has been ranked #1. The Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station, established in 1885, receives in excess of US$ 35 million each year in external grants and contracts, financing more than 300 major research projects. Memorial Hall. The College of Pharmacy is consistently ranked among the top five pharmacy schools in the United States. The University's Honors Program is open to all students regardless of academic major and provides an alternative course of instruction for top students including individualized preparation for prestigious fellowships such as the Rhodes, Truman, and Fulbright programs. The student experience at UK is consistently personal and individualized, which is part of why I had such a great experience. For example, I remember when former Kentucky governor and senator Wendell Ford interrupted a class to announce that someone in the class had been selected for the Truman Scholarship. As he made his way towards me, I thought it odd that I was being selected (because I had not even applied). At the last moment he veered left and congratulated the student next to me. A disappointment for me, but certainly a special way to advise the lucky recipient. I should also mention UK's Coldstream Research Campus, a separate 735-acre (300 hectare) research and innovation facility near the main campus that connects the University's researchers and students with corporate research and development operations. Once a prominent horse farm, Coldstream is now home to more than 65 companies with more than 1,000 employees working with the University on biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, equine,