The College of Arts and Sciences honored distinguished faculty and teaching awards winners for the past year on April 22, in the WT Young Library Auditorium.
The recipients of this year's College faculty awards are:
Beth Guiton, chemisty - Undergraduate Mentoring…19 students affiliated with the Greenhouse living-learning community participated in a cleanup along Town Branch Saturday afternoon, April 25. April is Earth Month and the activity was part of the Great American Cleanup, which is organized locally by Keep Lexington Beautiful (part of LFUCG). We…
18 April 2015 - The Army ROTC held their Military Ball at The Grand Reserve in Lexington, KY with LTC Aire C. Richards as the Guest Speaker.
On Friday, April 17th 2015, the Department of Chemistry hosted the Eighteenth Annual Lyle Ramsay Dawson Lecture. The Lecture was given by Geoffrey Coates of Cornell University on the topic of New Polymers from Old Monomers: Advances Enabled through Catalyst Design.
This year, the Dawson…
The University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences Department of Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies presented its Excellence in Writing Awards to UK undergraduates, faculty and community writers. Hosted graciously by the outstanding staff of the Boone Center. Four excellent writers…
On April 3, 2015, the College of Arts & Sciences' was honored to recognize our top-achieving students at a reception in the Grand Ballroom on the campus of the University of Kentucky. There were many proud parents and friends on hand to celebrate all the hard work of these exceptional Dean's…
The students and community partners of Community Mapshop presented a final review of their mapping projects on Thursday, April 9th, in the Peace Gallery at UK.
The student teams discussed their projects around issues of:
- housing, vacancy, foreclosures - food insecurity, retail…
Filmmakers Beth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle visited the University of Kentucky, Tuesday, March 24, to screen and discuss their film “Goodbye Gauley Mountain: An Ecosexual Love Story,” in the auditorium of William T. Young Library. In a news release about the film, Stephens stated, “MTR (…
By Whitney Harder
With new renovations completed over the 2014-15 winter break, the UK Mathskeller unveiled its new look at an open house on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 - hosted by the Department of Mathematics and College of Arts and Sciences, in room 63 in the basement of the White Hall…
April 2014 the Hilton Lexington, KY with Colonel James R. Crider as the Guest Speaker and Wall of Fame Recipient.
On May 9, 2014 - The Spring Joint Commissioning Ceremony (Army and Air Force ROTC programs) took place at Memorial Hall on the University of Kentucky campus. Following the ceremony, the newly commissioned 2LTs were given the opportunity to receive their First Salutes near the flag pole in front…
Bonnie Jo Campbell’s keynote reading included her talk and slide show, “What I Learned from My Mother.” The mother-daughter relationship looms large at the Women Writers Conference, and it was both hilarious and inspiring to learn about Bonnie’s remarkable mother and the influence she’s had on…
April 20, 2013 Crowne Plaza Lexington, KY Photography by: Amelia Stevens
The first Leadership Lab of Spring semester, the Battalion takes time to award Cadets for their hard work during the previous semester. Cadets are recognized for academic excellence (GPA of a 3.2 or higher), excelling in physical fitness (score of 270 or higher), all around top cadet from each…
May 4, 2012, UK Army and Air Force ROTC Cadets were commissioned as 2nd Lieutenants in the United States Army and Air Force, respectively. The ceremony took place in Memorial Hall on UK's campus and was followed by a reception in the Small Ballroom of the Student Center. May 20, 2012, Centre…
LTC Cummins invited one of his past students from West Point, CPT Jason C. M. Davis, to share his valuable junior officer experience with the Battalion as they enjoyed an early breakfast. CPT Davis was an inspiration to the Cadets. Photos provided by LTC Brad Harrington.
Dean Kornbluh hosts a 5K for A&S Staff and their families to run with the UK ROTC programs to foster collegiality and encourage fitness. The 5K run/walk course starts and ends at Buell Armory, and healthy refreshments are available afterwards in Buell Armory.
The Wildcat Battalion partnered with University of Louisville and University of Dayton to conduct their annual Spring FTX at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. The purpose of a Joint FTX is to build positive relationships with other ROTC programs in the nation. Our Cadets have the opportunity to interact…
Basic Course Cadets were briefed on the different weapons carried in a fire squad – the service pistol (M9), the Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW/M249), the grenade launcher (M203), and the rifle (M16/M4). They were taught how to fire, dismantle, and clean each weapon and had the opportunity to live-…
The biannual FTX was held at the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Kentucky. The exercise serves as hands-on training and provides bonding for all cadet classes. Cadets tackled a high ropes course, maneuvered through an obstacle course, practiced day and night Land…
The Battalion conducts a CWST as part of cadet training. During the test, Cadets are required to tread water for five minutes, complete a 15-meter swim while wearing their load bearing vest (LBV) and carrying a M-16 above water, perform an equipment ditch (jump into the pool with their LBV and M…
The UK Army ROTC Cadets participated in a 5K Run at the Kentucky Horse Park, sponsored by the AUSA.
September 10, 2011 UK Hero's Day 2011 - vs. Central Michigan UK Athletics honored the Army and Air Force ROTC and families along with their Alumni, firefighters, police and paramedics at Heroes' Day 2011 during the UK football game against Central Michigan.
The pictures in this album show our MS3s attending their weekly ROTC classroom training. The course teaches the Cadets advanced tactics and leadership in conjunction with their Wednesday Leadership Lab hands-on training.
UK A&S students and members of the UK Army ROTC participated in a 26-mile ruck march that took place in the mountains of Tennessee, hosted by the University of Tennessee Army ROTC. The march was created to honor one of UT’s alumni, 1LT Frank Walkup who was killed in Iraq when an improvised…
