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Kentucky American Water, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Water (NYSE: AWK), is the largest investor-owned water utility in the state, providing high-quality and reliable water and/or wastewater services to approximately half a million people in 12 Kentucky communities. Kentucky American Water is committed to delivering high quality water to all customers and conducts about 15,000 tests per year for about 100 potential contaminants, checking drinking water quality at every stage of the water treatment.
Lumins Associates was formed in 1999, in response to an overwhelming demand for quality web-site design and affordable web-hosting services. Headquartered in Prospect, Kentucky, their clients include universities, professional organizations and businesses.
Wood Hudson Cancer Research Laboratory, Inc. is a professional, independent, not-for-profit research institute located in Newport, Kentucky, USA dedicated to the causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer. No organization or individual profits financially from its operation, and all discoveries resulting from ongoing research are given to the scientific and medical community. Wood Hudson is one of only twelve independent, not-for-profit cancer research institutes in the United States.
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Bellarmine University serves Kentucky and the region by providing an educational environment of academic excellence in the Catholic liberal arts tradition, where talented and diverse persons of all faiths and ages develop the intellectual, moral and professional competencies to lead, to serve, and to make a living and a life worth living. Bellarmine University aspires to be the innovative, premier independent Catholic liberal arts university in Kentucky and the region for preparing diverse persons to become dynamic leaders to serve, live and work in a changing, global community.
Since its founding in 1855, Berea College's spiritual foundation, "God has made of one blood all peoples of the earth," has shaped the institution's culture and programs. Guided by a self-help philosophy, Berea's distinctive character has long been its commitment to seek out promising low-income people in the mountains of Central and Southern Appalachia and provide them a tuition-free education. Today, 80 percent of Berea's students come from Kentucky and the Appalachian region; the remainder come from the rest of the United States and from around the world.
Brescia University is a Catholic, liberal arts institution located in Owensboro, Kentucky, founded in 1950 by the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph. Graduates from Brescia’s Natural Sciences Division enjoy an excellent acceptance rate into graduate and natural sciences professional schools and leave the University with a strong commitment to service, often assuming leadership roles.
Students at Brescia can learn at an institution externally recognized for its academic excellence. The 2008 U.S.News & World Report ranks Brescia one of the top 35 colleges in the South and the 2008 Princeton Review cites Brescia as one of the “Best Southeastern Colleges.”
At Brescia, we don’t just talk science, we do it.
Founded in 1819, Centre is a U.S. News top 50 national liberal arts and sciences college that provides extraordinary advantages to students: the ability to tailor their education, one-to-one academic and career counseling, an all-learning all-the-time environment, a nationally recognized international studies program. Centre grads confirm the power of this approach: widely known as the nation's most loyal alumni, they contribute annual financial support at a rate higher than that of any other college or
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EKU is a comprehensive, student-centered, regional university that provides instruction, public service, and research for central, eastern, and southeastern Kentucky.
Georgetown College is a small, residential, co-educational liberal arts college distinguished by a combination of respected, rigorous undergraduate and graduate programs, an array of opportunities for involvement and leadership, a commitment to Christian values and its distinctive heritage. This provides an environment for intellectual, spiritual and social growth.
Through a broad undergraduate program, the curriculum offers a foundation for shaping informed thought and action in order to prepare students for their place in society. Georgetown College seeks persons committed to supporting its mission and to realizing their full potential in this community of learners.
Since our creation in 1997, KCTCS has become the largest provider of postsecondary education and workforce training in the Commonwealth. In fact, for most Kentuckians, the journey to higher education begins here — at one of our 16 colleges located on 67 campuses across the state.
KCTCS provides a seamless path from high school to postsecondary education and the workplace by providing:
A quality and affordable postsecondary education not far from home; A system that allows students to move easily from class to class, program to program, and college to college; and an education tailored to meet the demands of the technologically driven, knowledge-based New Economy.
Kentucky State University is the state\\\'s unique, small, liberal studies institution with the lowest student-faculty ratio in the state system. The University shall serve as a residential institution with a range of traditional collegiate programs appropriate to its unique role.
Midway College, Kentuckys womens college, provides a living, learning environment that enables students to assume roles of responsibility and leadership as contemporary women. The College assists each student in the development of personal integration and self sufficiency through a strong liberal arts education and through career studies, both at the associate, baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degree levels. The college seeks to serve the larger community by educating women intellectually, ethically, and spiritually to be productive participants in society, responsible citizens in a democracy, and conservators and reformers of the best elements of their culture. The college further seeks to assist both women and men who are employed and of non-traditional college age to earn undergraduate degrees in the degree completion programs available through the School for Career Development and Midway College Online. The institution that has become Midway College was established in 1847 to prepare financially disadvantaged young women for teaching careers. The intensive schooling and career training available at Midway armed these women with the skills necessary for independence.
Morehead State University has more than 9,000 students from 100 Kentucky counties, 42 states and 37 nations. They are enrolled on campus, at extended campus centers in Ashland, Jackson, Prestonsburg and West Liberty, and several other locations in East Kentucky and across the globe through the World Wide Web. MSU has the state's best computer-student ratio in its computer laboratories and the campus is ranked among the safest in the nation.
For three-quarters of a century, Murray State University has served students from near and far. It has grown from an enrollment of 202 students when the college was founded in 1922 to almost 10,000 today. USNews consistently ranks Murray State among the leading universities in the South, and Barron\'s college guide lists MSU as “very competitive.” Murray has also been singled-out as a \"best value\" by Kiplinger\'s Personal Finance magazine, ranking among the top nine public universities in the nation for quality education with affordable out-of-state rates. And MSU was one of only six public universities in America to make the prestigious \"Hidden Treasure\" list, just published by Kaplan Inc.
