Blogs

Dr. Thomas Tubon is at Bluegrass Community and Technical College this week to present his awesome workshop, The Stem Cell Teacher Academy. This is the second day. Most all the participants are from local high schools in BCTC's service area, with a few exceptions. However, there is tremendous diversity amongst them:

• One participant traveled all the way from Florida;
• One has been on the cover of Sports Illustrated;
• 5 of the participants either have twin children or are a twin themselves;
• One is a champion weight lifter;
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Kentucky's Governor, Matt Bevin, wants all Kentucky high school graduates to leave with at least nine hours of college credit. The announcement came from Gov. Bevin and Workforce Development Secretary, Hal Heiner, at a recent visit to Russell County High School. The Kentucky Dual Credit Scholarship Program will provide $15 million over the next 2 years for any high school student to earn dual credit at no cost to students. Eligible dual credit courses include general education classes, and career and tech education courses that are in a state-approved career pathway leading to an industry-... Read more

Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC) hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking April 20 for the Newtown Campus, Science Education Center, at 500 Newtown Pike, Lexington. The new building is projected to open in January 2018.

The Science Education Center will support up-to-date laboratory experiences and feature dynamic classroom technology. It will include labs, classrooms, student support areas, and offices for 20 faculty. The 64,000 sq. ft. building will also be home to two technical programs, Biotechnology and Environmental Science.

“With this facility, we are... Read more

A goal of the AC2 Bio-Link Regional Center (AC2) is to incorporate LIMS (Laboratory Information Management Systems) in to biotechnology classes, possibly as a component of bioinformatics instruction. This is reasonable because students entering the workforce will have advantages over others if they have some experience with such systems. Also, CSO's  and incubators need to consider LIMS to manage lab operations, train students in modern practices, and support their clients. 

Sounds easy.

Getting, planning, building, using, and maintaining LIMS is a challenging endeavor. So... Read more

Tapping into a goal of providing collaborative learning in our S-STEM scholarship grant, our scholars were challenged to submit a research proposal to the EPA p3 Sustainable Design project.  ("p3" stands for "people, planet, and prosperity".)  Different teams that included students in the biotechnology, environmental sciences, engineering, and geological sciences programs developed their own ideas for a research proposal during fall of 2013.  Following team presentations of their research proposals to their peers, our scholars voted on which project they wanted to submit, using feasability... Read more