GSP Host Campuses 1983-2018 Governor’s Scholars Program Morehead State University, Murray State University, 2018 2018 Northern Kentucky University 2018 Academic Report

Bellarmine University, Morehead State University, The Program celebrates 30 Murray State University summers of building community 2012 2012 by helping to build a Habitat for Humanity house in Louisville Bellarmine University, Centre College, Murray State University

Bellarmine University, Centre College, Morehead State University 2006 2006 Bellarmine University, Centre College, Eastern Kentucky University All 120 Kentucky counties send at least one scholar Centre College, Eastern Kentucky University, to a GSP campus Northern Kentucky University GSP expands to a third campus 2000 2000

Centre College, Northern Kentucky University 10,000th scholar completes the Program 1994 1994 Centre College, Murray State University Centre College, Kentucky State University Centre College, Western Kentucky University Centre College, Murray State University 1988 1988 Centre College, University of Kentucky Murray State University, Western Kentucky University Centre College, Eastern Kentucky University Program expands to two campuses and 561 scholars Centre College 1983 1983 First session opens at Centre College with 245 scholars Printed by Morehead State University Document Services ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Letter from the Executive Director 1 2018 Scholars by County 2 Board of Directors Focus Area Classes 3 “This class changed Matthew G. Bevin Members Governor Christen Boone Bennie Ivory John C. Roach Jane Stevenson Agribusiness & Biotechnology 3 the course of Commonwealth of Kentucky my academic life.” Louisville, KY Louisville, KY Lexington, KY Owensboro, KY Architectural Design 4 Derrick K. Ramsey Gary Braswell Robert L. King Noel Rush, II Lora Suttles Secretary Owensboro, KY Frankfort, KY Louisville, KY Paintsville, KY Astronomy 5 Education & Workforce Mike Buckentin Wayne D. Lewis Jane Skidmore Mark C. Whitlow Development Cabinet Biological & Environmental Issues 6 Russellville, KY Frankfort, KY Barbourville, KY Paducah, KY Offi cers Sharon Claypool Wayne M. Martin Alice Sparks Erica Lee Williams Business, Accounting, & Entrepreneurship 7 Park Hills, KY Winchester, KY Fort Mitchell, KY Louisville, KY “This class offered me Trey Grayson, Chair Communication & Social Theory 8 Walton, KY Todd Davis Thomas T. Noland, Jr. John Stanton Anisa Cottrell Willis an intellectual oasis.” Bowling Green, KY Louisville, KY Edgewood, KY Newport, KY Creative Writing & Literary Studies 9 Alan M. Stein, Vice Chair Lexington, KY Luther Deaton, Jr. Jamie Paradis Cultural Anthropology 10 Eric G. Farris, Vice Chair Lexington, KY Louisville, KY GSP Staff Shepherdsville, KY Dramatic Expression 11 Kevin Flanery Paul E. Patton Aristófanes Cedeño, Bill Malone, Treasurer Louisville, KY Pikeville, KY Executive Director & Academic Dean Engineering 12 Louisville, KY Vince Gabbert Neil Ramsey Beth Carrier Tina Nance Lexington, KY Louisville, KY Film Studies 13 Alexandra Gerassimides, Rita Meeks Catherine Smith “I have found my calling.” Secretary Chip Hamm Shannon Rickett Bonnie Mullin LeAnn Stokes Forensic Science 13 Louisville, KY Louisville, KY Louisville, KY Robin Williams-Neal Healthcare Industry 15 Historical Analysis 16 The GSP Foundation International Relations 17 The Governor’s Scholars Program Foundation, Inc., is a Journalism & Mass Media 18 501(c)(3) non-profi t, tax-exempt organization that exists Modes of Mathematical Thinking 19 solely to support the Governor’s Scholars Program, Inc. The GSP Foundation supplements public funding to fi nance Music Theory & Performance 20 the GSP’s daily operations and special initiatives. Philosophy 21 For more information or to make a contribution, contact: The Governor’s Scholars Program Foundation, Inc. Physical Science 22 “In this class, all types of people came together to Harold H. Smith, President Political & Legal Issues 23 1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite 210 create wonderful things.” Frankfort, KY 40601 Psychology & Behavioral Studies 24 Phone: 502-573-1618 | Fax: 502-573-1641 Spanish Language & Culture 25 Visual Arts 25 General Studies Classes 26 Governor’s Scholars Program By partnering with the GSP Foundation, Scholar Experience Survey Results 28 1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite 210 Kentucky businesses and organizations Contact Us Frankfort, KY 40601 Scholar In-State Data 32 provide not only the funding but also the Phone: 502-573-1618 extraordinary hands-on opportunities that Additional Information 33 Fax: 502-573-1641 make the Governor’s Scholars Program an Online: gsp.ky.gov unparalleled intellectual experience.

20182018 ACADEMICACADEMIC REPORTREPORT 33 33 SCHOLAR IN-STATE DATA from the

College Enrollment EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear supporters and friends of the Governor’s Scholars Program, With the help of the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, the Governor’s Scholars Program tracks the number of scholars who pursue T is year marked the 36th summer graduates from our Program have dedicated their

higher education at a Kentucky college or university. The following graph 1992 of the Governor’s Scholars lives to enriching our Commonwealth; in turn, shows the percentage of scholars, by Program year, who enrolled at an Program. Although summer is alumni hear the ways in which current scholars hope in-state college or university after completing high school. when the GSP appears to be in to do the same. Among its many benef ts, Alumni fullest force, our Program works Day connects generations of GSP supporters who Of the 2016 scholars, the most recent year for which data is available, year-round to foster our mission intimately understand the unique gifts our Program 79.8% enrolled at a Kentucky college or university in the fall of 2017. of enhancing Kentucky’s next of ers to all Kentuckians well beyond the f ve weeks generation of civic and economic of our summer sessions. 100% 100% leaders. For example, in September and October, If the GSP were an individual, at 36 it would we host informational sessions across Kentucky to be old enough to be elected by its constituencies inform thousands of potential GSP candidates about and become president of the United States. T at 80% 80% our selection process; in February, alumni and friends age comes with trust and responsibility. Our of the GSP gather at the State Capitol in Frankfort constituencies trust us to locate and invite diverse, to express their support for the program. deserving students from all 120 counties of Kentucky 60% 60% Importantly, these moments throughout to one of our three campuses each summer. Our the year engage individuals and groups outside constituencies trust our faculty to of er scholars our Frankfort of ce. During our fall informational relevant and challenging opportunities for academic sessions, we meet with guidance counselors, and personal growth. T ey trust our staf to listen 40% 40% teachers, and legislators who are interested in the for ways to improve the Program as we traverse the types of candidates that will thrive in our summer larger Kentucky community throughout the year. communities. When we gather at the State Capitol In return, we trust that we can count on 20% 20% in February, we connect with our state legislators and your continued relationship with the Program to ask them to demonstrate their strong commitment to accomplish our mission of enhancing Kentucky’s next our Commonwealth’s future by funding the GSP. T e generation of civic and economic leaders. T irty-six 0% 0% success of the GSP is forever tied to the relationships years ago, you helped us sow the seed from which '83 '84 '85 '86 '87 '88 '89'90 '91 '92 '93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99'00 '01 '02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 with our constituencies. T ere are over 20 such the healthy roots of the GSP developed. T en, with relationships we rely on: with the Of ce of the your support, in 2001 the Program expanded above Governor and legislators, colleges and universities, ground onto three campuses. You even nurtured teachers and school counselors, parents, and so on. the GSP during recent adverse Permanent Residence One such relationship that we have economic times. As we look to the strengthened in recent years is the bond with our next few decades and beyond, we As of September 2018, 30,726 students have completed the Governor’s more than 30,000 alumni. Two years ago, we founded are conf dent that our year-round Scholars Program. The Program currently has valid contact information Alumni Day on each of our three campuses as a partnerships with constituencies on fi le for 24,925 living alumni. hub for alumni and current scholars to gather every are the key to our nourishment, summer. On Alumni Day, current scholars join in growth, and sustainability. T ank Of those, 20,397—81.83%—have a permanent address within conversation with GSP alumni to learn how these you for your ongoing support. the Commonwealth of Kentucky. 2018 0 24,925

81.83% Aris Cedeño Executive Director & Academic Dean

32 GOVERNOR’S SCHOLARS PROGRAM 2018 ACADEMIC REPORT 1 100% 2018 SCHOLARS BY COUNTY 90.15% 90% “GSP helped prepare me for one or more of the following aspects of 80% 75.42% 76.10% Counties with up to 3 Governor’s Scholars in 2018 72.30% life in college and beyond.”

Adair Caldwell Estill Harrison Lewis McLean Pendleton Webster 70% Ballard Carlisle Fleming Hart Livingston Menifee Perry Wolfe Bath Carroll Fulton Jackson Logan Mercer Powell 60% College applications and choice Bourbon Casey Gallatin LaRue Lyon Metcalfe Robertson* Bracken Clinton Garrard Lawrence Magoffi n Monroe Rockcastle 50% Breathitt Crittenden Grayson Lee Martin Morgan Trigg Educational mindset Breckinridge Cumberland Green Leslie Mason Nicholas Trimble Butler Elliott Hancock Letcher McCreary Owsley Wayne 40% Community and social development

30% Leadership opportunities

4—6 Scholars 7—9 Scholars 15—25 Scholars 51—100 20% None of the above Allen Lincoln Clark Hopkins Bullitt Meade Fayette Anderson Marion Floyd Knox Christian Nelson Kenton 10% Other Bell Ohio Greenup Laurel Daviess Pike 0.39% 0.20% Boyd Owen Henry Woodford Jessamine Pulaski 0% Carter Rowan Madison Scott Clay Russell McCracken 150+ Edmonson Shelby Grant Simpson Jefferson Harlan Spencer 10—14 Scholars Henderson Todd Hickman Union Barren Marshall 26-50 Scholars 60% Johnson Washington Boyle Montgomery 55.32% Knott Calloway Muhlenberg Boone Oldham Franklin Taylor Campbell Warren “GSP sparked a new, Graves Whitley Hardin different, or renewed 50% *Denotes county not represented 45.85% interest in one or more of the following fi elds of study.” 40% 37.37%

Humanities

Social science 30%

STEM (science, technology, engineering, & and math) 20% None of the above 10% Other 6.02% 5.84%

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70.00% 70% FOCUS AREAS 60% “My Focus Area Focus Area courses allow a student to pursue a topic in-depth as a member of 50% was a positive a small group, stressing the development of ideas within the particular subject, 40% learning experience.” identifi cation of signifi cant themes, and the interrelatedness of the subject to other content areas. The courses are meant to provide broad, interdisciplinary, intellectual 30% exposure and enrichment rather than narrow, disciplinary training. Scholars are 20.27% encouraged to try a Focus Area course in which they have little prior experience. 20%

10% 5.36% 2.92% Agribusiness & Biotechnology 1.45% 60% 57.46% 0% Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Murray State University Agree Disagree 50% Faculty member Iin Handayani’s scholars examined various aspects of agriculture, especially those related to agribusiness and biotechnology in crop and animal 40% 35.61% sciences. Among other trips, the class visited Cassidy’s “GSP provided me Cause T erapeutic Riding Academy in Paducah, a cattle 30% operation at United Livestock Commodities (ULC) in with meaningful Mayf eld, and Commonwealth Agri-Energy Plant in classroom experiences.” Hopkinsville. Biotechnology issues were covered during 20% a visit to Breathitt Veterinary Center in Hopkinsville, where scholars learned about clinical pathology, toxicology, and molecular diagnostics. At Hancock 10% Biological Station, they explored the seasonal dynamics 5.07% of cyanobacteria and algae, f sh biodiversity, and water 1.66% 70% 0.20% quality around Kentucky Lake. 67.02% 0% Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Scholars also engaged with guest speakers on topics 60% Agree Disagree including “smart farming,” sustainable agriculture, food security, urban farming, marketing, animal science, crop biotechnology, horticulture, agricultural education, 50% and agronomy. For a hands-on agricultural education, scholars measured soil compaction using a penetrometer, 40% Top: GSP-Murray scholars tour a local greenhouse collected soil samples using a soil probe, and learned “My General Studies to learn about cultivating plants in a highly regulated about research crop plots at Pullen Farm. T rough these environment; bottom: GSP-Murray scholars learn about 30% activities, the class explored what drives agricultural was a positive growing sweet potatoes using various soil amendments. production to shape food systems locally and globally. 23.13% learning experience.” 20%

10% 6.93% Dalton Ryan Rife “This class has revolutionized my view 2.24% 0.68% 0% Phelps High School on agribusiness in Kentucky.” Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Agree Disagree

30 GOVERNOR’S SCHOLARS PROGRAM FOCUS AREAS 3 Architectural Design Murray State University Northern Kentucky University Bill Randall’s scholars investigated the lineage of design Bryan Orthel’s scholars explored how human comfort 100% education, both in pedagogy and structures. Beginning and wellbeing are supported by the design of buildings. 93.66% with the Beaux-Arts Academy, scholars researched Scholars spent part of the f ve weeks exploring passive 90% the foundations of architectural education in Europe. heating and cooling approaches, structural issues, 80.41% T ey traced this line through the Bauhaus, the key and cultural expectations of buildings. A visit to the 80% 78.36% European design school, whose founder, Walter Gropius, Duke Energy Envision Center highlighted emerging emigrated to lead the Harvard Graduate School of technology being used to create and manage energy- 70.37% Design. Using f lms, library research, and study models, ef cient cities. A trip to downtown Cincinnati required 70% 66.09% scholars reconstructed key designs and analyzed the that scholars “read” the landscape as they walked to meanings behind their construction. expose how the urban form has changed over 150 years 60% Shifting their attention to alternative institutions and how twentieth-century architecture changed in like Black Mountain College and the Highlander Folk response to cultural ideas. 50% School, scholars began to consider the possibilities of T e class then developed building designs to protect alternative forms of pedagogical organization. Working a “client”—a carton of ice cream—from the harsh 40% in groups, scholars designed new educational institutions environment of a summer parking lot. Scholars iterated from the ground up. One group suggested a school in through four versions of their designs, each with a real- the form of a networked web, with dif erent disciplines life test of the buildings’ ef ectiveness in protecting the 30% connected as in a neural net. Another posited a design “client.” T e challenge required detailed understanding school on a Mississippi River barge, traveling the river, of thermal transfer properties, as well as application of 20% building housing for low-income communities. A these properties in built form. Along the way, scholars visiting panel of experts critiqued each group’s work at learned about construction techniques, why some 10% the end of the design process. designs failed, and why others succeeded. 0% Kaitlyn Parker Owen County High School

Awareness of my career and/or academic path

“I was exposed to new Network of relationships with places and worlds that I now “My participation in the scholars from across Kentucky have a desire to visit. I hope Governor’s Scholars Program Love of learning to use my new knowledge to has strengthened my...” make better decisions in my Preparedness to tackle challenges and seek solutions life and community.” Leadership skills and potential

GSP-NKU scholars explore a labyrinth during a tour of downtown Cincinnati focused on unique ways that architecture can be built into human environments.

4 FOCUS AREAS 2018 ACADEMIC REPORT 29 2018 SCHOLAR Astronomy EXPERIENCE SURVEY Each summer, before leaving their respective campuses, all Governor’s Scholars are asked to complete a Scholar Experience Survey consisting of approximately thirty questions pertaining to all aspects of life at GSP. Program staff use the survey results to help gauge the success of the summer’s activities, assist in the evaluation of faculty and staff performance, and better understand the Program’s impact on the scholars themselves. Most importantly, the survey functions as a tool that better equips Program and campus administrators as they plan for the upcoming summer.

The following is a sample of results from the 2018 Scholar Experience Survey, organized by areas of emphasis within the Program. For a complete list of the survey questions and detailed results, please see the GSP website at www.gsp.ky.gov.

