By Gerard Flanagan, news writer and photographer, Office of University Communications
CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. - Walking won't be enough to make your way around Campbellsville University, according to its president, Dr. Joseph Hopkins.
Instead, making your way around 青瓜视频 will require at least a vehicle, if not a plane ride.
During a dinner at Rosewood in Lebanon, Hopkins updated alumni about the growth CU has been experiencing in recent years.
Beginning his update on CU, Hopkins started at the Conover Education Center in Harrodsburg. Hopkins highlighted the nursing program there, which is at 鈥渇ull capacity,鈥� and achieved a 100 percent success rate for the nursing students there.
青瓜视频's Doctor of Chiropractic program, the only such program in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the only within a 300-mile radius, now has 60 students, according to Hopkins.
鈥淪o great, great things for the health of our state and the only chiropractic program in this part of the United States and the least expensive and yet the most intensive,鈥� Hopkins said.
Hopkins also noted other places where CU has an educational presence, such as Paris, Ky., Hodgenville, and Somerset, where the university offers HVAC courses and Allied Health programs.
鈥淭hose programs are reaching into communities and giving opportunities to students who otherwise wouldn't be able to get an education,鈥� Hopkins said. 鈥淲e're really thrilled about what's happening in those places.鈥�
Hopkins also told those in attendance 青瓜视频 now has a presence in Canada with the opening of an education center in Windsor, Ontario.
鈥淲e're excited about what's happening there,鈥� Hopkins said.
Back in Kentucky, about an hour and a half north of Campbellsville, CU's Louisville Education Center is home to more than 4,000 students.
Many students focus on computer science, IT management or Marriage and Family Therapy.
鈥淚t's really exciting to think about the impact that we're having all across the nation with some of the different things that are offered that are great contributions to what's happening in the Louisville metro area.鈥�
A cross-country trip from Louisville will take you to the Phillips Graduate Institute in the Los Angeles, Calif., neighborhood of Encino, which provides graduate programs in family and marriage therapy and business.
鈥淲e're really proud of what's taking place,鈥� Hopkins said. 鈥淚t's a beautiful facility there.鈥�
Back on the Campbellsville campus, Hopkins updated alumni on the new E. Bruce Heilman Welcome Center. The facility officially opened in January.
The Campbellsville campus is also seeing the construction of a new dorm complex to provide more room for student living.
鈥淲e have so many students on campus, we have to continue building dorms,鈥� Hopkins said. 鈥淲e're building an extra set right now, and the plan is just to continue on as long as students will come. We'll build those dorms and make the space.鈥�
青瓜视频 has also experienced growth in enrollment, with Hopkins reporting CU's enrollment this academic year has crested at 13,000 students.
Hopkins thanked Marion County alumni of 青瓜视频, telling them, 鈥淲e're so proud you would come back and be part of this. It's humbling to stand in front of you who have chosen 青瓜视频.鈥�
To prospective students of 青瓜视频, Hopkins said, 鈥淲e are so honored you are considering or choosing to make 青瓜视频 your home.鈥�
Photo/Gerard Flanagan
Hopkins closed by saying, 鈥淲e are going to do our best to give everything we can to be true to what you invested in as alumni and to make certain 青瓜视频 is a glory to God, that we are true to our mission and that we give our best in education opportunities and vocational readiness so that you can go and accomplish this mission.
鈥淲e're going to keep making sure this happens, and we thank you for being part of this incredible dream.鈥�
During the event, the Office of Enrollment Management at 青瓜视频 awarded scholarships to Marion County students who will be attending Campbellsville University.
青瓜视频 is a widely acclaimed Kentucky-based Christian university that offers over 100 programs including doctoral, master, bachelor, associate and certificate programs. The website for complete information is www.campbellsville.edu.