Winter 2018 Kentucky Alumni Magazine

INSPIRE THE WORLD. Announcing the launch of UK’s $2.1 billion campaign for the future of our students, our University and our Commonwealth.

Winter 2018 • Volume 89 • Number 4

UK launches the largest fundraising campaign in the history of the institution and the Commonwealth it serves.

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Steve Sanders: Finding direction in the sky

Even when he’s not piloting commercial flights for United Airlines, Steve Sanders ’91 BE spends much of his free time in the sky as a certified flight instructor and an Accelerated Free Fall skydiving instructor.

By Robin Roenker

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UK Alumni Association 2017-2018 Annual Report

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The life-changing impact of UK scholarships

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First Wildcat reunion in Oman

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Kentucky Can: The 21st Century Campaign

Fiscal numbers tell only part of the UK Alumni Association story. At its core are the Big Blue Hearts of our members — their dedication and service is what drives this organization.

The generosity of UK alumni and friends helps deserving UK students receive financial aid through scholarships from the UK Alumni Association, UK Alumni Clubs and individuals.

The first official UK Alumni Reunion in Muscat, Oman, was held in July when more than 15 former Wildcats mingled with several current UK students home for the summer.

On Sept. 14 UK announced its $2.1 billion comprehensive campaign, a fundraising initiative that will elevate every aspect of campus, including student success initiatives, research, health care, athletics, alumni and endowed funds.

Departments Iconic Memorial Hall

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Pride in Blue UK News Blue Horizons Alumni Engagement College View

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Wildcat Sports Class Notes In Memoriam Creative Juices Retrospect

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Publisher/Associate Vice President: Timothy L. Walsh Associate Executive Director: Jill Smith ’05, ’11 Editor/Sr. Associate Director: Meredith Weber Managing Editor: Linda Perry ’84 Marketing/Promotion Specialist: Hal Morris Graphic Designer: Misty Ray Hamilton ‘08 Brenda Bain ’15: Records Data Entry Linda Brumfield: Account Clerk III Sara-Elizabeth Bush ’13: Alumni Engagement Coordinator Nancy Culp: Administrative Services Assistant Nathan Darce: Alumni Engagement Coordinator John Hoagland ’89: Associate Director for IT Infrastructure Caroline Francis ’88, ’93, ’02: Alumni Career Counselor Jack Gallt ’84: Sr. Associate Director Leslie Hayes: Membership and Marketing Specialist Kelly Hinkel ’11 ’18: Marketing & Communications Coordinator Marci Hicks ’87: Director of Philanthropy Albert Kalim ’03 ’16: Webmaster Kathryn Kearns ’12: Administrative Support Associate I Jesse McInturf ’10: Principal Accountant Eric Orr: Associate Director Mark Pearson: Computer Support Specialist II William Raney ’14: House Support Barbara Royalty-Tatum: Administrative Services Assistant Hannah Simms ’14, ’17: Alumni Engagement Coordinator Darlene Simpson: Senior Data Entry Operator Pam Webb: Administrative Services Assistant Frances White: Data Entry Operator Danielle Wilson ’16: Administrative Support Associate I

Officers J. Fritz Skeen ’72 ’73 BE- President Taunya Phillips ’87 EN, ’04 BE - President-elect Hannah Miner Myers ’93 ED - Treasurer Timothy L. Walsh - Secretary District Michael W. Anderson ’92 BE Robert Price Atkinson ’97 CI Dr. William G. Bacon Jr. ’82 ’85 MED Nicole Ramsey Blackwelder ’86 ’87 PHA Jacob V. Broderick ’05 BE John S. Cain ’86 BE James E. Cantrell ’76 EN Shane T. Carlin ’95 AFE Rebecca F. Caudill ’72 ’76 ED Andrew M. Cecil ’99 AS Shiela D. Corley ’94 AS, ’95 AFE William “Bill” M. Corum ’64 BE Elizabeth “Betsy” Coleman Cox ’69 AS D. Michael Coyle ’62 BE, ’65 LAW Robert “Rob” L. Crady III ’94 BE Amanda Mills Cutright ’06 CI Bruce E. Danhauer ’77 AFE Ruth Cecelia Day ’85 BE Erin Endersby ’01 EN Erik N. Evans ’82 BE Robert Michael Gray ’80 ’81 BE Austin H. Hays ’03 BE Vicki S. Hiestand ’93 BE John T. “Jay” Hornback ’04 EN Dr. H. Fred Howard ’79 AS, ’82 DE Dr. Michael H. Huang ’89 AS, ’93 MED Daniel C. Jenkins ’97 CI Tanya Bauer Jones ’81 BE Dr. Frank Kendrick ’90 ’92 DE Shelia M. Key ’91 PHA Leo M. Labrillazo ’90 FA Susan L. Liszeski ’84 AFE Beatty L. London ’00 BE Thomas K. Mathews ’93 AS Janie McKenzie-Wells ’83 AS, ’86 LAW Herbert A. Miller Jr. ’72 AS, ’76 LAW Grant T. Mills ’09 AS Matthew “Matt” C. Minner ’93 AS Ashley “Tip” Mixson III ’80 BE Sherry Remington Moak ’81 BE Dr. W. Mark Myers ’87 DE Will L. Nash ’06 AS Tonya B. Parsons ’91 AS Abigail O. Payne ’05 CI Porter G. Peeples Sr. ’68 ED Ronald “Ronnie” M. Perchik ’82 BE Nicholas C. Phelps ’08 BE Charles “Chad” D. Polk ’94 DES Jim A. Richardson ’70 AS, ’72 ED Robert J. Riddle ’11 AFE Sean Riddle ’12 AFE John D. Ryan ’92 ’95 BE Philip Schardein ’02 BE Mary L. Shelman ’81 EN George B. Spragens ’93 BE R. Michael Stacy ’95 BE Lee H. Stewart ’92 CI Mary “Kekee” Szorcsik ’72 BE Kendra Lorene Wadsworth ’06 ED Rachel Watts Webb ’05 CI Lori E. Wells ’96 BE Scott Wittich ’75 BE At Large Phillip D. Elder ’86 AFE Jennifer A. Parks ’77 AS Jane Cobb Pickering ’74 ED Quentin R. Tyler ’02 ’05 AFE, ’11 AS Amelia Brown Wilson ’03 ’06 AFE, ’11 ED Nicholas D. Wilson ’03 AS, ’05 GS

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- Agriculture Winn F. Williams ’71 AS - Arts & Sciences James Brownlow Bryant ’67 BE - Business & Economics Jeremy L. Jarvi ’02 CI - Communication & Information Dr. Clifford J. Lowdenback ’99 AS, ’03 DE

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- Health Sciences Janis E. Clark ’78 GS, ’85 LAW - Law Dr. Emery A. Wilson ’68 ’72 MED - Medicine Patricia K. Howard ’83 ’90 ’04 NUR - Nursing Lynn Harrelson ’73 PHA - Pharmacy Vacant - Public Health Willis K. Bright Jr. ’66 SW - Social Work Alumni Trustees Dr. Michael A. Christian ’76 AS, ’80 DE Cammie DeShields Grant ’77 LCC, ’79 ED Rachel Watts Webb ’05 CI Appointed Jo Hern Curris ’63 AS, ’75 LAW - Honorary Katie Eiserman ’01 ED - Athletics Thomas W. Harris ’85 AS - University Relations Kelly Sullivan Holland ’93 AS ’98 ED Stan R. Key ’72 ED - Honorary D. Michael Richey ’74 ’79 AFE - Philanthropy Marian Moore Sims ’72 ’76 ED - Honorary Bobby C. Whitaker ’58 CI - Honorary Noor Ali - Student Government Association Vacant - University Senate

Living Past Presidents George L. Atkins Jr. ’63 BE Richard A. Bean ’69 BE Michael A. Burleson ’74 PHA Bruce K. Davis ’71 LAW Scott E. Davis ’73 BE Marianne Smith Edge ’77 AFE Franklin H. Farris Jr. ’72 BE Dr. Paul E. Fenwick ’52 AFE William G. Francis ’68 AS, ’73 LAW W. P. Friedrich ’71 EN Dan Gipson ’69 EN Brenda B. Gosney ’70 HS, ’75 ED Cammie DeShields Grant ’77 LCC, ’79 ED John R. Guthrie ’63 CI Ann B. Haney ’71 AS Diane M. Massie ’79 CI Robert E. Miller Susan V. Mustian ’84 BE John C. Nichols II ’53 BE Dr. George A. Ochs IV ’74 DE Sandra Bugie Patterson ’68 AS Robert F. Pickard ’57 ’61 EN Paula L. Pope ’73 ’75 ED David B. Ratterman ’68 EN G. David Ravencraft ’59 BE William Schuetze ’72 LAW David L. Shelton ’66 BE J. Tim Skinner ’80 DES James W. Stuckert ’60 EN, ’61 BE Hank B. Thompson Jr. ’71 CI Myra L. Tobin ’62 AFE J. Thomas Tucker ’56 BE Henry R. Wilhoit Jr. ’60 LAW Elaine A. Wilson ’68 SW Richard M. Womack ’53 AFE www.ukalumni.net

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Sandy Shores Jan. 2 – 13, 2019

Panama to Paradise April 1 – 17, 2019

Israel, Land of Cultural Treasures Feb. 9 – 18, 2019

The Galapagos Islands Feb. 20 – 27, 2019

Sailing the Windward Islands Feb. 26 – March 5, 2019

TRAVELING WILDCATS 2019 TOURS

Great Trains & Grand Canyons March 17 – 22, 2019

Book your trip today by visiting www.ukalumni.net/travel

Dutch Waterways April 8 – 16, 2019

The Masters Tournament April 10 - 13, 2019

California Rail Discovery April 24 - 30, 2019

Celtic Lands April 27 – May 6, 2019

Valor of Normandy May 7 – 18, 2019

Apulia: Undiscovered Italy May 15 – 23, 2019

Springtime in Provence, Burgundy, Beaujolais May 15 – 23, 2019

Rivieras and Islands: France, Italy, Spain May 29 – June 6, 2019

National Parks & Lodges of the Old West June 5 – 14, 2019

Stunning Scenery of Alaska June 12 – 19, 2019

Edinburgh: Art, Culture & People June 17 – 25, 2019

Arctic Expedition under the Midnight Sun June 21 – July 1, 2019

Gaelic Glory June 26 – July 5, 2019

Gems of the Danube July 8 – 18, 2019

Colorado Rockies, Rails & Western National Parks July 14 – 22, 2019

Cruise the Rhine: Amsterdam to Basel July 22 – 30, 2019

Northern Frontiers July 22 – Aug. 4, 2019

Canadian Maritimes Aug. 2 – 11, 2019

Inspiring Italy Sept. 1 – 12, 2019

Island Life Ancient Greece Sept. 5 – 13, 2019

North Atlantic Quest Sept. 10 – 27, 2019

Travel the world in the company of fellow UK alumni and friends.

Photo: Mark Cornelison, Flavors of Northern Italy Classic New England UK PR & Marketing Sept. 14 – 22, 2019 Oct. 3 - 11, 2019

Fall Foliage of Canada & New England Oct. 8 – 19, 2019

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Pride in Blue

Become an indispensable part of UK

Fritz Skeen

“I continue to be thankful to UK for the Mildred A. Lewis Award and for the outstanding education I received there. It was an exciting moment last year when my second oldest son, Benjamin, was accepted at UK as trumpet performance major!

He is benefitting from the UK Alumni Scholarship and has had a great freshman year.”

— Allison Vry Siff ’94 FA Hampton, Va. Executive Director Young Musicians of Virginia

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The word indispensable is defined in the dictionary as “absolutely necessary” and “essential.”

And, for me, it describes how I feel about the University of Kentucky. I suspect that many of my fellow alumni share this sentiment.

Not only is our alma mater a key ingredient for our success as individuals but it is essential for the physical and financial health of the Commonwealth.

Recently, the University of Kentucky launched Kentucky Can: The 21st Century Campaign.

With a goal of securing $2.1 billion over the next several years, the fundraising campaign will fund scholarships, research, arts and humanities, facilities, health care, athletics and virtually everything needed to reach and exceed the expectations set by President Eli Capilouto.

You can read all about the campaign and the many ways you can make a difference in this issue of Kentucky Alumni magazine.

Helping fund scholarships is one way you can make a difference and shape the future of UK. Steve Sanders ’91 BE is an airline pilot in Houston. He found a way to honor his late daughter, who passed away in a 2011 car crash, by establishing the Lucy Gale Sanders Scholarship, which provides $1,000 to a deserving UK student each year.

Additionally, alumni collectively support multiple scholarships through the UK Alumni Association each year. We recently recognized 179 students who received more than $192,000 in financial assistance during our annual scholarship dinner. Through local clubs and individuals, the association raises money each year to support students from Kentucky and across the nation.

My wife, Helen, and I choose to support many areas of the university. Not only do we give annually to support areas we are passionate about, but we recently made provisions in our will to sustain our giving in perpetuity. Our gift will fund endowments for the Gatton College of Business and Economics, the UK Wildcat Marching Band, and the UK Alumni Association.

UK provided me opportunities I never thought possible. For that, I am grateful. I’m a donor, a graduate and an advocate for the university. It has always been important to me to focus on giving back to UK in any way I can. I encourage you to get involved with the university.

Through your time, talent and treasures, you can help shape the future of Kentucky.

Finally, I am excited about what is on the horizon for the UK Alumni Association as it works toward a new membership model to be more inclusive of all alumni and keep more Wildcats connected to UK and each other. Be on the lookout for more information about these changes and how they will benefit you.

The stories in this issue are just examples of how individuals are absolutely necessary to the University of Kentucky.

Do what you can to become an essential part of this great university we love. Be indispensable. If we are…Kentucky Can. Go Big Blue!

Fritz Skeen ’72 ’73 BE UK Alumni Association President

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UK News

New research facility opens Photo: UK Public Relations & Marketing

A research facility expressly devoted to addressing and eradicating the state’s most significant health disparities opened in September in the heart of UK’s biomedical research campus.

The $265 million, 300,000-square-foot research facility was paid for by a combination of state funds and private philanthropy. It will bring together basic scientists, clinicians, engineers and behavioral scientists, among others, to address the state’s most pronounced health disparities. Ultimately, some 500 scientists, principal investigators, graduate and undergraduate students will work in the unique facility.

Kentucky invested $132.5 million in 2015 toward the facility and then appropriated another $40 million in bonds toward the fit-out of space during the 2018 legislative session.

Phase 1 of the building opens this fall. The facility will contain 96 biomedical laboratory benches along with imaging, behavioral and metabolic shared equipment. ■

Senate Chamber named for UK Board chairman The new Student Government Senate Chamber inside the Bill Gatton Student Center has been named the E. Britt Brockman, M.D. Senate Chamber for UK alumnus and Board of Trustees Chairman Britt Brockman. The E. Britt Brockman, M.D. Senate Chamber will not only accommodate regular Senate meetings but will also serve as a place for students to study and for other organizations to hold meetings.

Record retention and graduation rates UK has dramatically accelerated retention and graduation rates to record levels in the last four years.

Also, fueled by the nationally heralded UK Leveraging Economic Affordability for Developing Success (UK LEADS) program, unmet financial need is declining for university students as the institution launches a capital campaign with a chief goal of creating thousands of scholarships, making UK more affordable and accessible to more Kentuckians.