Overall Results Scholars overwhelmingly rated their GSP experience as positive. On average, participants selected either “strongly agree” or “agree” 91.63% of the time. In comparison, “neutral” responses made up 6.27% of the total. Scholars very rarely reacted negatively to the survey prompts, choosing “disagree” only 1.63% of the time and “strongly disagree” in only 0.46% of responses. No question received a negative response rate above 4.88%. Morehead State University Murray State University In John Clark’s class, scholars explored what truly makes Rico Tyler’s class combined nighttime observing the universe tick. Scholars discussed the formation of with daytime activities, modeling how astronomers of scholars selected either “strongly agree” the universe and its components through hands-on f nd answers and make discoveries. Scholars 91.63% or “agree” on average. observation of artifacts such as moon rocks, meteorites, practiced telescope skills and experimented with and even material from early Earth formation. T ey astrophotography, which they used later in the summer also researched the nature of planet formation and the to host a “star party” for the GSP-Murray community. likelihood of f nding life elsewhere in the universe. As Tyler and his class also explored how time is related to a f nal project, scholars constructed a theoretical planet astronomy. Inquiry activities allowed scholars to discover that could support life by considering factors such as the astronomical alignments of cathedrals and the atmosphere, planetary formation substances, and overall mathematics behind Easter. Scholars used astronomical 6.27% resources. Finally, scholars discussed the impact that images to reconstruct a planet’s history. of scholars selected “neutral” on average. astronomy has on society and mankind’s future through In the f nal week of the summer, the class studied the discussion of f lm, literature, and scholarly research. science of rockets and space travel. Scholars participated in a video question and answer session with GSP-2011 Above: GSP-Murray scholars pose with hand-built Astronomy scholar Cadence Payne, a Space Science 2.09% telescopes used to host a “star party” for the entire GSP- graduate from Morehead State University and current of scholars selected “disagree” or Murray community. MIT graduate student. “strongly disagree” on average.

28 GOVERNOR’S SCHOLARS PROGRAM FOCUS AREAS 5 Biological & Environmental Issues The Placebo Affect Unnatural Disasters Northern Kentucky University Murray State University Morehead State University Why do some combinations of sounds give us an Jef O’Field’s scholars analyzed natural disasters such Greg Jacobelli’s class surveyed the diverse topic of emotional reaction and some do not? How can as f oods, earthquakes, and hurricanes with the goal of health. Scholars discussed how human health, habitat music equally af ect people who do and don’t have an evaluating local, national, and international responses health, planetary health, and universal health are all education in music? Are there any patterns to creating to them. T eir central case revolved around responses interconnected and reliant on one another. music that could “guarantee” a popular song? to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico during the 2017 First, the class considered factors that af ect human Tim Phelps’s scholars explored the ef ects of hurricane season. In particular, O’Field and his scholars health, including dietary choices, agricultural practices, music and sound on the brain. T e class investigated studied the aftermath of several natural disasters to and the ways that society af ects our choices and how music, which is only a sequence of vibrations in identify how the people and communities af ected were decisions. Scholars then traveled to the Morgan County the air, can create an af ective connection with our able to thrive once again. Tree Nursery and, with the help of Scott Freidhof emotions. T ey combined research skills and creativity Scholars drew on several disciplines to assess from the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife, by analyzing the top 100 songs from the past ten years, how these devastating events have unfolded and participated in cross breeding the American Chestnut distilling that data into musical formulas, and then used what knowledge we need to deal with future natural in an attempt to bring it back from North American those formulas to create, perform, and produce three disasters. Scholar-led discussions raised themes of extinction. Scholars continued to explore environmental songs that represent current popular music. crisis management, solidarity, and equity. T is prepared health during hikes to Natural Bridge, Cave Run Dam, T rough an exploration of the history of musical scholars to visit Paducah, where they explored the Minor E. Clark Fish Hatchery, and Berea College’s genres, the study of the elements of music today, and the downtown area while mapping prominent landmarks. Ecovillage. At each stop, scholars looked at the geologic research of our brains on music, scholars learned about While mapping landmarks, they assessed the availability processes on display in Kentucky, explored some of the why music has such a lasting inf uence on our world. and access to resources needed in emergency situations. ways we attempt to control nature, and identif ed how we are also repairing some of the damage we have done to the environment. Autarchic Northern Kentucky University GSP-Morehead scholars visit Cave Run Dam to study how Morehead State University Greg Smith asked his scholars to pick an environmental we utilize nature to foster societal health and also how problem that they wanted to explore. T e scholars then these choices affect habitat and planetary health. Greg Jacobelli’s class considered what it means today constructed and launched on Eagle Lake. had to research their topic, either as an individual or in to be “autarchic,” or self-reliant, and how they could Instead of scrapping the boats when f nished, a small group, using the scientif c database of Northern broaden their self-suf ciency. With the help of the scholars decided to cut the boats into pieces, design a Kentucky University’s library. T ey then presented Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife, they helped small useful object, and each take a piece of their boat their f ndings to the class for peer review and questions. with an annual goose catching and tagging program—a home with them. T is creative use of materials proved Topics included sustainable agriculture, plastic ocean new skill for every scholar. T e class also learned how to one of the greatest lessons of self-suf ciency: looking at pollution, space junk, health concerns of marijuana, address simple problems using trial and error and then things through a sustainability lens. bioethics, and super bugs. exercised their new skills. For example, scholars were : GSP-Morehead scholars build boats using Because scholars had never lived on a college campus, given simple materials, including plywood and plastic Bottom left sample materials to practice self-reliance; Chief John Gaf n from Northern Kentucky University’s barrels, and asked to design “something of use.” T e bottom right: Scholars launch their boats on Lake Eagle. police department came and talked to the scholars “This class class split into two teams and design two boats that they about safety protocols on campus. He gave them tips on how to pick a college with a safe environment using changed the information from the Clery Act, a federal statute that requires most colleges and universities to disclose crime information on campus. course of my academic life.” Ben Hatfi eld Boyle County High School

6 FOCUS AREAS 2018 ACADEMIC REPORT 27 Business, Accounting, & Entrepreneurship GENERAL STUDIES Morehead State University Murray State University Derrick Staton introduced the R. J. Corman Business, Led by Melony Shemberger, scholars concentrated Accounting, and Entrepreneurship Focus Area to on social entrepreneurship as an approach to applying General Studies classes emphasize creative thinking, problem solving, service the ethical and moral obligations of an innovator and innovative, prof table methods to eradicate or minimize learning, and civic engagement. Scholars are assigned to a General Studies entrepreneur. Scholars began the course by focusing on societal issues or problems. T e class participated in class that takes a learning approach that is counter to their Focus Area class. the writings of Wendell Berry and applying his theories a culminating project that allowed them to work in concerning dif erent economies, communities, and entrepreneurial teams and create a business plan to This policy is based on the philosophy that to be true scholars, scientists should values to business. T e class then met and discussed at tackle an identif ed need or problem. T ey designed their appreciate the humanities and humanists should understand the importance of length the current economic climate with Mr. Berry. plans on posters that were presented to Murray State science and technology in our world today. From this, scholars began creating their own startup University administrators and community members. businesses and business plans focusing on economic Scholars also joined the Cultural Anthropology class The following is a small sample of the General Studies classes offered in 2018. development in their home communities. T rough this on a visit to Logan County Aluminum Recycling, which experience, scholars discussed dif erent classif cations is the largest employer in the county, and met with plant of businesses, marketing, pricing, ethics, etiquette, of cials. T ey toured the plant and observed portions Coming to Our Senses and customer service. T ey also met with various of the aluminum recycling process. In addition, the economic and political leaders from throughout the class traveled to downtown Murray for lessons on the Northern Kentucky University Commonwealth and discussed problems and solutions resurgence of downtown districts and spoke with city Using Leonardo da Vinci’s quote “T e f ve senses are the facing the local business community. of cials on how local policies af ect businesses. ministers of the soul” as a foundation, James Kenney’s class considered the scientif c and psychological aspects of the senses and how scholars might be taking theirs Northern Kentucky University for granted. Annie Wells, a Deaf instructor at NKU, Scott Takacs’s class extensively discussed starting a small business, including new product development, product taught the scholars about Deaf culture and American testing, and f nancing options. Scholars explored the stock market as an investment option and the relative merits Sign Language. Scholars then used ASL to sign a story of index funds compared to other investments. T ey also considered other investment opportunities, including real they created. Gerry Slusher and Steve Ogletree, who are estate, precious metals, and cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin, along with the relative advantages of each method. both blind, taught scholars basic braille language skills. T roughout the summer, Takacs and his scholars explored the Commonwealth to tour local, successful businesses. Scholars then visited the Cincinnati Association of the Scholars visited the United States Playing Card Company, where they saw how playing cards are manufactured and Blind and participated in a blind/touch art experience at engaged in interactive market research on new types of card games. T ey also visited Brown-Forman and spoke to a the Cincinnati Art Museum. T e class also researched variety of employees there, from CFO Jane Morreau to a panel of interns. animal senses before visiting the Newport Aquarium, explored body language in police interrogation, learned Morse code and amateur radio skills, and learned to play GSP-NKU scholars visit Skool Aid in Covington to play wheelchair basketball with Jake Counts from Skool Aid, wheelchair basketball and perform a physical activity that a local community center. engages their abilities and senses in a different way. United We Stand, Divided We Fall? GSP-Murray scholars meet Morehead State University with Murray Mayor Derrick Staton introduced his class to the vexing Scholars also visited Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill Jack Rose to discuss how idea of utopias. Scholars explored and questioned and discussed the equality that this group produced and local policy can affect what characteristics of a society spur a segment of the compared it with the inequalities faced in our society business development. population to feel the need to branch of from the rest today. T e class was forced to confront uncomfortable of society in order to form a perfect world. T e class realities about the present-day United States and debated the fundamental f aws and values of the United the future. Finally, in small groups, scholars created a States to try and create a utopia out of what they most futuristic utopia with their own rules, power structure, revered and most deplored. and technological innovations (or lack thereof ).

26 GOVERNOR’S SCHOLARS PROGRAM FOCUS AREAS 7 Communication & Social Theory Spanish Language & Culture Morehead State University Morehead State University Murray State University How is a public health campaign essentially a marketing Scholars in Clint Hendrix’s class began the summer Jef O’Field’s scholars explored the deep connections, campaign? Scholars in Cher Reynolds’s class chose to reading “Tell Me How It Ends,” Valeria Luiselli’s essay convergences, and divergences between Cuba and Puerto address common public health problems with public tracing the plight of recent Central American child Rico—two islands that were imagined as “two wings of immigrants. Having learned the historical background of the same bird” by Lola Rodríguez de Tió in her 1893 awareness campaigns utilizing posters, brochures, and th st public service announcements. Students researched their the migration trends of the 20 and early 21 centuries poem, “A Cuba.” To facilitate discussions on Cuban chosen health problems and created media utilizing in the U.S., scholars chose the topic of detaining and Puerto Rican culture and identity, scholars read graphic design and video editing software. families and children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border historical f ction, memoirs, and experimental theater T e class then examined a handful of crisis as the focus of their Spanish conversation sessions. pieces; listened to music; and watched f lm selections. communication case studies to analyze the various Additional topics of investigation included experiences T ese challenged scholars to approach cultural identities ways that organizations attempt to repair their public of “Dreamers” and the ongoing debate about DACA. as multifaceted realities that eschew simple analyses. image once it has been tarnished or damaged. Scholars Scholars further developed their conversational During trips throughout the local area and to Nashville, broke into groups and created crises for other groups Spanish skills through grammar lessons and improved scholars met Spanish-speaking residents and community to respond to with press statements. Statements were their cultural competency through the analysis of leaders who represented f elds such as education, law, delivered in front of a “press pool” composed of scholars Hispanic-American street artists and muralists. After business, healthcare, social work, and architecture. who then asked dif cult questions in pursuit of the a visit to the Cincinnati Art Museum, scholars took Destinations such as Casa Azafrán Community Center, truth. Continuing their exploration of the press and a walking mural tour of downtown Lexington and the Hispanic Family Foundation, the Frist Art Museum, public communication, scholars toured the Louisville were encouraged to contrast the more institutionalized and the historic Belcourt T eatre helped scholars Public Media of ce, where three dif erent public radio Hispanic art of private spaces to public art’s impact on experience the benef ts of collaborative community stations are housed. Several public radio professionals the urban landscape during. ef orts supported by leaders from diverse backgrounds. held a question and answer session to describe the GSP-Morehead scholars use goggles that simulate visual challenges and rewards associated with their positions. impairments at the American Printing House for the Blind. Northern Kentucky University Visual Arts Tim Phelps’s class focused on honing the core Morehead State University “This class communication skills found in all ef ective civic and Jacqueline Bryan’s class strengthened their observation economic leaders. Scholars practiced debates and and design skills through the use of a variety of media offered me an impromptu speeches, persuaded various audiences and the study of several diverse subjects. Scholars began and argued points opposite their actual beliefs, and by expressing thoughts through simple sketches that intellectual learned the dif culties of communicating through only their peers interpreted. Scholars then studied traditional nonverbal means during a day of silence. From these oasis to share methods of proportion and perspective to learn how exercises, scholars learned how to discuss dif cult issues to accurately represent space as well as manipulate the with others using productive and civil methods. my opinions and representation to apply meaning. T e class’s artwork Scholars then researched the positive aspects and ref ected individual experiences: Each scholar began listen to potential dangers of our tendency to form social by creating a work ref ective of their f rst impression of groups—how the echo chambers we inhabit often lead GSP-Morehead and culminated in a personal ref ection Scratchboard etchings force GSP-NKU scholars to work the opinions to a lack of challenges to our opinions, and how we of growth that inspired a self-portrait. “subtractively,” removing the black to create white. might recognize social group pitfalls in ourselves to of others.” ensure we are constantly seeking diversity of thought. Northern Kentucky University Using ideas from Neil Postman’s book Amusing Matt Curless challenged his scholars to looking at In addition to class discussions, scholars created Ourselves to Death as a framework, scholars spent the artwork from a dif erent perspective than they normally work independently, including self-portraits, etchings, last part of GSP investigating the ways visual media, use. At the Cincinnati Art Museum, for example, paintings, and computer graphics work. T e summer such as advertisements and political signage, attempt to scholars considered: Should a piece of art be able to began with a very structured drawing using a grid manipulate us to agree with a message or buy a product. Gracie Avery stand alone without any additional information? Should technique and progressed into more creative, original Scholars studied the impact of intentional design Bethlehem High School art be left to interpretation, or is it important to include work. T e summer concluded with a public exhibition of choices, such as colors, layouts, and fonts, to of er their the artist’s background and intent? the class’s projects. audiences a “ticket” into a social group. 8 FOCUS AREAS FOCUS AREAS 25 Psychology & Behavioral Studies Creative Writing & Literary Studies Morehead State University Morehead State University Murray State University Jacki Day’s scholars compared the concepts of morality, In Jay Crocker’s class, scholars examined the life cycle Scholars in Ron Reed’s class enjoyed the freedom to empathy, and compassion. T rough a review of literature “I never thought about through its dif erent stages: creation/birth, childhood, write about events they knew well and placed themselves and media, the class established an accepted def nition the people I see in my adolescence, adulthood, and death/destruction. During as third-person characters within those settings. Using for each concept. T ey examined the stages of moral class, scholars explored texts and activities associated art as a background, they turned their visions into development and the impact of empathy on morality community each day until with the stage of the week and then created their creative pieces. Visiting varied environments, the class and compassion, then they identif ed the anatomical and own stories based loosely on that theme. Outside the read stories from Kentucky authors Gurney Norman neurochemical processes related to these three major I took this class. I want to classroom walls, scholars uncovered these themes in and Bobbie Ann Mason as well as selected cantos from concepts. With their newly acquired knowledge, scholars know their stories. And I some unexpected places. During the week studying Dante’s Divine Comedy. Reading excerpts from Emily were challenged to propose strategies for increasing adolescence, for example, scholars attended a production Esfahani Smith’s T e Power of Meaning: Crafting a kindness and compassion in the world. want to be a positive of T e Crucible where they studied perceptions of Life that Matters, they discussed with members of the Later in the summer, scholars visited the Little adolescence in literature. During the week on adulthood, Philosophy Focus Area the signif cance of belonging, Sandy Correctional Complex where they received a force for change in my scholars visited the American Printing House for the purpose, storytelling, and transcendence. tour of the premises and participated in a question community every day.” Blind in Louisville to study how books are created for and answer session with representatives from the people with visual impairments and the technology Northern Kentucky University facility’s major programs and departments. T ey were behind new publishing methods for all readers. introduced to an evidence-based practice called Moral Frank Ward’s class explored two genres: poetry and Finally, during the week on death and destruction, Reconation T erapy (MRT), which is used in prison- narrative. Exercises to increase sensory awareness scholars studied endings, closure, and the concept of based therapeutic communities. T e president and included “blindfold” writing, earliest memory image f nality in literature. Scholars wrote pieces on these program administrator of MRT then joined the class to development, and prose-to-poetry editing approaches. Kaleyn Thompson concepts as they experienced the emotions associated give scholars the opportunity to experience some of the T e class also collaborated with members of the Visual Bracken County High School with the f nal days of classes and fellowship on campus. components of an MRT session. Arts Focus Area to create illustrated poetry for campus- wide readings at the Community Arts Program. Murray State University Northern Kentucky University To practice narrative development, scholars created individual short stories for publication in an end- Raven Mineo’s class focused on neuroplasticity, the idea Jodi Treadway’s class examined the concepts of of-program anthology. T e scholars participated in that the brain is capable of great change and growth inf uence, persuasion, and manipulation. Scholars f rst two f eld trips to enhance their narratives: one to the depending on factors such as environment, stimulation, learned about the two types of inf uence, normative Cincinnati Art Museum to examine art works that and mental acuity exercises. Scholars participated in and informational. T ey then examined the cognitive would be suggestive of possible narrative components, such exercises and recorded, interpreted, and displayed processes of inf uence, including the central and including setting and plot construction; and a second their f ndings. T ey also discussed case studies involving peripheral routes to persuasion. Using advertising, news, to Fountain Square in Cincinnati to participate in a neurological disorders and neuroplasticity. T ese social media, and personal anecdotes, scholars saw GSP-NKU scholars participate in “blindfold” writing to “people watching” activity to support their development discussions led to an exploration of the ethical questions how the principles of persuasion af ect us every day in focus on sounds and non-visual sensations. of characterization. involved in clinical and experimental psychology, and hundreds of ways. scholars researched the history of the f eld and the After learning the basics of persuasion, scholars advent of governing bodies and ethical committees. then examined how social media can be manipulated Adriane Hardin-Davis challenged her scholars with for personal or political agendas, using the insider the question, “How are Kentucky communities impacted information contained in Ryan Holiday’s book, Trust by trauma?” T e class used this question to guide their Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator. explorations of post-traumatic stress syndrome, domestic Using their new knowledge, scholars designed a viral violence, and the foster care system. An examination of marketing campaign to benef t the Governor’s Scholars trauma-informed policy and trauma-informed care led Program itself, leveraging the program’s social media the scholars to explore positive community engagement. presence to increase donations and ensure its protection T e scholars designed and ran a Family Fun Fair for from future budget cuts. T is included the use of such residents of Merryman House, a domestic violence platforms as Snapchat, Patreon, YouTube, Instagram and shelter in Paducah. Scholars also traveled to T istle Twitter, as well as encouraging celebrity endorsements. Farms, a residential substance abuse treatment facility in Finally, scholars scripted an emotionally persuasive Nashville where residents make body care products and advertisement to dovetail with the viral campaign. work in an on-site cafe to fund the recovery facility.

