focused so I could go on until I finished,” Holden said.
credits KWC professors with seeing her potential and helping her
She earned an associate’s degree and then a bachelor’s degree in educational
“overcome barriers that were holding me back.”
ministries at CU’s Louisville Campus. After graduating from Campbellsville
Holden enrolled in the chaplaincy program at Baptist East Hospital in Louisville.
An international relations major, Buxton will attend New York She completed that program and continues to help others.
University this fall to earn a master’s degree in public policy.
She then plans to return to refugee camps in Africa. “I want to She began a ministry at her church that mentors younger women and plans on
reach out to children the world has forgotten, because I was extending her chaplaincy experience.
one of them.”
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18. profiles
Asbury College students take part
in 2008 Beijing Olympics
More than 50 Asbury College students worked as paid entry-level broadcast
professionals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the eighth Olympics for
Asbury media communication students. Asbury was the only school in the world
invited to send students to work for pay as entry level broadcast professionals.
The students worked as camera operators, camera assistants, public relations
officers (liaisons), audio assistants and loggers alongside the industry’s top
professional broadcasters.
St. Catharine College student
goes from factory floor to
halls of state capitol, DC,
Israel, and beyond
St. Catharine College student John Graves is
making the most of college his second time
around. The 1997 high school graduate took a
buyout from Ford Motor Company to return to
college. Today he’s a full-time student with a full-
time job, father, husband, and entrepreneur.
Graves was one of five AIKCU interns in
the spring of 2009, working in the offices
of (then) Executive Cabinet Secretary and Interim
Secretary of Economic Development Larry Hayes,
a St. Catharine College alumnus. For two years
he served as the leader of St. Catharine’s student
government. And Graves was twice selected by
the American Israel Public Affairs Committee to
meet with policymakers in Washington D.C and
spent several weeks in Israel over the summer
through an AIPAC program.
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19. Cumberlands Named to Presidential
Honor Roll For Community Service
In February 2009, the Corporation for National and
Community Service announced that it had named
University of the Cumberlands a member of the President’s
Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for
exemplary service efforts and service to America’s
communities. Cumberlands was one of 83 schools overall,
and one of only three in Kentucky which the Corporation
named Honor Roll with Distinction members (Berea College
was also named).
Launched in 2006, the Community Service Honor Roll is
the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its
commitment to service-learning and civic engagement.
University of the Cumberlands has developed a special
service and leadership program that requires a first-
semester freshman orientation class, a class in leadership
during the junior year, and every student must have
at least 40, documented, community service hours in
order graduate.
Cumberlands is also home to Mountain Outreach, a
student-led service organization, which, in the last 25
University of the Cumberlands students paint replacement years, has completed a total of 125 homes for Appalachian
siding on a home during a Mountain Outreach project.
families and individuals, who for financial or health reasons
have been unable to provide safe, comfortable, basic
housing for themselves.
Alum says Brescia made her well - rounded,
prepared for Mayo doctoral program.
Katharina Hopp, Brescia University ’08, just completed her first year in a
doctoral program at the Mayo Clinic. She credits Brescia’s small size and its
emphasis on producing well-rounded students as major factors in her success.
“Brescia is the prefect place because it provides students with the opportunity
to grow and develop as whole individuals,” said Hopp. “Where else could I have
gotten the opportunity to learn the skills of a newspaper editor, to experience
the joy of playing on a university soccer team, to develop the leadership
character for an academic honors society, to learn a new sport from scratch,
and to become a teacher and role model to other students? The uniqueness of
Brescia is its small size and its ability and willingness to provide students with
any opportunity they can imagine.”
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20. fundingpartners
Named Scholars Partners
The AIKCU Named Scholars Program is designed to build meaningful relationships
between Kentucky’s corporate community and students at independent colleges
and universities throughout the Commonwealth. Companies that invest in
the Named Scholars Program recognize the importance of encouraging and
supporting students in their quest to obtain a four-year degree.
E.ON U.S. Foundation
www.eon-us.com
Committed to social responsibility, the
We celebrate our E.ON U.S. Foundation proactively continues
funding partners who the longstanding support of AIKCU by
its subsidiaries, LG&E and KU. Kentucky
helped fulfill students’ Utilities was one of the founding donors of
dreams of an independent the Kentucky Independent College Fund (a
precursor of AIKCU) in 1952.
college education in
Kentucky despite the dire
economic circumstances Gheens Foundation
of the past year. www.gheensfoundation.org
The Gheens Foundation, one of the largest
private foundations in Kentucky,
is a longstanding supporter of Kentucky’s
Giving through the independent colleges and universities. In
Association is an efficient 2008-09 they introduced the Gheens
STEM Teacher Preparation Scholarship
way for donors to invest program (see sidebar).
in independent higher
education in Kentucky.
