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Photo follows this story COLUMBIA, Ky. -- The last quarter century may have been the biggest period of growth in the 101-year history of Lindsey Wilson College, but the next two decades could be even bigger for the college and Adair County. That was the message Lindsey Wilson President William T. Luckey Jr. delivered Tuesday afternoon to members of the Columbia-Adair County Chamber of Commerce. "I want to grow this place," Luckey told more than 50 people who attended the Chamber's monthly meeting, held in Roberta D. Cranmer Dining & Conference Center. "I'm not interested in stopping where we are and making this as good as where we get. That's not what I dream for this place. ... With all that has been accomplished in the last 28 years, I believe that the next 20 years have even greater potential. Think about what this college can become." To put the college's growth in perspective, Luckey said that Lindsey Wilson spent $750,000 this school year on health-insurance premiums for its employees -- $150,000 more the college's entire operating budget for the 1977-78 school year. Today, Lindsey Wilson has more than 240 full-time faculty and staff and an annual operating budget of more than $26 million, making the college one of Adair County's largest industries. Luckey reported that signs already look good for a successful 2005-06 school year: applications for the fall class are up by more than 22 percent over the best year in college history, and the college's budget for '05-06 is projected to exceed $28 million. With enrollment already at an all-time high and more than $26 million raised for the college's ambitious $33 million "Changing Lives" campaign, "from a business standpoint, business is booming," Luckey said. Major national athletic championships won Because of the major gifts the college has raised and the national championships its athletic teams have captured, "all across the commonwealth, more and more people are learning about Columbia, Adair County and Lindsey Wilson College," said Luckey, who has been the eighth president of Lindsey Wilson since 1998. Luckey said he wants Lindsey Wilson to win more "national championships" but not just in athletics. "We're not only trying to win national championships in soccer and in basketball, but we're trying to win a national championship in choral performance, in our English Department, in human services and education -- all across this campus," he said. "The success we've enjoyed in our athletic programs is symptomatic of the pursuit of excellence that we strive for the in the classroom, in the dining center and in the residence halls. And we are now seeing the fruits of our labors as others across the commonwealth begin to take notice." Still, Luckey said, Lindsey Wilson needs to do more to serve the needs of Adair County's 16,000 citizens. "We still have a problem in this community in that many people don't know what we're already doing to change lives," he said. "We've got to find a way to do more for this community and its residents." This story was posted on 2005-02-16 10:16:17
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