24 FOCUS AREAS FOCUS AREAS 9 Cultural Anthropology Political & Legal Issues Morehead State University Morehead State University Murray State University Ethan Morris challenged his scholars to ref ect on how Kim Reeder’s Focus Area explored the Bill of Rights Joey Budd’s scholars learned rules of law pertaining to their own cultures shape their opinion of other cultures. in the U.S. Constitution and began to understand the individual rights under the Constitution in the Bill of Scholars examined their pasts, connecting their specif c practical implications of interpreting and applying those Rights, specif cally learning legal def nitions of search political, social, and religious beliefs to the inf uence of provisions. T e class read portions of Bryan Stevenson’s and seizure, self-incrimination, and procedural law. T ey their families, hometowns, or personal experiences. T ey Just Mercy to develop an understanding of how embarked on a two-week, campus-wide investigation also sought to imagine what it might have been like to constitutional protections may be impacted by factors of a mock crime with the help of the Forensic Science make decisions in the past. Scholars believed that given such as race, age, and socioeconomic status. T ey also Focus Area scholars, conducting interviews and the chance to “re-live” the past, they could easily resolve watched portions of a Franklin County trial conducted interrogations of potential witnesses and suspects. T e the past’s problems. T ey were soon proven wrong. in May 2018 to identify how constitutional provisions scholars were given roles to act out in a mock trial of the For their f rst activity, scholars pulled wagons over af ect the process of selecting a jury, introducing accused suspect on the last day of class, including the a section of the Appalachian Trail to simulate the evidence during a trial, and sentencing. Scholars roles of prosecuting attorneys, defense attorneys, and dif culties experienced by the f rst settlers to cross the were able to further develop their understanding of detectives. T e scholars used their knowledge to attempt mountains into Kentucky. In a discussion that followed, constitutional protections by meeting with Franklin to prove or defend beyond a reasonable doubt the guilt scholars debated whether or not they earned the right County Circuit Judges Phillip Shepherd and T omas or innocence of the defendant. to settle Kentucky or stole the land from the Shawnee Wingate and touring the Rowan County Detention inhabitants. After “settling” the state, scholars attempted GSP-Murray scholars closely examine a water sample Center. Finally, by attending the Morehead T eatre Bottom left: A GSP-Murray scholar identifi es and marks to write a constitution but struggled to establish an from Kentucky Lake to consider its cleanliness. Guild’s production of T e Crucible, the class was able to executive leader that was not too weak or too powerful. contrast the due process rights in the U.S. Constitution evidence at the mock crime scene; bottom right: scholars By the last week, scholars admitted they had not solved with a system where such rights did not exist. attempt to “connect” suspects and witnesses. any of the past’s problems but had gained a more Murray State University complex perspective of the past—a perspective that Irene Bozio’s class considered what it means to made them more humble, observant, and appreciative of be a global citizen and how to focus on living a other people, time periods, and cultures. sustainable life. First, scholars identif ed the three GSP-Morehead scholars pull wagons around Morehead’s critical components to recycling: cost, convenience, and Eagle Lake in an attempt to recreate the diffi culties contamination. With their increased understanding experienced by Kentucky’s fi rst European settlers. of the hazards of plastic bottles, scholars launched a campus-wide collection of plastic bottles and cardboard. Feeling that recycling bottles was not enough, scholars embraced the concept of reuse and designed and promoted the sale of reusable bottles and cof ee mugs. T anks to the ef orts of the city of Murray’s water treatment plant, scholars were surprised to learn that drinking water is often purer than what is found in a bottle. Scholars learned about career options and witnessed the application of chemistry and biology in transforming waste water into clear water before Northern Kentucky University entering the river system. At Logan Aluminum in Ellen Mitchell’s Focus Area rejected the single story of ground, and identifying personal bias. Russellville, scholars viewed the process of converting bipartisanship by developing a cooperative leadership T roughout the summer, Mitchell’s class met with recycled aluminum cans into rolls of aluminum that will approach to conf ict resolution based on emotional several speakers, including Kentucky Attorney General be used in making new cans. T e class learned about intelligence. Scholars learned to identify underlying Andy Beshear, District Court Judge Charles W. Hardin, the strides that the company takes to be green and not interests and address taboos using selected excerpts from and award-winning student activist Omar Salinas produce any waste. Daniel Shapiro’s Negotiating the Nonnegotiable: How to Chacón. Inspired by the Kentucky United Nations Having gained greater understanding and new Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conf icts. T rough Assembly and the National Model United Nations, the perspectives on sustainability throughout the summer, this work, scholars honed their skills in constructive class also planned, staged, and completed a student-led scholars developed a marketing plan for increasing discourse, diplomacy, self-awareness, f nding common conf ict resolution simulation as their capstone project. awareness of recycling and reuse within their schools.

10 FOCUS AREAS FOCUS AREAS 23 Physical Science Dramatic Expression Morehead State University Will Garcia’s scholars traveled through time from the beginning of human innovation to the quantum realm. Beginning in the Stone Age, scholars recreated ancient tools and simple machines. Scholars also made their own woven rope and tested its strength by successfully pulling a car loaded with GSP staf . Using their knowledge of friction, scholars then tried to create f re without matches. As the class traveled forward in time, they created pottery and studied the physical and chemical reactions that take place during the f ring process. Together they created their own kilns using sawdust and wood to f re their pottery without using modern technology. Above: GSP-NKU scholars participate in their daily physical and vocal warm-up exercises on stage. Next, using the same method that ancient Greek Below: A GSP-Murray scholar performs a scenes from Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap. mathematician Eratosthenes used, scholars measured the circumference of the Earth by only using the shadow Murray State University cast by the sun. T e class ended their journey through time Scholars in Jacqueline Kohl-Hamilton’s class staged by exploring time itself. Using the same thought two productions for the GSP-Murray community: the experiments that led Einstein to special relativity, A GSP-Morehead scholar pulls a car with a world’s longest-running stage play, T e Mousetrap by scholars developed a deeper understanding of modern handwoven rope to test the class’s ability to create Agatha Christie; and a 30-minute version of Oliver physics and explored the quantum realm. simple tools and overcome frictional forces. Twist. Scholar-directors cast the play and developed costumes and props. Vocal and movement coaching lessons emphasized “being,” not “acting,” and featured lessons on expressiveness, pacing, and timing. T e Oliver Twist production was shared outside of the GSP- “In this class, all different types of people came Murray community, including performances at the Murray Calloway County Senior Citizen Center and together to create wonderful things.” the Calloway County Public Library. Scholars also heard from guest speakers who nurtured their creative impulses. T ey took a tour at Market Street T eatre in Paducah; attended a Shakespeare seminar with Dr. Barbara Cobb, creator of Lyndsie Bartley Shakespeare in the Schools in Western Kentucky; took Pikeville High School part in a voice and body exercise seminar with speaker Murray State University and coach Robert Valentine; and participated in a Q&A session about the life of Charles Edward Hall, the Harsh Upadhyay’s class was designed around a central to make the existing design work using the previous longest-running Broadway actor in one role. theme: make collaboration instinctive. During the f ve class’s written plans. T ose lessons led the scholars to weeks of the program, scholars learned the essentials for collaborate on creating a GSP-themed Rube Goldberg Northern Kentucky University good collaboration, such as ef cient communication and invention on a larger scale. T e process began with a Emily Tate Frank’s scholars tackled a range of be used in their own writing and speeches to make appropriate use of available resources. planning committee that documented ideas on paper challenges: how to express themselves, how to bring them more dynamic and compelling. T e scholars then As a part of their legacy, last summer’s Physical and assigned class members to sub-committees in text to life, and how to stretch the boundaries of their worked in groups to craft original scripts inspired by a Science class left an original Rube Goldberg design charge of topics such as robotics and carpentry. After creative potential. With the help of Marina Calderone’s piece of music and collaborated with the Film Studies for this year’s scholars to execute; in an introduction to a few weeks of troubleshooting, scholars were able to Actions: T e Actors’ T esaurus, the class learned the scholars to record the pieces. T is activity kicked of collaboration in the f rst week, this year’s scholars had execute their plan successfully. technique of “actioning” a text and practiced it with discussions about dif erent adaptations of text and monologues. T ey also saw how this technique could stories and the process of collaboration. 22 FOCUS AREAS FOCUS AREAS 11 Engineering Philosophy Northern Kentucky University Murray State University Denise Owens’s and Jeremy White’s scholars John Wilcox’s scholars explored dif erent philosophical investigated the role of engineering in today’s society, answers to questions about the nature of reality, and the class took various f eld trips and participated in knowledge, and how to live a meaningful life. Beginning activities designed to help examine that role. T ey visited with the arguments of Rene Descartes, scholars came William Harsha Lake Dam, where they participated to understand the deeper meaning of the famous quote in a real-world engineering design project with civil from Descartes, “I think, therefore I am,” by which engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. On Descartes argues the mind is a substance separate from “The diverse another trip they toured Toyota Motor Manufacturing the body, and that the knowledge of self-identity derives Kentucky (TMMK) in Georgetown and visited from thinking. Scholars noted that Descartes rejects backgrounds Georgetown College. While at Georgetown College, the common-sense belief that knowledge begins from scholars participated in an engineering problem-solving our sense perceptions of physical objects and our varied and opinions activity that was supervised by a team of engineers encounters with other people. T e class noted also that from TMMK. Other f eld trip sites included the Duke Descartes’ concept of self-identity implies a strong sense of my fellow Energy Envision Center, the East Kentucky Power of individualism in relationship to community or society. Cooperative, and Lexmark of Kentucky. Additionally, Later in the summer, Wilcox and his scholars joined scholars the scholars visited the University of Louisville J.B. the Creative Writing & Literary Studies Focus Area Speed School of Engineering and the University of to consider how the concept of self-identity relates to provided fresh Kentucky College of Engineering. one’s personal narrative. T e collaboration between the two classes included a f eld trip to an abandoned perspectives on and restored chapel in the Land Between the Lakes. : GSP-NKU scholars tour the grounds of a power Top right In small groups the scholars discussed Emily Esfahani age-old topics plant operated by the East Kentucky Power Cooperative; Smith’s book T e Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life that : GSP-NKU Scholars participate in an and allowed me bottom right Matters and a short story by Kentucky author Bobbie engineering activity with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Ann Mason, “Shiloh.” T ese texts opened the class the freedom to conversation to other philosophical issues, such as the existence of free will and the soul. think deeply and Northern Kentucky University form my own Scholars in Lisa Hicks’s Focus Area concentrated on opinions.” the theme of the open future. Each week focused on a “The knowledge and experience I have gained during dif erent topic—metaphysics and epistemology, logic, aesthetics, ethics, and existentialism—and, in discussion the past fi ve weeks in the Engineering Focus Area at the end of each week, scholars contemplated the ways that thinkers on each topic viewed the future as either have impacted my future more than I could have ever open or closed. Scholars read classic and modern texts, Claire Harmon including excerpts from Nietzsche, Aristotle, Montaigne, imagined. I have found my calling.” Alexander Nehamas, and DK’s T e Philosophy Book: Big Marshall County High School Ideas Simply Explained. T ey also considered a number of selections from a book of intuition-testing quizzes called Do You T ink What You T ink You T ink?. T e class was heavily discussion based, and scholar- directed conversations covered ideas from Greek philosophy through present-day topics. For their f nal John Hendricks project, the class designed a philosophically-oriented Logan County High School scavenger hunt to encourage fellow students to think about the open future.

