june 2015 chamber matters

greater owensboro chamber of commerce

CHAMBER MATTERSJUNE 2015

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Renewals 4ChamberAmbassador 4RibbonCuttings 5NewMembers 8

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June 4, 2015Owensboro Convention Center, 7:30 a.m.

Speaker: Dr. Gary a. ransdell, president of Western kentucky University Register online at www.Owensboro.com/chamber or call (270) 926-1860

Rooster Booster Breakfast

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4 Rooster Booster Breakfast ConventionCenter 7:30am

4 Ribbon Cutting – Nick T. Arnold Jewelers 3630FredericaStreet 12:15pm

9 Ribbon Cutting – Wasabi 54 3238KidronValleyWay,Suite5 12:15pm

11 Ribbon Cutting – B and B Technologies 312TriplettStreet 12:15pm

12 New Member Breakfast ChamberOffice 7:30am

17 Ribbon Cutting – Western KY Botanical Garden 25CarterRoad 12:30pm

24 Chamber Ambassador Luncheon OldNationalBankConference Room 11:45am

26 Ribbon Cutting – KY Farm Bureau, Alex Bryant 2645FredericaStreet 12:15pm

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Dr. Gary A. Ransdell was named the ninth president of Western Kentucky University on Septem-ber 12, 1997. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from WKU in 1973 and 1974, followed by a Doctorate in Higher Education from Indiana Univer-sity in 1978.

President Ransdell and the WKU Board of Regents are leading the campus through a dramatic transformation, both in academic quality and the physical attributes of the campus. Under his leadership, enrollment has grown from 14,500 to more than 20,000 students, the University has experienced record support in private giving, and WKU has transformed from a university of regional importance to A Leading American University with Interna-tional Reach.

President Ransdell has served on the Board of Directors of the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce, the Board for the Inter-model Transportation Authority of South Central Ken-

tucky, and has chaired the Warren County United Way Campaign. In 2004, he completed a four-year appointment on the Southern Re-gional Education Board (SREB), and he is a past chairman of the Louisville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Dr. Gary Ransdell to speak at June Rooster Booster breakfast

Dr. Gary a. ransDell

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The WKU Owensboro campus began with 82 students that met in only face-to-face classes. Today WKU Owensboro has more than 600 undergraduate and graduate students. Courses are offered in a variety of flexible delivery for-mats including face-to-face, interactive video services, online and on demand.

WKU Owensboro currently offers 21 bach-elor’s degrees, 26 master’s degrees and 35 un-dergraduate and graduate certificate programs that can be completed locally or online. Only offering upper-division courses, WKU Ow-ensboro typically only serves transfer students who have met lower-level, general education requirements. For this reason, WKU has estab-lished Joint Admissions agreements with 10 community and technical college partners al-

lowing for a seamless transition to a bachelor’s degree.

WKU Owensboro continues to grow and maintains its dedication in providing access to higher education to Owensboro and the sur-rounding communities. Higher education is very affordable when students complete their associate degree at an area community college and their bachelor’s degree at WKU Owens-boro. But more than just providing students with a degree, WKU Owensboro strives to pro-vide students with the skills and training that will ensure they become contributing citizens of the community.

FormoreinformationaboutWKUOwensboro,please

visitwku.edu/owensboro.

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Kevin Gibson is Vice President/Commercial Lender at South Central Bank. His responsibili-ties include business development and commercial lending. He has been with South Central Bank since 1999. Kevin has been a Chamber Ambassador since 2010. In 2013, he was named Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce Ambassador of the Year. Kevin is Vice-Chairman of the Board for Hospice of Western Kentucky. He is a graduate of Kentucky Wesleyan College and Stonier Graduate School of Banking.

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Fetta specialty pizza & spirits118 st. ann street(270) 926-0005

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the Wilkins agency Inc.3211 Frederica street, suite e

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another broken egg café701 1st street

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american mortgage, courtney Vongunten3624 Wathens crossing(270) 993-5751



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Daylily Festival WesternKYBotanicalGardens6/17/15thru6/21/1510am–2pmBalloons Over the GardenWesternKYBotanicalGardens6/19/15thru6/20/15AllDayEventSunset Cruisers Cruise-In DowntownOwensboro6/6/15,7/4/15,8/1/15,9/5/15,10/3/154pm-9pm

6th Annual Grillin’ and Chillin’ BBQ Cook-Off DiamondLakeResort9/25/15thru9/26/15AllDayEvent

Owensboro Dragon Boat FestivalEnglishPark8/22/158am–5pmMulticultural Festival FirstPresbyterianChurch8/15/1511am–6pm

Big O Music FestReid’sOrchard8/15/15AllDayEvent East Bridge Art & Music Festival SmothersPark9/5/1510am–7pmOwensboro Air ShowOwensboroRiverfront9/11/154pm–8:30pm9/12/151pm–3:30pm

SummertimeisabusytimeintheBigO.SeveralChambermemberswaitforthisseasonallyeartocreatememoriesfortheGreaterOwensborocommunity.ThereistrulyneveradullmomentduringthesummermonthsinOwensboro.Theopportunitiesareendlessto

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Colby’s Deli & Café401 Frederica St.Owensboro, KY 42303(270) 684-2495

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Holiday Inn - Owensboro Riverfront701 West First St.Owensboro, KY 42301(270) 683-1111

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Midtown Gourmet Specialties, LLC1006 Frederica St.Owensboro, KY 42301(270) 926-8112

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