Dear Colleagues:
Welcome to the Kentucky Journal of Excellence in
College Teaching and Learning. This is our first edition
and we are certainly happy to be involved in helping
you implement and adapt best practices to new teaching
and learning contexts.
Special thanks goes to the following individuals
for making this first edition a success: Bill Greenwalt,
Marie Sanders, Brenda Hosley, Chris Stiegler, Dorothy
Miller, Tom Lough, Tom Sabetta, Jude Roy, Linda Young,
Larry Grabau, Louise Matoax, Eva Csuhai, Douglas Robertson,
Lisa Wagner, Christopher Miller, and Debbie Poelhuis
(Review Team members from institutions across the
Commonwealth). I am very grateful to the following
"behind-the-scenes" folks for their support
and encouragement: Mary Jo Scheurich, Bill Burke,
and Carolyn Carter (staff at the University of Kentucky's
Teaching and Learning kje). Thanks to Barbara Hoskins
(KCTCS), Lee Nimocks (AIKCU), Sally Kuhlenschmidt
(WKU), Jim Applegate and Ben Boggs (CPE), Maureen
Cruse (NKU), Jackie Kinder (formerly of KYVL), and
the Professional Growth Committee of Berea College.
A big thanks goes out to Nathan Stephens for his hard
work on our website. I would also like to thank the
following individuals for their contributions to the
education of undergraduate and graduate students across
the state: Hal Blythe, Charlie Sweet, Katherine Thomas,
Steve Flynn, Alice Verbeck, George Kontos, Kevin Reid,
Mike Knecht, and Joe Martos (contributors to this
edition of the Journal).
Finally I would like to extend a big Thank You to
Larry Grabau, Editor, for believing in me and supporting
me in my endeavors not only as managing editor of
this Journal, but also in my graduate studies in Family
Studies and Early Childhood Education at the University
of Kentucky.
On behalf of each undergraduate and graduate student
in Kentucky, this issue is dedicated to all faculty
that enhance student learning by promoting excellence
in teaching in higher education institutions across
the Commonwealth.
Sincerely,
Mary Ruth Isaacs,
Managing Editor,
The Kentucky Journal of Excellence in College Teaching
and Learning