12 FOCUS AREAS FOCUS AREAS 21 Music Theory & Performance Film Studies Morehead State University Morehead State University Northern Kentucky University Chris Wheeler’s scholars embraced the imperfections T e class also took on new concepts in music theory: In Jason Meenach’s Focus Area, scholars learned about Scholars in Ian Frank’s class explored the many facets of living a musical life. T ey were assigned to be peer T ey wrote their own Gregorian chant in authentic the basics of framing and composition and the art of of cinematic storytelling that are unique to f lm. T ey teachers to explore the dif culties of teaching to people notation and produced two folk songs about the culture storytelling through f lm. After learning how to use asked why a movie might be the best way to tell a with dif erent experience levels and musical dialects. of the GSP-Morehead community. A large portion of Adobe Premiere’s editing software, scholars went into particular story rather than a novel, play, or radio drama. T ey also challenged themselves to arrange new and old class time was spent in rehearsal and practice to learn a production on a variety of group projects: a music video, Additionally, the class used Goethe’s guidelines for music for a variety of instruments and voices. Scholars variety of musical styles that would be presented in a live an original ten-minute f lm, and a 24-hour f lm festival. critiquing art to expand and deepen their own response received a master class in vocal technique from a visiting performance for the local community. T e entire set list Along the way scholars encountered various challenges to movies they had seen. In class, scholars watched and performer from T e Stephen Foster Story to help them was arranged by the class as a whole and is preserved on that prompted them to raise questions about how to discussed f lms such as Pleasantville and T e Searchers to discover their own voice and how to be comfortable a CD, along with other ensemble numbers, as a way to optimize f lm graphics and sound quality and how to see how f lm technique can fundamentally strengthen with whatever comes out. experience the arduous recording process. make special ef ects. A group of scholars even built and thematic messages. Scholars also engaged with f lm’s used their own green screen! unique ability to transport audiences around the world by watching T e Red Balloon from France, Yojimbo from Japan, and Run Lola Run from Germany. All three movies informed scholars as they created their own f lm projects. In one project, scholars recreated shot-for-shot moments from iconic f lms such as Strangers on a Train, Grease, and T e Shining; in another project, scholars pulled inspiration from the wordless f lm Samsara and adapted a live performance piece created by scholars in the Dramatic Expression class into a short f lm. At the WLEX-18 Studio, GSP-Morehead scholars learn that delivering a weather forecast isn’t as easy as the professionals make it look.

GSP-Murray scholars perform several patriotic numbers during the city of Murray’s Fourth of July concert. Forensic Science Murray State University Morehead State University “Life throws Tana Field’s scholars explored their unique musical In Claire Polston’s class, scholars examined what it you challenges that strengths and backgrounds while collaborating to means to be a forensic scientist. Discussions began explore the communicative and storytelling possibilities “This class taught around the popularity of “true-crime” television and the you could never expect. of music. T ey engaged with a professional storyteller to reasons behind the rising interest in forensic science. learn about performance techniques, using one’s entire me that music can Scholars then learned how the world of forensic science Forensic Science has body as an instrument, and crafting a story. T e class cross boundaries that is vastly dif erent than what the media portrays. pushed me to problem also toured a local theater, where they examined the T e class visited Eastern Kentucky University’s logistics and challenges of live performance. voices sometimes fail to. Forensic Science and Criminal Justice programs, where solve in every aspect As their large-scale f nal project, scholars created their I learned to own they saw the potential pathways to a career in the f eld. of my life.” own musical from scratch, collaborating to select the T ey were introduced to the process of f ngerprint theme, arrange the music, and write the script. T ey my sound and identif cation, a study they continued once back on staged and performed the musical for the entire GSP Morehead State University’s campus. Scholars also community during the last days of the program. imperfections.” investigated other physical evidence, including human and animal hair samples and soil from their hometowns. Mia Pardieu T is evidence led the scholars to conclusions about the Ainsley Gordon Thomas Nelson High School dif erences in hair between themselves and their pets, as Bullitt East High School well as the creation of a soil prof le for Kentucky. 20 FOCUS AREAS FOCUS AREAS 13 Forensic Science (continued) Modes of Mathematical Thinking Morehead State University Murray State University Northern Kentucky University To understand the ways that people use math to Michael Starling’s Focus Area experienced “hands-on” Jim Seaver’s class explored the shadowy underworld make decisions, Austin Starks’s scholars were tasked learning from the very f rst class day: T ey began their of art and archival theft, antiquities smuggling, jewel with becoming logicians. T e class tackled multiple class by striking a pork shoulder with a blunt weapon to heists, counterfeit goods, and other high-value property logic puzzles that allowed them to create pathways analyze the blood spatter projections created. Scholars crimes. In doing so, they rejected the popular depictions for discovery. As their logic skills improved, scholars continued their investigation by analyzing f nger and of this illegal activity, and the investigation of it, that partnered with the Forensic Science Focus Area to lip prints of themselves and other scholars, and they commonly appear in movies and on television. Scholars create two “breakout rooms” for the GSP-Morehead practiced identifying unknown prints by identifying embraced the challenge of thinking and working like community to enjoy. Scholars had to create logistical ridge characteristics and comparing them to a scholar- law enforcement personnel and museum security staf plans with no logical f aws. Many groups were able to created database. Additionally, scholars went through by developing their theft prevention and crime scene break out in the allotted thirty-minute time interval, the autopsy process using fetal pigs. In groups, scholars investigation skills. T ey did so through hands-on while several groups were stumped. removed, measured, and weighed the organs of each pig activities and participation in two elaborate art heist Scholars also considered how we use numbers to and then sewed the organs back inside to prepare the simulations that spanned much of Northern Kentucky inf uence our own decisions and those of others. After body for a proper funeral and burial. University’s campus. observing scholar movement across campus, the class Roy Dunaway, former Nashville Murder Squad Field trips included visits to the Cincinnati Art decided to see if they could inf uence scholars’ paths member and current captain of the Murray State Museum, the Kentucky State Police’s Central Forensic by providing false statistics. T ey encouraged others to Police Department, discussed with scholars how he Laboratory in Frankfort, and the Headley-Whitney take a route across campus that was “f fty-seven seconds collaborated with CSI members to solve crimes in Museum in Lexington. Scholars also had opportunities faster.” T e class saw a 482% increase in the number Nashville. T is talk set the stage for the collaboration to speak with a number of professionals whose daily of scholars taking the “fastest route.” After presenting between the Forensic Science and Political & Legal work intersected with their course themes, including their f ndings to the community, scholars encouraged A GSP-Murray scholar takes a simulated walk on the Issues class that resulted in the creation of a mock crime a rare books librarian, a museum curator, a forensic everyone to research and always question statistics in our Earth’s moon at Adventure Science Center. scene and a full mock trial. anthropologist, a toxicologist, and an FBI agent. information-laden world.

“This class used math in ways I have never thought about and changed my way of thinking for the future.”

Murray State University Hunter Groves Eastern High School Jason Dooley’s scholars practiced problem solving in a variety of settings ranging from traditional mathematical proofs and robotics to machine learning and games of Problems, including the p/np problem and the Reimann skill and chance. T e course focused on game theory and Hypothesis, to learn about some of the important open probability, and scholars learned how mathematicians questions facing mathematicians today. and computer scientists use game theory to teach During a trip to the Adventure Science Museum in computers to play games such as chess and poker. Nashville, scholars also designed and constructed scale Scholars applied the rules of probability to minimize models of roller coasters and programmed robots to variance in games of chance and worked to optimize perform simple tasks with object-based programming GSP-NKU scholars visit Northern Kentucky University’s anthropology lab to study forensic anthropology techniques. strategies for various games using what they had learned. tools. T e museum of ered an interdisciplinary approach Using real human bones, they learn how to estimate a person’s sex, age, and possible cause of death. Scholars also explored the history of mathematics, to science and math, and scholars heard presentations including Euclid’s proof that there are inf nite prime on physics and astronomy and explored simulations of numbers and its implications for the modern f eld of an astronaut’s walk on the moon, the human circulatory cryptography. T ey considered some of the Millennium system, and a hydroelectric power plant.

14 FOCUS AREAS FOCUS AREAS 19 Journalism & Mass Media Healthcare Industry Murray State University Morehead State University Northern Kentucky University Bella Ezumah’s scholars explored the convergent Even though we are living in an age of medical Scholars in Stephen Buchholz’s class started the nature of journalism, a current trend that requires wonders—transplants, gene therapy, life-saving drugs, summer exploring the human body by working in small multiple skills and roles. First, they learned the basics and preventive strategies—our healthcare system groups to create “Bessie May,” a 5’7” female skeleton of journalistic practice including how news stories remains fantastically expensive, inef cient, bewildering, made of papier-mâché. Scholars used this information are selected, gathered, produced, disseminated, and and inequitable. Scholars in Jamie Hester’s Focus to inform their tour of a local prosectorium, the room received by an audience. T ey visited the WPSD Local6 Area dove into issues surrounding the current system, where autopsies are performed. T ese experiences television station to meet producers, writers, directors, considering the reasons that healthcare doesn’t work well contributed to the class’s creation of a def nition of what anchors and administrators. as an economic model. it means to be healthy and explored the rippling ef ects Putting all the information into practice, scholars T e class also considered the topic of sleep and how of a healthy society. Later, scholars played the roles of traversed Murray State University’s campus to cover a sleep is connected to health. Society’s apathy toward patient advocates on the transplant list and presented mock crime scene investigation and court trial events sleep has, in part, been caused by the historic failure of their cases to a mock transplant board. led by the Forensic Science and Political & Legal Issues science to explain why we need it. Sleep remains one of T roughout the summer, scholars explored the role classes. To further put their journalism skills to practice, the last great biological mysteries, so scholars explored of dif erent entities and career paths in healthcare scholars produced a six-minute newscast on their mock the topics of caf eine, jet lag, melatonin, sleep disorders, through site visits to the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, crime investigation and a forty-page magazine that and even death caused by sleep. T e class then designed OH; Passport Health Plan in Louisville, KY; and St. captured the highlights of the GSP-Murray community. and carried out their own sleep study in which scholars Elizabeth Hospice in Edgewood, KY. Scholars then Northern Kentucky University stayed awake throughout the night and performed learned the basic clinical skills of suturing, laproscopy, physical and mental tests at regular intervals to measure and injection through a presentation and hands-on at T rough discussions, f eld trips, and hands-on training, Cara Owsley, Amy Wilson, Phil Didion, and Scott their decline in capabilities due to sleep deprivation. North Central Area Health Education Center. James Kenney’s scholars studied various storytelling Wartman talked about their roles at the newspaper, and methods in journalism and broadcasting. Scholars f rst they presented their Pulitzer Prize-winning long-form learned to use their own DSLR cameras and practiced multimedia project about the heroine epidemic in Ohio. with cameras generously provided by Canon. T ey also To gain practical experience, scholars wrote a prof le learned how to write stories in journalism form. story on a fellow scholar or a GSP-NKU staf /faculty Murray State University Guest speaker Kareem Elgazzar, a Cincinnati member. In addition, scholars documented several major Enquirer photographer, took scholars through a typical events, including a Florence Freedom baseball game; the Cindy Brainard’s scholars began the summer by looking back at day of a journalist, which can include photography, Kenton County Fair; and the Kids, Cultures, Critters, the inception and progression of all aspects of our current U.S. writing, or videography. Cincinnati Enquirer journalists and Crafts Festival at the Cincinnati Zoo. healthcare system. Scholars studied and analyzed the history of hospitals, medical training and education, insurance company paradigm shifts, and the onset of technological and biological breakthroughs. Using the book An American Sickness by Elisabeth Rosenthal, scholars used historical and anecdotal summaries to engage in this study. T e healthcare class experienced hands-on exposure to the Top right: GSP-NKU scholars healthcare f eld at Vanderbilt University Medical School by photograph the greased pig rotating through the simulation labs for birthing, laparoscopy, contest at the Kenton County and CPR resuscitation. T e class also explored the limitations of Fair. Bottom right: GSP-NKU human survival in extreme environments including accounts of scholars join meteorologist arctic, jungle, and deep-sea exploration. Sherry Hughes on the weather T e class then visited Vanderbilt Medical School and spoke set in the studios of WCPO with admissions counselors about the program at the university. Channel 9 in Cincinnati. T ey spent an afternoon in the simulation lab performing several dif erent medical procedures on dummy patients. T e Murray Calloway County hospital also hosted the scholars for an GSP-Murray scholars rotate through Vanderbilt afternoon in the areas of radiology, surgery, and emergency care. Medical School’s birthing simulation lab.

FOCUS AREAS 15 Historical Analysis Morehead State University Sandra Carpenter’s Focus Area class discussed International Relations historical and contemporary manifestos from U.S. social movements to glean an understanding of how individual Morehead State University Northern Kentucky University or group actors change the course of history. Some Frank Russell’s class began by establishing a theoretical In Ogechi Anyanwu’s Focus Area, scholars examined questions discussed in class included: What are the framework for understanding international relations. the role of multinational corporations (MNCs) in rhetorical tools of a manifesto? What is the political role Scholars read and discussed Mearsheimer’s T e Tragedy international relations. Scholars read texts in class that of the manifesto? How has the manifesto changed over of Great Power Politics, which presents an argument for helped them understand the origins, operations, and time? What does a 21st century manifesto look like? the theory of of ensive realism. T ey debated the merits impact of MNCs in developed and developing countries. With this knowledge, scholars participated in the of this model in comparison to others, and applied a T e class also spent time in groups researching and writing and curating of a collective manifesto ref ecting number of perspectives to analyze both the current identifying MNCs in dif erent regions of the world and their home communities. T ey also worked together to (2017) articulation of the U.S.’s National Security presenting their f ndings in class. T e projects focused on decide when and how the community manifesto was to Strategy and China’s ambitions in the South China Sea. the debate surrounding the positive or negative impact be distributed and displayed. T ese provided theoretical and programmatic contexts of selected MNCs operating outside the U.S. on their for an in-depth analysis of the U.S.’s policy with North host countries and the role of selected MNCs in shaping Northern Kentucky University Korea. Using the framework provided by the Council or reshaping politics and policies in the U.S. T ese on Foreign Relations’ Model Diplomacy exercise, the projects, coupled with the class readings, f eld trips, and Scholars in Steve Easley’s Focus Area partnered with scholars assumed roles of members of the National documentaries, of ered scholars a unique opportunity to the Kentucky Historical Society to examine how history Security Council to carefully research and develop a understand the connections between MNCs and cultural inf uences modern-day issues in Kentucky. Each group strategy for verif able denuclearization of North Korea. changes and exchanges, socioeconomic and political of scholars chose a signif cant contemporary challenge From diplomacy, they turned to the role of religions development and uncertainties, environmental issues, to our Commonwealth, researched the historical in international relations, with particular attention to and the problems and challenges facing our world. background of that topic, and wrote an action plan on connections among the Abrahamic religions and with how they would address that issue moving forward. some exploration of Eastern religions, particularly Bottom left: GSP-Morehead scholars visit the Furnace Scholars became skilled in contacting community Buddhism, which included a visit to Furnace Mountain Mountain Zen Center; bottom right: Scholars participate partners and managing the practical aspects of historical Zen Center in Clay City. in a practice meditation session inside the temple. research. During the f nal week of the program, scholars presented their conclusions and plans to the staf of the “This class gave me so Kentucky Historical Society on a wide range of topics, including political redistricting, education funding, state many opportunities to debt, and human traf cking. In addition to their projects, scholars read excerpts grow intellectually. It from James W. Loewen’s book Lies My Teacher Told Me. T roughout the f ve weeks, scholars discussed the debate is an experience I feel over Confederate monuments; the various problems with American history textbooks and their use in the everyone should have.” classroom; and historiography, the study of how history is written. To get a better appreciation for how history is presented, scholars toured the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati. T rough all of these endeavors, scholars gained a greater appreciation TJ Hensley for why history is perpetually relevant and how it can be used to address the challenges Kentucky faces today. Harlan High School

GSP-Morehead scholars explore the Appalachian Collection of Morehead State University’s library and browse regional archival documents.

