Jay Blanton Quotations

We're hopeful that it will be adopted by the legislature. But obviously there's a lot of competing interests ... it's too early to tell.

UK has a unique mission and a unique mandate and I think we've articulated the financial needs for meeting that mandate in our business plan and we've been consistent from Day One that that be adequately funded not only to help the university but to help the commonwealth.

Obviously what we've heard and read, we're very excited about. But we have not seen the final numbers and we won't until the General Assembly approves the budget.

We've been very gratified with the conversations we've been having with policy-makers.

He values merit-based pay systems that emphasize and recognize individual achievement and rewards it, rather than a collective, regulatory scheme that does not.

We have a great facility and staff, but it needs to be updated. That patient care facility is over 40 years old and needs to be replaced.

We have a long-term agreement with CHA. We expect there will be no changes to benefits or services for at least five years.

Those funds will plug back into the operation of the hospital.

Those are coal severance dollars and they have to go back to the region and they're going for an educational use which is something we've supported.

Why does everyone keep looking at me? I can't take this anymore. You, you in the corner, stop looking at me.

This was and is a registered foundation that was in good standing. We look at each of these on a case-by-case basis.

When you have a revenue stream, being able to move forward on a project makes all the sense in the world.

We felt comfortable with the recommendation and still do.

The Top-20 plan lays out what the goals are to know when we've achieved top-20 status. More than anything, it's a financial plan. Now what you need is actual strategies to bring those numbers to life.

The top 20 plan is just as much about improving undergraduate education as it is the research mission.

Other leading pharmacy schools have much more space than we have.

It shows the connection of higher education and service. It's really important to illustrate the mission of a flagship university.

Each of these priorities address needs that Kentucky has to make it more educated, healthier and wealthier.

I hope folks keep in mind that it's a movie. In a lot of ways, UK was a leader in integration in the South in the 1960s.

I just hope people look at things in their complete context.

He told the president he'd be interested in coming down for a visit sometime, but there's no commitment yet on a story.

I don't like to see UK lose either, both as an employee and graduate of this institution. But in this case, it's a David-and-Goliath story.