sentences:  Powell was hired by Centre College in 1983 to teach ceramics and sculpture.By 1985, thanks in part to Corning Glass in Harrodsburg, Philips Lighting in Danville, and Corhart in Louisville, he had built a glass studio and founded Centre's glass program.In 1997, in Somerset, Kentucky, Powell designed and completed a new, state-of-the-art glass studio, which Centre College opened as part of their new Visual Arts Center in January 1998.