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LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 30, 2003) - Faculty members from Central Kentucky Technical College and Owensboro Community and Technical College have been elected to represent their peers on the Board of Regents of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). Faculty members in the colleges voted this spring to elect these two candidates, who will serve three-year terms beginning in October:
n Paul C. Callan Jr. of Central Kentucky Technical College (CKTC) will replace Penelope S. Logsdon of Elizabethtown Technical College.
n William R. West of Owensboro Community and Technical College (OCTC) will replace John F. Hanel of Jefferson Community College.
“Since the beginning of KCTCS, the faculty regents have been very effective at bringing faculty perspectives to the table when developing policy for the system,” said KCTCS Board Chair Cynthia L. Read. “We look forward to working with the newly elected regents to continue moving KCTCS forward.”
The Board of Regents establishes policy for KCTCS, which comprises 62 campuses open or under construction in 16 districts. The board includes eight citizen members, two students, two staff members and two faculty members.
Here is more information on the faculty regents-elect.
West worked for 16 years in the public schools, teaching history, English, math and science. He has taught history for 17 years at OCTC and holds the academic rank of full professor.
He served on the Community College System Faculty Senate and is actively involved in university transfer education and international initiatives. He is a graduate of Leadership Owensboro and Leadership Kentucky, and is executive director of Owensboro Sister Cities.
He earned his bachelor’s degree from Kentucky Wesleyan College, with a teaching area of concentration in the Social Sciences. He received his master’s degree in History/Education from Western Kentucky University.
“It is my contention that those who value a productive state workforce also value a solid general education base,” West said. “I will emphasize the importance and value of those who provide instruction to our state’s most critical resource - our students.”
Callan has 10 years’ experience teaching in the technical education system in Kentucky. He currently teaches electrical technology courses at Central Kentucky Technical College Anderson Campus.
Callan is state co-chair for the Electrical Technology Curriculum Committee, and the CKTC faculty representative for Trade and Industrial programs at the college. He has represented faculty as technical college senator and served as vice chair of the CKTC Faculty Council.
Callan earned a diploma from Central Vo-Tech (predecessor to CKTC) in Industrial Electricity. From Eastern Kentucky University, he earned an associate degree in Industrial Electronics, a bachelor’s degree in Vocational, Industrial and Technical Education, and a master’s degree in Vocational Administration.
“My goal is to listen and respond to the needs of technical college faculty,” he said. “I will support responsible fiscal expenditures.”
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KCTCS colleges change lives by providing accessible and affordable education and training through academic and technical associate degrees; diploma and certificate programs in occupational fields; pre-baccalaureate education; adult, continuing and developmental education; customized training for business and industry; and distance learning. For more information on KCTCS, visit www.kctcs.edu <http://www.kctcs.edu>.