16 FOCUS AREAS FOCUS AREAS 17 Historical Analysis Morehead State University Sandra Carpenter’s Focus Area class discussed International Relations historical and contemporary manifestos from U.S. social movements to glean an understanding of how individual Morehead State University Northern Kentucky University or group actors change the course of history. Some Frank Russell’s class began by establishing a theoretical In Ogechi Anyanwu’s Focus Area, scholars examined questions discussed in class included: What are the framework for understanding international relations. the role of multinational corporations (MNCs) in rhetorical tools of a manifesto? What is the political role Scholars read and discussed Mearsheimer’s T e Tragedy international relations. Scholars read texts in class that of the manifesto? How has the manifesto changed over of Great Power Politics, which presents an argument for helped them understand the origins, operations, and time? What does a 21st century manifesto look like? the theory of of ensive realism. T ey debated the merits impact of MNCs in developed and developing countries. With this knowledge, scholars participated in the of this model in comparison to others, and applied a T e class also spent time in groups researching and writing and curating of a collective manifesto ref ecting number of perspectives to analyze both the current identifying MNCs in dif erent regions of the world and their home communities. T ey also worked together to (2017) articulation of the U.S.’s National Security presenting their f ndings in class. T e projects focused on decide when and how the community manifesto was to Strategy and China’s ambitions in the South China Sea. the debate surrounding the positive or negative impact be distributed and displayed. T ese provided theoretical and programmatic contexts of selected MNCs operating outside the U.S. on their for an in-depth analysis of the U.S.’s policy with North host countries and the role of selected MNCs in shaping Northern Kentucky University Korea. Using the framework provided by the Council or reshaping politics and policies in the U.S. T ese on Foreign Relations’ Model Diplomacy exercise, the projects, coupled with the class readings, f eld trips, and Scholars in Steve Easley’s Focus Area partnered with scholars assumed roles of members of the National documentaries, of ered scholars a unique opportunity to the Kentucky Historical Society to examine how history Security Council to carefully research and develop a understand the connections between MNCs and cultural inf uences modern-day issues in Kentucky. Each group strategy for verif able denuclearization of North Korea. changes and exchanges, socioeconomic and political of scholars chose a signif cant contemporary challenge From diplomacy, they turned to the role of religions development and uncertainties, environmental issues, to our Commonwealth, researched the historical in international relations, with particular attention to and the problems and challenges facing our world. background of that topic, and wrote an action plan on connections among the Abrahamic religions and with how they would address that issue moving forward. some exploration of Eastern religions, particularly Bottom left: GSP-Morehead scholars visit the Furnace Scholars became skilled in contacting community Buddhism, which included a visit to Furnace Mountain Mountain Zen Center; bottom right: Scholars participate partners and managing the practical aspects of historical Zen Center in Clay City. in a practice meditation session inside the temple. research. During the f nal week of the program, scholars presented their conclusions and plans to the staf of the “This class gave me so Kentucky Historical Society on a wide range of topics, including political redistricting, education funding, state many opportunities to debt, and human traf cking. In addition to their projects, scholars read excerpts grow intellectually. It from James W. Loewen’s book Lies My Teacher Told Me. T roughout the f ve weeks, scholars discussed the debate is an experience I feel over Confederate monuments; the various problems with American history textbooks and their use in the everyone should have.” classroom; and historiography, the study of how history is written. To get a better appreciation for how history is presented, scholars toured the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati. T rough all of these endeavors, scholars gained a greater appreciation TJ Hensley for why history is perpetually relevant and how it can be used to address the challenges Kentucky faces today. Harlan High School

GSP-Morehead scholars explore the Appalachian Collection of Morehead State University’s library and browse regional archival documents.

16 FOCUS AREAS FOCUS AREAS 17 Journalism & Mass Media Healthcare Industry Murray State University Morehead State University Northern Kentucky University Bella Ezumah’s scholars explored the convergent Even though we are living in an age of medical Scholars in Stephen Buchholz’s class started the nature of journalism, a current trend that requires wonders—transplants, gene therapy, life-saving drugs, summer exploring the human body by working in small multiple skills and roles. First, they learned the basics and preventive strategies—our healthcare system groups to create “Bessie May,” a 5’7” female skeleton of journalistic practice including how news stories remains fantastically expensive, inef cient, bewildering, made of papier-mâché. Scholars used this information are selected, gathered, produced, disseminated, and and inequitable. Scholars in Jamie Hester’s Focus to inform their tour of a local prosectorium, the room received by an audience. T ey visited the WPSD Local6 Area dove into issues surrounding the current system, where autopsies are performed. T ese experiences television station to meet producers, writers, directors, considering the reasons that healthcare doesn’t work well contributed to the class’s creation of a def nition of what anchors and administrators. as an economic model. it means to be healthy and explored the rippling ef ects Putting all the information into practice, scholars T e class also considered the topic of sleep and how of a healthy society. Later, scholars played the roles of traversed Murray State University’s campus to cover a sleep is connected to health. Society’s apathy toward patient advocates on the transplant list and presented mock crime scene investigation and court trial events sleep has, in part, been caused by the historic failure of their cases to a mock transplant board. led by the Forensic Science and Political & Legal Issues science to explain why we need it. Sleep remains one of T roughout the summer, scholars explored the role classes. To further put their journalism skills to practice, the last great biological mysteries, so scholars explored of dif erent entities and career paths in healthcare scholars produced a six-minute newscast on their mock the topics of caf eine, jet lag, melatonin, sleep disorders, through site visits to the Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, crime investigation and a forty-page magazine that and even death caused by sleep. T e class then designed OH; Passport Health Plan in Louisville, KY; and St. captured the highlights of the GSP-Murray community. and carried out their own sleep study in which scholars Elizabeth Hospice in Edgewood, KY. Scholars then Northern Kentucky University stayed awake throughout the night and performed learned the basic clinical skills of suturing, laproscopy, physical and mental tests at regular intervals to measure and injection through a presentation and hands-on at T rough discussions, f eld trips, and hands-on training, Cara Owsley, Amy Wilson, Phil Didion, and Scott their decline in capabilities due to sleep deprivation. North Central Area Health Education Center. James Kenney’s scholars studied various storytelling Wartman talked about their roles at the newspaper, and methods in journalism and broadcasting. Scholars f rst they presented their Pulitzer Prize-winning long-form learned to use their own DSLR cameras and practiced multimedia project about the heroine epidemic in Ohio. with cameras generously provided by Canon. T ey also To gain practical experience, scholars wrote a prof le learned how to write stories in journalism form. story on a fellow scholar or a GSP-NKU staf /faculty Murray State University Guest speaker Kareem Elgazzar, a Cincinnati member. In addition, scholars documented several major Enquirer photographer, took scholars through a typical events, including a Florence Freedom baseball game; the Cindy Brainard’s scholars began the summer by looking back at day of a journalist, which can include photography, Kenton County Fair; and the Kids, Cultures, Critters, the inception and progression of all aspects of our current U.S. writing, or videography. Cincinnati Enquirer journalists and Crafts Festival at the Cincinnati Zoo. healthcare system. Scholars studied and analyzed the history of hospitals, medical training and education, insurance company paradigm shifts, and the onset of technological and biological breakthroughs. Using the book An American Sickness by Elisabeth Rosenthal, scholars used historical and anecdotal summaries to engage in this study. T e healthcare class experienced hands-on exposure to the Top right: GSP-NKU scholars healthcare f eld at Vanderbilt University Medical School by photograph the greased pig rotating through the simulation labs for birthing, laparoscopy, contest at the Kenton County and CPR resuscitation. T e class also explored the limitations of Fair. Bottom right: GSP-NKU human survival in extreme environments including accounts of scholars join meteorologist arctic, jungle, and deep-sea exploration. Sherry Hughes on the weather T e class then visited Vanderbilt Medical School and spoke set in the studios of WCPO with admissions counselors about the program at the university. Channel 9 in Cincinnati. T ey spent an afternoon in the simulation lab performing several dif erent medical procedures on dummy patients. T e Murray Calloway County hospital also hosted the scholars for an GSP-Murray scholars rotate through Vanderbilt afternoon in the areas of radiology, surgery, and emergency care. Medical School’s birthing simulation lab.

FOCUS AREAS 15 Forensic Science (continued) Modes of Mathematical Thinking Morehead State University Murray State University Northern Kentucky University To understand the ways that people use math to Michael Starling’s Focus Area experienced “hands-on” Jim Seaver’s class explored the shadowy underworld make decisions, Austin Starks’s scholars were tasked learning from the very f rst class day: T ey began their of art and archival theft, antiquities smuggling, jewel with becoming logicians. T e class tackled multiple class by striking a pork shoulder with a blunt weapon to heists, counterfeit goods, and other high-value property logic puzzles that allowed them to create pathways analyze the blood spatter projections created. Scholars crimes. In doing so, they rejected the popular depictions for discovery. As their logic skills improved, scholars continued their investigation by analyzing f nger and of this illegal activity, and the investigation of it, that partnered with the Forensic Science Focus Area to lip prints of themselves and other scholars, and they commonly appear in movies and on television. Scholars create two “breakout rooms” for the GSP-Morehead practiced identifying unknown prints by identifying embraced the challenge of thinking and working like community to enjoy. Scholars had to create logistical ridge characteristics and comparing them to a scholar- law enforcement personnel and museum security staf plans with no logical f aws. Many groups were able to created database. Additionally, scholars went through by developing their theft prevention and crime scene break out in the allotted thirty-minute time interval, the autopsy process using fetal pigs. In groups, scholars investigation skills. T ey did so through hands-on while several groups were stumped. removed, measured, and weighed the organs of each pig activities and participation in two elaborate art heist Scholars also considered how we use numbers to and then sewed the organs back inside to prepare the simulations that spanned much of Northern Kentucky inf uence our own decisions and those of others. After body for a proper funeral and burial. University’s campus. observing scholar movement across campus, the class Roy Dunaway, former Nashville Murder Squad Field trips included visits to the Cincinnati Art decided to see if they could inf uence scholars’ paths member and current captain of the Murray State Museum, the Kentucky State Police’s Central Forensic by providing false statistics. T ey encouraged others to Police Department, discussed with scholars how he Laboratory in Frankfort, and the Headley-Whitney take a route across campus that was “f fty-seven seconds collaborated with CSI members to solve crimes in Museum in Lexington. Scholars also had opportunities faster.” T e class saw a 482% increase in the number Nashville. T is talk set the stage for the collaboration to speak with a number of professionals whose daily of scholars taking the “fastest route.” After presenting between the Forensic Science and Political & Legal work intersected with their course themes, including their f ndings to the community, scholars encouraged A GSP-Murray scholar takes a simulated walk on the Issues class that resulted in the creation of a mock crime a rare books librarian, a museum curator, a forensic everyone to research and always question statistics in our Earth’s moon at Adventure Science Center. scene and a full mock trial. anthropologist, a toxicologist, and an FBI agent. information-laden world.

“This class used math in ways I have never thought about and changed my way of thinking for the future.”

Murray State University Hunter Groves Eastern High School Jason Dooley’s scholars practiced problem solving in a variety of settings ranging from traditional mathematical proofs and robotics to machine learning and games of Problems, including the p/np problem and the Reimann skill and chance. T e course focused on game theory and Hypothesis, to learn about some of the important open probability, and scholars learned how mathematicians questions facing mathematicians today. and computer scientists use game theory to teach During a trip to the Adventure Science Museum in computers to play games such as chess and poker. Nashville, scholars also designed and constructed scale Scholars applied the rules of probability to minimize models of roller coasters and programmed robots to variance in games of chance and worked to optimize perform simple tasks with object-based programming GSP-NKU scholars visit Northern Kentucky University’s anthropology lab to study forensic anthropology techniques. strategies for various games using what they had learned. tools. T e museum of ered an interdisciplinary approach Using real human bones, they learn how to estimate a person’s sex, age, and possible cause of death. Scholars also explored the history of mathematics, to science and math, and scholars heard presentations including Euclid’s proof that there are inf nite prime on physics and astronomy and explored simulations of numbers and its implications for the modern f eld of an astronaut’s walk on the moon, the human circulatory cryptography. T ey considered some of the Millennium system, and a hydroelectric power plant.

14 FOCUS AREAS FOCUS AREAS 19 Music Theory & Performance Film Studies Morehead State University Morehead State University Northern Kentucky University Chris Wheeler’s scholars embraced the imperfections T e class also took on new concepts in music theory: In Jason Meenach’s Focus Area, scholars learned about Scholars in Ian Frank’s class explored the many facets of living a musical life. T ey were assigned to be peer T ey wrote their own Gregorian chant in authentic the basics of framing and composition and the art of of cinematic storytelling that are unique to f lm. T ey teachers to explore the dif culties of teaching to people notation and produced two folk songs about the culture storytelling through f lm. After learning how to use asked why a movie might be the best way to tell a with dif erent experience levels and musical dialects. of the GSP-Morehead community. A large portion of Adobe Premiere’s editing software, scholars went into particular story rather than a novel, play, or radio drama. T ey also challenged themselves to arrange new and old class time was spent in rehearsal and practice to learn a production on a variety of group projects: a music video, Additionally, the class used Goethe’s guidelines for music for a variety of instruments and voices. Scholars variety of musical styles that would be presented in a live an original ten-minute f lm, and a 24-hour f lm festival. critiquing art to expand and deepen their own response received a master class in vocal technique from a visiting performance for the local community. T e entire set list Along the way scholars encountered various challenges to movies they had seen. In class, scholars watched and performer from T e Stephen Foster Story to help them was arranged by the class as a whole and is preserved on that prompted them to raise questions about how to discussed f lms such as Pleasantville and T e Searchers to discover their own voice and how to be comfortable a CD, along with other ensemble numbers, as a way to optimize f lm graphics and sound quality and how to see how f lm technique can fundamentally strengthen with whatever comes out. experience the arduous recording process. make special ef ects. A group of scholars even built and thematic messages. Scholars also engaged with f lm’s used their own green screen! unique ability to transport audiences around the world by watching T e Red Balloon from France, Yojimbo from Japan, and Run Lola Run from Germany. All three movies informed scholars as they created their own f lm projects. In one project, scholars recreated shot-for-shot moments from iconic f lms such as Strangers on a Train, Grease, and T e Shining; in another project, scholars pulled inspiration from the wordless f lm Samsara and adapted a live performance piece created by scholars in the Dramatic Expression class into a short f lm. At the WLEX-18 Studio, GSP-Morehead scholars learn that delivering a weather forecast isn’t as easy as the professionals make it look.

