Interview with Larry Miller, February 28, 2007
Project: Community Colleges of Kentucky: History of Kentucky's Community Colleges Oral History Project
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Oral history with Larry Miller, who started in student affairs at Owensboro Community College in 1986. Interview highlights the initial tensions among the college, Brescia University, and Kentucky Wesleyan. Miller explains why Owensboro needed a public college and describes how the community advocated its establishment. Concludes with the selection of the building site, early memories of administrators and faculty, and student success stories.Interview Accession
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Brescia University (Owensboro, Ky.) Community colleges--Administration Community colleges--History Community colleges--Kentucky Education, Higher Kentucky Kentucky Wesleyan College Miller, Larry S. Miller, Larry S.--Interviews Owensboro Community and Technical College University of KentuckyInterview Rights
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Miller, Larry Interview by John Klee. 28 Feb. 2007. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Miller, L. (2007, February 28). Interview by J. Klee. Community Colleges of Kentucky: History of Kentucky's Community Colleges Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Miller, Larry, interview by John Klee. February 28, 2007, Community Colleges of Kentucky: History of Kentucky's Community Colleges Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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