4 1 7 7 9 1 • GRAYSON COUNTY’S FULL-COVERAGE COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER • SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2011 • IN OUR 119TH YEAR • 75 CENTS NEWS STAND, 25 CENTS DELIVERED News-G40 PUBLIC SQUARE., LEITCHFIELD, KY. • COPYRIGHT 2009 • 270.259.9622 • waww.gcnewsgazettze.com • Vol. 13ette0, Issue 087 Admissions agreement benefits Grayson County By Rebecca Morris schools simultaneously. In a statement, ECTC President/CEO And with ECTC planning to build a new Reporter Joint admission will give students access Thelma White said the agreement will campus in Leitchfield, the joint admissions to a full range of services at both institu- allow a seamless transition from associate’s agreement means a broadening of the high-
[email protected] tions, said Brian Meredith, WKU’s associ- degree programs to bachelor’s degree pro- er education opportunities expected to be ate vice president for enrollment manage- grams and allow area students to complete available in Grayson County in coming A new agreement could help Grayson ment, who was part of the team that final- most of their study closer to home. years. County students earn a degree from ized the agreement. WKU President Gary Ransdell noted the ECTC spokeswoman Mary J. King said Western Kentucky University without driv- “The timing of the agreement works agreement will allow students to complete the joint admissions agreement will cover ing any farther than Leitchfield. well with Kentucky’s move towards a their associates degree at ECTC, then con- all the college’s campuses as well as its-off On Nov. 10, WKU and Elizabethtown seamless pathway to a four-year degree,” tinue their education at the university’s campus class sites.