2019-20 Alumni Ambassadors Include 19 Outstanding Students
The UK Alumni Association has announced the selection of 19 outstanding students as the Alumni Ambassadors for the 2019-2020 academic year. The Alumni Ambassadors are the official student hosts of the University of Kentucky. The cumulative group helps promote UK at university and alumni association events and assists in strengthening students’ roles within the university.
9 UK Grads to Teach For America
As students across the nation head back to school this fall, so will nine recent graduates of the University of Kentucky who have embarked on a new journey teaching in America's inner cities and rural communities. This select group of Wildcats is among the new 2019 corps members chosen to serve in Teach For America, a national program in which outstanding college graduates commit to teach for two years in disadvantaged urban and rural schools.
UK Alumna Joy Priest Awarded Coveted Donald Hall Prize for Poetry
From the Kentucky Kernel to a national award for poetry, a University of Kentucky alumna has taken her writing to the next level.