Kentucky Datebook for the week of May 16
Meetings
The University of Kentucky Alumni Association Job Club will meet from 9 to 10:15 a.m. May 24 at Fayette County Cooperative Extension Service, 1140 Red Mile Place. Topic: Panel of job club success stories. Info: 859-257-8905 or Ukalumni.net/jobclub.
The Bluegrass Business Analysts Chapter will hold its annual general meeting and Hall of Fame ceremony at 6:30 p.m. May 18 at SDGblue, 541 Darby Creek Road, Suite 270. Cost: $5 members and students, $10 non-members. Register at Bluegrassiiba.com.
Lexington ARMA Chapter will meet 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 19 at Joseph Beth Booksellers Bronte Bistro located in Lexington Green. Topic: Cyber Security, presented by Jason Miller, Dean Dorton director of business consulting services. Lunch is $17 for members and $20 for non-members. First time attendees receive a $5 discount off the cost of admission. Info: Lexingtonarma.com, 859-858-8815 or email ddelong@kentuckyunderground.com.
Seminars/events
The 2016 Regional Career Fair will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 19 in the Megowan Building on Bluegrass Community and Technical College’s Newtown Campus at 500 Newtown Pike.
A few of the employers slated to attend include: ED Bullard, Resource Manufacturing, University of Kentucky — STEPS, Central Bank, Aramark, LexTran, CSL Plasma and East Kentucky Power Cooperative.
The fair is free, but register through the state’s job search system at Focuscareer.ky.gov or by visiting a local Kentucky Career Center any day prior to the event. To learn more go to Ckycareers.com.
Workshops and classes
The Central Kentucky Computer Society offers the following workshops at 160 Moore Drive, Suite 107. Info: 859-373-1000 or at Ckcs.org.
▪ Microsoft Access, 7 p.m. May 19.
▪ Photo Coffee, 9 a.m. May 19 and 26.
▪ Microsoft Access, 7 p.m. May 19.
▪ Database, 7 p.m. May 23.
▪ Digital Photography, 7 p.m. May 24.
▪ Unix / Linux, 7 p.m. May 26.
Bluegrass Community & Technical College’s Workforce Solutions office will offer the following online professional development course bundles beginning May 18. Go to Ed2go.com/bluegrass for course descriptions or call 859-246-6666 for more information.
▪ Accounting Fundamentals, $174
▪ C# Programming, $174
▪ Creating WordPress Websites, $174
▪ GRE Preparation, $174
▪ PMP Preparation, $183
▪ Microsoft Word 2016, $225
▪ Project Management, $261
▪ Entrepreneurship, $261
The 2016 Carnegie Books-in-Progress Conference, scheduled for June 2-4 at the Carnegie Center, Kentucky author Wendell Berry (World Lost, Jayber Crow, Country of Marriage and Hannah Coulter, among others) is open for registration. The conference welcomes both beginning and advanced writers and features craft workshops in nonfiction, fiction and young adult and business workshops on how to get published. The conference offers participants a chance to meet face-to-face with literary agents, Noah Ballard and Sharon Pelletier, who will lead workshops and meet one-on-one with conference attendees (extra fee of $25 required). Register at Carnegiecenterlex.org/event/books-progress-conference-2016-3/.
Compiled by Dorothea Wingo
This story was originally published May 16, 2016 at 6:21 AM with the headline "Kentucky Datebook for the week of May 16."