Some key measures of progress and areas of continued focus include: • The six-year graduation rate for the class that graduated in 2018 is expected to be 65.6 percent, up more than 5 percentage points in the last four years.

• The rate of progress for four-year graduation rates is expected to be even more pronounced at 45.5 percent for 2018, up 7 percentage points in the last four years.

• Retention rates this year are currently approaching 85 percent and are expected to increase by nearly 3 percentage points since 2016 once numbers are final.

• This year’s average ACT score is 25.9, up from 25.5 last year, and the average GPA is 3.76, up from 3.70.

Although numbers of Hispanic and international students have remained relatively constant, the percentage of African-American students in the first-year class is down by a little more than 1 percentage point this year. A number of factors contributed to the number, including the fact that increasing numbers of students now identify as two or more races or decline to identify racially at all. UK officials are working on strategic initiatives. ■ 8

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Brockman hails from LaRue County and attended UK from 1977 to 1982. During that time, he served as student body president and graduated with a bachelor's degree in pharmacy. He went on to attend medical school at the University of Louisville and became board certified in ophthalmology. Brockman practices in Louisville.

UK President Eli Capilouto praised Brockman’s accomplishments and eternal support of the university. ■

Collaboration to match entrepreneurs with university startups UK has announced the launch of the Southeast Executives-on-Roster (XOR) and the Midwest Executives-on-Roster (XOR) platforms. Both broaden access to experienced entrepreneurial talent and to match that talent to university-affiliated startups in need of executive management.

The Southeast XOR is a collaboration between 14 SEC universities and the Midwest XOR is a collaboration between 11 other Midwest universities.

“These universities are building an advantage by acting collaboratively to create a regionally-affiliated network of entrepreneurial talent and a platform to match that talent to startup companies who are commercializing the intellectual property developed at these universities,” said Ian McClure, director of the UK Office of Technology Commercialization.

“UK has more than 600 worldwide patent assets, placing UK among the top 100 worldwide universities for patent grants.

Collectively, this work reflects a strong and diverse research enterprise that mirrors some of Kentucky’s most vital industries: drug development and design, energy, plant biotech and equine health, as well as innovative materials for medical devices, implants and drug delivery systems. This collaboration will enhance our efforts to bring creative solutions to market to improve the lives of those we serve,” said UK President Eli Capilouto. ■

Photo: Ashley Ritchie

UK’s first Center for Student Philanthropy opens

UK Philanthropy officials and members of the Student Philanthropy Board joined President Eli Capilouto, center, to cut the ribbon, opening UK’s first Center for Student Philanthropy.

A new center at UK aims to spread the joy of philanthropy throughout campus and the Lexington community through its innovative programming and events. The Center for Student Philanthropy is among the first of its kind in the United States and will

serve as the basis for teaching students the value of philanthropy — whether it is giving charitably, volunteering or helping to organize philanthropic events. It is located in the Center for Student Involvement area in the Bill Gatton Student Center.

“Over the last 50 years, alumni, corporations, foundations and friends have propelled UK to greatness, strengthening its academics, research, outreach and creative pursuits through their generosity. But to continue UK’s success, we need to excite the next generation about caring for their alma mater and community,” said Mike Richey, vice president for Philanthropy and chief philanthropy officer.

Students have the opportunity for hands-on learning, serving on the Student Philanthropy Board, assisting with UK Philanthropy events or interning in the center. The newly-formed Student Philanthropy Board has 27 students representing 11 colleges and programs and organizations throughout campus.

It will set the programming for the center and organize philanthropic events, including dinners with donors, giving days and educational events that partner students with campus and community fundraising professionals. ■

Antoinette Screetch came one step closer to her dream of home ownership when volunteers from Lexington Habitat for Humanity were joined by UK President Eli Capilouto and John Gohmann, PNC Bank regional president for Lexington, at Screetch’s build site on Russell Cave Road. Employees from UK, PNC Bank and Turner Construction also participated.

This project is known as the “Big Blue Build.” It began in February when former UK Wildcat basketball player Jack “Goose” Givens hosted a fundraiser as a way of giving back to the community that supported the 1978 UK Men’s Championship Basketball Team, of which he was a member. Funds raised from the event, along with contributions from PNC Bank, Smith and Nephew, and The Pat Smith Habitat for Humanity for Endowment Fund were used to sponsor the Habitat home.

Construction of the house that Screetch will purchase this fall began in mid-August. Volunteers from UK, PNC Bank and Turner Construction, led by Capilouto and Gohmann, worked on exterior and interior framing of the house in August.

Photo: Mark Cornelison, UK PR & Marketing

Big Blue Build for Lexington family

UK Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Eric Monday, left, and UK President Eli Capilouto saw lumber at the Big Blue Build.

Screetch, a native of Lexington, is the mother of four children.

She is a full-time home health care worker and a nursing student. ■

UK’s Bicycle Friendly University status goes gold UK was notified by the League of American Bicyclists that it has been awarded the first gold level designated university not only in the Commonwealth, but in the entire SEC. Kentucky currently only has four other Bicycle Friendly Universities (BFUs): Morehead State University (Silver), Transylvania University (Bronze), University of Louisville (Silver) and Western Kentucky University (Bronze).

The League of American Bicyclists grants universities their bicycle-friendly status. The program evaluates applications based on efforts to promote bicycles based on the five Es: engineering, encouragement, education, enforcement and evaluation/planning.

UK Transportation Services has developed and nurtured numerous bicycle programs including the Wildcat Wheels Bicycle Library, the Big Blue Cycles program, departmental bikes and much more. The Wildcat Wheels Bicycle Library also helps teach cyclists how to fix their bikes in a hands-on environment.

In addition, UK offers a bike voucher program, free commute planning assistance and free bike permits to help deter bike theft.

Most recently, the university entered into a partnership with Spin, a stationless bikeshare service, to help increase mobility across campus. ■

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Barnstable Brown Gala donates over $1 million The Barnstable Brown Gala, the premier Kentucky Derby Gala, donated over $1 million from proceeds from its 2018 event to the UK Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center. Since 2008, the Barnstable Brown family has donated more than $15 million to the center from proceeds from the annual Barnstable Brown Derby Eve Gala held in Louisville, including this year’s 30th gala.

The center, which expanded and moved to its current Turfland location in 2017, treats more than 7,500 adult patients and 2,500 pediatric patients each year in the management and treatment of diabetes and related diseases.

The center was first established when twins Patricia Barnstable Brown and Priscilla Barnstable, along with their mother, Wilma, pledged the initial funding to support the center in memory of Patricia Barnstable Brown’s husband, David.

“This gift is only possible because of the generosity and kindness of our many ticket buyers, sponsors and celebrity guests,” said Tricia Barnstable Brown. ■

Left to right: Dr. Lisa Tannock (Adult Endocrinology Division chief), Dr. Mark F. Newman (executive vice president Health Affairs), Willie Barnstable, Tricia Barnstable-Brown, and Dr. John Fowlkes (director).

Virtual support for adoptive/foster parents Being a foster/adoptive/kinship parent is demanding. Caregivers often struggle to find support, especially in rural communities and the number of children entering foster care in the Commonwealth continues to increase. In response, the College of Social Work Training Resource Center (TRC) has launched a new initiative.

Adoption Support for Kentucky – Virtual Interaction Program (ASK-VIP) is now available at two pilot sites in Eastern and Northern Kentucky. The online platform offers support for caregivers who are unable to attend traditional meetings.

Board of Trustees new members In September, three new members of the UK Board of Trustees were sworn in. They are: • Rachel Watts Webb, a resident of Shelbyville, is one of three UK alumni members of the Board of Trustees who are voted on by alumni. Webb and her husband operate a commercial real estate company, and she also serves as a substitute teacher in the Shelby County School System. She has served eight years on the UK Alumni Association Board of Directors. Webb earned her bachelor’s degree in integrated strategic communication from UK in 2005 and served two terms as Student Government president and two terms as the student member of the UK Board of Trustees.

• Kimberly Scott McCann, an attorney from Ashland, represents public school districts across Kentucky, as well as many small and large businesses. She is an executive board member for Shaping Our Appalachian Region and serves on the board of directors for King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland. She received a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Kentucky University and her juris doctorate in 1986 from the UK College of Law. • Michael Hamilton, as president of Student Government, also serves as the UK Student Trustee. He is a junior majoring in political science and international studies. He is also a Chellgren Fellow. ■ 10

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ASK-VIP harnesses technology to organize virtual meetings.

Group sessions occur at least once per week, while individual sessions occur throughout the week. These discussions are a safe space for caregivers to share their personal experiences without fear of judgment.

There are plans to strategically roll-out ASK-VIP statewide over the next 12 months. For more information about the Training Resource Center, visit trc.uky.edu. ■

UK recognized with 3 national diversity awards For the second consecutive year, the University of Kentucky has received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award and was further recognized as a 2018 Diversity Champion by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, one of only 15 universities nationally to receive the honor.

In addition, UK was recently declared a “Best of the Best” Top 30 LGBTQ-friendly college by Campus Pride. Annually, Campus Pride releases its list highlighting the campuses that are setting the highest standards nationally for LGBTQ-inclusion in policy, program and practice.

“The University of Kentucky is a place for all people. The multiple recognitions for our campus are important signals to those interested in joining this family,” said UK President Eli Capilouto. “But we do not make these investments and set these priorities for accolades. We do this because we know our campus thrives when it is a diverse community, celebrating the distinctiveness of our people. It’s because of the rich tapestry of background, culture, race, ethnicity, and lived experiences that Kentucky can achieve its highest aspirations.” ■

Blue Horizons

UK research finds a new threat to monarch butterfly food UK entomology researchers found that a common, invasive beetle is feeding on milkweed plants, the only source of food for monarch butterfly larvae. These beetles could hinder international efforts to rebuild the struggling pollinator’s population.

Adam Baker, an entomology graduate student in the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, first found Japanese beetles on milkweed plants while conducting routine surveys of monarch larvae for another research project.

“We observed large clusters of Japanese beetles feeding on common milkweed growing wild in pastures, naturalized areas of parks and other settings in Central Kentucky,” Baker said.

“They were gathering in large clusters and feeding on flowers.

They reduced fruiting and seed set by more than 90 percent and caused extensive damage to plants in the field.”

In the past two decades, monarch butterfly populations across the United States have declined by 90 percent due, in large part, to the loss of milkweed host plants from primary breeding grounds. Conservationists have focused much of their efforts on rebuilding milkweed populations to improve butterfly populations. Japanese beetles had not previously been considered a contributor to the problem.

“Given the Japanese beetles’ outbreak status in the Midwest and its continuing expansion in the main monarch flyways, this invasive pest is likely to limit outcrossing and reproduction of wild milkweeds, as well as those planted for monarch habitat restoration,” said Daniel Potter, UK professor of entomology and Baker’s advisor. ■

First test plot of malaria-fighting plant a success at UK Farm A UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment research trial studying the feasibility of growing plants used to treat malaria was successful in its first growing season.

In March, the college’s Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center (KTRDC) personnel signed a memorandum of understanding with officials from ArtemiFlow, a German-based company, to grow artemisia plants. UK researchers grew three varieties at UK’s Spindletop Farm.

The abundance of rainfall this season can be attributed to the crop’s success, as it negated the need for any irrigation.

“We expect to collect 1,000 to 1,750 pounds of dry weight biomass per acre, maybe higher, we don’t know,” said Patrick Perry, KTRDC field research coordinator.

The artemisia is harvested around flowering time when the artemisinin compound in the plant is the highest. The researchers will then analyze the crop for its chemical compounds.

“We looked at where it could be grown,” said Peter Seeberger, founder of ArtemiFlow. “It has to be grown in a certain area and it turns out that Kentucky is about a perfect spot to do it.”

Seeberger and business partner Kerry Gilmore started ArtemiFlow, developing an inexpensive and efficient process to take the compound from the artemisia plant and create a pharmaceutical.

“We needed a way to produce these raw materials; we needed to standardize and industrialize this process,” Gilmore said.

“That’s when we were lucky enough to end up here in Kentucky and start talking to the KTRDC, and they figured out how to grow this crop here.”

Malaria is a disease that affects up to 200 million people a year. It is an easily treated disease with the medicine made from the artemisia plant, but people die every year because they don’t have access to the medication. There is a huge black market for the medicine in Africa and Southeast Asia.

“There are only two ways to fix the problem. Inject more money into the system and buy more medicine that is out there, or we can produce these medications more cheaply and efficiently. That is what we want to do,” Gilmore said. ■

Research helps earn Pope Villa spot on National Register Research by Julie Riesenweber, assistant professor in the Department of Historic Preservation in the UK College of Design, helped Lexington’s Pope Villa achieve its place on the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register is the nation’s official list of historic and archaeological resources deemed worthy of preservation, a program of the National Park Service.

Located at 326 Grosvenor Ave., Pope Villa was designed

by Benjamin H. Latrobe and built in 1812 for U.S. Sen. John Pope and his second wife, Eliza Pope. Latrobe emigrated from England in 1796, and in 1803 President Thomas Jefferson appointed him surveyor of public buildings of the United States and to work as superintendent of construction of the United States Capitol.

Two previous attempts to list the building were unsuccessful, primarily because they focused exclusively on Latrobe's

original design, overlooking the significant alterations of the 1840s, 1860s and the early 20th century. “After the previous failed attempts, I realized the need to capture Pope Villa’s entire period of significance to 1843, which included Captain Henry and Elizabeth Johnson’s renovations,” explained Riesenweber.

“These changes brought the house’s plan into conformity with local expectations, creating ‘a product of a nationally significant architect who was subject to local interpretation by its builders and by its users … revealing [the] democratization of the design process on one Compiled from news reports significant buildabout research at UK. ing’ as stated in the For more information about nomination.” ■ research taking place at UK, visit www.research.uky.edu

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STEVE SANDERS ’91 BE: Finding direction in the sky

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teve Sanders ’91 BE is the kind of man who finds success no matter what he’s doing — whether launching multiple family-run businesses, teaching novices to skydive or shuttling hundreds of passengers across continents while piloting a Boeing 777.

“It’s a very spiritual feeling to be in the air,” says Sanders, 50, who, in addition to working as a commercial pilot since 2001, is also a certified flight instructor and an Accelerated Free Fall skydiving instructor.

If you spot a United Airlines pilot wearing his ID on a UK lanyard during your travels, chances are it’s Sanders, who routinely pilots flights from his home base in Houston to locales as far flung as Rio de Janeiro, London, Honolulu, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Narita, Japan.

“When I go to work with my UK lanyard on, people comment on it everywhere, not just domestically but even internationally,” says Sanders, who earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing at UK from the Gatton College of Business & Economics. “People are always shouting ‘Go Big Blue’ at me, no matter where I am in the world.”

FORMATIVE EXPERIENCES

A Texas native, Sanders moved back to the Lone Star State in 2000 to pursue his dream of becoming a pilot after spending his youth and early adulthood in Lexington, a period in which he honed his talents for sales and marketing.

“I would sell subscriptions to the Lexington Herald-Leader, mow yards, you name it. We were in survival mode,” says Sanders, who moved to Kentucky with his mother and two older siblings when he was 9, so that his mom could pursue a job teaching accounting at Lexington Community College.