GSP-Murray scholars perform several patriotic numbers during the city of Murray’s Fourth of July concert. Forensic Science Murray State University Morehead State University “Life throws Tana Field’s scholars explored their unique musical In Claire Polston’s class, scholars examined what it you challenges that strengths and backgrounds while collaborating to means to be a forensic scientist. Discussions began explore the communicative and storytelling possibilities “This class taught around the popularity of “true-crime” television and the you could never expect. of music. T ey engaged with a professional storyteller to reasons behind the rising interest in forensic science. learn about performance techniques, using one’s entire me that music can Scholars then learned how the world of forensic science Forensic Science has body as an instrument, and crafting a story. T e class cross boundaries that is vastly dif erent than what the media portrays. pushed me to problem also toured a local theater, where they examined the T e class visited Eastern Kentucky University’s logistics and challenges of live performance. voices sometimes fail to. Forensic Science and Criminal Justice programs, where solve in every aspect As their large-scale f nal project, scholars created their I learned to own they saw the potential pathways to a career in the f eld. of my life.” own musical from scratch, collaborating to select the T ey were introduced to the process of f ngerprint theme, arrange the music, and write the script. T ey my sound and identif cation, a study they continued once back on staged and performed the musical for the entire GSP Morehead State University’s campus. Scholars also community during the last days of the program. imperfections.” investigated other physical evidence, including human and animal hair samples and soil from their hometowns. Mia Pardieu T is evidence led the scholars to conclusions about the Ainsley Gordon Thomas Nelson High School dif erences in hair between themselves and their pets, as Bullitt East High School well as the creation of a soil prof le for Kentucky. 20 FOCUS AREAS FOCUS AREAS 13 Engineering Philosophy Northern Kentucky University Murray State University Denise Owens’s and Jeremy White’s scholars John Wilcox’s scholars explored dif erent philosophical investigated the role of engineering in today’s society, answers to questions about the nature of reality, and the class took various f eld trips and participated in knowledge, and how to live a meaningful life. Beginning activities designed to help examine that role. T ey visited with the arguments of Rene Descartes, scholars came William Harsha Lake Dam, where they participated to understand the deeper meaning of the famous quote in a real-world engineering design project with civil from Descartes, “I think, therefore I am,” by which engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. On Descartes argues the mind is a substance separate from “The diverse another trip they toured Toyota Motor Manufacturing the body, and that the knowledge of self-identity derives Kentucky (TMMK) in Georgetown and visited from thinking. Scholars noted that Descartes rejects backgrounds Georgetown College. While at Georgetown College, the common-sense belief that knowledge begins from scholars participated in an engineering problem-solving our sense perceptions of physical objects and our varied and opinions activity that was supervised by a team of engineers encounters with other people. T e class noted also that from TMMK. Other f eld trip sites included the Duke Descartes’ concept of self-identity implies a strong sense of my fellow Energy Envision Center, the East Kentucky Power of individualism in relationship to community or society. Cooperative, and Lexmark of Kentucky. Additionally, Later in the summer, Wilcox and his scholars joined scholars the scholars visited the University of Louisville J.B. the Creative Writing & Literary Studies Focus Area Speed School of Engineering and the University of to consider how the concept of self-identity relates to provided fresh Kentucky College of Engineering. one’s personal narrative. T e collaboration between the two classes included a f eld trip to an abandoned perspectives on and restored chapel in the Land Between the Lakes. : GSP-NKU scholars tour the grounds of a power Top right In small groups the scholars discussed Emily Esfahani age-old topics plant operated by the East Kentucky Power Cooperative; Smith’s book T e Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life that : GSP-NKU Scholars participate in an and allowed me bottom right Matters and a short story by Kentucky author Bobbie engineering activity with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Ann Mason, “Shiloh.” T ese texts opened the class the freedom to conversation to other philosophical issues, such as the existence of free will and the soul. think deeply and Northern Kentucky University form my own Scholars in Lisa Hicks’s Focus Area concentrated on opinions.” the theme of the open future. Each week focused on a “The knowledge and experience I have gained during dif erent topic—metaphysics and epistemology, logic, aesthetics, ethics, and existentialism—and, in discussion the past fi ve weeks in the Engineering Focus Area at the end of each week, scholars contemplated the ways that thinkers on each topic viewed the future as either have impacted my future more than I could have ever open or closed. Scholars read classic and modern texts, Claire Harmon including excerpts from Nietzsche, Aristotle, Montaigne, imagined. I have found my calling.” Alexander Nehamas, and DK’s T e Philosophy Book: Big Marshall County High School Ideas Simply Explained. T ey also considered a number of selections from a book of intuition-testing quizzes called Do You T ink What You T ink You T ink?. T e class was heavily discussion based, and scholar- directed conversations covered ideas from Greek philosophy through present-day topics. For their f nal John Hendricks project, the class designed a philosophically-oriented Logan County High School scavenger hunt to encourage fellow students to think about the open future.

12 FOCUS AREAS FOCUS AREAS 21 Physical Science Dramatic Expression Morehead State University Will Garcia’s scholars traveled through time from the beginning of human innovation to the quantum realm. Beginning in the Stone Age, scholars recreated ancient tools and simple machines. Scholars also made their own woven rope and tested its strength by successfully pulling a car loaded with GSP staf . Using their knowledge of friction, scholars then tried to create f re without matches. As the class traveled forward in time, they created pottery and studied the physical and chemical reactions that take place during the f ring process. Together they created their own kilns using sawdust and wood to f re their pottery without using modern technology. Above: GSP-NKU scholars participate in their daily physical and vocal warm-up exercises on stage. Next, using the same method that ancient Greek Below: A GSP-Murray scholar performs a scenes from Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap. mathematician Eratosthenes used, scholars measured the circumference of the Earth by only using the shadow Murray State University cast by the sun. T e class ended their journey through time Scholars in Jacqueline Kohl-Hamilton’s class staged by exploring time itself. Using the same thought two productions for the GSP-Murray community: the experiments that led Einstein to special relativity, A GSP-Morehead scholar pulls a car with a world’s longest-running stage play, T e Mousetrap by scholars developed a deeper understanding of modern handwoven rope to test the class’s ability to create Agatha Christie; and a 30-minute version of Oliver physics and explored the quantum realm. simple tools and overcome frictional forces. Twist. Scholar-directors cast the play and developed costumes and props. Vocal and movement coaching lessons emphasized “being,” not “acting,” and featured lessons on expressiveness, pacing, and timing. T e Oliver Twist production was shared outside of the GSP- “In this class, all different types of people came Murray community, including performances at the Murray Calloway County Senior Citizen Center and together to create wonderful things.” the Calloway County Public Library. Scholars also heard from guest speakers who nurtured their creative impulses. T ey took a tour at Market Street T eatre in Paducah; attended a Shakespeare seminar with Dr. Barbara Cobb, creator of Lyndsie Bartley Shakespeare in the Schools in Western Kentucky; took Pikeville High School part in a voice and body exercise seminar with speaker Murray State University and coach Robert Valentine; and participated in a Q&A session about the life of Charles Edward Hall, the Harsh Upadhyay’s class was designed around a central to make the existing design work using the previous longest-running Broadway actor in one role. theme: make collaboration instinctive. During the f ve class’s written plans. T ose lessons led the scholars to weeks of the program, scholars learned the essentials for collaborate on creating a GSP-themed Rube Goldberg Northern Kentucky University good collaboration, such as ef cient communication and invention on a larger scale. T e process began with a Emily Tate Frank’s scholars tackled a range of be used in their own writing and speeches to make appropriate use of available resources. planning committee that documented ideas on paper challenges: how to express themselves, how to bring them more dynamic and compelling. T e scholars then As a part of their legacy, last summer’s Physical and assigned class members to sub-committees in text to life, and how to stretch the boundaries of their worked in groups to craft original scripts inspired by a Science class left an original Rube Goldberg design charge of topics such as robotics and carpentry. After creative potential. With the help of Marina Calderone’s piece of music and collaborated with the Film Studies for this year’s scholars to execute; in an introduction to a few weeks of troubleshooting, scholars were able to Actions: T e Actors’ T esaurus, the class learned the scholars to record the pieces. T is activity kicked of collaboration in the f rst week, this year’s scholars had execute their plan successfully. technique of “actioning” a text and practiced it with discussions about dif erent adaptations of text and monologues. T ey also saw how this technique could stories and the process of collaboration. 22 FOCUS AREAS FOCUS AREAS 11 Cultural Anthropology Political & Legal Issues Morehead State University Morehead State University Murray State University Ethan Morris challenged his scholars to ref ect on how Kim Reeder’s Focus Area explored the Bill of Rights Joey Budd’s scholars learned rules of law pertaining to their own cultures shape their opinion of other cultures. in the U.S. Constitution and began to understand the individual rights under the Constitution in the Bill of Scholars examined their pasts, connecting their specif c practical implications of interpreting and applying those Rights, specif cally learning legal def nitions of search political, social, and religious beliefs to the inf uence of provisions. T e class read portions of Bryan Stevenson’s and seizure, self-incrimination, and procedural law. T ey their families, hometowns, or personal experiences. T ey Just Mercy to develop an understanding of how embarked on a two-week, campus-wide investigation also sought to imagine what it might have been like to constitutional protections may be impacted by factors of a mock crime with the help of the Forensic Science make decisions in the past. Scholars believed that given such as race, age, and socioeconomic status. T ey also Focus Area scholars, conducting interviews and the chance to “re-live” the past, they could easily resolve watched portions of a Franklin County trial conducted interrogations of potential witnesses and suspects. T e the past’s problems. T ey were soon proven wrong. in May 2018 to identify how constitutional provisions scholars were given roles to act out in a mock trial of the For their f rst activity, scholars pulled wagons over af ect the process of selecting a jury, introducing accused suspect on the last day of class, including the a section of the Appalachian Trail to simulate the evidence during a trial, and sentencing. Scholars roles of prosecuting attorneys, defense attorneys, and dif culties experienced by the f rst settlers to cross the were able to further develop their understanding of detectives. T e scholars used their knowledge to attempt mountains into Kentucky. In a discussion that followed, constitutional protections by meeting with Franklin to prove or defend beyond a reasonable doubt the guilt scholars debated whether or not they earned the right County Circuit Judges Phillip Shepherd and T omas or innocence of the defendant. to settle Kentucky or stole the land from the Shawnee Wingate and touring the Rowan County Detention inhabitants. After “settling” the state, scholars attempted GSP-Murray scholars closely examine a water sample Center. Finally, by attending the Morehead T eatre Bottom left: A GSP-Murray scholar identifi es and marks to write a constitution but struggled to establish an from Kentucky Lake to consider its cleanliness. Guild’s production of T e Crucible, the class was able to executive leader that was not too weak or too powerful. contrast the due process rights in the U.S. Constitution evidence at the mock crime scene; bottom right: scholars By the last week, scholars admitted they had not solved with a system where such rights did not exist. attempt to “connect” suspects and witnesses. any of the past’s problems but had gained a more Murray State University complex perspective of the past—a perspective that Irene Bozio’s class considered what it means to made them more humble, observant, and appreciative of be a global citizen and how to focus on living a other people, time periods, and cultures. sustainable life. First, scholars identif ed the three GSP-Morehead scholars pull wagons around Morehead’s critical components to recycling: cost, convenience, and Eagle Lake in an attempt to recreate the diffi culties contamination. With their increased understanding experienced by Kentucky’s fi rst European settlers. of the hazards of plastic bottles, scholars launched a campus-wide collection of plastic bottles and cardboard. Feeling that recycling bottles was not enough, scholars embraced the concept of reuse and designed and promoted the sale of reusable bottles and cof ee mugs. T anks to the ef orts of the city of Murray’s water treatment plant, scholars were surprised to learn that drinking water is often purer than what is found in a bottle. Scholars learned about career options and witnessed the application of chemistry and biology in transforming waste water into clear water before Northern Kentucky University entering the river system. At Logan Aluminum in Ellen Mitchell’s Focus Area rejected the single story of ground, and identifying personal bias. Russellville, scholars viewed the process of converting bipartisanship by developing a cooperative leadership T roughout the summer, Mitchell’s class met with recycled aluminum cans into rolls of aluminum that will approach to conf ict resolution based on emotional several speakers, including Kentucky Attorney General be used in making new cans. T e class learned about intelligence. Scholars learned to identify underlying Andy Beshear, District Court Judge Charles W. Hardin, the strides that the company takes to be green and not interests and address taboos using selected excerpts from and award-winning student activist Omar Salinas produce any waste. Daniel Shapiro’s Negotiating the Nonnegotiable: How to Chacón. Inspired by the Kentucky United Nations Having gained greater understanding and new Resolve Your Most Emotionally Charged Conf icts. T rough Assembly and the National Model United Nations, the perspectives on sustainability throughout the summer, this work, scholars honed their skills in constructive class also planned, staged, and completed a student-led scholars developed a marketing plan for increasing discourse, diplomacy, self-awareness, f nding common conf ict resolution simulation as their capstone project. awareness of recycling and reuse within their schools.

10 FOCUS AREAS FOCUS AREAS 23 Psychology & Behavioral Studies Creative Writing & Literary Studies Morehead State University Morehead State University Murray State University Jacki Day’s scholars compared the concepts of morality, In Jay Crocker’s class, scholars examined the life cycle Scholars in Ron Reed’s class enjoyed the freedom to empathy, and compassion. T rough a review of literature “I never thought about through its dif erent stages: creation/birth, childhood, write about events they knew well and placed themselves and media, the class established an accepted def nition the people I see in my adolescence, adulthood, and death/destruction. During as third-person characters within those settings. Using for each concept. T ey examined the stages of moral class, scholars explored texts and activities associated art as a background, they turned their visions into development and the impact of empathy on morality community each day until with the stage of the week and then created their creative pieces. Visiting varied environments, the class and compassion, then they identif ed the anatomical and own stories based loosely on that theme. Outside the read stories from Kentucky authors Gurney Norman neurochemical processes related to these three major I took this class. I want to classroom walls, scholars uncovered these themes in and Bobbie Ann Mason as well as selected cantos from concepts. With their newly acquired knowledge, scholars know their stories. And I some unexpected places. During the week studying Dante’s Divine Comedy. Reading excerpts from Emily were challenged to propose strategies for increasing adolescence, for example, scholars attended a production Esfahani Smith’s T e Power of Meaning: Crafting a kindness and compassion in the world. want to be a positive of T e Crucible where they studied perceptions of Life that Matters, they discussed with members of the Later in the summer, scholars visited the Little adolescence in literature. During the week on adulthood, Philosophy Focus Area the signif cance of belonging, Sandy Correctional Complex where they received a force for change in my scholars visited the American Printing House for the purpose, storytelling, and transcendence. tour of the premises and participated in a question community every day.” Blind in Louisville to study how books are created for and answer session with representatives from the people with visual impairments and the technology Northern Kentucky University facility’s major programs and departments. T ey were behind new publishing methods for all readers. introduced to an evidence-based practice called Moral Frank Ward’s class explored two genres: poetry and Finally, during the week on death and destruction, Reconation T erapy (MRT), which is used in prison- narrative. Exercises to increase sensory awareness scholars studied endings, closure, and the concept of based therapeutic communities. T e president and included “blindfold” writing, earliest memory image f nality in literature. Scholars wrote pieces on these program administrator of MRT then joined the class to development, and prose-to-poetry editing approaches. Kaleyn Thompson concepts as they experienced the emotions associated give scholars the opportunity to experience some of the T e class also collaborated with members of the Visual Bracken County High School with the f nal days of classes and fellowship on campus. components of an MRT session. Arts Focus Area to create illustrated poetry for campus- wide readings at the Community Arts Program. Murray State University Northern Kentucky University To practice narrative development, scholars created individual short stories for publication in an end- Raven Mineo’s class focused on neuroplasticity, the idea Jodi Treadway’s class examined the concepts of of-program anthology. T e scholars participated in that the brain is capable of great change and growth inf uence, persuasion, and manipulation. Scholars f rst two f eld trips to enhance their narratives: one to the depending on factors such as environment, stimulation, learned about the two types of inf uence, normative Cincinnati Art Museum to examine art works that and mental acuity exercises. Scholars participated in and informational. T ey then examined the cognitive would be suggestive of possible narrative components, such exercises and recorded, interpreted, and displayed processes of inf uence, including the central and including setting and plot construction; and a second their f ndings. T ey also discussed case studies involving peripheral routes to persuasion. Using advertising, news, to Fountain Square in Cincinnati to participate in a neurological disorders and neuroplasticity. T ese social media, and personal anecdotes, scholars saw GSP-NKU scholars participate in “blindfold” writing to “people watching” activity to support their development discussions led to an exploration of the ethical questions how the principles of persuasion af ect us every day in focus on sounds and non-visual sensations. of characterization. involved in clinical and experimental psychology, and hundreds of ways. scholars researched the history of the f eld and the After learning the basics of persuasion, scholars advent of governing bodies and ethical committees. then examined how social media can be manipulated Adriane Hardin-Davis challenged her scholars with for personal or political agendas, using the insider the question, “How are Kentucky communities impacted information contained in Ryan Holiday’s book, Trust by trauma?” T e class used this question to guide their Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator. explorations of post-traumatic stress syndrome, domestic Using their new knowledge, scholars designed a viral violence, and the foster care system. An examination of marketing campaign to benef t the Governor’s Scholars trauma-informed policy and trauma-informed care led Program itself, leveraging the program’s social media the scholars to explore positive community engagement. presence to increase donations and ensure its protection T e scholars designed and ran a Family Fun Fair for from future budget cuts. T is included the use of such residents of Merryman House, a domestic violence platforms as Snapchat, Patreon, YouTube, Instagram and shelter in Paducah. Scholars also traveled to T istle Twitter, as well as encouraging celebrity endorsements. Farms, a residential substance abuse treatment facility in Finally, scholars scripted an emotionally persuasive Nashville where residents make body care products and advertisement to dovetail with the viral campaign. work in an on-site cafe to fund the recovery facility.

