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A Better Commonwealth for All

Making a Difference

KET programs and services help people improve their lives every day. But you don’t have to take our word for it. On these pages, Kentuckians tell their own compelling and inspiring stories of how KET has helped them achieve goals, become more effective in their own work, or simply get more out of life.

A Better Commonwealth for All

On a recent spring morning, Bob Jackson, president of Murray State University, juggled a typically busy schedule. While obligations kept him on the school’s campus, his attention also was on […]

Patrick Padgett sitting in a chair smiling with his hands clasped on his lap.

A Trusted Source for Good Health

A few months ago, the Kentucky Medical Association received some promising health news. The Commonwealth — long one of the nation’s poorest-performing states on health benchmarks such as obesity, diabetes […]

Dan Griffith and Elizabeth Griffith Mudd seated together and smiling

All in the KET Family

Asked to recall her earliest memories of KET, Elizabeth Griffith Mudd laughs, lifting a well-worn coffee cup, the outlines of a KET logo still discernable on its face. “I’ve been […]

Kim Patton seated and smiling

A Place for Lifelong Learning

As president of Elevar Design Group, a Cincinnati-based architecture and engineering firm, Kim Patton oversees design projects on everything from hospitals to sports stadiums to municipal office buildings. But Patton, […]

Chris Girdler seated and smiling. A large, diffused map is in the background.

Building Communities Through Quality of Life

As president and CEO of the economic development agency serving Somerset and Pulaski County, Chris Girdler says everything his agency does is informed by a single, overarching goal: improving the […]