His mom went on to earn her doctorate in higher education at UK and later finished her career as a dean at a college in New Jersey. “UK has been very good to my family,” Sanders says.

After graduating from Lafayette High School in 1986, he enrolled at Eastern Kentucky University for a short time with plans to earn a computer science degree. However, he says he lacked focus and his grades suffered. As much as he enjoyed coding, he knew he needed a career that wouldn’t force him behind a desk all day.

After a brief college hiatus, he enrolled at UK in fall 1988 and changed his major to marketing, intending to put his proven sales skills to work. All these years later, he’s still grateful for the springboard that UK provided. “My grades needed to improve,

and it was just an awesome experience to be accepted at UK and to be encouraged to graduate when I was there,” he says.

While at UK, Sanders held down two part-time jobs and put in long hours as a photographer for the Kentucky Kernel, eventually working his way up to photo editor his senior year. He still pursues photography during skydives as a hobby.

That leadership experience, he says, helped give him the confidence to eventually pursue his goal of becoming a pilot. “My time at UK helped give me confidence, which you’ve got to have as an airline pilot.

It’s a job that carries awesome responsibility,” says Sanders.

He landed his first position on a national airline in 2006, when he was hired by Continental, which later merged with United Airlines.

“When I go to work with my UK lanyard on, people comment on it everywhere, not just domestically but even internationally. People are always shouting ‘Go Big Blue’ at me, no matter where I am in the world.”

– STEVE SANDERS FINDING STRENGTH

As happy as he is to be piloting — including frequent small jaunts on his modest private plane to catch UK men’s basketball and football games when they play in Texas, Mississippi or Florida — Sanders’ career and life trajectories have not been without hardship.

After making the bold decision in 2000 to leave a comfortable, 10-year career running his in-laws’ successful Lexington-based office coffee and vending business to move to Texas and attend flight school, Sanders’ pilot dream was abruptly waylaid.

Hired by a regional airline in summer 2001, Sanders had just one week of training remaining to finish his certification when 9/11 hit and he was furloughed for two years. “I was this close to finishing, and there I was, we had just bought a house in Houston, and I was out of a job,” he says.

To make ends meet before he was rehired by Continental Express regional airline in 2003, Sanders dusted off his UK

marketing degree and launched a new, Texas-based coffee, water and vending business with his wife Jackie. He called the new business LuTrick Enterprises Inc., named for their children Lucy and Patrick.

The business ultimately thrived, as did the growth of an ATM company that the entrepreneurial couple later launched. They decided to sell those businesses in 2015 and 2017 and launched their new retail enterprise in October 2017.

Devastatingly, on September 11, 2011, the Sanders lost their 16-year-old daughter in a car accident. Lucy Sanders had planned to attend UK, and in honor of her memory, Steve and Jackie Sanders established the Lucy Gale Sanders Scholarship, which provides $1,000 to a deserving UK student each year. “We thought, in tribute to Lucy, why not give back to a university that has given our family so much,” says Steve Sanders, who, with Jackie Sanders, is a UK Fellow and Life Member of the UK Alumni Association.

Last year, as an added means of honoring Lucy’s legacy, Steve and Jackie Sanders launched another family business, this one a boutique in Houston named Lucy’s Boutique and Gifts. (www.ilovelucys.com) “Lucy and Jackie had always planned to open a boutique together,” Sanders says.

“But that got put on hold. All of us have been working to recover and pick ourselves up and trudge on in life. We’ve got to just keep on keeping on. Lucy would want nothing less.”

The Sanders’ son Patrick, now 21, has — like his father — found the sky to be a source of solace and healing. Patrick Sanders is also an active skydiver who is currently attending flight school with a goal of one day becoming a commercial pilot.

The sport of skydiving is what ultimately led Steve to pursue flying. “I did my first jump when I was 20 in a corn field in Berea,” says Steve Sanders. “It was amazing. I feel blessed to have this life. It’s just fun. It’s a potpourri. Every day you think, ‘Where am I going to go today?’ I get to get on, get off and explore all these amazing cities and cultures.

“To take 350 people and transport them 6,000 miles to their families and jobs safely is not something any pilot takes lightly. It’s a tremendous honor,” he says. “And looking back, I think my time at UK and my experience with the Kernel — starting out as a meager staff photographer and then being asked to become photo editor — was a building block that greatly contributed to the overall success I have now.” ■ www.ukalumni.net

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On July 1, 2019, the UK Alumni Association will adopt a new membership model.

Under the new membership model, ALL UK alumni will have access to a basic level of Perks & Exclusives. But if you choose to invest in the University of Kentucky, you will receive a slate of enhanced Perks & Exclusives!

“I am incredibly grateful to have been selected to receive the Schmidt/STAT Scholarship. I am thankful for those who made this scholarship possible, and I am excited about the impact this scholarship will have on my college career.”

– Austin Kennedy, Senior, University of Kentucky

PICK YOUR PASSION

The best perk of all? You get to pick your passion and know your investment will help the University of Kentucky grow! If your Big Blue heart is drawn to helping students like Austin Kennedy succeed, there are many opportunities to plant a seed and countless other UK funds in which to direct your generosity!

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

STUDENT SUCCESS

UK HEALTHCARE

COLLEGES AND PROGRAMS

RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY

UK ATHLETICS

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY

ARTS AND CULTURE

CAMPUS LIFE

FACULTY EXCELLENCE

COME GROW WITH US

Learn more about the UK Alumni Association’s new membership model and how you can help UK grow! www.ukalumni.net/newmembershipmodel • 800-269-ALUM (2586) • ukalumni@uky.edu

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UK ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT

LOOKING AT FISCAL

12.59%

NUMBERS TELLS SOME

Programs

$429,702

OF THE STORY OF THE UK

28.97%

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.

But at the core of the association you will find the Big Blue Hearts of our members — their dedication and service is what drives this organization. Their loyalty is responsible for not only helping to relieve students’ financial burden through scholarship funding but also for welcoming those same students into the fold of this Wildcat family we call the UK Alumni Association.

UK Funding & Endowments

REVENUE

Membership

$3,414,094

$1,000,840

7.11% Wildcat Society, Other Gifts, Interest

0.62%

$242,841

King Alumni House Rental

$21,086

9.60% 0.37% Board of Directors

$12,580

Members are responsible for helping our staff make the 2017-2018 fiscal year one to be remembered. From the Legacy Pumpkin Festival and Homecoming to the Great Teacher Awards, Senior Salute and Alumni Career Services programs, it was an eventful year.

What can we do to serve you better? How best can we inform you and keep you connected to your alma mater? Please let us know your thoughts by reaching out to us at ukalumni@uky.edu.

We are here for you.

$989,142

29.31%

Royalties, Sponsorships, Advertising

11.42% Credit Card Fund Withdrawals

$327,903

$390,000

28.26% Administration

$943,017

1.07% Board of Directors

$35,858

35.27% Programs

$3,337,510

Communications

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$13,713

6.98% Information Systems & Records

15.75%

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King Alumni House

0.70%

Go Big Blue!

Tim Walsh Associate Vice President for Alumni Engagement and Executive Director of UK Alumni Association

0.41%

EXPENSES

$1,176,983

$525,652

$232,798

0.97% Awards & Scholarships

9.62%

$32,332

Membership

0.98% Wildcat Society

$32,561

$321,230

Royalties & Merchandise

$23,366

2017-2018

UK ALUMNI ASSOCIATION STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION JUNE 30, 2018 AND 2017

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THE life-changing impact

2018-2019 scholarship recipients with Fritz Skeen, the president of the UK Alumni Association, center.

SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

honored at reception and dinner

Due to the generosity of UK alumni and friends of the university, deserving UK students receive financial aid through scholarships from the UK Alumni Association, individual UK Alumni Clubs and individuals. This helps students to focus on what is important — their studies!

In September, the UK Alumni Association and its clubs presented the University of Kentucky with a check for the total amount of contributions made during the 2017-2018 fiscal year. This includes more than $223,918

from alumni clubs, $31,822 from the UK Alumni Association and $30,075 from individuals, for a grand total of $285,815!

UK Alumni Clubs and groups making contributions of more than $3,000 to either their endowment or spending accounts in the 2017-2018 fiscal year include: Ashland UK Alumni Club: $3,650

Christian County UK Alumni Club: $4,500 Clark County UK Alumni Club: $6,000

Fayette County UK Alumni Club: $14,975 Fulton County UK Alumni Club: $3,000

Hopkins County UK Alumni Club: $5,500

Greater Houston UK Alumni Club: $4,000 Jacksonville UK Alumni Club: $4,000

Greater Louisville UK Alumni Club: $106,845 Lyman T. Johnson African American UK Alumni Group: $3,420

McCracken County UK Alumni Club: $19,600 Photos: Tim Webb

Naples/Fort Myers UK Alumni Club: $7,915

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Sarasota/Suncoast UK Alumni Club: $4,400

Shannon Corley Memorial Scholarship: $20,905

OF UK scholarships WHAT DOES YOUR CLUB GIVING BUY?

By Gail Hairston

At the University of Kentucky, it buys a future for scores of young people. This past academic year alone, 179 UK students received a scholarship from the UK Alumni Association.

During this current fall semester, 100 UK students are benefitting from scholarships granted by individual local clubs all across the country.

For some of those UK students, their tuition will be paid.

Others will be able to sleep in safe housing or enjoy regular, healthy meals because of those scholarships. Others can buy all the books their professors require of them.

Each and every scholarship funded by the UK Alumni Association, alumni clubs or individual alumni and friends of the university is transformed into a young person’s education today and a career tomorrow that will someday support families in the future.

That dedication of Wildcat alumni to the current student body is not lost on a single scholarship recipient.

“I am forever grateful for having received this alumni scholarship,” says Hannah McCloy, “because it showed me that there are people who support me and want me to succeed. It made me feel that, although UK is a large university, someone recognizes me as an individual and as an important part of the UK community.”

McCloy, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, is a freshman majoring in social work.

The alumni who work hard to fund those scholarships — sometimes, a single dollar bill at a time — are buying a future for a stranger.

The Fayette County UK Alumni Club, for example, considers raising money to fund scholarships for the students to be the most important responsibility it has. “We know just a little financial help can be the difference in these students being able to continue attending UK or having to give up,” says Peggy Barton Queen ’86 BE, president of the club. “We are always brainstorming for new and creative ways to increase our contribution.”

The club’s newest fundraising strategy has been particularly successful. The club made arrangements with a local bourbon distillery to produce a limited edition run with a percentage of sales going directly into its scholarship fund.

They dubbed it “Wildcat Love” Bourbon, and it quickly became a commemorative piece when fans noticed the bottle’s label predicted UK would break the football team’s losing streak against Florida this season. Sales skyrocketed.

“The University of Kentucky provides such a wonderful education and experience to our students,” says Queen. “We want to help as many young people as we can See Blue. A strong student body with positive experiences while attending the University of Kentucky helps foster a strong alumni commitment in the future, which in turn benefits the generations to follow.

We are thrilled to be a part of this legacy.”

All members of the Jacksonville UK Alumni Club have to do to raise money for their UK scholarship fund is take advantage of Buffalo Wild Wings Restaurant’s generosity and eat there during Game Watch Parties.

The restaurant’s program has been a wonderful partnership and a steady source of scholarship funding for many years.

“Anything we can do to help our students succeed, whether through a scholarship or as an information resource, is a good opportunity to serve the future generation,” says Nicole Blackwelder ’87 PHA, president of the club.

Dr. Harold “Chip” Halfhill ’87 AS, ’91 ’95 MED in the McCracken County UK Alumni Club says his club members feel they are simply “doing their job” when they embark on their annual fundraising golf scramble or promote their alma mater to high schoolers, primarily because each member remembers the “financial burden” of all the expenses associated with college. “Almost all of the current board members of our McCracken County UK Alumni Club received a scholarship to attend the university at one time or another,” he says.

“I recall when I received scholarships, both while attending UK as an undergraduate and later in medical school. I can’t begin to express the gratitude that I had both at the time of receipt of those scholarships and continue to have even today,” says Halfhill. “They were game-changers for my wife and me and allowed me to concentrate on school without having to borrow additional money or take on an additional job while in school.”

In the Dayton UK Alumni Club, the year’s big fundraiser is a Derby party raffle. One club member is so devoted to the project, an entire room in her home is dedicated to nothing but storing raffle items.

“Supporting students of today is going to be critical to our future,” says Kevin Collins ’84 EN, Dayton club president, who also manages the scholarship program. “If a scholarship can make a difference in a student being able to attend UK and possibly becoming the next leader, researcher to come up with a needed cure or a teacher of the next generation of students, then the money is well spent.”

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2018 Joseph T. Burch

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uring a special dinner and reception in September, the UK Alumni Association was proud to honor Michelle Bishop Allen ’06 ’10 BE as this year’s UK Alumni Association Joseph T. Burch Young Alumni Award winner.

Allen is a former member of the UK Alumni Association Board of Directors and the Young Alumni Council. She earned a bachelor’s degrees in accounting and finance and later received an MBA, all from the Gatton College of Business & Economics.

After graduation, she began her career with Valvoline. She has been with Valvoline 12 years, including eight in marketing.

She has held roles in internal audit, supply chain planning and brand manager for Valvoline Global Brands. She was recently promoted to director of strategic accounts. In this role, Allen leads sales to Walmart for the Valvoline brand.

Her passion is women in leadership. She served on the Young Women Lead Board, and she is an advocate for SOAR, a women’s professional leadership development program. In addition, she facilitated a women’s leadership development program at

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Young Alumni Award recipient

Ashland/Valvoline in 2015. Over 100 women participated and were empowered with the tools necessary to lead the organization forward.

As a student, she served as a Senator at Large in the Student Government Association, was president of the Alpha Lambda Delta honor society, and served as vice-president of Kappa Alpha Theta. She also participated in the Student Development Council, was a campus tour guide and served as one of five UK Ambassadors, a group that spoke at alumni clubs across the country.

She and her husband Paul Allen ’03 BE live in Versailles and have two children: Reese and Gage.

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WILDCAT COMMUNITY REUNION IN OMAN THE FIRST

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The Gatton College of Business & Economics is currently home to several Omani students, and UK’s top-ranked Ph.D. program in Nursing will soon welcome a doctoral student from Oman.

UK has about 1,750 alumni living outside the United States, proving Big Blue Nation is a transnational community. Alums all over the world are eager for information about their alma mater and like to keep up with UK news and athletics.

The university recently arranged for Wildcat basketball games to be broadcast in Mandarin so not only alums but future Wildcats in China can enjoy keeping up with the Cats.

Roberts says it is very important for universities to maintain communication with alumni wherever they may be. “Most major U.S. universities now have a strategy for engaging their alumni living overseas — be they American alums working abroad, or international students who may have returned home or are working in a third world country,” she says.

The UK International Center will be working with the colleges, the UK Alumni Association and UK Philanthropy to build up UK’s global alumni community, Roberts says. “Alumni are major assets for UK,” she says. “Wherever they may be, here in Kentucky or in Beijing or Muscat, UK alums are brand ambassadors, and they can help the university, including its current and future students, succeed in a globally connected world.” ■

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ast July, the first official University of Kentucky Alumni Reunion was held in Muscat, Oman. Over 15 proud former Wildcats mingled with several current UK students who were home for summer vacation and enjoyed reminiscing over a meal. Fond memories were exchanged, and these included going to Wildcat basketball games, eating at campus area restaurants and shopping at Kroger!

