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LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 6, 2021) The deadline to take the University of Kentucky Campus and Multicultural Space Survey has been extended to 11:59 p.m. EDT Monday, May 10.
Survey feedback from UK students, faculty and staff on indoor and outdoor spaces is vital to UK’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Implementation Plan. Questions vary from where do you go to study, relax or meet friends to how safe or accessible are these areas?
visit this page. You can also download a flyer (see above) with a QR code to access the survey.
Interim Vice President for Institutional Diversity George Wright, Vice President for Facilities Management Mary Vosevich and interim Assistant Vice President for Auxiliaries Andrew Smith sent an email to UK community members last month explaining the importance of getting their feedback and outlining how the survey works.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. ( April 20, 2021) University of Kentucky faculty, staff and students are being encouraged to take a survey to help inform development of a campus plan for more inclusive and equitable space on campus. Please see the email below sent to the campus community yesterday from interim Vice President for Institutional Diversity George Wright, Vice President for Facilities Management Mary Vosevich and interim Assistant Vice President for Auxiliaries Andrew Smith.
Dear Campus Community,
Over the last eight months, hundreds of members of the campus community have engaged in work related to the university’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) implementation plan. Representing diverse areas and needs across the campus, it is as massive and comprehensive a process as any ever undertaken at UK.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 1, 2021) The University of Kentucky’s Martin Luther King Center, in collaboration with units across campus, will host a variety of events and programming, most of which will be virtual, to celebrate Black History Month this February.
While this year’s observance looks different than past year’s due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the observation of Black History Month will, nonetheless, allow the history and culture of Black Americans to be centered in recognition of past and present challenges, struggles and achievements.
“Since the late 60s and officially in 1976, Black History Month has been a long-awaited time for the corporate celebration of Black culture, Black stories and Black people,” said Chandler Frierson, UK senior and programming intern at the MLK Center. “With that narrative, this year’s Black History Month is a special month. People across the world have witnessed firsthand a year that has further proven the enduranc