LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 6, 2021) The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees has approved honorary degrees for four citizens who have distinguished themselves in their careers and community service. The recipients are W. Harry Clarke, F. Joseph Halcomb III, Deirdre Lyons and Carl F. Pollard.
Clarke, Halcomb and Lyons will receive their honorary doctorates at the UK May 2021 Commencement Ceremonies next week. Pollard, who is unable to attend next week s ceremonies, will be honored at a later date.
Honorary degrees will be presented at the following ceremonies:
W. Harry Clarke: noon Friday, May 14
F. Joseph Halcomb: 6 p.m. Friday, May 14
Deirdre Lyons: noon Sunday, May 16
Students in David Stephenson s mobile journalism class completed an assignment on their iPads on Feb. 20, 2020. Pete Comparoni | UK Photo.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 19, 2021) First-year students at the University of Kentucky in Fall 2021 can expect to receive a free iPad, as the UK Board of Trustees today approved continuation of the school’s Smart Campus Initiative with Apple that began in 2019.
The university will continue to pay the lease on the iPads that were distributed to first-year students in Fall 2019 and Fall 2020 and will lease/purchase additional iPad kits (iPad Air, pencil and keyboard) from Apple for incoming first-year students in Fall 2021.