Have we taken our eyes off the prize? This is the question fueling the theme for this year’s annual MLK Day observance. The University of Kentucky, along with the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government and other community sponsors, will kick off this year’s MLK Day celebration at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15 with the annual holiday Freedom March, beginning at Central Bank Center in downtown Lexington. Directly following the march, the Commemorative Program will be held at 2 p.m. at Central Bank Center.
Pamela Wimberly, Menlo-Atherton High School s athletic director and longtime coach and P.E. teacher who helped shape its athletic program, is retiring after a 55-year career at the Atherton school.
University of Kentucky Libraries and College of Arts & Sciences invite campus and community members to join in celebrating the life and legacy of UK Libraries’ 2021 UK Libraries Medallion for Intellectual Achievement recipient bell hooks beloved author, professor, feminist and activist whose influential work unites themes of gender, class and race.