24 FOCUS AREAS FOCUS AREAS 9 Communication & Social Theory Spanish Language & Culture Morehead State University Morehead State University Murray State University How is a public health campaign essentially a marketing Scholars in Clint Hendrix’s class began the summer Jef O’Field’s scholars explored the deep connections, campaign? Scholars in Cher Reynolds’s class chose to reading “Tell Me How It Ends,” Valeria Luiselli’s essay convergences, and divergences between Cuba and Puerto address common public health problems with public tracing the plight of recent Central American child Rico—two islands that were imagined as “two wings of immigrants. Having learned the historical background of the same bird” by Lola Rodríguez de Tió in her 1893 awareness campaigns utilizing posters, brochures, and th st public service announcements. Students researched their the migration trends of the 20 and early 21 centuries poem, “A Cuba.” To facilitate discussions on Cuban chosen health problems and created media utilizing in the U.S., scholars chose the topic of detaining and Puerto Rican culture and identity, scholars read graphic design and video editing software. families and children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border historical f ction, memoirs, and experimental theater T e class then examined a handful of crisis as the focus of their Spanish conversation sessions. pieces; listened to music; and watched f lm selections. communication case studies to analyze the various Additional topics of investigation included experiences T ese challenged scholars to approach cultural identities ways that organizations attempt to repair their public of “Dreamers” and the ongoing debate about DACA. as multifaceted realities that eschew simple analyses. image once it has been tarnished or damaged. Scholars Scholars further developed their conversational During trips throughout the local area and to Nashville, broke into groups and created crises for other groups Spanish skills through grammar lessons and improved scholars met Spanish-speaking residents and community to respond to with press statements. Statements were their cultural competency through the analysis of leaders who represented f elds such as education, law, delivered in front of a “press pool” composed of scholars Hispanic-American street artists and muralists. After business, healthcare, social work, and architecture. who then asked dif cult questions in pursuit of the a visit to the Cincinnati Art Museum, scholars took Destinations such as Casa Azafrán Community Center, truth. Continuing their exploration of the press and a walking mural tour of downtown Lexington and the Hispanic Family Foundation, the Frist Art Museum, public communication, scholars toured the Louisville were encouraged to contrast the more institutionalized and the historic Belcourt T eatre helped scholars Public Media of ce, where three dif erent public radio Hispanic art of private spaces to public art’s impact on experience the benef ts of collaborative community stations are housed. Several public radio professionals the urban landscape during. ef orts supported by leaders from diverse backgrounds. held a question and answer session to describe the GSP-Morehead scholars use goggles that simulate visual challenges and rewards associated with their positions. impairments at the American Printing House for the Blind. Northern Kentucky University Visual Arts Tim Phelps’s class focused on honing the core Morehead State University “This class communication skills found in all ef ective civic and Jacqueline Bryan’s class strengthened their observation economic leaders. Scholars practiced debates and and design skills through the use of a variety of media offered me an impromptu speeches, persuaded various audiences and the study of several diverse subjects. Scholars began and argued points opposite their actual beliefs, and by expressing thoughts through simple sketches that intellectual learned the dif culties of communicating through only their peers interpreted. Scholars then studied traditional nonverbal means during a day of silence. From these oasis to share methods of proportion and perspective to learn how exercises, scholars learned how to discuss dif cult issues to accurately represent space as well as manipulate the with others using productive and civil methods. my opinions and representation to apply meaning. T e class’s artwork Scholars then researched the positive aspects and ref ected individual experiences: Each scholar began listen to potential dangers of our tendency to form social by creating a work ref ective of their f rst impression of groups—how the echo chambers we inhabit often lead GSP-Morehead and culminated in a personal ref ection Scratchboard etchings force GSP-NKU scholars to work the opinions to a lack of challenges to our opinions, and how we of growth that inspired a self-portrait. “subtractively,” removing the black to create white. might recognize social group pitfalls in ourselves to of others.” ensure we are constantly seeking diversity of thought. Northern Kentucky University Using ideas from Neil Postman’s book Amusing Matt Curless challenged his scholars to looking at In addition to class discussions, scholars created Ourselves to Death as a framework, scholars spent the artwork from a dif erent perspective than they normally work independently, including self-portraits, etchings, last part of GSP investigating the ways visual media, use. At the Cincinnati Art Museum, for example, paintings, and computer graphics work. T e summer such as advertisements and political signage, attempt to scholars considered: Should a piece of art be able to began with a very structured drawing using a grid manipulate us to agree with a message or buy a product. Gracie Avery stand alone without any additional information? Should technique and progressed into more creative, original Scholars studied the impact of intentional design Bethlehem High School art be left to interpretation, or is it important to include work. T e summer concluded with a public exhibition of choices, such as colors, layouts, and fonts, to of er their the artist’s background and intent? the class’s projects. audiences a “ticket” into a social group. 8 FOCUS AREAS FOCUS AREAS 25 Business, Accounting, & Entrepreneurship GENERAL STUDIES Morehead State University Murray State University Derrick Staton introduced the R. J. Corman Business, Led by Melony Shemberger, scholars concentrated Accounting, and Entrepreneurship Focus Area to on social entrepreneurship as an approach to applying General Studies classes emphasize creative thinking, problem solving, service the ethical and moral obligations of an innovator and innovative, prof table methods to eradicate or minimize learning, and civic engagement. Scholars are assigned to a General Studies entrepreneur. Scholars began the course by focusing on societal issues or problems. T e class participated in class that takes a learning approach that is counter to their Focus Area class. the writings of Wendell Berry and applying his theories a culminating project that allowed them to work in concerning dif erent economies, communities, and entrepreneurial teams and create a business plan to This policy is based on the philosophy that to be true scholars, scientists should values to business. T e class then met and discussed at tackle an identif ed need or problem. T ey designed their appreciate the humanities and humanists should understand the importance of length the current economic climate with Mr. Berry. plans on posters that were presented to Murray State science and technology in our world today. From this, scholars began creating their own startup University administrators and community members. businesses and business plans focusing on economic Scholars also joined the Cultural Anthropology class The following is a small sample of the General Studies classes offered in 2018. development in their home communities. T rough this on a visit to Logan County Aluminum Recycling, which experience, scholars discussed dif erent classif cations is the largest employer in the county, and met with plant of businesses, marketing, pricing, ethics, etiquette, of cials. T ey toured the plant and observed portions Coming to Our Senses and customer service. T ey also met with various of the aluminum recycling process. In addition, the economic and political leaders from throughout the class traveled to downtown Murray for lessons on the Northern Kentucky University Commonwealth and discussed problems and solutions resurgence of downtown districts and spoke with city Using Leonardo da Vinci’s quote “T e f ve senses are the facing the local business community. of cials on how local policies af ect businesses. ministers of the soul” as a foundation, James Kenney’s class considered the scientif c and psychological aspects of the senses and how scholars might be taking theirs Northern Kentucky University for granted. Annie Wells, a Deaf instructor at NKU, Scott Takacs’s class extensively discussed starting a small business, including new product development, product taught the scholars about Deaf culture and American testing, and f nancing options. Scholars explored the stock market as an investment option and the relative merits Sign Language. Scholars then used ASL to sign a story of index funds compared to other investments. T ey also considered other investment opportunities, including real they created. Gerry Slusher and Steve Ogletree, who are estate, precious metals, and cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin, along with the relative advantages of each method. both blind, taught scholars basic braille language skills. T roughout the summer, Takacs and his scholars explored the Commonwealth to tour local, successful businesses. Scholars then visited the Cincinnati Association of the Scholars visited the United States Playing Card Company, where they saw how playing cards are manufactured and Blind and participated in a blind/touch art experience at engaged in interactive market research on new types of card games. T ey also visited Brown-Forman and spoke to a the Cincinnati Art Museum. T e class also researched variety of employees there, from CFO Jane Morreau to a panel of interns. animal senses before visiting the Newport Aquarium, explored body language in police interrogation, learned Morse code and amateur radio skills, and learned to play GSP-NKU scholars visit Skool Aid in Covington to play wheelchair basketball with Jake Counts from Skool Aid, wheelchair basketball and perform a physical activity that a local community center. engages their abilities and senses in a different way. United We Stand, Divided We Fall? GSP-Murray scholars meet Morehead State University with Murray Mayor Derrick Staton introduced his class to the vexing Scholars also visited Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill Jack Rose to discuss how idea of utopias. Scholars explored and questioned and discussed the equality that this group produced and local policy can affect what characteristics of a society spur a segment of the compared it with the inequalities faced in our society business development. population to feel the need to branch of from the rest today. T e class was forced to confront uncomfortable of society in order to form a perfect world. T e class realities about the present-day United States and debated the fundamental f aws and values of the United the future. Finally, in small groups, scholars created a States to try and create a utopia out of what they most futuristic utopia with their own rules, power structure, revered and most deplored. and technological innovations (or lack thereof ).

26 GOVERNOR’S SCHOLARS PROGRAM FOCUS AREAS 7 Biological & Environmental Issues The Placebo Affect Unnatural Disasters Northern Kentucky University Murray State University Morehead State University Why do some combinations of sounds give us an Jef O’Field’s scholars analyzed natural disasters such Greg Jacobelli’s class surveyed the diverse topic of emotional reaction and some do not? How can as f oods, earthquakes, and hurricanes with the goal of health. Scholars discussed how human health, habitat music equally af ect people who do and don’t have an evaluating local, national, and international responses health, planetary health, and universal health are all education in music? Are there any patterns to creating to them. T eir central case revolved around responses interconnected and reliant on one another. music that could “guarantee” a popular song? to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico during the 2017 First, the class considered factors that af ect human Tim Phelps’s scholars explored the ef ects of hurricane season. In particular, O’Field and his scholars health, including dietary choices, agricultural practices, music and sound on the brain. T e class investigated studied the aftermath of several natural disasters to and the ways that society af ects our choices and how music, which is only a sequence of vibrations in identify how the people and communities af ected were decisions. Scholars then traveled to the Morgan County the air, can create an af ective connection with our able to thrive once again. Tree Nursery and, with the help of Scott Freidhof emotions. T ey combined research skills and creativity Scholars drew on several disciplines to assess from the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife, by analyzing the top 100 songs from the past ten years, how these devastating events have unfolded and participated in cross breeding the American Chestnut distilling that data into musical formulas, and then used what knowledge we need to deal with future natural in an attempt to bring it back from North American those formulas to create, perform, and produce three disasters. Scholar-led discussions raised themes of extinction. Scholars continued to explore environmental songs that represent current popular music. crisis management, solidarity, and equity. T is prepared health during hikes to Natural Bridge, Cave Run Dam, T rough an exploration of the history of musical scholars to visit Paducah, where they explored the Minor E. Clark Fish Hatchery, and Berea College’s genres, the study of the elements of music today, and the downtown area while mapping prominent landmarks. Ecovillage. At each stop, scholars looked at the geologic research of our brains on music, scholars learned about While mapping landmarks, they assessed the availability processes on display in Kentucky, explored some of the why music has such a lasting inf uence on our world. and access to resources needed in emergency situations. ways we attempt to control nature, and identif ed how we are also repairing some of the damage we have done to the environment. Autarchic Northern Kentucky University GSP-Morehead scholars visit Cave Run Dam to study how Morehead State University Greg Smith asked his scholars to pick an environmental we utilize nature to foster societal health and also how problem that they wanted to explore. T e scholars then these choices affect habitat and planetary health. Greg Jacobelli’s class considered what it means today constructed and launched on Eagle Lake. had to research their topic, either as an individual or in to be “autarchic,” or self-reliant, and how they could Instead of scrapping the boats when f nished, a small group, using the scientif c database of Northern broaden their self-suf ciency. With the help of the scholars decided to cut the boats into pieces, design a Kentucky University’s library. T ey then presented Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife, they helped small useful object, and each take a piece of their boat their f ndings to the class for peer review and questions. with an annual goose catching and tagging program—a home with them. T is creative use of materials proved Topics included sustainable agriculture, plastic ocean new skill for every scholar. T e class also learned how to one of the greatest lessons of self-suf ciency: looking at pollution, space junk, health concerns of marijuana, address simple problems using trial and error and then things through a sustainability lens. bioethics, and super bugs. exercised their new skills. For example, scholars were : GSP-Morehead scholars build boats using Because scholars had never lived on a college campus, given simple materials, including plywood and plastic Bottom left sample materials to practice self-reliance; Chief John Gaf n from Northern Kentucky University’s barrels, and asked to design “something of use.” T e bottom right: Scholars launch their boats on Lake Eagle. police department came and talked to the scholars “This class class split into two teams and design two boats that they about safety protocols on campus. He gave them tips on how to pick a college with a safe environment using changed the information from the Clery Act, a federal statute that requires most colleges and universities to disclose crime information on campus. course of my academic life.” Ben Hatfi eld Boyle County High School

6 FOCUS AREAS 2018 ACADEMIC REPORT 27 2018 SCHOLAR Astronomy EXPERIENCE SURVEY Each summer, before leaving their respective campuses, all Governor’s Scholars are asked to complete a Scholar Experience Survey consisting of approximately thirty questions pertaining to all aspects of life at GSP. Program staff use the survey results to help gauge the success of the summer’s activities, assist in the evaluation of faculty and staff performance, and better understand the Program’s impact on the scholars themselves. Most importantly, the survey functions as a tool that better equips Program and campus administrators as they plan for the upcoming summer.

The following is a sample of results from the 2018 Scholar Experience Survey, organized by areas of emphasis within the Program. For a complete list of the survey questions and detailed results, please see the GSP website at www.gsp.ky.gov.

Overall Results Scholars overwhelmingly rated their GSP experience as positive. On average, participants selected either “strongly agree” or “agree” 91.63% of the time. In comparison, “neutral” responses made up 6.27% of the total. Scholars very rarely reacted negatively to the survey prompts, choosing “disagree” only 1.63% of the time and “strongly disagree” in only 0.46% of responses. No question received a negative response rate above 4.88%. Morehead State University Murray State University In John Clark’s class, scholars explored what truly makes Rico Tyler’s class combined nighttime observing the universe tick. Scholars discussed the formation of with daytime activities, modeling how astronomers of scholars selected either “strongly agree” the universe and its components through hands-on f nd answers and make discoveries. Scholars 91.63% or “agree” on average. observation of artifacts such as moon rocks, meteorites, practiced telescope skills and experimented with and even material from early Earth formation. T ey astrophotography, which they used later in the summer also researched the nature of planet formation and the to host a “star party” for the GSP-Murray community. likelihood of f nding life elsewhere in the universe. As Tyler and his class also explored how time is related to a f nal project, scholars constructed a theoretical planet astronomy. Inquiry activities allowed scholars to discover that could support life by considering factors such as the astronomical alignments of cathedrals and the atmosphere, planetary formation substances, and overall mathematics behind Easter. Scholars used astronomical 6.27% resources. Finally, scholars discussed the impact that images to reconstruct a planet’s history. of scholars selected “neutral” on average. astronomy has on society and mankind’s future through In the f nal week of the summer, the class studied the discussion of f lm, literature, and scholarly research. science of rockets and space travel. Scholars participated in a video question and answer session with GSP-2011 Above: GSP-Murray scholars pose with hand-built Astronomy scholar Cadence Payne, a Space Science 2.09% telescopes used to host a “star party” for the entire GSP- graduate from Morehead State University and current of scholars selected “disagree” or Murray community. MIT graduate student. “strongly disagree” on average.

