The Foundation for Ohio River Education was originally formed as the ORSANCO Educational Foundation on March 30, 2004 as a 501c3, non-profit organization. They changed their name to the Foundation for Ohio River logo.pngEducation, or FORE, in 2009, to better reflect their organization’s purpose. FORE was formed under the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO), a pollution control agency for the Ohio River made up of representatives from eight states and the federal government.
Although FORE is affiliated with ORSANCO, it does not receive state or federal funding and is responsible for sustaining itself through grants, corporate and foundation sponsorships, and through the support of individuals. FORE also collects and administers Ohio Riversweep funds that are raised by ORSANCO each year to conduct a basin-wide clean-up of the Ohio River.
For more information, visit the website of the Foundation for Ohio River Education.
The Latino Institute for Excellence (LIFE) is a multidisciplinary team of Latino and non Latino college faculty and staff that has joined forces in order to enhance the quality of the Latino student education, and guarantee their educational success.
The Center for Applied Informatics (CAI), within NKU's College of Informatics, provides students extensive access to internships, cooperatives, and experiential learning in a real world environment. Via CAI, the university directly contributes to the development of the Commonwealth and tri-state area by connecting the best Informatics Students, professional staff and award-winning faculty, versed in the latest research and industry best practices, with businesses and organizations seeking expertise. This collaboration forms the building blocks of student academic success and business innovation both locally and world-wide. At any given time, our students, faculty and staff are engaging a variety of applied research projects, comprised of the communicative, technical, and creative elements that are Informatics.
The NKU Center for Environmental Education is a member of the Kentucky University Partnership for Environmental Education. The center provides professional development for pre-service and in-service teachers through courses, curriculum training and other programs.
The Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education is an association of universities, colleges, governmental agencies, industries, and individuals. The Consortium’s mission is to promote inter-institutional research, education and information exchange in water-related concerns and other environmental issues in the Ohio River Basin.
CAI is within NKU's College of Informatics, provides students extensive access to internships, cooperatives, and experiential learning in a real world environment. Via CAI, the university directly contributes to the development of the Commonwealth and tri-state area by connecting the best Informatics Students, professional staff and award-winning faculty, versed in the latest research and industry best practices, with businesses and organizations seeking expertise. This collaboration forms the building blocks of student academic success and business innovation both locally and world-wide. At any given time, our students, faculty and staff are engaging a variety of applied research projects, comprised of the communicative, technical, and creative elements that are Informatics.
Strengthening the community by strengthening lives is the heart of what the YMCA is all about. It is the focus of our YMCA Black and Latino Achievers Program, one student and one volunteer at a time.
Through the school year, career oriented adults help us engage teens in hands-on learning emphasizing college readiness, career exploration and leadership development. There are workshops, college tours, Toastmasters and more.
Each year hundreds of area students are changing the direction of their life, growing spiritually and intellectually, because they are a YMCA Teen Achiever. Since our Program’s beginning, it has awarded over $200,000 in scholarships, assisted youth with over $4 million dollars in awarded scholarships and engaged more than 4,500 adult volunteers through a network of corporate and community partners.
