Did you know UK has an LGBT outreach center? In this podcast, Gender and Women's Studies junior Allie Huddleston, the co-director of UK's LGBT outreach center the OUTsource, tells us what the OUTsource does and how interested students may get involved. If you would like more information about the OUTsource, you can visit their office in the Student Center.
This podcast was produced by Sam Burchett.
With the school year freshly completed, 11 students in the College of Arts and Sciences are kicking off the summer in a unique way— with a 4-week intensive language and culture program in Shanghai, China.
On Thursday May 3, 2012 a reception was held for the retirement of History Professor Daniel Rowland. His speech was entitled "A Charmed Life."
A new book, "The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Cognition," edited by Thomas Zentall of the University of Kentucky Department of Psychology and Edward Wasserman of the University of Iowa, suggests that we might fruitfully explore and understand alien intelligence right here on Earth.
Father's Day weekend awards presentation, celebrating completion of Community Conversation and honoring the most outstanding Man of the Year as well as achievement in the areas of scholarship, community service, philanthropy, creativity, entrepreneurial, and social and environmental justice.
Friday, June 15 @ 7:00p.m.
Organized & Hosted by:
The University of Kentucky Appalachian Center
Facilitators:
Dr. Leanne Avery, SUNY Oneonta & Dr. Jenrose Fitzgerald, Univeristy of Kentucky
In this 3-day workshop, we will explore together methods for incorporating the science, engineering, and energy concepts students already know from everyday life into the science classroom, using new techniques and Appalachian examples. We will develop curricular materials together that meet the new state standards. Each day of this participatory workshop will build on conversations and activities from the day before, so it will be important to attend the full 3-day event.
The purpose of the workshop is to work collaboratively with science teachers to develop curricular materials that are place-based and aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. Drawing on our collective expertise and experience we will explore how to document and build on students’ local knowledge to engage students in science, as well as how to apply students’ problem-solving skills to issues of importance to their communities.
A participatory curriculum development workshop for middle and high school science teachers from the 54 ARC-designated Appalachian KY counties. (http://www.arc.gov/counties)
Performance Artist and Novelist/Poet, Sharon Bridgforth, reads from her performance novel, Love Conjure/Blues.
Dear Friends,
As the 2011-12 academic year comes to a close let me thank you for all the incredible work, dedication and commitment you have exhibited throughout the year. Without a doubt, our faculty and staff rival those at the most prestigious institutions in the country.
Over the last year we have welcomed and educated a record-number of new students; we have successfully launched a new general education curriculum (UK Core) and a new residential college (Wired); we have made progress on shortening time-to-degree through our online and summer school initiative; we have greatly expanded our international efforts through faculty exchanges, short-courses, new education abroad programs, and our passport to the world initiative (Year of China); among many, many other successes.
Our faculty and staff have been recognized by countless national organizations and agencies, as well as by the University community. The following are just a handful of the many successes achieved this year:
For the past week I have been getting used to life in Spain. For the month of May I am studying here with Francisco Salgado-Robles, a professor in the Spanish department. Last Sunday for the first time ever I took a plane out of the States and made the journey to Spain. Right now I am living in Seville which is in southern Spain about an hour from the coast. 
I have been here, in Seville, for a week now and I still get lost when I am going to my classes. I am also doing service learning so I work at a Children’s Hospital.
I have been to many places with some of rich history of both Spain and the United States. For example, this past weekend my class went to La Rabida and la playa (the beach) where we saw the monastery where Christopher Columbus (in spanish he is know as Cristobal Colon) went to get monks as warriors for his ships.
On a Southern China flight to Guiyang The Double with Richard Gere is on. The sound is too low and subtitles are in Chinese. A box lunch consisting of a small foil container with beef fried rice, a package of fermented cabbage, a roll, and yogurt, is passed to each passenger by two young flight attendants with perfect, matching hair buns.
(our hotel in Guiyang has spotty internet service so I’m posting this days later)
