2006
March
2006 Dean
Osborne was named to head the new Kentucky
School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music at Hazard Community
& Technical College (HCTC).
Hazard
Community & Technical College's Kentucky School of Bluegrass
and Traditional Music will be located in Hyden in a beautiful,
newly renovated, historic, stone building that is a part of the
HCTC Leslie County Center . Practice rooms and recording
studios, complete with state-of-the-art computer equipment and
software, will meld with a 300-seat performance venue. Students
will be accepted in Fall 2007.
August 8, 2006
Hazard Community and Technical College celebrated raising $4.6
million in its Fulfilling the Promise campaign. This was only
the second fund raising effort in the history of the college.Hazard
Community & Technical College started
its campaign with plans to raise funding for five initiatives
to improve education in the mountains. The money was targeted
for: scholarships, equipment, to promote college preparedness
through the Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky and to enhance
the relationship and collaboration of teachers in schools districts
in the region; to invest in the arts – starting music, graphic/visual
arts and theatre at the different campus, along with enhancing
the Kentucky School of Craft, and an unrestricted fund so the
College can be flexible in addressing unforeseen needs.
The
General Campaign Co-Chairs were Leon L. Hollon, Chairman, President,
and CEO of Peoples Bank and Trust of Hazard and W. Fred Brashear,
President of Hyden Citizens Bank, in Leslie County .
Fred
Brashear, chair of the HCTC Board of Directors, said it was important
to support these initiatives because education is so vitally important
to the region's growth. “We can improve the quality of life in
these mountains if education is improved,” Brashear said.
2007
January 15,
2007, The last day for Dr. Jay K. Box as President/CEO
of Hazard Community & Technical College. Dr. Box assumed his
new role as one of the four Vice Presidents and Cabinet member
to assist President Michael B. McCall with the operation of the
Kentucky Commuity and Technical College System office and the
16 community and technical colleges located on 65 campuses across
the state. Dr. R. Kathy Smoot, provost and Vice-President
of Academics at HCTC, served as interim president while a nationwide
search was conducted for Dr. Box's successor.
August 2007,
Dr. Allen Goben begins work as the fourth president/CEO of Hazard
Community and Technical College. Dr. Goben brings
to the position his cutting edge
experience in computer technologies. He most recently was a senior
executive for higher education development with the world's largest
privately held software company, the SAS Institute.
Prior
to that post, Dr. Goben served as the executive vice president
f or the AIB College of Business in Des Moines, Iowa. He has served
as the dean of academic affairs and workforce development at Central
Arizona Community College and as a counselor in Advanced Technologies
for Indian Hills Community College in Iowa. His background
also includes service as a guidance counselor and geography and
history teacher.
His
bachelor 's degree in history is from Iowa State University. His
master's degree in school counseling is from Drake University
in Des Moines, Iowa and his doctor of Education in Educational
Administration-Community College Leadership is from the University
of Texas in Austin.