28 GOVERNOR’S SCHOLARS PROGRAM FOCUS AREAS 5 Architectural Design Murray State University Northern Kentucky University Bill Randall’s scholars investigated the lineage of design Bryan Orthel’s scholars explored how human comfort 100% education, both in pedagogy and structures. Beginning and wellbeing are supported by the design of buildings. 93.66% with the Beaux-Arts Academy, scholars researched Scholars spent part of the f ve weeks exploring passive 90% the foundations of architectural education in Europe. heating and cooling approaches, structural issues, 80.41% T ey traced this line through the Bauhaus, the key and cultural expectations of buildings. A visit to the 80% 78.36% European design school, whose founder, Walter Gropius, Duke Energy Envision Center highlighted emerging emigrated to lead the Harvard Graduate School of technology being used to create and manage energy- 70.37% Design. Using f lms, library research, and study models, ef cient cities. A trip to downtown Cincinnati required 70% 66.09% scholars reconstructed key designs and analyzed the that scholars “read” the landscape as they walked to meanings behind their construction. expose how the urban form has changed over 150 years 60% Shifting their attention to alternative institutions and how twentieth-century architecture changed in like Black Mountain College and the Highlander Folk response to cultural ideas. 50% School, scholars began to consider the possibilities of T e class then developed building designs to protect alternative forms of pedagogical organization. Working a “client”—a carton of ice cream—from the harsh 40% in groups, scholars designed new educational institutions environment of a summer parking lot. Scholars iterated from the ground up. One group suggested a school in through four versions of their designs, each with a real- the form of a networked web, with dif erent disciplines life test of the buildings’ ef ectiveness in protecting the 30% connected as in a neural net. Another posited a design “client.” T e challenge required detailed understanding school on a Mississippi River barge, traveling the river, of thermal transfer properties, as well as application of 20% building housing for low-income communities. A these properties in built form. Along the way, scholars visiting panel of experts critiqued each group’s work at learned about construction techniques, why some 10% the end of the design process. designs failed, and why others succeeded. 0% Kaitlyn Parker Owen County High School

Awareness of my career and/or academic path

“I was exposed to new Network of relationships with places and worlds that I now “My participation in the scholars from across Kentucky have a desire to visit. I hope Governor’s Scholars Program Love of learning to use my new knowledge to has strengthened my...” make better decisions in my Preparedness to tackle challenges and seek solutions life and community.” Leadership skills and potential

GSP-NKU scholars explore a labyrinth during a tour of downtown Cincinnati focused on unique ways that architecture can be built into human environments.

4 FOCUS AREAS 2018 ACADEMIC REPORT 29 80%

70.00% 70% FOCUS AREAS 60% “My Focus Area Focus Area courses allow a student to pursue a topic in-depth as a member of 50% was a positive a small group, stressing the development of ideas within the particular subject, 40% learning experience.” identifi cation of signifi cant themes, and the interrelatedness of the subject to other content areas. The courses are meant to provide broad, interdisciplinary, intellectual 30% exposure and enrichment rather than narrow, disciplinary training. Scholars are 20.27% encouraged to try a Focus Area course in which they have little prior experience. 20%

10% 5.36% 2.92% Agribusiness & Biotechnology 1.45% 60% 57.46% 0% Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Murray State University Agree Disagree 50% Faculty member Iin Handayani’s scholars examined various aspects of agriculture, especially those related to agribusiness and biotechnology in crop and animal 40% 35.61% sciences. Among other trips, the class visited Cassidy’s “GSP provided me Cause T erapeutic Riding Academy in Paducah, a cattle 30% operation at United Livestock Commodities (ULC) in with meaningful Mayf eld, and Commonwealth Agri-Energy Plant in classroom experiences.” Hopkinsville. Biotechnology issues were covered during 20% a visit to Breathitt Veterinary Center in Hopkinsville, where scholars learned about clinical pathology, toxicology, and molecular diagnostics. At Hancock 10% Biological Station, they explored the seasonal dynamics 5.07% of cyanobacteria and algae, f sh biodiversity, and water 1.66% 70% 0.20% quality around Kentucky Lake. 67.02% 0% Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Scholars also engaged with guest speakers on topics 60% Agree Disagree including “smart farming,” sustainable agriculture, food security, urban farming, marketing, animal science, crop biotechnology, horticulture, agricultural education, 50% and agronomy. For a hands-on agricultural education, scholars measured soil compaction using a penetrometer, 40% Top: GSP-Murray scholars tour a local greenhouse collected soil samples using a soil probe, and learned “My General Studies to learn about cultivating plants in a highly regulated about research crop plots at Pullen Farm. T rough these environment; bottom: GSP-Murray scholars learn about 30% activities, the class explored what drives agricultural was a positive growing sweet potatoes using various soil amendments. production to shape food systems locally and globally. 23.13% learning experience.” 20%

10% 6.93% Dalton Ryan Rife “This class has revolutionized my view 2.24% 0.68% 0% Phelps High School on agribusiness in Kentucky.” Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Agree Disagree

30 GOVERNOR’S SCHOLARS PROGRAM FOCUS AREAS 3 100% 2018 SCHOLARS BY COUNTY 90.15% 90% “GSP helped prepare me for one or more of the following aspects of 80% 75.42% 76.10% Counties with up to 3 Governor’s Scholars in 2018 72.30% life in college and beyond.”

Adair Caldwell Estill Harrison Lewis McLean Pendleton Webster 70% Ballard Carlisle Fleming Hart Livingston Menifee Perry Wolfe Bath Carroll Fulton Jackson Logan Mercer Powell 60% College applications and choice Bourbon Casey Gallatin LaRue Lyon Metcalfe Robertson* Bracken Clinton Garrard Lawrence Magoffi n Monroe Rockcastle 50% Breathitt Crittenden Grayson Lee Martin Morgan Trigg Educational mindset Breckinridge Cumberland Green Leslie Mason Nicholas Trimble Butler Elliott Hancock Letcher McCreary Owsley Wayne 40% Community and social development

30% Leadership opportunities

4—6 Scholars 7—9 Scholars 15—25 Scholars 51—100 20% None of the above Allen Lincoln Clark Hopkins Bullitt Meade Fayette Anderson Marion Floyd Knox Christian Nelson Kenton 10% Other Bell Ohio Greenup Laurel Daviess Pike 0.39% 0.20% Boyd Owen Henry Woodford Jessamine Pulaski 0% Carter Rowan Madison Scott Clay Russell McCracken 150+ Edmonson Shelby Grant Simpson Jefferson Harlan Spencer 10—14 Scholars Henderson Todd Hickman Union Barren Marshall 26-50 Scholars 60% Johnson Washington Boyle Montgomery 55.32% Knott Calloway Muhlenberg Boone Oldham Franklin Taylor Campbell Warren “GSP sparked a new, Graves Whitley Hardin different, or renewed 50% *Denotes county not represented 45.85% interest in one or more of the following fi elds of study.” 40% 37.37%

Humanities

Social science 30%

STEM (science, technology, engineering, & and math) 20% None of the above 10% Other 6.02% 5.84%

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2 GOVERNOR’S SCHOLARS PROGRAM 2018 ACADEMIC REPORT 31 3 SCHOLAR IN-STATE DATA from the

College Enrollment EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dear supporters and friends of the Governor’s Scholars Program, With the help of the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, the Governor’s Scholars Program tracks the number of scholars who pursue T is year marked the 36th summer graduates from our Program have dedicated their

higher education at a Kentucky college or university. The following graph 1992 of the Governor’s Scholars lives to enriching our Commonwealth; in turn, shows the percentage of scholars, by Program year, who enrolled at an Program. Although summer is alumni hear the ways in which current scholars hope in-state college or university after completing high school. when the GSP appears to be in to do the same. Among its many benef ts, Alumni fullest force, our Program works Day connects generations of GSP supporters who Of the 2016 scholars, the most recent year for which data is available, year-round to foster our mission intimately understand the unique gifts our Program 79.8% enrolled at a Kentucky college or university in the fall of 2017. of enhancing Kentucky’s next of ers to all Kentuckians well beyond the f ve weeks generation of civic and economic of our summer sessions. 100% 100% leaders. For example, in September and October, If the GSP were an individual, at 36 it would we host informational sessions across Kentucky to be old enough to be elected by its constituencies inform thousands of potential GSP candidates about and become president of the United States. T at 80% 80% our selection process; in February, alumni and friends age comes with trust and responsibility. Our of the GSP gather at the State Capitol in Frankfort constituencies trust us to locate and invite diverse, to express their support for the program. deserving students from all 120 counties of Kentucky 60% 60% Importantly, these moments throughout to one of our three campuses each summer. Our the year engage individuals and groups outside constituencies trust our faculty to of er scholars our Frankfort of ce. During our fall informational relevant and challenging opportunities for academic sessions, we meet with guidance counselors, and personal growth. T ey trust our staf to listen 40% 40% teachers, and legislators who are interested in the for ways to improve the Program as we traverse the types of candidates that will thrive in our summer larger Kentucky community throughout the year. communities. When we gather at the State Capitol In return, we trust that we can count on 20% 20% in February, we connect with our state legislators and your continued relationship with the Program to ask them to demonstrate their strong commitment to accomplish our mission of enhancing Kentucky’s next our Commonwealth’s future by funding the GSP. T e generation of civic and economic leaders. T irty-six 0% 0% success of the GSP is forever tied to the relationships years ago, you helped us sow the seed from which '83 '84 '85 '86 '87 '88 '89'90 '91 '92 '93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99'00 '01 '02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 with our constituencies. T ere are over 20 such the healthy roots of the GSP developed. T en, with relationships we rely on: with the Of ce of the your support, in 2001 the Program expanded above Governor and legislators, colleges and universities, ground onto three campuses. You even nurtured teachers and school counselors, parents, and so on. the GSP during recent adverse Permanent Residence One such relationship that we have economic times. As we look to the strengthened in recent years is the bond with our next few decades and beyond, we As of September 2018, 30,726 students have completed the Governor’s more than 30,000 alumni. Two years ago, we founded are conf dent that our year-round Scholars Program. The Program currently has valid contact information Alumni Day on each of our three campuses as a partnerships with constituencies on fi le for 24,925 living alumni. hub for alumni and current scholars to gather every are the key to our nourishment, summer. On Alumni Day, current scholars join in growth, and sustainability. T ank Of those, 20,397—81.83%—have a permanent address within conversation with GSP alumni to learn how these you for your ongoing support. the Commonwealth of Kentucky. 2018 0 24,925

81.83% Aris Cedeño Executive Director & Academic Dean

32 GOVERNOR’S SCHOLARS PROGRAM 2018 ACADEMIC REPORT 1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Letter from the Executive Director 1 2018 Scholars by County 2 Board of Directors Focus Area Classes 3 “This class changed Matthew G. Bevin Members Governor Christen Boone Bennie Ivory John C. Roach Jane Stevenson Agribusiness & Biotechnology 3 the course of Commonwealth of Kentucky my academic life.” Louisville, KY Louisville, KY Lexington, KY Owensboro, KY Architectural Design 4 Derrick K. Ramsey Gary Braswell Robert L. King Noel Rush, II Lora Suttles Secretary Owensboro, KY Frankfort, KY Louisville, KY Paintsville, KY Astronomy 5 Education & Workforce Mike Buckentin Wayne D. Lewis Jane Skidmore Mark C. Whitlow Development Cabinet Biological & Environmental Issues 6 Russellville, KY Frankfort, KY Barbourville, KY Paducah, KY Offi cers Sharon Claypool Wayne M. Martin Alice Sparks Erica Lee Williams Business, Accounting, & Entrepreneurship 7 Park Hills, KY Winchester, KY Fort Mitchell, KY Louisville, KY “This class offered me Trey Grayson, Chair Communication & Social Theory 8 Walton, KY Todd Davis Thomas T. Noland, Jr. John Stanton Anisa Cottrell Willis an intellectual oasis.” Bowling Green, KY Louisville, KY Edgewood, KY Newport, KY Creative Writing & Literary Studies 9 Alan M. Stein, Vice Chair Lexington, KY Luther Deaton, Jr. Jamie Paradis Cultural Anthropology 10 Eric G. Farris, Vice Chair Lexington, KY Louisville, KY GSP Staff Shepherdsville, KY Dramatic Expression 11 Kevin Flanery Paul E. Patton Aristófanes Cedeño, Bill Malone, Treasurer Louisville, KY Pikeville, KY Executive Director & Academic Dean Engineering 12 Louisville, KY Vince Gabbert Neil Ramsey Beth Carrier Tina Nance Lexington, KY Louisville, KY Film Studies 13 Alexandra Gerassimides, Rita Meeks Catherine Smith “I have found my calling.” Secretary Chip Hamm Shannon Rickett Bonnie Mullin LeAnn Stokes Forensic Science 13 Louisville, KY Louisville, KY Louisville, KY Robin Williams-Neal Healthcare Industry 15 Historical Analysis 16 The GSP Foundation International Relations 17 The Governor’s Scholars Program Foundation, Inc., is a Journalism & Mass Media 18 501(c)(3) non-profi t, tax-exempt organization that exists Modes of Mathematical Thinking 19 solely to support the Governor’s Scholars Program, Inc. The GSP Foundation supplements public funding to fi nance Music Theory & Performance 20 the GSP’s daily operations and special initiatives. Philosophy 21 For more information or to make a contribution, contact: The Governor’s Scholars Program Foundation, Inc. Physical Science 22 “In this class, all types of people came together to Harold H. Smith, President Political & Legal Issues 23 1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite 210 create wonderful things.” Frankfort, KY 40601 Psychology & Behavioral Studies 24 Phone: 502-573-1618 | Fax: 502-573-1641 Spanish Language & Culture 25 Visual Arts 25 General Studies Classes 26 Governor’s Scholars Program By partnering with the GSP Foundation, Scholar Experience Survey Results 28 1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite 210 Kentucky businesses and organizations Contact Us Frankfort, KY 40601 Scholar In-State Data 32 provide not only the funding but also the Phone: 502-573-1618 extraordinary hands-on opportunities that Additional Information 33 Fax: 502-573-1641 make the Governor’s Scholars Program an Online: gsp.ky.gov unparalleled intellectual experience.

20182018 ACADEMICACADEMIC REPORTREPORT 33 33 GSP Host Campuses 1983-2018 Governor’s Scholars Program Morehead State University, Murray State University, 2018 2018 Northern Kentucky University 2018 Academic Report

Bellarmine University, Morehead State University, The Program celebrates 30 Murray State University summers of building community 2012 2012 by helping to build a Habitat for Humanity house in Louisville Bellarmine University, Centre College, Murray State University

Bellarmine University, Centre College, Morehead State University 2006 2006 Bellarmine University, Centre College, Eastern Kentucky University All 120 Kentucky counties send at least one scholar Centre College, Eastern Kentucky University, to a GSP campus Northern Kentucky University GSP expands to a third campus 2000 2000

Centre College, Northern Kentucky University 10,000th scholar completes the Program 1994 1994 Centre College, Murray State University Centre College, Kentucky State University Centre College, Western Kentucky University Centre College, Murray State University 1988 1988 Centre College, University of Kentucky Murray State University, Western Kentucky University Centre College, Eastern Kentucky University Program expands to two campuses and 561 scholars Centre College 1983 1983 First session opens at Centre College with 245 scholars Printed by Morehead State University Document Services