About two-thirds of Kentucky community college students surveyed last year say they have experienced depression or anxiety while 1 in 5 reported engaging in “self-injurious behavior.” In response, the Kentucky Community and Technical College System is launching a Mental Health Strategy for its roughly 100,000 students. KCTCS President Ryan Quarles told LINK’s media partner, the […]
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Opportunity to ‘redefine ourselves’: Board OKs recommendations for community college system
The Kentucky Community and Technical College System Board of Regents, which includes Gateway Community and Technical College, approved 11 recommendations for changes to the system on Thursday in response to a directive earlier this year from the state legislature. The recommendations include changes to KCTCS’s governance, making the system the sole provider of dual credit courses […]
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Whistleblower suit alleges waste, mismanagement, illegality in KY’s community college system
The Kentucky Community and Technical College System, which includes Gateway Community and Technical College, is facing a whistleblower lawsuit filed by its former chief of staff. Hannah Rivera, who worked in many capacities at KCTCS over a decade, alleges she faced retaliation for making “numerous good faith reports of waste, mismanagement, and violations of the […]
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Kentucky has record workforce development year
A new report published by the Kentucky Community & Technical College System found that the Bluegrass State had a record year in terms of workforce development. Workforce Solutions, Kentucky’s primary provider of workforce education, provides customized training to more than 1,700 companies annually. Through a program known as TRAINS, Workforce Solutions trains businesses’ new hires […]
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Kentucky’s two-year college system latest to reassess diversity policies under political heat
Under scrutiny from Republican lawmakers pushing to end diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in higher education, Kentucky’s two-year college system on Friday announced it is launching an internal review. The goal is “to make sure that our offices and titles correctly reflect our mission of student success for all students,” said Ryan Quarles, president […]
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Country ham nets $10.5M for charity as Kelly, Joe Craft break own record at Farm Bureau breakfast
Two Republican megadonors once again were the highest bidders at Kentucky Farm Bureau’s Country Ham Breakfast charity auction. Kelly Craft, a former United Nations ambassador and 2023 Republican gubernatorial candidate, and her husband, coal executive Joe Craft, bid a record $10.5 million Thursday morning for the country ham that was crowned champion of the 2024 […]
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Boone County to host world’s largest Suri fleece show in celebration of Alpaca Month
July is Alpaca month in Kentucky, and as part of it, The Suri Network is hosting the world’s largest fleece show for the Suri alpaca breed in Boone County. The All Suri Fleece show will be held July 18-19 at the Boone County Cooperative Extension office in Burlington. The event will have about 200 entries […]
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State Board of Agriculture to meet Tuesday
The Kentucky State Board of Agriculture will meet Tuesday via video conference. The Agriculture Board was created to promote agriculture and horticulture in the Commonwealth. The Department is led by the Commissioner Ryan Quarles, and also consists of the Office for Administrative Services, Office of Agricultural Marketing, Office of Agricultural Policy, Office of Communications, Office […]
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Ryan Quarles makes last NKY campaign stops ahead of Tuesday’s primary
Kentucky Gubernatorial candidate and Kentucky’s current Commissioner of Agriculture, Ryan Quarles, made his last rounds around Northern Kentucky Saturday night on his “Big Red Truck Tour” ahead of the primary election on May 16. Quarles’s first stop in Northern Kentucky was at Buffalo Bobs Family Restaurant in Florence, though he said it was his eighth […]
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Did you know the commissioner of agriculture is in charge of gas pumps? Neither did we
This story originally appeared in our weekly LINK Reader. Subscribe to our print edition here. The Kentucky commissioner of agriculture is an elected state executive position tasked with protecting and promoting the state’s farming industry. Those elected serve for four years and are limited to two terms. “As commissioner of agriculture I helped expand markets […]