HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY (FOX19) - Northern Kentucky University students and student groups are encouraged to enter the Innov8 for Health 2011 Improve Transitions in Care Challenge to win money, expert mentoring and support to transform their idea into a viable business.

Each year a new “challenge” is selected to address a significant issue that is facing health care. The 2011 challenge is transitions in care. When patients move from one care setting to the next (e.g. from home to hospital or nursing or home to college) many things can and often do go wrong causing difficulties for patients and caregivers and increasing costs to the entire health care system. Innov8 for Health is looking for innovators to solve this challenge facing our friends, neighbors and nation.

The competition is open to universities and colleges in the region, entrepreneurs and small businesses. There is a dedicated track open only to students.

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY (FOX19) - After a successful inaugural season, the Six@Six Lecture Series is returning with a brand new set of professors, topics and ideas to take Northern Kentucky University beyond the classroom for an exciting learning experience.

In conjunction with the Scripps Howard Center for Civic Engagement and three local venues – the Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, the Mercantile Library and the Behringer-Crawford Museum – the 2011-12 series will feature fascinating topics that include the 2012 presidential campaign, biofilms and nanotechnology, Cincinnati’s medieval manuscripts, and the contributions of African-American women on Southern culinary traditions.

Six@Six begins Nov. 10 and the three venues will each host two of the season’s six lectures. Each lecture begins at 6 p.m. and costs $6 per person (free for students).

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY (FOX19) - The Northern Kentucky University chapter of Golden Key International Honour Society will honor more than 150 new members on Sunday, Nov. 6, at 3 p.m. in the University Center Otto M. Budig Theater.

New members will be commended for their high academic achievements. To be eligible to join Golden Key at NKU, new members must be a sophomore, junior, senior or graduate student in the top 15 percent of their class. New members will have the opportunity to network with other students as well as learn more about what Golden Key offers at both the chapter level and internationally.

The NKU chapter of Golden Key strives to make a difference in the local community through book drives, education and literacy-based service projects, and skills development through regional and international training and leadership conferences. Internationally, Golden Key is proud to offer $1,000,000 in undergraduate and graduate scholarships.