Engineering's K'Lynn King and Tracy Drain Win Lyman T. Johnson Awards
The University of Kentucky Alumni Association Lyman T. Johnson African American Alumni Group, in partnership with the UK Office for Institutional Diversity, will host the 30th annual Lyman T. Johnson Torch Bearer and Torch of Excellence awards via Facebook Live at noon Monday, Feb. 1. The program honors and celebrates African American students and alumni from each college who epitomize the ideals of Lyman T. Johnson.
UK’s academic colleges select alumni whose faith, hard work and determination have positively affected the lives of people on the UK campus, the city, state or nation. These individuals receive the Lyman T. Johnson Torch of Excellence Award. These colleges also choose students within their respective college whose academic achievement and ability to impact the lives of others would warrant them to receive the Lyman T. Johnson Torch Bearer Award.
To watch this year’s awards presentation, tune into the UK Alumni Association’s Facebook page at noon Monday Feb. 1.
Chemical engineering senior K’Lynn King and alumna Tracy Drain (BSME 1998) were honored at the 30th annual Lyman T. Johnson Torch Bearer and Torch of Excellence awards held via Facebook Live on February 1. The program honors and celebrates African American students and alumni from each college who epitomize the ideals of Lyman T. Johnson.
King, who is president of the UK chapters of the National Society of Black Engineers, received the Lyman T. Johnson Torch Bearer Award. Drain, a flight systems engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, received the Lyman T. Johnson Torch of Excellence Award.