The event was hosted by Sue Roberts, the UK associate provost for internationalization and Nancy Johnson, associate dean of international affairs in the Gatton College of Business & Economics. Aisha Rashid Al Mamri, president of the UK Omani Student Association, helped organize and host the event.

Oman is a Sultanate in the Persian Gulf region with a long history. UK has welcomed Omani students for over 10 years, most of whom are sponsored by the Government of Oman to study at UK. In addition, UK has a partnership agreement with Sultan Qaboos University, Oman’s largest and best public university.

Roberts says she thought the evening event was very touching.

“It was lovely to hear how strong the alums’ loyalty to UK is. And it was very meaningful to hear them talk about their favorite professors and mentors,” she says.

Johnson says she was impressed by, “The alums’ success in launching their careers. They mentioned that UK prepared them well by fostering independence.”

There are over 80 undergraduate students from Oman currently studying at UK. Many are pursuing degrees in the College of Engineering, but the Wildcats gathered in Muscat included students with majors in the College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Health Sciences and the College of Design.

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Fill out this form online at www.ukalumni.net/HODA

2020 HALL OF DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI CRITERIA AND NOMINATION FORM Every five years the UK Alumni Association recognizes a select group of outstanding alumni and honors them by induction into the Hall of Distinguished Alumni. The original selection of inductees included 85 individuals in 1963.

Two years later in 1965, 39 inductees were chosen and the first official recognition ceremony of the members took place that year in conjunction with the university’s Centennial Anniversary. Additional inductees included three in 1967, 19 in 1970, 21 in 1975, 11 in 1980, 13 in 1985, 13 in 1989, 20 in 1995, 20 in 2000, 19 in 2005, 20 in 2010 and 23 in 2015. A total of 306 alumni have been inducted into the Hall of Distinguished Alumni through 2015.

Nominations are carefully considered by a special committee selected by the association's board of directors.

Please consider the following criteria when nominating someone to the hall.

Nominees must: 1. Have earned a degree from the University of Kentucky at least 10 years prior to consideration.

2. Have reached and remained at the pinnacle of their field or industry for a time sufficient to demonstrate

perseverance and maturation.

3. Be recognized by peers for having reached and remained at the pinnacle of their field or industry (renown with peers should preferably extend beyond Kentucky and beyond their field).

4. Have shown evidence of actual merit of work in their chosen field of endeavor and community leadership.

5. Not be the holder of an elected political office.

Nominations should include: 1. This completed form.

2. Maximum one page letter highlighting why you think the person should be considered.

3. Maximum five additional pages supporting the above criteria about each candidate’s credentials, achievements, the impact of those accomplishments, public awards and honors, and outside sources such as published articles.

Nominations may be submitted immediately and will be accepted until December 31, 2018.

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Send this Nomination Form and other supporting information to: UK Alumni Association 400 Rose Street • King Alumni House • Lexington, KY 40506-0119 Questions? Call Jill Smith 859-257-8906 or 800-269-ALUM (2586) or visit www.ukalumni.net/HODA

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“IT IS

OUR TIME. IT IS OUR TIME, WHERE WE DECIDE WHAT KIND OF FUTURE WE’RE GOING TO CREATE FOR THIS NEXT GENERATION. I CONTEND AND I KNOW THERE IS NO GREATER INVESTMENT IN THIS COMMONWEALTH THAN INVESTMENTS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY THE UNIVERSITY FOR KENTUCKY.” — President Eli Capilouto

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The University of Kentucky’s history is marked by resilience and shaped by an unyielding and compassionate commitment to those we serve.

Today, informed by that past, we are focused on the future. We are asking ourselves a fundamental question: What does it mean to be Kentucky’s University in the 21st century?

We take seriously our role as the University for Kentucky. We are the heartbeat of our state’s industry and the provider of leaders and innovators for its workforce. We heal lives and transform communities, equipping them to prosper and move forward.

For that reason, we have launched what soon will be regarded as a transformational campaign for the University of Kentucky and the state we serve.

Our initiative — Kentucky Can: The 21st Century Campaign — is a $2.1 billion comprehensive campaign focused on six major areas at the University: student success, health care, research, endowment, alumni and athletics. The campaign, in particular, will concentrate on three critical paths to fuel our growth and aspirations: First, investing further in scholarships that cultivate the best and brightest minds on our campus and equip students to be productive contributors to the Commonwealth. This initiative includes growing scholarships and financial aid by $300 million to ensure affordable access and timely degree completion.

Second, enhancing and expanding our research enterprise in which the UK family can forge new discoveries, making our university an incubator and creator of incredible breakthroughs. We believe we can attack opioid addiction and abuse in this state, work to reduce cancer rates by half and develop a

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more plentiful and sustainable food supply.

Third, growing our endowment from nearly $1.5 billion to $2.1 billion to attract and keep top faculty, create innovative programs and address the complex questions of our day.

Endowed support is critically important to the long-term success of the University, and reaching our target will provide scholarships and faculty support; expand and enhance our research enterprise; distinguish the University among its peers; and sustain our promise for a new generation.

We are in the midst of something extraordinary — something that you make possible through your enduring commitment to our community and our work.

This place has been and continues to be home to pioneers and providers, bold dreamers and strategic thinkers, who make our vision and work possible.

Now, it is time to get to work: to follow in the footsteps of those who came before us — those who gave of themselves to change our campus and Commonwealth for the better.

Kentucky can bring new hope to those in need and in pain, equip the new leaders who will show us the way and find answers to the biggest questions we face.

Kentucky can work harder, reach higher and dream bigger for the future of our institution, our students and our state.

It is time to show the world what Kentucky can do.

Sincerely,

Eli Capilouto

President Eli Capilouto helps launch the University of Kentucky’s $2.1 billion campaign, Kentucky Can: The 21st Century Campaign, Sept. 14 in the Gatton Student Center Grand Ballroom, where donors, faculty, students and staff members spoke about the need for increased funding.

LAUNCHING

THE BIGGEST CAMPAIGN IN OUR HISTORY.

by Molly Williamson The number is historic. Simply put, it’s the largest fundraising goal in the history of the state.

But the scope of the mission the University of Kentucky has undertaken in support of the Commonwealth is historic, too.

It’s part of who we are. It’s defined us since our founding more than 150 years ago. But today, in an important sense, it takes on new meaning.

Think about it: It’s the idea that a university can play a leading role in eradicating drug abuse, reducing rates of cancer, ensuring that financial need is not a barrier to college for Kentuckians and creating a

more secure food supply for the Commonwealth and beyond.

That’s the idea — to reveal and enhance what Kentucky can do.

The breadth of that mission and the depth of UK’s commitment to Kentucky were on display on Sept. 14, as nearly 500 UK friends, alumni, donors, students, faculty and staff celebrated the kickoff of the institution’s $2.1 billion comprehensive campaign — Kentucky Can: The 21st Century Campaign.

“Tonight is an opportunity to celebrate our past and embrace

our shared mission to transform the Commonwealth and the world beyond its borders,” said UK President Eli Capilouto as he opened the evening’s festivities. “You make that transformation possible. You share in the UK story. Each of you helps us write a chapter in an incredible story of extraordinary achievement.”

The fundraising initiative will elevate every aspect of campus, from faculty recruitment to the expansion of clinical and research activities, and from enhanced athletics facilities to the continued revitalization of the campus core. www.ukalumni.net

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ALUMNI GOALS

SEE WHAT

KENTUCKY CAN UNITE.

But perhaps most intently, the campaign will focus on student success.

For example, the highly successful UK LEADS program (Leveraging Economic Affordability for Developing Success) is a nationally heralded initiative to eliminate financial need as an impediment to attending and graduating from the University.

This program, and other scholarships and financial aid awards like it, expands UK’s capacity to develop a new generation of leaders.

In all, the goal is to increase the institution’s endowment to $2.1 billion, which will provide funding for the longevity of the University and support the faculty who are at the heart of the teaching, discovery and service that happens on our campus every day.

It is an ambitious effort but a necessary one, said D. Michael Richey, vice president for

philanthropy and alumni engagement, at the kickoff event.

“For all of us who come together this evening and for this University, our aspirations have never been anything short of bold — and so too must be our campaign goal,” Richey said.

“In case you didn’t know it, that is a big, big number,” he said. “But more important is what that number represents.

This campaign will build bridges for students to receive an affordable education, for health care that is continuously ranked among the best in the nation, to ensure our outstanding athletic programs continue to excel and for faculty to teach and conduct research that heals, creates and impacts the quality of life for all Kentuckians.”

Throughout the 60-minute program, students, faculty and staff described their connections to UK.

IMPROVE ALUMNI GIVING PARTICIPATION by 21 percent

AWARD 210 MORE SCHOLARSHIPS from the UK Alumni Assocation

RECRUIT 2,100 NEW LIFE MEMBERS to increase our endowment

GROW PLANNED GIVING

and encourage 210 more alumni to include UK in their estate plans and join the Society of 1865

“THIS UNIVERSITY IS WORTH THE COMMITMENT OF OUR TIME, TALENTS AND GIFTS, SO THAT IT CAN EDUCATE, INSPIRE, HEAL, ENCOURAGE AND LIFT THE HUMAN SPIRIT OF ALL THOSE WHO COME AFTER US.” — D. Michael Richey, vice president for philanthropy and alumni engagement

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STUDENT SUCCESS GOALS

Set in the round, the event offered donors and attendees a multisensory, intimate experience. In each section of the program, four speakers approached the stage from opposite directions, sharing their unique stories of how additional support would benefit the University and the Commonwealth.

The evening culminated in a performance — from the 200-member UK Chorale, the AcoUstiKats, Paws and Listen, and Everett McCorvey, director of opera — of “My Old Kentucky Home,” which reverberated throughout the ballroom.

“Everyone was really overwhelmed with pride to be UK alumni and Kentuckians in general,” said Alex Francke, a senior UK student studying business management.

A speaker at the event and a Lexington native, Francke wants to change the world through business, specifically through social entrepreneurship. She grew up in a family of business owners, where she learned the power of hard work. Now she wants to use her business acumen to solve social problems.

“I believe the greatest gift is to empower others. It is what you have done for me, and it is my passion to do that for others,” Francke said of the donors and professors who have influenced her UK experience.

“Through my hard work and your support, I will use what I have been given to enrich the lives of others.”

Increasing access to higher education is core to the Kentucky Can campaign. As part of its strategic plan, UK aims to increase graduation and reten-

tion rates by 2020 to place the institution among the best public institutions in the country.

Specifically, a centerpiece of the historic campaign is funding 2,100 UK LEADS and other scholarships to ensure that more Kentuckians have access to a UK education, and can graduate on time and without debt.

“WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT KENTUCKY’S BEST AND BRIGHEST MINDS CAN PURSUE THEIR DREAM OF GETTING AN EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY.” — Mira Ball, Kentucky Can cochair and former chair of the UK Board of Trustees

“We need to ensure that Kentucky’s best and brightest minds can pursue their dream of getting an education at the University of Kentucky,” said Mira Ball, campaign co-chair and former chair of the Board of Trustees.

Another pillar of the campaign involves tackling key challenges facing the state.

At the event, faculty and staff detailed how their work impacts Kentucky, or how UK’s research enterprise addresses problems including substance abuse, cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes.

“Kentucky is facing unprecedented challenges,” said Sherri Bullard, a member of the Kentucky Can Campaign Leadership Committee. “The success of this University is linked to the success of the community and the Commonwealth. We feel it’s

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RESEARCH GOALS

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time to step forward and encourage everyone to step up.”

Phillip K. Chang, UK chief medical officer and professor of surgery, discussed opioid addiction, a problem he called “a great yet vicious equalizer.”

Opioid addiction occurs within 7 to 10 days after use and is so widespread that few people in the Commonwealth have been untouched by its devastation.

“Without access to good health and education resources, those in Appalachia and other rural areas are the hardest hit,” Chang said. “But we are all at risk of being affected, and the greatest opportunity to meet this challenge will come from UK’s multidisciplinary research.”

UK’s newly opened research facility, in the heart of the biomedical campus, is dedicated to combating health disparities in Kentucky. The $265 million building — funded through a partnership between the University and the state — will house about 500 people total, including student researchers, postdoctoral scholars and up to 100 principal

focused on improving Kentuckians’ overall health

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Phillip K. Chang, UK HealthCare’s chief medical officer, discusses how UK is combating substance abuse in Kentucky through education and research.

investigators who will conduct federally funded research.

“In partnership with the state, we have done something bold through the building’s concept and design,” said Lisa Cassis, UK’s vice president for research.

“We are breaking down walls and silos, putting together researchers across many disciplines and approaches, and, importantly, bringing new talent to the institution to work in this bold new setting.”

In addition to partially funding the building, Kentucky Can will raise money to recruit and retain top faculty, staff and researchers to the University; assemble research teams focused on health disparities; support UK research and the award-winning clinical work of UK HealthCare; and train more physicians through regional UK College of Medicine campuses.

“This is an opportunity to address some of the critical health care issues that Kentuckians face,” said Mark F. Newman, executive vice president for health affairs in UK HealthCare.

“By bolstering our clinical initiatives, by conducting

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MEMORIAL COLISEUM The AcoUstiKats and Paws and Listen, UK’s men’s and women’s a cappella groups, sing “I Want You Back,” the Jackson 5 hit, to warm up the audience and later performed “My Old Kentucky Home” with the full UK Chorale.

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groundbreaking research, and by educating the next generation of scientists and patient care providers, Kentucky can make a significant difference in the well-being of our citizens, now and in the future.”

Many of the donors in the audience challenged their peers to support the University and campaign and spoke about why they invest in UK. Paul Chellgren, co-chair of the campaign and a former Board of Trustees member, was one such individual.

“I give to the University of Kentucky because it has a multiplier effect — it gives opportunity to improve lives and personal circumstances, and it contributes to society in so many different ways,” he said.

“The sources of funding for the University are limited. Those of us in this room have the option to look away and to think that someone else is going to do it.

But Kentucky is not a wealthy state. It must come from us.”

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One of several musical performances, opera singer and 2013 alumnus Michael Preacely entertains the audience with “This is the Moment,” a song from the musical “Jekyll & Hyde.”

the campaign and its transformative goals at regional events throughout the country, which started with a regional event in Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky at the beginning of November.

At each event, donors, senior leaders, faculty and students are sharing the University’s vision and campaign objectives to alumni groups. The University also plans to visit Louisville and other areas with a large concentration of UK alumni throughout the region and country.

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After the program, guests like Campaign Co-Chair Mira Ball (left), Dr. Blake Bradley ‘87 (center) and Trustee Dr. Sandy Shuffett (right) dine on Kentucky cuisine, including shrimp and polenta, burgoo, scallops, pork belly and bourbon ball sundaes, prepared by local restaurants and alumni Ouita Michel, Dan Wu ’97 and Toa Green.

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KENTUCKY CAN INSPIRE. Trustee Derrick Ramsey ’83, and his wife, Li, chat at the event.

INCREASE SUPPORT to Kentucky’s only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center

“IT IS OUR HOPE THAT EVERY UK ALUM WILL JOIN US AS WE MOVE OUR UNIVERSITY FORWARD.”

