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Campbellsville U : Details, partnership with Simmons College


By Joan C. McKinney
Director university communications
Campbellsville University

CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. Campbellsville University of Campbellsville, Ky. and Simmons College of Kentucky in Louisville announced further partnership agreement details in a press conference May 22 including the establishment of the Samuel Plato School of Technology Training by Simmons.

The new partnership with Campbellsville and Simmons ensures that Simmons College credits are transferable to Campbellsville University, and Simmons graduates, through acceptance, can enter CU's graduate programs.


Samuel Plato School of Technology Training is named
after one of Simmons' greatest graduates


The Samuel Plato School of Technology Training is named after one of Simmons' greatest graduates who was a prominent African-American architect and builder who not only made important contributions to the African-American community in Louisville but also achieved national recognition for his imaginative designs elsewhere in the country.

Samuel M. Plato graduated from Simmons in 1902

Samuel M. Plato graduated from Simmons in 1902. The Samuel Plato School of Technology will teach skills, some in as little as six weeks for introductory, individual classes, to an accelerated, one-year certificate program, to work in the industrial and construction fields.

Campbellsville University's highly successful Technology Training Center will serve as a model and partner with Simmons Plato School of Technology.

Core academic course requirements of English, math, science and computer science, will be transferable to Campbellsville University if a student wants to continue his or her education, on a student-by-student basis.

Dr. Cosby, Simmons College president pleased with CU arrangment

Dr. Kevin Cosby, president of Simmons College of Kentucky, said he was pleased with the partnership with Campbellsville University with which there will be faculty exchange program, visiting scholars, joint faculty development opportunities, access to the CU library, workforce development and athletic endeavors, among others.

Campbellsville University also offers classes at The Louisville Center at Breckinridge and Bardstown Road, and Simmons students will be working with that extension of CU, as well as the main campus in Campbellsville. Cosby said joblessness is hopelessness, and he pointed to CUs response to the loss of Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville nine years ago.

Dr. Carter says students at both institutions will benefit

"What better institution to work with than Campbellsville University," Cosby said. Dr. Michael V. Carter, president of Campbellsville University, said students at both institutions will benefit from the partnership announced March 8 between the two institutions.

"We will be partners in continuing to work and learn from one another as Paul said in Colossians, as he talked of walking worthy of the Lord in every good work," Carter said. He said Campbellsville University and Simmons College officials are building a spirit of joy, friendship and trust. He said students will build on a rich heritage of theology-based education which without heart is in vain.

"As we prepare individuals, we want them to have heart, character and loving all of Gods humanity," Carter said. Cosby said there is hope for people in the West End of Louisville, an area in which there has been darkness.

CU founded in 1906, has enrollment of 2,197 students

Campbellsville University, founded in 1906, is a private, comprehensive institution located in South Central Kentucky. Affiliated with the Kentucky Baptist Convention, Campbellsville has an enrollment of 2,197 students who represent 100 Kentucky counties, 32 states and 28 foreign nations.

Listed in U.S. News & World Reports America's Best Colleges 13 consecutive years as one of the leading Southern masters colleges and universities, Campbellsville University is located 82 miles southwest of Lexington, Ky., and 80 miles southeast of Louisville, Ky.

Dr. Michael V. Carter is in his seventh year as president.


This story was posted on 2006-06-05 02:12:26
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