A&S Alumnae to Serve 27 Months in Africa and Ukraine Through Peace Corps
Gwendolyn Schaefer and Olivia Brown will leave the U.S. for 27 months to volunteer in developing countries as part of the program.
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2013 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll Includes 71 Wildcats
University of Kentucky Wildcats from all eight of UK’s spring sports teams combined to earn a total of 71 spots on the Southeastern Conference Spring Sports Academic Honor Roll, Commissioner Mike Slive announced this week.
Global Initiative - MeNore Lake
Few students have the kind of passion for world news that recently-graduated International Studies major MeNore Lake has. Two years ago she sought to fulfill a need at the University of Kentucky through this passion.
Gaines Fellowship Awarded to 12 UK Scholars
The University of Kentucky Gaines Center for the Humanities has chosen 12 outstanding undergraduates as new scholars for the university's Gaines Fellowship Program for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 academic years.
Education Abroad Awards Program Development and Research Grants
Education Abroad at the University of Kentucky recently awarded grants to five faculty members to develop innovative programs abroad. In addition, a graduate student was awarded a grant to support her research into education abroad experiences and possibilities for the future.
Mapping Linguistic Diversity: Benjamin Kinsella and Haralambos Symeonidis
How many languages do you speak? Benjamin Kinsella is fluent in English, speaks Spanish, and now also knows touch of Guaraní. He graduated from UK in December of 2012, and worked with Professor Haralambos Symeonidis of the Hispanic Studies Department on a linguistic atlas project, Atlas Lingüístico Guaraní-Románico.
Politically Comprehensive with Gwendolyn Schaefer
Gwendolyn Schaefer knew she wanted to study abroad in the Middle East, but the Arab Spring presented a potential threat to her personal security. Her first two choices were Egypt and Syria, but both were deep in the throes of political unrest. Eventually, she landed in Amman, Jordan through Education Abroad at UK with AMIDEAST.
Following the Campaign Trail: Currents Fall 2012
Fall of 2012 was the perfect time to conduct a class about American electoral politics - so it was taken up as the topic for Currents, a class offered to incoming Freshmen. The course explores the 2012 election from a variety of academic perspectives - including, but not limited to, philosophy, economics, history, and, of course, political science. In this podcast, five Currents students shared their experiences with the class.
Seven A&S Students Awarded Scholarships to Study Abroad
Seven A&S students will receive the Gilman Scholarship to study abroad.
UK Students are Helping Honduras
A&S Hive team member Veronica Polinedrio and several other UK students have been leading service trips to Honduras as part of the national collegiate service organization, Students Helping Honduras. In this podcast, recent UK graduates Veronica Polinedrio and Michael Haas and current psychology student Kevin Colón discuss SHH and how interested students can get involved.