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ACHIEVE MORE NATIONAL RANKINGS

for research and clinical care in our key areas

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through the development of new statewide programs

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Alumni Engagement

The Big Sandy UK Alumni Club enjoyed entertaining local students on their way to UK for the fall 2018 semester.

There was a good turnout of UK students for the Chicagoland UK Alumni Club Student Send-off in August.

The Southern California UK Alumni Club held a mixer at The Parlor in August for local alums, including from left, Ron Marsh, John Steinlage, Julie Myers and Ken O’Daniel, who played on the 1984 UK football team.

Members of the Greater Nashville UK Alumni Club held its Student Send-off and BBQ Picnic in August at the Brentwood Library with 10 incoming UK students.

On another day, the club attended a Nashville Sounds baseball game at the First Tennessee Park Stadium. The club was one of the colleges that won a Facebook challenge in Nashville to have the opportunity to co-brand UK colors onto the Sounds official hat.

Jerry Adkins and Chastity Adkins, co-presidents of the Chattanooga UK Alumni Club, visited UK students about to attend UK for the fall semester as part of a very personal Student Send-off. They welcomed McKinley Pitts, Kate Barry, Claire Wilson, Caroline Coffey, and Candice and Rachael Courtney to the Big Blue family. Here they are shown greeting McKinley Pitts, center, of Ringgold, Ga.

The Traveling Wildcats program offers UK alumni and friends the opportunity to travel the world in the company of fellow members of the Big Blue Nation — and this photo reflects the lucky Wildcats on a cruise to Cuba!

The group visited Havana, Cienfuegos, and Santiago de Cuba.

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Members of the Atlanta UK Alumni Club got together at Hudson Grille Midtown for the club’s first Game Watch Party of the fall season to cheer for Kentucky as it battled against Central Michigan.

Members of the Northern California UK Alumni Club had it made in the shade during their summer picnic in August.

The Northern Alabama UK Alumni Club gathered for an “after hours” social in August.

The Danville/Boyle County UK Alumni Club had a great turnout for its Student Send-off with 17 students and 56 family and alumni members in attendance.

Even Hurricane Florence didn’t stop the Triangle Area UK Alumni Club from getting together and watching the UK football team go 3-0.

The Jacksonville UK Alumni Club held a Game Watch Party at Buffalo Wild Wings in the Avenues Mall for the UK vs. Florida football game. Happy about the win were Lisa Bailey, left, and Amy Vincent.

Josh Palmer, left, a UK student recruiter, and Hannah Simms, right, UK Alumni Association staff member, attended the Cumberland Valley East UK Alumni Club Student Sendoff to welcome area students into the UK alumni family. The event was held at the Harlan County Extension office. www.ukalumni.net

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College View

Photo: Matt Barton, UK Ag Communications

College of Arts & Sciences alumni in the Scottsville, Virginia, area got together for a reception hosted by Greg Swanberg ’85 and Joan Swanberg ’81 in June.

Guests enjoyed a private tour of the Mill House, home of the UK MFA Creative Writing Residency in Scottsville. Pictured from left to right are Louis Mitler ’72, Kathryn Soule ’87, Thurman Davis ’65, Robin Rahija ’16, Greg Swanberg ’85, Paul Wagner ’70, Joan Swanberg ’81, Michael Swanberg ’12, Laura Sutton ‘89, Tom Swanberg ’88, Lori Swanberg ’88 and Mitchell “Mic” Wilson ’80.

The College of Agriculture, Food and Environment held its annual Ag Roundup in September at E.S. Good Barn.

Attendees included some of the college’s ambassadors and Commissioner of Agriculture Ryan Quarles ’05 ’06 AFE, ’06 GS, ’10 LAW. Left to right are Fabian Leon; Jesse Neal; Madalyn Ruble, graduate assistant; Jay Phillips; Quarles; Amelia Iliohan; Ashlyn Justice; and Emma Heimlich.

College of Dentistry Alumni Association held a Golf Scramble in August at the University Club of Kentucky. Some alums attending were, left to right: Dustin Mayrand ’17, Chris Casterline ’17, Robbie Taylor ’09 and Gary Jennings ’87.

College of Design alumni, students and friends of the university attended a showing at KMAC in Louisville of the film, “Land Grab.” Alumni and guests, including President Eli Capilouto and Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer, also enjoyed a dinner at the Rabbit Hole Distillery in conjunction with the film’s premiere.

Katelyn Brown, left, and Ashley Land, both Class of 2018 College of Law graduates, received a friendly welcome from the UK Wildcat at the College of Law brunch at Keeneland in October before the start of a day of races.

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The Power of the

KENTUCKY CONNECTION

by Caroline Leggett

MARY H. H. ENSOM CLASS OF 1978

“We all have various degrees of connectedness linking us to one another depending on which links you choose to view,” she said.

“Professor to student, colleague to colleague, friend to friend. It’s these relationships, fostered by the University of Kentucky, that result in the exchange of sage advice and words of wisdom,” said Ensom.

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hen Mary H. H. Ensom first chose to call University of Kentucky (UK) her home in 1973, she was an engineering major at her father’s encouragement. Ensom’s father, Pete Huang, set an inspiring example for his three children as a distinguished civil engineering professor at UK. Nonetheless, her father’s passion for engineering wasn’t enough to prevent Ensom from realizing that her interests and talent were leading her in a different direction.

When Ensom applied to the UK College of Pharmacy, she vividly recalls her struggle to articulate her motivations to become a pharmacist in an essay. “I ended up listing such lofty goals,” she admits. “I wrote things like, helping mankind by making a significant difference in the well-being of patients, and have a fulfilling professional career.” To a young scholar, those goals can seem rather grandiose. However, after receiving a doctorate in pharmacy and four esteemed fellowships in two countries, Ensom proved her goals to be more of a prophetic nature.

From the time Ensom obtained her BS (Pharm) with the Class of 1978 and her PharmD in 1985—both from the UK College of Pharmacy—she has made a name for herself. Ensom has nearly 550 publications to her credit and has received roughly 85 awards for her scholarship, research, and service, all the while maintaining an impressive work-life balance.

She has worked as a hospital pharmacist, clinical pharmacist, and pharmacy professor, holding titles like Fellow, Preceptor, Director, Assistant and Associate Professor, Professor, Research Associate, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, and Editor. When asked how UK has helped her in achieving her goals, Ensom’s response was succinct, “The Kentucky connection is second-to-none.”

In 2013, Ensom was the recipient of the Paul F. Parker Award, the most prestigious award from the UK College of Pharmacy Residency Program. She was recognized for her devotion

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“I owe much of what and who I am to the University of Kentucky,” said Ensom.

in the success of the program and celebrated for positive impact on students and colleagues.

When previous recipient Duane Kirking (’77) called Ensom to inform her of the news, she said she was in shock. “To have my name associated in any way with Paul Parker was a tremendous honor,” Ensom said.

During her remarks at the award ceremony, Ensom expounded on the Kentucky connection and what it meant to her. Taking the popular concept of degrees of separation, she converted it into degrees of connectedness.

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The level of awareness Ensom displays in regard to what it takes to motivate pharmacy preceptors, residents, and students can be traced back to when she was in her freshman chemistry class at UK. Her chemistry professor Paul Sears learned all 150 students by name by the second week of school. This had such an impact on Ensom she decided to follow suit. “I said to myself, ‘If I ever become a professor, that’s what I’m going to do.’”

Once Ensom became a professor, she set to work. “I’d photocopy the pages [from the yearbook] so that I could cut out the individual photos and make flashcards. I would study the yearbook photos to learn all my students’ names before the first day of class.”

The work that Ensom has done has undeniably made an impact on the work of her students and presumably her students’ students. In her words, “The teachings, research, and discoveries of my students will continue to propagate and make a difference now and in the future.”

Thus, extending the Kentucky connection another degree.

“Seeing my former trainees and students become rising stars in the profession and knowing that I played a part in their professional development was one of the best aspects of my job and time spent at the University of Kentucky,” says Ensom. “How much better can it get than THAT?! If that isn’t a fulfilling professional career, I don’t know what is!”

Thanks to dedicated educators and scholars like Ensom, the UK College of Pharmacy family continues to grow each time it’s extended another degree of connectedness, effectively making the Kentucky connection exactly as Ensom described: second-to-none.

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Wildcat Sports

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Young Wildcats full of fighters

Kentucky sophomore P.J. Washington (25) is the Wildcats’ leading returning scorer (10.8 ppg) and rebounder (5.7 ppg). He ranked second on the team in blocks (31) and shot 52 percent from the floor.

John Calipari has a group of fighters this year.

“The hardest thing to teach is a competitive spirit and a fight that they’re consistent with and a culture of, ‘I’m going to compete to get better, I’m going to be responsible for myself to get better.’

And this team has it,” the Kentucky head coach said. “They’re tough, hard-nosed guys. You don’t have to coach effort.

“When you don’t have to coach the enthusiasm, the passion you have to play with; when you don't have to coach a competitive spirit, fight…I don’t have to coach that with this team.”

Now Calipari can just coach basketball.

The Wildcats have their usual allotment of All-American freshmen coming in trying to give the Wildcats their ninth national title.

But the Wildcats do return experience, with three sophomore starters back, along with a veteran from the West Coast.

P.J. Washington, a 6-8 forward, is the team’s leading returning scorer (10.8 ppg) and rebounder (5.7 ppg). He ranked second on the team in blocks (31) and shot 52 percent from the floor.

Qade Green, a 6-foot guard, averaged 9.3 points per game, handed out 91 assists, and is the team’s leading returning 3-point shooter. Nick Richards, a 6-11 center, averaged 5.1 points and 4.4 boards a game. Redshirt freshman guard Jemarl Baker is also returning after sitting out last season with a knee injury.

And Kentucky gained even more experience with the addition of graduate transfer Reid Travis.

Travis, a 6-8 forward who transferred after graduating from Stanford, earned All-Pac-12 honors for the Cardinal after averaging 19.5 points and 8.7 rebounds last year. He scored in double figures 34 out of 35 games and had 16 double-doubles.

The Wildcats will add six freshmen to the mix, all of whom should contribute.

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Georgia Gatorade Player of the Year and Mr. Georgia Basketball.

He averaged 20.2 points, 10.7 assists, 7.6 rebounds and 3.6 steals.

Johnson, a 6-6 guard, averaged 22.1 points, 6.8 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game last season at Oak Hill Academy. He was named the Virginia Gatorade High School Player of the Year and was selected to both the McDonald’s All-American Game and the Jordan Brand Classic.

The 6-5 Herro was a first team all-state pick in Wisconsin, where he averaged 32.9 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 3.3 steals a game. He finished his career with more than 2,000 points and was selected for the Jordan Brand Classic and Nike Hoop Summit.

Quickley, at 6-3, won two state titles at the John Carroll School.

He averaged 20 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists as a senior, where he earned McDonald’s All-American honors. He won the Power Jam Fest 3-point contest at the McDonald’s game.

Payne, a 6-4 guard/forward, is the son of UK assistant Kenny Payne. He is recovering from a knee injury suffered near the end of his senior year at Lexington Catholic, where he averaged 19.3 points and 8.7 rebounds per game. He finished his career with 1,282 points and 934 rebounds.

Inside, the Wildcats will have 6-10 E.J. Montgomery. The McDonald’s All-American averaged 25.6 points, 13.6 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game. He was a first team all-state pick and was named Florida’s player of the year.

Calipari believes he has all the pieces in place, but he knows it’s up to his players to decide how good they could be.

“If this team becomes empowered and it becomes their team, then this becomes scary,” Calipari said. “But they’ve got to be empowered. To be empowered they’ve got to have more than one leader, and those leaders will have to understand if you lead, you’re serving. You’re going to be about everyone else. We need someone who’s going to bring us all together and pick everybody up — hold people accountable.” ■

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The Kentucky women’s basketball team was left out of postseason play for the first time in eight seasons last year, suffering through a 15-17 record.

But Head Coach Matthew Mitchell has an experienced squad returning with their sights on erasing the memory of last season.

“It’s nothing we want to experience this year,” Mitchell said of missing the NCAA Tournament. “We don’t want to be home in March, out of the NCAA Tournament. It’s something we have enjoyed doing and competing in, and it’s something we’ll be striving for.

“I don’t talk about it a ton. I talk about what we want to do and where we want to go and what we believe the team is capable of achieving, and we certainly think the NCAA Tournament is a realistic goal and is something that we should expect of ourselves this season. I’m really just trying to direct this team toward being their very best every day; and if it helps them, remind a player here or there, we might say it.”

Kentucky, which went 6-10 in the Southeastern Conference, returns 80 percent of its scoring and assists and 63 percent of its rebounding from last season, led by All-SEC pick Maci Morris and fellow senior guard Taylor Murray.

Morris led UK in scoring at 17.3 points per game and was one of the best 3-point shooters in the nation last year. Her 47.5 percent 3-point shooting led the SEC and was second in the country. She is one of 20 players on the 2019 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Preseason Watch List, which recognizes the top shooting guard in women’s NCAA Division I college basketball.

She also shot 84.6 percent from the free throw line, was second on the team in steals (37) and third in assists (56). Morris’ 177 career 3-pointers is tied for third most in UK history.

Murray was named to the SEC All-Defensive Team by league coaches. She was second on the team in scoring (11.5 ppg) and rebounding (4.3 rpg) and led the Wildcats with 136 assists and 67 steals.

Mitchell said it’s important for him to send his seniors out with a great year.

“For them to really finish off with a special season, I am highly motivated as a coach to help them do that. I know they are motivated to do that as players,” he said. “I’m looking forward to their senior season. They are going to do great.”

The Cats have solid backups in junior guards Jaida Roper (4.9 ppg, 57 assists) and Amanda Paschal (4.7 ppg).

Up front, Kentucky returns a pair of sophomores who gained valuable experience last season.

KeKe McKinney, a 6-1 forward, averaged 4.7 points and 3.7 rebounds, while 6-2 Tatyana Wyatt averaged 6.6 points and 3.5 rebounds. Kentucky also has 6-1 redshirt junior Ogechi Anyagaligbo, who missed all of last season when she suffered a preseason knee injury.

The Wildcats also welcome two freshmen expected to make an impact.

Photo: Britney Howard/UK Athletics

Kentucky women look to bounce back

Senior guard Maci Morris (4) led UK in scoring at 17.3 points per game last year, and was first in the SEC and second in the nation in 3-point shooting (47.5 percent).

Rhyne Howard, Tennessee’s Class AAA Miss Basketball and Gatorade Player of the Year, is a 6-2 guard from Cleveland, Tennessee. She averaged 22.2 points, 7.7 rebounds, 5.3 steals and 4.1 assists per game as a senior and shot 54 percent from the floor.

She was selected for the Jordan Brand Classic game and was a McDonald’s All-America Game nominee.

Blair Green, a 6-0 guard from Harlan, was an All-State honoree and Miss Basketball finalist after averaging 26 points and 6.5 rebounds last season, shooting 59 percent from the field and 84 percent from the free throw line. She was a McDonald’s All-America nominee and a member of the Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List.

Mitchell said his team should shoot the ball better this year.

