Winter weather is just around the corner, and the Kentucky Department of Transportation is promoting safe driving during ice and snow season by sponsoring the first statewide Paint the Plow program.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) hopes to inspire students to discover engineering through the Kentucky Engineering Exposure Network (KEEN).
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) is accepting applications for its Civil Engineering Scholarship and Civil Engineering Technology Scholarship programs.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is offering surplus maps to classrooms across the state to use as an educational resource in its Maps to Schools program. The cabinet’s 12 highway districts will begin distributing surplus copies of the 2015 Official Highway Map to educators and students over the next month. The maps can be used for many educational purposes, including geography, [...]
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is accepting applications for its civil engineering (four-year program) and civil engineering technology (two-year program) scholarship programs. Deadline to apply for both is March 1. The Civil Engineering Scholarship Program is for students interested in pursuing a degree in civil engineering at Western Kentucky University, University of Louisville or University of Kentucky. Students also may take [...]
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet recently announced the beginning of the annual Adopt-a-Highway Poster Contest, which emphasizes and promotes the importance of removing litter from Kentucky roadways. Students are invited to submit creative works for use in the Adopt-a-Highway calendar for 2014. The contest is open to all Kentucky elementary, middle and high school students. Exposure to the contest and to [...]
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Engineering Scholarship information is available here. Additional information can be found at the following links: KYTC Scholarship Application (PDF) KYTC Scholarship Fact Sheet (MS Excel) For more information, contact Melinda Curless, STEM Initiatives Consultant for the Kentucky Department of Education, at (502)-564-2106 or melinda.curless@education.ky.gov.
Gov. Steve Beshear recently joined community leaders and students at Calloway County Middle School to celebrate the completion of two new safety sidewalk projects. Murray received a combined $339,000 in investment for the projects, aimed at improving pedestrian and bicycle access for local students. “These projects have afforded students the opportunity to walk or bike to school without compromising their [...]
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is distributing free surplus copies of the 2011 official highway map to Kentucky classrooms. These maps may be used in a variety of ways, including augmenting teaching methods, or they may simply be given to students. In order to receive map copies, teachers should send their name, school, address, county and number of maps requested to [...]