A new facility that will help adults pursue a college degree will open next month in west Louisville.The Signature Partnership Education Center will be located in Parrish Hall on the Simmons College campus.Simmons and three other Louisville-based institutions----Spalding University, the University of Louisville, and Jefferson Community and Technical College---are partners in the effort.U of L President James Ramsey says the center will offer help with testing, academic advising and getting tuition assistance."It’s often somewhat intimidating, somewhat uncertain, particularly when it comes to student financial aid. The application process for that can be sort of a scary process, a bureaucratic process).The center is being launched with the help of a $50,000 grant from the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education.
Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.