Donors can contribute Keeneland
to multiple institutions www.keeneland.com
Keeneland supports higher education,
– supporting multiple research, health and general welfare with a
portion of its racing and sales profits through
students – with a single the Keeneland Foundation’s charitable
donation. On behalf of our contributions program.
students, we recognize
and appreciate these
companies, foundations
and individuals who Toyota
www.toyotageorgetown.com
made a significant Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky Inc.
investment in the future proves its commitment to the community, as
well as to the state, through both monetary
of the Commonwealth contributions and personal involvement
through their support of of TMMK team members in a variety of
organizations that improve the quality of
scholarships for AIKCU life across the Commonwealth. Toyota has
students during 2008-09. supported AIKCU students since establishing
its presence in Georgetown in 1986.
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21. Transy student is one of eight recipients of
new Gheens scholarships for future math
UPS Foundation and science teachers
www.ups.com
Each year, through the Foundation for Eight future math and science teachers received
an additional $5,000 this year to help pay for
Independent Higher Education (FIHE),
their independent college education thanks to
UPS supports scholarships at each of the
Louisville’s Gheens Foundation. The students,
nation’s independent colleges. representing eight different independent Kentucky
colleges and universities, were chosen through a
competitive process as recipients of the first Gheens Foundation STEM
Teacher Preparation Scholarships.
Other Major Funders
Charlotte Robinson, Transylvania University ’09, was one of the eight
recipients of the Gheens STEM Teacher Preparation Scholarship. A
first-generation college student from Bracken County who plans to teach
high school math, she said: “My high school math teacher inspired me
to become a teacher. It is my dream that I will one day be a student’s
inspiration.”
Improving STEM (science, technology, engineering,
The PACCAR foundation is a private foundation and math) education is a priority for Kentucky as it builds
established in 1951. PACCAR is a global technology a globally competitive 21st century workforce. Producing
leader in the design, manufacture and customer support highly skilled math and science teachers is an area where
AIKCU members excel.
of premium light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks
under the Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF nameplates.
Featured Funding Partner: UPS Foundation
The United Parcel Service (UPS) Foundation is
a longtime supporter of independent college
students in Kentucky and throughout the United
States. Through a relationship with the Foundation
Whayne Supply Co., LLC one of the nation’s largest and for Independent Higher Education (FIHE) the UPS
most successful caterpillar dealerships. Foundation provides financial support for a student
at every independent college in the country.
We salute UPS for this outstanding commitment to providing
opportunities for independent college students to achieve their
postsecondary dreams.
United Parcel Service Officers,
Other Partners I would like to take this opportunity to give thanks to the United
Parcel Service for providing scholarships to students of Alice Lloyd
Anonymous College. It is because of such generous donations that students are
A.O. Smith Foundation given opportunities to succeed and the ability to pass that success on
to the next generation. When looking at UPS, I am reminded of the
Commercial Bank of Grayson philosophy at Alice Lloyd, the Purpose Road Philosophy. The Purpose
Road Philosophy is taught on our campus so that all students learn and
Community Foundation of Louisville grow to become equipped with the tools necessary to meet the main
Dee Dawahare goal of the philosophy: World Service. I can think of few organizations
that are dedicated to world service in such a way that it is practically
Delta Natural Gas Company the foundation of their working system. UPS would certainly be among
those few, and so I applaud you, on behalf of all who are assisted by the
E M Ford & Company
financial aid you provide, and especially on behalf of those you’ve helped
Landrum Fund at Alice Lloyd College. I along with my college thank you sincerely.
MacLean Foundation With good will,
Mansbach Foundation
Justin Maynard
McBride Fund Alice Lloyd College ‘11
Wood & Marie Hannah Foundation
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22. businesspartners
ANGSTROM GRAPHICS
Creative & Graphic Solutions
AIKCU works with campuses to identify, develop, and
manage business partnerships that help campuses
realize cost savings and increase efficiencies through
collaboration and innovative partnerships. In addition
to the individual companies listed here, AIKCU is also
a member of the Coalition for College Cost Savings.
Participation by AIKCU members in these programs is
strictly voluntary and endorsement by the Association
does not imply individual campus affiliation. In some
cases, AIKCU may receive modest support from these
agreements to defray administrative costs.
