The University of Louisville received high marks for its community service outreach programs, the only Kentucky school to earn the “with distinction” designation (only 115 out of 742 schools received this status) along with its membership on the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
The Corporation for National and Community Service last week named [...]

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Fern Creek social studies teacher, Robert Haire, is the latest winner of the WHAS ExCEL (Excellence in Classroom and Education Leadership) Award. Jefferson County Public Schools, WHAS-TV and E.ON U.S. are honoring Haire this afternoon during a ceremony at Fern Creek Traditional High School.
“Mr. Haire’s academic expectations for students are very high,” said Dawn [...]

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Congratulations to Sally Gamble, a teacher at Coleridge-Taylor Montessori Elementary, for winning the latest WHAS11 ExCEL Award. She’s been an educator there since 1978 and has taught all grade levels.
Molly Rapp, a colleague of Gamble’s, says she’s, “innovative and imaginative, and she considers each child’s needs, strengths, and weaknesses. Sally refuses to allow [...]

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I love days when I get to say good things about the University of Louisville! This is one of them (for the moment, anyway).
The College of Arts and Sciences will induct four former faculty into the Hall of Honor during a special ceremony on February 25th. The Hall was established during the school’s [...]

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Are you gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered? Know someone who is? Then you should apply for this scholarship.
The Metro Louisville chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is offering a scholarship.
The award is intended to assist applicants with their post-secondary education. And all applicants should:

Be a [...]

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The National Park Service today named a photo of the Belle of Louisville as winner of the National Historic Landmark photo contest:

From the press release:
The National Park Service named a photo of the Belle of Louisville as first place winner of the Tenth Annual National Historic Landmarks Photo Contest.  The photograph, which shows the Belle cruising [...]

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In July (here & here), Jerry Abramson told an audience in West Virginia that Louisville’s city and county governments merged because we were getting older, blacker and poorer.
But this Sunday he’s presenting the 2010 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Award.
Guess six months makes a big difference, huh?
I’ve gone back and forth about whether or [...]

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You know you’re excited – especially if you’re still in school – so I hope you’re all enjoying today.
Police want their take-home car fees back. Should it happen? Or should we just start charging everybody in government a fee? Thought this was resolved when Louisville was forced to just “quit it” with the [...]

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Don’t worry! There’s nothing to see here. No crime in Louisville, at all, ever. Move along. [C-J]
Fairdale Bigfoot has returned from his holiday break. He’s back with his advice column and it is good. [Consuming Louisville]
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Turncoat. [Hilarity]
Move from New York put lawyer in middle of Butchertown’s [...]

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Jerry Abramson is in Washington, D.C. to participate in a Brookings Institution forum on sustainable communities. It’s a shame he’ll have no idea what he’s talking about. But I bet he screams that Louisville is the “16th largest city” about a thousand times. Or maybe he’ll talk about his record of killing local [...]

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