NEWS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS)
Date: March 16, 2005
Contact: Jackie Bondurant, (859) 256-3219, jackie.bondurant@kctcs.edu
Terri Giltner, (859) 256-3186, terri.giltner@kctcs.edu
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Students elected to KCTCS Board of Regents for 2005-06
Southeast and Gateway students will represent their peers
VERSAILLES, Ky. (March 16, 2005) - Student regents from Gateway Community and Technical College and Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College have been elected to serve on the board of regents of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) during the 2005-06 academic year.
Christine A. Buckner, a student at Gateway, and Kari E. Shackelford, who attends Southeast Kentucky, will begin serving their one-year terms on July 1, 2005.
Buckner, who entered Gateway after spending nearly 15 years in the workforce, currently is pursuing an associate’s degree in information technology. She is also a member of the college's national technical honor society.
Shackelford is a full-time student majoring in pre-law and works part time at Home Federal Bank. Before attending Southeast Kentucky, she was a Commonwealth Diploma graduate of Bell County High School and was an active member in Future Business Leaders of America and the Governor's Cup Team.
The new student regents will replace current regents Andrew Donelan of Gateway Community and Technical College, and Cynthia Osborne of Hazard Community and Technical College.
KCTCS is changing the lives of Kentuckians by providing affordable and accessible postsecondary education at 16 community and technical colleges on 65 campuses throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky. For more information, visit www.kctcs.edu.