“In years past, we had some teams that didn’t shoot the ball well, but we created so many turnovers, kind of was able to make up for any deficiencies we had maybe in shooting percentage,” he said. “But I think this team has got the potential to really shoot the ball great, and I’m excited about our offense. I really am.” ■ Both sports articles by Hal Morris

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Mary Ellen Harden ’07 BE CI: Playing her cards right

By Linda Perry In an age when people can immediately be in contact with each other via email and social media, it might sound counterintuitive to use greeting cards and snail mail to connect with others. But Mary Ellen Fortney Harden ’07 BE CI, president of Wall Street Greetings, knows that taking the time to reach out to individuals with a handwritten note can spread cheer. In the case of businesses, it can also reap rewards later.

“A handwritten note matters more now in business, and in personal life.

It is kept longer. Birthday cards or new baby cards stay on the refrigerator or mantel longer and then may be kept for a lifetime in keepsake boxes,” she says. “For business, it is unusual to receive handwritten notes, so it shows even more than ever that the recipient is significant as a client and that you care.”

Harden says people notice when someone devotes time toward them.

“That’s what a handwritten card does. It is a recognition that someone has put more time and investment into you. I think now in business the handwritten note is more important than ever,” she says.

Wall Street Greetings is a small private company in Versailles that was formed about 25 years ago to help businesses connect with customers, clients and potential clients. The decorative images range from birthday to holiday cards. The company typically has annual sales of more than 5 million stationery pieces.

Harden started with the company in 2007 as manager in product development after graduating from the Gatton College of Business and Economics with a major in business and the College of Communication and Information with a major in integrated strategic communication.

Within four years, she was promoted to director of marketing and creative services. She became president

in 2013 and is now a part owner.

Today the organization employs about 30 people during peak season (October – December) to produce and ship greeting cards specifically for use by corporations to deliver messages to partners and potential clients. The firm employs a variety of individuals, from graphic designers to order processers, and recently started a new line of equestrian cards.

“We sell more birthday cards than holiday cards, and card buying is actually up for businesses, despite the shrinking number of retail card gift shops. In business, sending greeting cards is an important way to set your brand apart,” says Harden. “You don’t want your clients or prospect to receive a competitor’s card and nothing from your business. It will be noticed.”

Harden’s life is fast-paced. “Motherhood changed my perspective,” says Harden, who has two daughters, 4-year-old Rory and 2-year-old Betty, with her husband James Harden ’07 BE. The family also includes her dog, Cali, who is named for Coach John Calipari.

“It is interesting how we are all sharing the same life experiences.

The more of life you experience, the more you recognize that,” she says. “This is the reason that stopping to send handwritten cards is so powerful. It recognizes those shared emotions that make everyone’s life meaningful.”

Harden says attending a performing arts grade school developed her artistic interests. She doodled and created a strong, graphic style without any formal training. “Later, my time at UK helped me identify that what I really enjoyed would be leading a business and that greeting cards were the avenue to that,” she says.

Harden was in the UK Honors program and was a member of

Alpha Delta Pi sorority, serving as president for one year. In 2006, she was a member of the Homecoming Court. Upon graduation, she plunged into her new job at Wall Street Greetings but also pursued her own online stationery company.

Today, Mellen Designs is growing into a respected brand of social stationery, gifts and invitations. All her products are personally designed by Harden in her own distinctive style. She uses this company as an outlet for her creative spirit and also enhances Wall Street Greetings. She does custom-design work for associations and nonprofits, which includes developing logos and signage. In 2010, she was one of the artists for the World Equestrian Games and designed the Downtown Lexington, Kentucky, map of events.

Harden’s hard work, splitting her time between Wall Street Greetings and Mellen Designs, has earned her kudos from the industry. She was recently honored as a 40Under40 recipient in the gift and stationery industry during the 2018 Las Vegas Gift Market, an annual event for manufacturers and vendors. She is also a former Greeting Card Association Louie and Trendy Award finalist.

Looking toward the future, Harden says she would like to inspire and train others about what they need to know to be prepared for business success.

“The creativity in running a business and working with people is what I enjoy. I look at small business as giving back to the community and enriching others’ lives, as well as my own,” Harden says. “I see my role as president as being of service to others while managing a successful business.” ■

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1960s Margaret Frost Elliott ’60 ED is the librarian and bible teacher at Trinity Episcopal School in Marshall, Texas. She is in her 56th year teaching, having previously taught elementary students in Alabama, Kentucky, West Virginia and Texas.

Judith Schrim Mack ’60 AS lives in Santa Barbara, California, and received the Marquis Who’s Who Ventures LLC Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.

Richard L. Taylor ’63 ’74 AS lives in Frankfort and received the Thomas D. Clark Medallion for his new book, “Elkhorn: Evolution of a Kentucky Landscape.” The award is given to one book each year for highlighting the state’s history and culture. He is the Transylvania University Kenan Visiting Writer and a former Kentucky Poet Laureate.

1970s Glenn E. Gleixner ’70 CI retired as general manager of public radio station WVTFFM and Radio IQ in Roanoke, Virginia.

Thomas P. Maney ’70 AS lives in Shalimar, Florida, and retired as the Okaloosa County Court judge after a 29-year career. He was reappointed to the Victoria Harker Mid-Bay Bridge Authority by Florida Gov. Rick Scott. Maney also served nearly 37 years in the U.S. Army Reserve. He earned his law degree from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. Larry C. Bell ’71 AFE retired as the LaRue County

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Circuit Court clerk after an 18-year career in office.

David L. Horseman ’71 EN lives in Stanford and was appointed associate commissioner in the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Office of Career and Technical Education by interim KDE Commissioner Wayne Lewis.

Thomas W. Strohmeier Sr. ’76 BE is a certified public accountant and president/ owner of Strohmeier Tax & Accounting Partners in Louisville. He was reelected to the board of directors of Dogs Helping Heroes Inc. He is also treasurer of the organization, which provides trained rescue dogs for first responders and military personnel injured during the course of their careers.

Laura Tanno Boison ’77 ’83 BE is market president for BB&T Bank in the Lexington office. She was previously a senior vice president and business services officer with the bank.

James E. Manning ’78 ’84 ’95 EN lives in London and is executive director of the Kentucky State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors in Frankfort. He was previously the board’s director of enforcement.

Larry W. Gray ’79 AS, ’86 HS, ’95 PH is president of Baptist Health Louisville, the flagship hospital of Baptist Healthcare System Inc. He had been president of Baptist Health Corbin.

Delbert L. Lobb ’79 EN is president of Bighorn Mining Ltd. in Hinton, Alberta, Canada. His responsibilities include surface and underground operations, preparation, engineering, environmental and regulatory compliance, public relations, human resources, aboriginal engagement, accounting, purchasing, safety compliance and maintenance.

1980s Scott. M. Albrecht ’80 BE lives in Manassas, Virginia, and was elected president of the Virginia School Boards Association (VSBA). He has been on the City of Manassas School Board since 2000 and represents the board on the regional Governor’s School at Innovation Park Board.

Albrecht has served as chairman and vice chairman of his local board, chairman of the regional Governor’s School Board, chairman of the VSBA Northeastern Region, a member of the VSBA Virtual Learning Task Force, a member of the VSBA Insurance Pools Supervisory Board and a member of the NSBA Federal Relations Network.

Donald B. Kupper ’80 PHA lives in Louisville and is an independent health care consultant. He was elected president-elect of the Kentucky Pharmacist Association for a three-year term.

Patrick L. Bickers ’81 BE lives in Marietta, Georgia, and is head of Citizens Business Capital, a division of Citizens Financial Group headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island.

Alana Gaffin Cropper ’81 BE is treasurer for the Forest Hills Local School District

in Cincinnati. She had been treasurer for West Clermont Local Schools.

Alvan D. Graham ’82 ’85 AFE lives in Winchester and is executive vice president for the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation in Louisville. He was previously senior assistant dean, director of government relations and external affairs in the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.

Samuel N. Hazen ’82 BE is CEO of HCA Healthcare Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee.

He had been the company’s president and chief operating officer.

Robert J. Misey ’83 AS is a partner at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren SC in the firm’s Milwaukee, Wisconsin, office, practicing primarily in the areas of international taxation and transfer pricing. He was appointed chairman of the American Bar Association International Tax Committee.

David D. Allen ’85 ’93 PHA is dean of the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy in Oxford. He was inducted as president of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.

Timothy B. Hudson ’82 ’83 BE lives in Belleair Bluffs, Florida, and is a certified public account at CFO Strategic Partners, a financial consulting firm headquartered in Orlando. He was previously chief financial officer for CoreRx, a pharmaceutical/biotech company.

Bradley M. Goode ’85 FA is an assistant professor of jazz studies (trumpet) in the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music. He released the album “That’s Right.”

John T. Taylor ’82 ’83 BE is president and CEO of Limestone Bank, previously known as PBI Bank, in Louisville. He was previously president and CEO of Founders Bank.

Kelley Cayce Workman ’85 BE is president of Planters Bank in Hopkinsville.

John B. Charles ’83 AS is scientist in residence at the Space Center Houston, the museum side of the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Anne E. Keating ’83 LAW lives in Lexington and was awarded the Marquis Who’s Who Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.

She is the retired assistant attorney general for the Kentucky Department of Education.

William D. Wathen ’85 ’88 BE, ’86 EN, ’88 BE is vice president of rates for Ohio and Kentucky Duke Energy in Cincinnati.

Eric P. Blackhurst ’86 LAW is assistant general counsel for corporate and financial law, and The Americas Legal for the Dow Chemical Co. in Midland, Michigan.

He was selected as an at-large member to the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges Executive Committee.

Mary A. Ramsey ’86 EN is executive director of the International Society of Automation in Research Triangle

Park, North Carolina. She had been serving as the organization’s interim executive director and was previously senior vice president of process automation, Americas region, at Schneider Electric.

Granville B. Smith ’86 BE is managing partner of Mountjoy Chilton Medley LLP, an accounting firm in Louisville.

Pamela Sasse Whitten ’86 CI is president of Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia. She was previously senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Georgia.

Andrew B. Wyatt ’86 CI is vice president and general manager of WDVM-TV associated digital services in Hagerstown, Maryland, which is owned by Nexstar Media Group Inc. Neil B. Anderson ’87 ’88 BE is an author living in Lexington and is plant controller for Chef Trusted Innovation Foods in Owingsville. He recently published a three-volume book on Amazon titled “A Walk Through History With Our Ancestors.”

Hernan A. Navarro ’87 MED is director of the North Carolina Central University Biomedical Research Institute and Technology Enterprise in Durham. He was previously chief scientist at the RTI International Center for Drug Discovery.

Catherine Stone Carey ’88 ’90 ’92 BE is interim dean of the Western Kentucky University Gordon Ford College of Business in Bowling Green. She had been chair-

woman of the Department of Economics.

Daniel E. McKay ’88 BE is president and CEO for Ephraim McDowell Health in Danville. He was previously CEO for Sparks Health System.

Dara Putthoff Schuster ’88 MED is an endocrinologist and CEO for T1D Exchange, a research organization for therapies and improving care for people with Type 1 diabetes in Boston.

Robert L. Beeler ’89 ’91 EN is vice president of engineering at Carbonite Inc. in Indianapolis. He was named Indianapolis Business Journal 2018 Chief Technology Officer of the Year. Beeler is the co-founder of Double-Take Inc., which was purchased by Carbonite.

Edwin C. Hendrick ’89 CI is senior vice president and chief commercial officer (CCO) for Biocept Inc., a commercial provider of liquid biopsy tests, in San Diego. He was previously CCO for GenomeDX. Robert E. Wier ’89 AS, ’92 LAW was appointed as a U.S. District Court judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky in Lexington by President Donald Trump. He was previously a magistrate judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

1990s Kathryn B. Adkins ’90 GS is a geography instructor in the Southeast Missouri State University Department of Modern Languages, Anthropology and Geography in Cape Girardeau. www.ukalumni.net

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Class Notes Vanta E. Coda ’90 AS is CEO for Ports of Indiana in Indianapolis. He had been executive director for the Duluth Seaway Port Authority.

Rebecca Burchett Liebert ’90 EN is president and CEO of Honeywell UOP in Des Plaines, Illinois. She had been vice president and general manager of the company’s catalysts, adsorbents and specialties business.

Robert C. Merritt ’90 AS is a professor of English and chairman of the Bluefield College Department of English in Bluefield, Virginia.

Therese A. Sprinkle ’90 CI is an assistant professor of management and chairwoman of the Health Care Management and Organizational Leadership Department in the Quinnipiac University School of Business in Hamden, Connecticut.

Palmer G. Vance ’90 LAW is a partner at Stoll Kennon Ogden in the firm’s Lexington office.

He was elected to serve a oneyear term as chairman of the American Bar Association, Litigation Section.

Sandra K. Fraley ’91 LAW is an attorney at Steptoe & Johnson PLLC in an of counsel role as part of the energy team in the firm’s Charleston, West Virginia, office. She was previously assistant general counsel, lead counsel, and Eastern Division managing attorney at Chesapeake Energy Corp.

Mark D. Alcott ’92 LAW is a trial and transaction attorney at Harlin Parker in Bowling Green. He was appointed to the HopFed Bancorp Board of Directors.

Laura Hromyak Hendrix ’92 LAW lives in Frankfort and was appointed counsel to the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission. She was previously the general counsel for the Kentucky House Speaker’s Office, Kentucky Legislative Research Commission and Kentucky Executive Branch Ethics Commission. Hendrix was also named a Council of State Governments 2018 Henry Toll Fellow.

Steven E. Tiller ’92 LAW is a partner at Whiteford Taylor & Preston in the firm’s Baltimore office. He was named a 2019 Best Lawyer for patent, technology and trade secrets law and in intellectual property and patent litigation in the publication The Best Lawyers in America.

James D. Vincent ’92 EN, ’95 ED is principal of the Bullitt County Area Technology Center in Shepherdsville.

Rodney K. Longley ’93 AS is director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum in Austin, Texas. He had been a professor of history and political science at Arizona State University.

Aasiya Mohiuddin McCoy ’93 DES lives in Lexington and is deputy director of architecture at Mason & Hanger, an architecture and engineering firm with an office in

Lexington and three offices in Virginia.

Matthew C. Minner ’93 AS is an attorney at Hare Wynn Newell & Newton LLP in the firm’s Lexington office. He was named a Best Lawyers in America 2019 Lawyer of the Year. Minner earned his law degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Law. Ernest N. Biktimirov ’94 GS, ’99 BE is a professor of finance in the Brock University Goodman School of Business in St. Catherines, Ontario.

Angela Runyan Conrad ’94 SW lives in Waterloo, Iowa, and is director of clinical operations for Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-Iowa Covenant Clinic Psychiatry, which has offices in Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Evansdale, Oelwein and Waverly.

Allison Vry Siff ’94 FA lives in Hampton, Virginia, and is executive director of Young Musicians of Virginia, a homeschool enrichment program in Virginia Beach. Siff has also played in the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as orchestras in Columbia, South Carolina; San Angelo, Texas; and Annapolis, Maryland.

William D. Updike ’94 AS, ’11 DES is vice president of natural and cultural resources at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill in Harrodsburg.

Roderick D. Williams ’94 DES is a project architect and associate at Dewberry’s Fairfax, Virginia, office.

