UofL President James Ramsey with Nathan Meyer, principal of Fern Creek High School

President James R. Ramsey鈥檚 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.

鈥淛im has represented the Creek well,鈥 said the Rev. Mike Gatton, a fellow alumnus and alumni association representative. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not so much today that you鈥檙e a part of the Creek, but that the Creek is part of you.鈥

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鈥檚 more to an education than what takes place in a school, but the classroom is where it all starts. As an educator, that鈥檚 what makes a classroom named in his honor so special.

鈥淚 can鈥檛 express how much this means to me,鈥 Dr. Ramsey said.

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Erica Walsh is the marketing director for the Office of Communications and Marketing. Her job lets her share UofL鈥檚 good news in all avenues of communications including UofL Magazine, 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鈥檚 a good thing, too, because she earned her bachelor鈥檚 degree in journalism from Western Kentucky University and her master鈥檚 in communication from UofL.