AIKCU business partnerships ultimately benefit
students, parents, and families, because they help
keep costs low and free up campus resources that can
be devoted to what our campuses do best – providing
high quality, affordable and personalized education.
For detailed information about each of these partners
visit www.aikcu.org/partners.
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24. colla borat io n
The AIKCU presidents met with Governor Steve Beshear at the Capitol in April.
AIKCU serves as the public voice development. AIKCU convenes
of Kentucky’s 20 nonprofit, regular meetings of key campus
independent colleges and groups, works to develop business
universities in a number of venues, partnerships that help campuses
including before the General save money and/or take advantage
Assembly and the Council on of specialized training opportunities,
Postsecondary Education and and sponsors collaborative
a number of state and national programmatic initiatives. AIKCU also
groups relating to education, raises funds for student scholarships
student financial aid, and workforce and collaborative initiatives.
AIKCU Benefit Trust allows member campuses to
participate in self-funded insurance plan
The AIKCU Benefit Trust provides comprehensive health insurance
coverage to faculty and staff of member campuses. AIKCU’s 3,500 plus
employees can take advantage of programs offering a full range of self-
funded and fully insured programs through this value-added program
managed by participating campuses.
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25. Transy takes “Battle of the Bumpers”:
Redesigned Independent Higher
AIKCU coordinates numerous professional Education License Plates result in sales
development opportunities and cooperative growth across sector
meetings throughout the year to help its
members develop skills and share resources
In 2008 Transylvania alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents
and friends, purchased or renewed 689 of the newly
redesigned Transy license plates to take the AIKCU
“Battle of the Bumpers” crown.
Brad Ward of higher education web consulting firm BlueFuego
talks to AIKCU admissions and public relations staff about The Transylvania victory ended Centre College’s five year reign in
the friendly license plate sales competition. Transy’s 689 plates
effectively using Facebook, Twitter, and other social tools. represented an increase of nearly 15% over their 2007 sales,
when they fell just 3 plates shy of first place.
Ten dollars from the sale of each institutional license plate is
returned directly to the school’s general scholarship fund. Total
sales of Kentucky Independent Higher Education plate sales rose
11% in 2008, bringing in $37,720 in student scholarship monies.
Sales of the plates have raised nearly $200,000 for student
scholarships since their inception in 2002.
The redesign process was coordinated by AIKCU when advances
in license plate printing technology and some changes in state
regulations allowed AIKCU members to move away from a single
plate design with little differentiation. The new distinct plates went
on sale in January 2008.
For more information on Kentucky Independent Higher Education
plates, including contact information for your county clerk, visit
the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s Division of Motor Vehicle
Licensing at www.kytc.state.ky.us/mvlv
More than 50 AIKCU faculty and staff attended a copyright
workshop led by renowned copyright expert Dr. Laura
Gasaway, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of
Law at the University of North Carolina.
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26. colla borat io n
Students from five AIKCU colleges spend spring
semester working in state government agencies
2009 AIKCU interns, L-R:
Jeweli Wright (Asbury College), Jessica Boggs (Campbellsville University),
Amy Anderson (Lindsey Wilson College), Emily Buckman (Campbellsville University),
John Graves (St. Catharine College)
2009 saw the ninth class of students participate in AIKCU’s Frankfort–based
internship program. During odd-numbered years, AIKCU interns work 30 hours
per week for agencies of state government’s executive branch. In even–numbered
years, students serve as aides to members of Kentucky’s General Assembly.
Interns complete two state government-related seminars and receive up to
15 hours of academic credit from their home institutions.
For more information about AIKCU’s Frankfort internship program,
visit http://www.aikcu.org/about/initiatives/frankfortinternships/.
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27. Angstrom Graphics is
proud to do our part in
the eco-revolution with
cost effective, green
AIKCU Academic Deans
meet with Audrey Carr,
Director of the General printing solutions for AI-
Assembly’s Education
Committee staff to discuss KCU and its member-
Kentucky Senate Bill 1.
ship. Certified by the For-
est Stewardship Council,
we produce viewbooks,
Kentucky Private College travel books, annual re-
Week makes it easy for
prospective students and ports, alumni magazines
their families to visit and get
a feel for multiple AIKCU
campuses. Here students and more using eco-
visit Bellarmine University.
friendly paper and ink as
well as responsible waste
disposal. At Angstrom
Graphics, what’s good
AIKCU President Gary S.
Cox testifies before the for business is good for
Kentucky Interim Joint
Committee on Education the environment.
during a meeting at
Campbellsville University.
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AIKCU’s collaborative
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David Angstrom
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