James L. Blanton ’95 AS, ’00 CI lives in Louisville and is director of the Louisville Free Public Library. He had been director of the Daviess County Public Library.

Andrew L. Feight ’95 ’01 AS is a professor of American history in the Shawnee State University Department of Social Sciences in Portsmouth, Ohio.

Cindy Hensley Finneseth ’95 ’97 ’10 AFE, ’01 CI lives in Corbin and is executive director of the Kentucky Horticulture Council.

Robin M. Lightner ’95 ’98 AS is dean of the University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash. She had been the school’s interim dean.

Jervis D. Payne ’95 AS is an instructor in the Samford University Christian Ministry program in Birmingham, Alabama. He had been interim global disciple-making pastor at The Church in Brook Hills.

Matthew S. Baker ’96 AS, ’97 ED is superintendent of Walton-Verona Independent Schools in Walton. He had been director of district-wide programs for Greenup County Schools.

Marc L. Bauer ’96 AFE is an associate professor and interim head of the North Dakota State University Department of Animal Sciences in Fargo.

Elizabeth M. Caywood ’96 ’99 SW is deputy commiswww.ukalumni.net

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Is it time to test the job market?

Common reasons people embark upon a job search:

· Bored in their current position · Limited opportunities for advancement · Poor work environment or cultural fit · Dissatisfaction with management or Caroline Francis leadership · Work-life balance issues · Lack of recognition or appreciation for contributions · Low salary or limited benefits Members of the UK Alumni Association are encouraged to use Alumni Career Services as their partner for any transition. Begin the job search process by updating your resume with pertinent experience limited to two pages.

Use relevant keywords and include a targeted profile or summary section that offers an overview of related skills, experience, training, etc. Name-drop prior work experience with well-known companies or list experience in key industries.

In your professional experience section, use bullets to describe your accomplishments. Quantify ($, #, %) when possible. How have you solved problems, made processes more efficient, brought in new business, saved the employer money, led a team? Accomplishment-oriented statements are much stronger than simply listing rote past job duties or responsibilities.

Update your LinkedIn profile. Be strategic with your headline using target job titles. Fill out the summary and employment sections by including information similar to your resume.

Step up your networking efforts through professional associations and community involvement. Invite former coworkers, clients or bosses to coffee or reach out for a telephone conversation.

Draft an email to strategically update your network and seek referrals. Be sure to list your target positions or companies. Practice common interview questions, especially behavior or situational type questions. Role-play with a career counselor, peer or mentor.

Spending a few hours preparing for a search will help get you up to speed for testing the job search market.

According to Branden Ferguson ’09 AS, director of business operations at Aerotek, “Due to the uptick in our economy most employers have done an excellent job adapting and realizing a 1-3 percent annual raise alone won’t be enough to retain top talent. However, not all employers have adjusted to the changing times or simply don’t have the opportunity to adjust which is understandable. If you feel your opportunities are limited due to any of the reasons listed in this article, it is probably time to test the job market.”

UK Alumni Association members are eligible for two complimentary appointments per year with an alumni career counselor. Call 1-888-9UKCATS (852287) to schedule an appointment. Visit www.ukalumni.net/ career to learn more about resume critiques, virtual networking events and other Alumni Career Services. To post a job opening, employers may visit www.ukalumni.net/employers.

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sioner for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services Department for Community Based Services in Frankfort.

Scott E. Mertz ’96 BE lives in Pataskala, Ohio, and is a staff regulatory consultant for American Power Service Corp.

Christy M. Sapp ’96 AS, ’01 MED is an oncologist at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Cynthiana.

Jennifer J. Cave ’97 AS is an attorney and partner at Stites & Harbison PLLC in the firm’s Louisville office as a member of the environmental, natural resources and energy service group. She was named to the Leadership Louisville Class of 2019.

Joshua R. Denton ’96 CI, ’99 LAW is an attorney at Frost Brown Todd LLC in the business litigation practice group in the firm’s Nashville, Tennessee, office.

Thomas R. Bannon ’97 BE is senior vice president and commercial banking team leader for Eclipse Bank Inc. in Louisville. He was previously senior vice president, commercial lending at Commonwealth Bank & Trust Co. Darren G. Gibson ’97 EN is an attorney and partner at Littler Mendelson PC in the firm’s Austin, Texas, office. He was named co-chairman of the firm’s higher education industry group. Gibson earned his law degree from Harvard Law School.

Nancy Humphrey Grayson ’97 AS is president of the Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky. She had been director of Strategic Initiatives for the Northern Kentucky Education Council.

Daniel L. Piselli ’97 DES is an architect and director of sustainability for FXCollaborative in New York. He had been a senior associate at the company.

Phillip R. Guthrie ’98 BE is principal at New Castle Elementary School in New Castle. He had been assistant principal at Henry County Middle School.

Frank C. Kopas ’98 EN lives in Belmont, California, and is vice president, worldwide sales, for Moovit, an urban mobility data and analytics company and mobile transit app. He was previously general manager of the Americas at Acone.

Dustin R. Mitchell ’98 EN is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army and commanding officer of the Vanderbilt University Army Reserve Officer Training Corps unit in Nashville, Tennessee. He also earned a master’s degree from Western Kentucky University.

Brandon J. Miller ’99 AFE is the founder of Brio Financial Group, a financial planning company with an emphasis on LGBTQ* clients and non-

traditional family units in San Francisco.

2000s Ian N. Jefferies ’00 BE was selected as president and CEO of the Association of American Railroads in Washington. He had been the organization’s senior vice president of government affairs.

Steven T. King ’00 DES lives in Lexington and was promoted to brigadier general in the Kentucky National Guard. King is the Kentucky National Guard’s construction and facilities management officer and is also division commander of the 38th Infantry Division out of Indianapolis.

Jonathan M. Skeeters ’00 BE, ’00 LAW is chairman of the board of directors and managing partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP in the firm’s Nashville, Tennessee, office. He also serves on the board of directors and executive committee of the Adventure Science Center in Nashville.

John D. Agnew ’01 HS, ’05 LAW is an attorney at Henderson Franklin Starnes & Holt PA in the firm’s Fort Myers, Florida, office. He was selected as a 2018 Florida Super Lawyer.

Joshua A. Bell ’01 BE is an attorney partner at Balch & Bingham LLP in the firm’s Birmingham, Alabama, office.

He earned his law degree at the Sanford University Cumberland School of Law.

Andrea Gillaspie Booregard ’01 AS, ’16 ED lives in Owensboro and is dean of student affairs at Owensboro Community and Technical College.

She had been director of financial aid at the school.

Sunshine L. Brosi ’01 AFE is an associate professor of ethnobotany and coordinator of the graduate and ethnobotany programs in the Frostburg State University Department of Biology in Frostburg, Maryland.

Angela Tackett Dearinger ’01 MED, ’07 PH is assistant dean of accreditation in graduate medical education in the UK College of Medicine, associate chief of staff of education in the Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center and associate professor in the UK College of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine. She was appointed to the Kentucky State Board of Medical Licensure by Gov. Matt Bevin.

Ian F. Koffler ’01 GS, ’04 LAW is a principal at Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone PLC in the firm’s Grand Rapids and Lansing, Michigan, offices. He was appointed to the Michigan Board of Nursing Home Administrators by Gov. Rick Snyder.

Catherine S. Weaver ’01 AFE, ’04 ED is the Jessamine County Cooperative Extension agent and 4-H Youth Development director in Nicholasville.

Jennifer Griswold Withrow ’01 SW lives in Lexington and is branch manager of federal grant programs for Kentucky’s Department of Juvenile Justice. She won the Coalition for Juvenile Justice Tony Gobar Outstanding National Juvenile Justice Specialist Award. Withrow is also an adjunct professor of social work at UK and received a UK College of Education 2018 Teachers Who Made a Difference Award.

Jeremy L. Jarvi ’02 CI is regional development officer for the American Red Cross Kentucky Region in Louisville. He received the organization’s July Excellence in Leadership Award.

Steven A. Martz ’02 EN is a lead data solutions consultant for 84.51°, a subsidiary of the Kroger Co. in Cincinnati. He had been a business analyst for Kroger Technology.

Megan G. Reed ’02 AS is director of marketing at NetGain Technologies, a provider of managed IT services in the south central United States, headquartered in Lexington.

Kristen L. Toler ’03 ED is a sixth-grade math and science teacher at Baker Intermediate School in Winchester.

Charles R. Wesley ’03 LAW is president and CEO of Thoroughbred Resources Inc. in Denver. He was appointed to the board of directors of Hallador Energy Co.

Kevin D. White ’03 FA, ’06 ED, ’15 MED is a resident in obstetrics and gynecology at the Marshall University John C. Edwards School of Medicine in Huntington, West Virginia. He received the school Resident of the Month Award for August.

Erica N. Galyon ’04 LAW lives in Frankfort and was appointed assistant secretary of state and chief of staff to Kentucky Secretary of State Allison Lundergan Grimes.

She had been associate general counsel at Farm Credit Mid-America.

Jason R. Hora ’04 EN lives in Eaton, Ohio, and is director of services in the process and flow technologies business unit for National Oilwell Varco, which is headquartered in Houston.

Brooke E. Phillips ’04 MED is medical director of St. Elizabeth Center Precision Medicine and Genomic Health in Cincinnati. She had been an oncologist/hematologist for University of Chicago Medicine.

Timothy G. Robinson ’04 LAW is CEO of Addiction Recovery Care in Louisa.

Lindsey Keith Alicna ’05 CI is an agent with Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance, Hardin County in Elizabethtown.

Timothy M. Altman ’05 is director of bands and teaches trumpet and conducting at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. He won a Fulbright Award and will be a visiting professor at the University of Malta in the spring 2019 semester.

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Class Notes Carrie Insco McIntyre ’05 LAW was appointed Commonwealth’s attorney for the 53rd Judicial Circuit of Kentucky by Gov. Matt Bevin. She had been assistant Commonwealth attorney for the circuit, which is made up of Anderson, Shelby and Spencer counties.

previously served as video coordinator at Florida State University.

visor for the U.S. Agency for International Growth Somalia Economic Growth Team.

Jennifer Hatcher ’06 NUR, ’12 PH is a professor of public health in the Division of Public Health Practice and Translational Research, University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zukerman College of Public Health-Phoenix.

Bradley T. Norvell ’05 DES is a project manager and associate at CPL, an architectural, engineering and planning firm in the company’s Charlotte, North Carolina, office. He was previously with the firm McMillan Pazdan Smith.

Whitney A. Ensor ’07 AFE is the owner of Ensor Real Estate LLC in Winchester.

Gerry L. Tolbert ’08 MED lives in Florence and is a family medicine practitioner at Christ Hospital Physicians-Primary Care and serves as medical director of the Northern Kentucky Health Department.

Jason S. Rawlings ’05 AS is an associate professor of biology in the Furman University Department of Biology in Greenville, South Carolina. He had been an assistant professor of biology at Furman and was a postdoctoral Fellow at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Douglas M. Steinmetz ’05 BE, ’05 FA is national sales manager for Yamaha Corp. of America’s Band and Orchestra Division in Beuna Park, California.

He was previously band and orchestra district manager for the company’s Southwest territory.

Stephen M. Fly ’06 ED is head basketball coach at Florida Gulf Coast University in Ft. Myers, Florida. He had been an assistant coach at the school for seven seasons and 50

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Nathan J. Hamilton ’07 AFE is district conservationist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service in the Adrian, Michigan, field office.

Carlos J. Lopes ’07 GS, ’11 BE is an assistant professor of economics at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia. He had been an assistant professor of economics at Eastern Kentucky University.

Jordan T. Munson ’07 FA is a musician, senior lecturer of music and arts technology and coordinator of undergraduate recruitment in the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Purdue School of Engineering. He has released the album “Until My Last.”

Casey R. Thomas ’07 BE is an orthopedist and prosthetist for Kenney Orthopedics for the company’s Danville and Paducah offices.

Rebecca Johnson Wingfield ’07 EN is a flight director at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Charlee N. Doom ’08 AFE lives in Winter Park, Florida, and is economic growth ad-

Joshua T. Watkins ’08 LAW is a partner at Dinsmore & Shohl LLP in the firm’s Louisville office. He received the UK College of Law Alumni Association 2018 Young Professional Award.

Lisa Scites Allen ’09 ED is interim dean of the Campbellsville University School of Education. She had been associate dean of the school. Allen is also chairwoman of the graduate program and association professor of education.

Sarah R. Fowler ’09 DES is a real estate agent with Realty Exchange in Barboursville, West Virginia. She was previously with Keller Williams Realty Bluegrass.

Susan B. Matthews ’09 NUR is a nurse practitioner and owner of Bluegrass Regional Healthcare in Beaver Dam. Regan N. Schmidt ’09 LAW is a partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP in the firm’s business and finance practice in Cincinnati.

2010s Joseph A. Blackmon ’10 MED is a dermatologist at Advanced Dermatology & Skin Cancer Center PLLC, which has offices in Bentonville and Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Rebecca Wichard Sherman ’10 AS, ’13 LAW is an attorney at Stites & Harbison PLLC in the construction service group in the firm’s Lexington office.

She was selected to the 20182019 Leadership Lexington program.

Michelle M. Simon ’10 ’14 AFE is the Boone County Cooperative Extension agriculture agent in Burlington.

Amy Dedman Bugg ’11 BE is director of marketing and business development for McDaniel Wealth Management PLLC in Danville. She was previously chief marketing officer at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill.

Liliana Gomez DeCoss ’11 BE is director of the Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) Office of Multicultural Affairs in Richmond. She is also the Latino Student Association adviser, Freshman Academy staff mentor and codirector of EKU Camino to Success Camp. She had been associate director of Latino retention and outreach at EKU. Esa A. Paaso ’11 ’14 EN is manager of emerging technology at Commonwealth Edison in Chicago.

Samuel A. Brooks ’12 AS is an assistant men’s soccer coach at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights. He was previously an assistant coach at Centre College.

Devon P. Cobb ’12 BE, ’17 LAW is an associate at Burr & Forman LLP in the firm’s corporate and tax practice group in the Atlanta office.

Saurin A. Chokshi ’12 MED is a drug development researcher at the Sarah Cannon Research Institute at Tennessee Oncology in Nashville, Tennessee, focusing on gastrointestinal cancers and early phase clinical trials. He had been a hematology-oncology Fellow at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale School of Medicine.

Ben M. Goff ’12 AFE is an agriculture and natural resources agent for the West Virginia University Extension in Mason and Putnam counties and is based in Point Pleasant. He was previously an assistant professor in the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.

Jamie L. Ness ’12 ED is a personal trainer for Winchester-Clark County Parks & Recreation at the College Park Gym in Winchester.

Elizabeth Dunn Wiles ’12 AS is an attorney in the areas of state and federal workers compensation with Luzuriaga Mims LLP in Charleston, South Carolina.

She earned her law degree from the Charleston School of Law. Jessica A. Neely ’13 MED is a clinical Fellow in pediatric rheumatology in the University

of California San Francisco Medical Center Department of Pediatrics. She received a two-year Cure JM Foundation Fellowship in Juvenile Myositis.

Vanessa N. Rogers ’13 LAW is an associate with Dinsmore & Shohl LLP in the firm’s Louisville office. She joined the Louis D. Brandeis Inn of Court, an organization for legal practitioners that promotes skill development and professional excellence, as an associate member.