When Northern Kentucky University opened in 1968, the school enrolled nearly 1,400 students. Today, NKU boasts more than 14,000. A lot has changed over the last 36 years. One thing that hasn\'t changed, however, is the university\'s dedication to academic excellence. As a result, NKU\'s student body is today more diverse, and well-prepared to meet the challenges it will face after graduation than at any time over the last 36 years. NKU has set the standard in learner-centered education, and as a result Northern students achieve academic excellence by continually outscoring their peers on the LSAT (and the bar exam, for that matter), the MCAT, the GMAT, the PRAXIS, the GRE and many of life\'s other little tests.
Spalding University is a diverse community of learners dedicated to meeting the needs of the times in the tradition of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth through quality undergraduate and graduate liberal and professional studies, grounded in spiritual values, with emphasis on service and the promotion of peace and justice.
Transylvania is a distinguished liberal arts college located in Lexington, Kentucky that is consistently ranked and praised in the leading national college guides.
Transylvania offers 37 majors plus the option of designing an individual major. Students gain a strong grounding in liberal education, however the University also emphasizes career planning. A major in any discipline allows entry to a wide variety of opportunities after graduation, ranging from graduate or professional school to specialized positions.
The University of Kentucky is a comprehensive, public, land grant university dedicated to preparing students for an increasingly diverse and technological world, and to improving the lives of people in the Commonwealth, the nation, and the world through teaching, research, and service.
The University of Louisville is a state supported urban university located in Kentucky\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s largest metropolitan area. It was a municipally supported public institution for many decades prior to joining the university system in 1970. The University has three campuses. The 274-acre Belknap Campus is three miles from downtown Louisville and houses seven of the university\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s eleven colleges and schools. The Health Science Center is situated in downtown Louisville\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s medical complex and houses the university\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s health related programs and the University of Louisville Hospital. On the 243-acre Shelby Campus located in eastern Jefferson County are the National Crime Prevention Institute and the University Center for Continuing and Professional Education. In recent years, the university has also offered expanded campus courses at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Located in Bowling Green, Western Kentucky University offers excellent undergraduate and graduate educational opportunities and is a leader in relevant research and public service. Western strives to be the best comprehensive public institutions in Kentucky and among the best in the nation.
The purpose of KBRIN is to enhance the capacity, capability and resourcefulness of biomedical-researchers and -educators in the Commonwealth of Kentucky so that they are better enabled to fulfill their missions. Thus, researchers need the tools that will enable them to do good science and compete for federal research dollars, and educators need the tools and resources to provide their students with the best possible preparation for science related careers.
Campbellsville was founded in 1906 by the Russell Creek Baptist Association. It is a private, comprehensive, coeducational university undergirded by a strong liberal arts component. Affiliated with the Kentucky Baptist Convention, Campbellsville is open to students of all denominations.
With a commitment to academic excellence and spiritual vitality, Asbury University encourages almost 1,300 students to study, worship and serve together on a campus located 20 minutes southwest of Lexington in Wilmore, Kentucky.
The University, founded in 1890, has been at the heart of spiritual movements throughout its history. Primarily a four-year, multi-denominational institution, Asbury University is ranked third among comprehensive colleges in the South by U.S. News & World Report.
Kentucky Wesleyan College, in partnership with the United Methodist Church, fosters a liberal arts education that nourishes, stimulates and prepares future leaders intellectually, spiritually and physically to achieve success in life.
KWC is rated one of the best colleges in the Southeast by The Princeton Review and one of the top ten best educational values in the South by U.S. News and World Report!
The mission of Lindsey Wilson College is to serve the educational needs of students by providing a living-learning environment within an atmosphere of active caring and Christian concern where every student, every day, learns and grows and feels like a real human being.
Founded in 1903, Lindsey Wilson is located on more than 78 partially wooded acres on a hilltop in Columbia. The college is affiliated with the Kentucky Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church.
While historically Lindsey Wilson” focus has been to serve the citizens of Southcentral Kentucky, the college’s 2007-08 enrollment is a near-record 1,876 students who represent 99 Kentucky counties, 26 U.S. states and territories, and 34 foreign countries.
Thomas More College, named for the English saint, scholar and statesman, is located on 60 acres in Crestview Hills, Kentucky. The suburban campus is eight miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio. As an institution of higher education with a rich Catholic heritage, Thomas More College seeks to provide a quality liberal arts education in the arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences.
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The mission of the University is to provide an opportunity for students to receive a quality education that focuses on the development of the whole person including the intellectual spiritual social and physical dimensions. The undergraduate curriculum includes three associate and twenty-three baccalaureate degree programs built on a broad liberal arts foundations emphasizing communicative and quantitative skills; independent thinking; tolerance of diverse points of view; cultural historical and ethical awareness; and preparation for leadership civic responsibility and life-long learning. The academic affairs program also includes a broad spectrum of student academic support services as well as opportunities for educational enhancement through participation in academic honor societies domestic and study abroad programs community and regional outreach academic competition and clubs and organizations.
Through our Leadership/Community Service Program, students are able to develop leadership skills. Upon completion of the program, a 'Service Leadership Transcript' becomes part of the student's permanent record.
Crawford Hydrology Laboratory provides professional consulting, field, and laboratory services regarding groundwater questions in karst and non-karst areas.
We specialize in groundwater investigations with the use of flourescent dyes and utilitze techniques we have developed and enhanced over the past 30 years. We provide supplies and analyses for ground water traces and conduct full field investigations.
The mission of Hoffman Environmental Research Institute is to be a leader in basic and applied research that aims to better understand landscape/atmosphere/water/human interactions. The Institute involves post-doctoral, graduate, and undergraduate students in all aspects of this work to increase their critical thinking skills and technical expertise in the environmental discipline, and in combination with extensive international ties, to prepare these students for success in a global society.