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Hurley gave Lane Report in depth interview shortly before resigning from UPIKE
The Lane Report
UPIKE then established the Elliott School of Nursing in 1983. In 1997, it launched the Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine. Our next college was the College of Business, opened in 2013. In 2014, UPIKE announced the College of Optometry. In January ...


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"To start a College of Optometry is very expensive. So UPIKE had to creatively combine resources. We just simply put cash into a reserve fund and let it build over the last three years so UPIKE could start the project. Also, we received an ARC grant from Gov. Steve Beshear and Congressman Hal Rogers of $1.5 million for two years. That helped fund the startup and allowed UPIKE to hire a dean, an associate dean, and adequate and appropriate staff to start developing the curriculum, recruiting students, navigating the accreditation process. Also, UPIKE received grants from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) and from other organizations and foundations, not only in Kentucky but across the country. Roughly $10 million in startup funds has been raised just to get the optometry program up and going."

*heads for fainting couch*

Here we are flipping couch cushions over searching for dimes to keep the ODwire Studio running.