Katie Xu Sedlaczek ’13 AFE, ’13 AS is associate veterinarian at Central Kentucky Veterinary Center in Georgetown. She received her veterinary medicine degree from Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine.

Her husband Jonathan Sedlaczek ’13 AS is a student at the UK College of Law and a clerk in the Fayette County Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney.

Kyle W. Smith ’13 ’14 ED is an English teacher at George Rogers Clark High School in Winchester.

James O. Calder ’14 MED is a doctor specializing in internal medicine and pediatrics at Licking Valley Internal Medicine and Pediatrics in Cynthiana.

Stephen M. Deterding ’14 ’18 AS is an assistant professor of mathematics in the West Liberty University Department of Natural Sciences & Mathematics in West Liberty, West Virginia.

Joseph E. Lamb ’14 MED is a combined internal medicine and pediatrics hospitalist at Schneck Medical Center in Seymour, Indiana. He was named Outstanding Med-Peds Resident from the Indiana University School of Medicine.

Jonathan L. Larson ’14 AFE lives in Omaha, Nebraska, and is the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources Nebraska Extension entomology educator for Douglas and Sarpy counties.

Natasha N. Saunders ’14 AFE is director of student recruitment in the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in Blacksburg.

Dominique LaPlante Highfil ’15 AS, ’18 ED is instructional designer at Lexington Theological Seminary. She had been distance learning quality assurance coordinator for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.

Qian Sun ’16 AFE is an urban entomologist in the Department of Entomology in the Louisiana State University College of Agriculture in Baton Rogue.

Scotty L. Blanchard ’17 DE is a dentist at Dental Partners of Southwest Georgia, which has locations in Leesburg, Albany, Sylvester and Americus. He previously practiced in Waycross, Georgia.

Eastern Kentucky University for 25 years.

Shannon N. Miller ’17 PH is a research assistant for Dr. Doug E. Levy at Massachusetts General Hospital Mongan Institute for Health Policy Center in Boston.

Robert N. Rabold ’17 LAW is a clerk for Karen K. Caldwell, chief U.S. District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

Misty R. Arrington ’18 HS is a physician assistant at Bellefonte Urological Associates in Russell.

Andrea R. Bomkamp ’18 BE is consumer strategy and activation consultant for 84.51°, a subsidiary of the Kroger Co. in Cincinnati.

Shelby A. Joy ’18 ED is a fifth-grade teacher at Radcliff Elementary School in Radcliff.

Aryana A. Misaghi ’18 FA is general manager of the West Virginia Youth Symphony in Charleston.

Carolyn H. Rowe ’18 ED is a moderate/severe disabilities teacher at Cedar Grove Elementary School in Shepherdsville.

Frederick M. Tinnell ’18 FA is a music and band teacher at LaRue County Middle School in Hodgenville.

Elaine K. Fehringer ’17 HS is director of the occupational therapy program in the Samford University School of Health Professions in Birmingham, Alabama. She previously was a faculty member at www.ukalumni.net

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In Memoriam Grazia K. Combs ’37 Lewisburg, Ohio

Curte Ferguson ’52 Lexington, Ky. Life Member

Jean Jackson Rhodes ’40 New Bern, N.C. John A. Palumbo ’52 Lexington, Ky. Lavenia Warner Fellow Bohnak ’42 Altoona, Fla. Frank C. Bergamini ’54 Louisville, Ky. Lorine Compton Trosper ’45 Louis C. Karibo ’54 Lexington, Ky. Lexington, Ky. Life Member Life Member Margaret Kingsley Price ’47 Lexington, Ky. Life Member, Fellow Ray E. Murphy Jr. ’48 Vero Beach, Fla. John P. Doucoumes ’49 Lexington, Ky.

Betsy Paynter Richardson ’54 Columbus, Ohio Dorothy Y. Sohl ’54 Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Susan J. Stiles ’55 Harrodsburg, Ky.

Robert T. Endicott ’56 Richard D. Floyd III ’49 Bellville, Ohio Lexington, Ky. Life Member, Fellow David N. Huff ’56 Corbin, Ky. Julia Jones Owen ’49 Fellow Lexington, Ky. Life Member Robert M. Lee ’56 Bethel Park, Pa. Wallace G. McCollum ’50 Knoxville, Tenn.

Edward D. McMahan ’56 Life Member Lexington, Ky. Thomas H. Porter ’50 Madisonville, Ky. Life Member

Earl Edsel Moore ’56 Wimauma, Fla.

Earl Edsel Moore ’56 Robert W. Blakeman ’51 Frankfort, Ky. Lexington, Ky. Ray E. Rector ’56 Woodford W. Lexington, Ky. Crutchfield ’51 Fellow Crestview Hills, Ky. Robert T. Walker ’57 Byrnes C. Fairchild ’51 Owenton, Ky. Frankfort, Ky. Charles Hays ’58 Elbert E. Harber ’51 Pearland, Texas Tucson, Ariz.

Life Member Life Member Clay C. Ross Jr. ’59 William Hoskins ’51 Silverdale, Wash.

Lexington, Ky. Fellow A. E. Cloar ’60 Paris, Tenn.

Kenneth D. Calvert ’52 Glasgow, Ky. William E. Johnson ’60 Lexington, Ky. Kenneth W. Darnell ’52 Satellite Beach, Fla.

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Nellie King Miller ’60 Paducah, Ky. Sidney N. White ’60 Lexington, Ky. Life Member Mavis L. Guffey ’61 Fairfield, Ohio Gay G. Hardymon ’61 Lexington, Ky. Life Member, Fellow R. W. Jewell ’63 Parker, Colo.

Fellow

David I. Blanton ’72 Prospect, Ky. Life Member Brenda Rock Buchanan ’72 Hodgenville, Ky. Coleman D. Bush ’72 Lexington, Ky. Joseph M. Day ’72 Louisville, Ky. Life Member, Fellow Hubert A. Henkle ’72 Nicholasville, Ky.

Randy L. Lewellen ’65 Lexington, Ky.

Margaret M. Moore ’72 Lexington, Ky.

Mary E. Quin ’65 Louisville, Ky.

Gerald A. Smith Jr. ’72 Miami, Fla.

C. David Brown ’66 Glendive, Mont.

Life Member

Dwight E. Kramer ’73 Cookeville, Tenn.

Joyce Belcher Spaulding ’66 Sun City, Ariz.

Donald D. Brown ’67 Knifley, Ky. Life Member David S. Hunt ’67 Germantown, Tenn.

Edward D. Leslie ’67 Frankfort, Ky. Mary A. Smiley ’67 Elizabethtown, Ky. Robert C. Taylor ’67 Canton, Mich.

Charles R. Wolf ’67 West Chester, Pa. David T. Hess ’68 Fearrington Village, N.C. Anne Marlowe Shurling ’69 Louisville, Ky. Wayne S. Nicholas ’71 Glasgow, Ky. Judy Burch Amburgy ’72 Booneville, Ky. Life Member

Carl E. Smith ’73 San Antonio, Texas Judy Perry Burford ’74 Gainesville, Fla. P. Michael Davis ’74 Roswell, Ga. Life Member, Fellow

Sharon Lee Sears ’80 Sanford, Fla. Mary Nave White ’80 Lexington, Ky. Life Member James P. Kirby II ’82 Winchester, Ky. Alan T. Shelton ’83 Munfordville, Ky. Susan M. Szymczak ’83 Westlake, Ohio James G. Gray ’84 Louisville, Ky. Vincent A. Hamilton ’85 Louisville, Ky. Patricia A. LaFountain ’85 Nicholasville, Ky. Sheila Hillman Gasser ’86 Cynthiana, Ky. Life Member Barbara A. Blake ’88 Lexington, Ky. Tonya L. Mills ’90 Lovely, Ky.

Greg R. Lord ’74 Charleston, W.Va.

Eric D. Dixon ’93 London, Ky.

James E. Riker ’74 Lexington, Ky.

Becky Everman Selby ’93 Versailles, Ky.

John M. Forbes ’78 Lexington, Ky.

Linda Cantara Abbott ’96 Lexington, Ky.

Richard K. Holloway ’78 Kevin D. Lexington, Ky. Timmerding ’97 Life Member Lakeside Park, Ky. Thomas A. Puckett ’78 Elizabethtown, Ky.

Shane Martel Nowak ’00 Goshen, Ky.

Jud A. Brown ’80 Las Vegas, Nev.

Tyler David Sheriff ’08 Naples, Fla.

John E. Craine ’80 Lexington, Ky. Fellow

Nobuko Toda Patton ’12 Hebron, Ky.

Penny Smith Robinson ’80 Lexington, Ky.

Robert Ernest Stith Jr. ’15 Lexington, Ky.

Former students and friends

Cassandra Leigh Byrd Lexington, Ky.

Rebekah Trimmer Hisle Nancy K. Polk Winchester, Ky. Lexington, Ky.

Ann K. Sorrell Lexington, Ky.

Aaron Hunter Adkins Ashland, Ky.

Julius G. Clark Jr. Lexington, Ky.

Keller D. Quigley Covington, Ky.

Amy Parsons Taylor Lexington, Ky.

Joshua Jamahl Artis Lexington, Ky.

William Cornett Viper, Ky.

Jason Michael Homerosky Lexington, Ky.

William K. Rice Lexington, Ky. Fellow

Robert Allen Webb II Saint Albans, W.Va.

Michael Kellan Beaudry Jamie Lynn Davis La Grange, Ky. Lexington, Ky. Betty Anderson Blakeman Lexington, Ky.

Jason Monroe Deck Lewisport, Ky.

Licia L. Duff Scott D. Bolze-Kennedy Lexington, Ky. Lexington, Ky. Geri Clancy Haack Betty B. Brown Lexington, Ky. Lexington, Ky. Fellow

Kenneth Coleman Jones II Stanton, Ky. TeNiya Elnora Jones Fort Myers, Fla.

Vivian Allinger Scalise Lexington, Ky.

Andrew Scott Kirby Lexington, Ky.

Kenneth D. Schwendeman Richmond, Ky.

Robert Taylor Peterson Masonic Home, Ky. Life Member

Stuart C. Smith Dayton, Ohio

Carl William West Lexington, Ky. Mary Gasparich Yopp Midland, Mich.

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Jonathan Cullick ’97 AS has written “Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men: A Reader’s Companion.”

Warren is one of the best-known and most consequential Kentucky writers of the 20th century and the only American writer to have won three Pulitzers in two different genres. Depicting the rise and fall of a dictatorial southern politician — modeled on Huey Long of Louisiana — the timeless story and memorable characters raise questions about the importance of history, moral conflicts in public policy and idealism in government.

Cullick considers the themes of this novel within the context of America’s current political climate. As this literary work turns 70, he addresses the novel’s continuing relevance and interviews a cross section of Kentucky’s elected and appointed officials, as well as journalists, to explore how Warren’s novel has influenced their work and approach to politics. By focusing on what Warren’s novel has to say about power, populism, ethics, and the force of rhetoric, Cullick encourages readers to think about their own identities and responsibilities as American citizens.

University Press of Kentucky

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Neil B. Anderson ’87 ’88 BE has published “A Walk Through History With Our Ancestors, Medieval Europe to Colonial Jamestown and Plymouth Rock, Through the Modern Age in America” after 23 years of genealogy work following 70 family lines.

Amazon

www.amazon.com Bradley Kerns ’03 FA, director of undergraduate studies and associate professor of trombone at UK, and Jacob Coleman, assistant professor of piano, teamed up on a 15song album titled “Splotch Ecology,” influenced from Kern’s visits to Brazil.

CDbaby

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Bobbie Ann Mason ’62 AS has been hailed as “a full-fledged master of the short story.” Mason’s work, charged with a spirit of exploration, has garnered both popular and critical acclaim over the years. “Patchwork: A Bobbie Ann Mason Reader,” is a collection of outstanding examples of Mason’s awardwinning work from throughout her writing career and provides a unique look at the development of one of the country’s finest writers.

“Patchwork” contains short stories first published in the New Yorker and other leading periodicals; chapters from Mason’s acclaimed novels, including “In Country,” “An Atomic Romance,” and “The Girl in the Blue Beret”; and riveting excerpts from Mason’s eclectic nonfiction. Some examples of Mason’s recent explorations in flash fiction appear here in print for the first time. Mason’s writing glows with a nuanced understanding of the struggles and pathos of American life in the 20th and 21st centuries. George Saunders writes in his introduction, “Her stories exist to gently touch on, and praise, even mourn, what it feels like to be alive in this moment.”

University Press of Kentucky

www.kentuckypress.com

Michael Breen ’80 AS, ’83 LAW is the author of “Modern Myths: Stories from the Bible,” which contains short stories that use a passage in scripture as a springboard for his storytelling.

Michael Breen

www.amazon.com Nancy Little ’77 ED has written “Come Alive to Fully Thrive as an Energy Creator,” a chapter in the book titled “You@Work: Unlocking Human Potential in the Workplace,” the third volume in the series.

Silver Tree Publishing

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Retrospect

8 years ago…

Senior Andrea Mitchell performed on the beam during gymnastics in the 2010-2011 academic year. She was named SEC Gymnast of the Week after scoring Kentucky’s highest all-around score against Bowling Green and George Washington in over 15 years.

35 years ago…

An unfortunate UK co-ed and her five hatchet men “terrified” visitors to the Haunted House at Boyd Hall in 1983.

48 years ago…

Members of Gamma Phi Beta kicked up some laughs during the 1970-1971 academic year.

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years ago…

Officers of the Student Bar Association during the 1949-1950 academic year posed for a pic outside Lafferty Hall.

Left to right are Patricia Moore, secretary; Robert Hubbard, president; Richard Hinton, treasurer; and Robert Stephens, vice president. www.ukalumni.net

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Quick Take

Photo: Patrick J. Mitchell

Lyman T. Johnson Awards presented, scholarship established

Lyman T. Johnson Award recipients with selected guests Awards and a scholarship fund announcement highlighted the 28th annual Lyman T. Johnson Torch of Excellence Awards Dinner in October at the Woodford Reserve Club and Kroger Field. The UK Alumni Association Lyman T. Johnson African American Alumni Group honored students and alumni during the awards ceremony as part of the 2018 Lyman T. Johnson Homecoming Celebration.

UK’s academic colleges and units select an African-American alum whose faith, hard work and determination has positively affected the lives of people on the UK campus, the city, state or nation. These individuals received the Lyman T. Johnson Torch of Excellence Award. These units also choose an African-American student within their respective colleges/ departments whose academic achievement and ability to impact the lives of others would warrant them to receive the

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Lyman T. Johnson Torch Bearer Award.

The group also established the Lyman T. Johnson Endowed Scholarship Fund. The scholarship, which has a fundraising goal of $70,000 by the 70 Years of Integration reunion being held during Homecoming 2019 to honor the 70 years of integration at UK, will provide minority students financial assistance in their pursuit of higher education.

Lyman M. Johnson, son of Lyman T. Johnson, was the evening’s keynote speaker. UK President Eli Capilouto, UK Vice President for Institutional Diversity Sonja Feist-Price and Lyman T. Johnson African American Alumni Group President Lee Jackson also spoke. The UK Black Voices Gospel Choir, under the leadership of Sterling Crayton and direction of Monique Shanks, provided entertainment. ■

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