University of Kentucky SIP METS submitted to KDL. University of Kentucky SIP METS and associated file(s) submitted in University of Kentucky Preservation Repository. 2008OH152_LCC11_Kerley.xml Interview with Jim Kerley, March 22, 2005 Community Colleges of Kentucky Oral History Project Jim Kerley; interviewee Rick Smoot; interviewer Lexington Community College Bluegrass Community and Technical College Hopkinsville Community College Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries 2005-03-22 oral histories audio KUK:2008OH152_LCC_011 english This digital resource may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Physical rights are retained by the owning repository. Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. copyright laws. Please go to http://kdl.kyvl.org for more information. In this interview, Jim Kerley, president of Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC), discusses the jobs he held before becoming president of Bluegrass Community and Technical College. He details his early life growing up in rural Tennessee, including his education at Tennessee Tech University, his time in the Navy, and his graduate education at The Citadel and Florida State University. Kerley elaborates on his progression into higher education administration, beginning first with chairing an undergraduate teaching education department at Union College, and finally becoming the president of Hopkinsville Community College in 1989. 2012 View Collection Guide to obtain rights information.