Fern Creek High School names room after President Ramsey
November 9, 2015President James R. Ramsey’s legacy will live on at his former high school after Fern Creek High School recently named a classroom in his honor.
Fern Creek High School Principal Dr. Nathan Meyer dedicated the James R. Ramsey Room at Fern Creek High School Friday, Nov. 6. Fern Creek alumni, faculty, staff and students celebrated Ramsey at the ceremony and thanked him for being a proud representative of his alma mater. “Jim has represented the Creek well,” said the Rev. Mike Gatton, a fellow alumnus and alumni association representative. “It’s not so much today that you’re a part of the Creek, but that the Creek is part of you.” During the ceremony, Dr. Ramsey and Director of Admissions Jenny Sawyer surprised several students with admissions letters to attend UofL. Dr. Ramsey told the students present that there’s more to an education than what takes place in a school, but the classroom is where it all starts. As an educator, that’s what makes a classroom named in his honor so special. “I can’t express how much this means to me,” Dr. Ramsey said.Erica Walsh is the marketing director for the Office of Communications and Marketing. Her job lets her share UofL’s good news in all avenues of communications including publications, advertising, content marketing and branding. Walsh joined UofL in 2014 after previously serving as the public relations specialist at Indiana University Southeast. Prior to her career in higher education communications she was an award-winning newspaper reporter. Red is one of her favorite colors and it’s a good thing, too, because she earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism from Western Kentucky University and her master’s in communication from UofL.