Interview with Mary Ida Gray, September 12, 2007
Project: Community Colleges of Kentucky: Metamorphosis, 1998-2008, Decade of Progress of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) Oral History Project
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Mary Ida Gray (Human Resources, Chancellor's Office) was a University of Kentucky Community College System (UKCCS) employee in 1997, when KCTCS was created. In this interview, Gray discusses working as an administrative assistant in the UKCCS chancellor's office under Charles Wethington, Ben Carr, and Tony Newberry. She speaks about the difficulties and excitement she experienced during the transition period. In particular, Gray talks about merging systems, creating new policies, shifts in personnel, projects such as the substantive change report, and her impressions of Dr. McCall.Interview Accession
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Anthony Newberry Ben Carr Charles Wethington Community College community college history community college system Governor Paul Patton Higher Education in Kentucky KCTCS Kentucky Community and Technical College System Kentucky Postsecondary Education Improvement Act President Michael McCall Technical Colleges University of KentuckyInterview Rights
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Gray, Mary Ida Interview by Margaret Lane. 12 Sep. 2007. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Gray, M.I. (2007, September 12). Interview by M. Lane. Community Colleges of Kentucky: Metamorphosis, 1998-2008, Decade of Progress of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Gray, Mary Ida, interview by Margaret Lane. September 12, 2007, Community Colleges of Kentucky: Metamorphosis, 1998-2008, Decade of Progress of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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