On this Wildcat Wednesday, UK celebrates Chimene Ntakarutimana, an alumna from the UK College of Arts and Sciences and Lewis Honors College, from Lexington.
And, for the first time in the program’s 66-year history, 52 percent of the incoming class represents historically marginalized communities across the United States, including a record number of Black and Latinx scholars. A majority of the class are female scholars and six are first-generation college students.
I am proud to see the program expand to be more truly representative of the world in which we live something this university is always striving to be.
It reminds me of the fundamental idea that we are a community that supports students from all backgrounds, regardless of perspective, identity, gender, creed, ethnicity or race.