Broadway Dental Welcomes Dr. Allison Reed

Broadway Dental welcomes Dr. Allison Reed to the team. Dr. Reed is a Paducah native. She is a graduate of the University of Louisvile School of Dentistry and completed her Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) at Eastern Carolina University.

Dr. Reed is an accomplished equestrian and a talented cellist with a minor in music from UofL. We can’t promise that she’ll perform a concert for you in the office, but we CAN promise that you will love her compassionate approach and welcome her dental expertise!

McMurry & Livingston Congratulates David Booth On His Retirement

David C. Booth has been a valued member of McMurry & Livingston for 42 years! During that time his practice included business law, banking law, and estate and probate law. David’s expertise and congenial approach to his clients and his body of work have been a vital part of our practice’s longstanding success. All of us at McMurry & Livingston will sincerely miss our partner as he enters this new phase of his life. But we know how to find him after he leaves the office—at his other job playing guitar for Soul Dog!

Celebrating Twenty Years

first time. Only 41 percent of the community college’s students were capable of basic reading skills compared to 60 percent nationally. It became clear—an almost too simplistic conclusion—the college needed to help students read better if they were going to succeed not only at WKCTC but also in the future.

As part of a Focus on Reading program, intensive faculty development programs trained the college’s faculty how to teach reading strategies in every course, regardless of student major. Faculty learning circles were formed crossing all departments allowing faculty to incorporate instructional strategies to boost students’ reading skills in the classroom.

In five years, the percentage of WKCTC students familiar with strategies to enhance reading jumped from 3% to 61%. In addition, Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) results revealed that WKCTC students spent more time preparing for class, and fewer students came to class without completing readings or assignments.

After Dr. Veazey retired and the college’s second president, Dr. Anton Reece, took the reins in 2016, the college was recognized as an Aspen Prize Top 10 Community College for a fifth time by the Aspen Institute. In addition, the college was named a Finalist with Distinction, receiving $100,000 three times. Offering more than 200 degrees, diploma, and certificate options, WKCTC has been consistently recognized for providing students with strong job training and continuing higher education opportunities, for achieving high completion and transfer rates, and for providing strong employment results for its graduates. WKCTC also provides a great return on student investment.

According to Economic Measure Statistical International (EMSI), for every dollar invested, a student averages $6.40 in return; for tax payers, every dollar invested is a $5.20 return on investment (ROI), and for societal impact, every dollar is an ROI of $11.30.

In December 2020, WKCTC received a $15 million gift from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott—the largest gift from a single donor in the college’s history. In announcing the donation, Scott gave accolades for the college's work on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and initiatives to further opportunities for low-income and disenfranchised students under the leadership of Dr. Reece. A seven-sector plan was developed for the gift, which Dr. Reece called a “generational game changer.”