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CELT Announces 2021-22 Teaching Innovation Institute Faculty Cohort

UKNow Jun 3, 2021

CELT is pleased to announce the second cohort of the Teaching Innovation Institute. During the 2021-22 academic year, these teacher-scholars will learn with and from each other as we look to the futures of teaching and learning at UK and for higher education as a whole.

A&S Associate Dean for Inclusion and Internationalization Leaves for New Challenge

College of Arts and Sciences Jun 3, 2021

M. Cristina Alcalde, who has served as the University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences’ Associate Dean of Inclusion and Internationalization, has announced she will be leaving UK on June 30 to become the Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion at Miami University of Ohio.

UK's Vasquez Heilig Named to Hispanics in Higher Education Board

UKNow Jun 1, 2021

"Serving on the board of directors will provide me with additional avenues to create ways for more Latinx students to complete college degrees, choose career paths where they can make an impact, such as teaching, and pursue careers in higher education as faculty, administrators and policymakers."

Safety, Mental Health Awareness in Rural Kentucky

UKNow Jun 1, 2021

In Kentucky, 112 out of 120 counties are considered medically underserved. This program is an opportunity to change things for the better, as youth participants will also receive question, persuade and refer (QPR) training to help them identify when someone might be going through personal struggles and available community resources.

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Urban-rural Issues Roundtable Series

UKNow May 27, 2021

The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the UK Martin School are partnering to co-host urban-rural issues roundtable series.

A&S Class in Asian American History Connects Students to Their Heritage, Probes Origins of Hate

College of Arts and Sciences May 27, 2021

Thanks to the opportunity to pursue a liberal arts education at the University of Kentucky – and to take part in a new class that looks at the history of Asian Americans – she was able to see how her story fit into the mosaic that is the United States.