Who can heal communities? Kentucky Can.

COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH

WHO CAN HEAL COMMUNITIES?

Healing communities.

Transforming lives.

Training health champions.

Building health in Kentucky and beyond.

THIS IS WHAT KENTUCKY CAN DO. At the UK College of Public Health, we commit to: •

Providing a world-class, dynamic public health education

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Empowering faculty and staff to conduct multidisciplinary, applied, and collaborative research

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Developing transformative solutions to health challenges in Kentucky and beyond

Our vision is to be a catalyst of positive change for population health in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and beyond. The UK College of Public Health develops students into health champions, while supporting faculty and staff as they collaborate with partners to address complex health questions. Join us through Kentucky Can: The 21st Century Campaign, to build a healthier future for all.

Our goal is to raise the resources to: • Create an engaged, synergistic, and inclusive academic and professional home on the UK campus • Propel the learning outcomes and career trajectories of our students • Recruit and retain scholars who produce research at the forefront of population health • Translate research and teaching into practices that improve the health of communities

TOGETHER, WE CAN: CREATE A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY

FURTHER INVEST IN THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT TRANSFORMS THE LIVES OF STUDENTS

ATTRACT AND SUPPORT WORLD-CLASS SCHOLARS

The classrooms and offices currently used by the College are spread across at least seven buildings. A modern facility would encourage collaboration and communitybuilding among faculty, staff, and students. With your help, we can:

Access and affordability yield an engaging, inclusive, and diverse academic and professional home with opportunities for our undergraduate and graduate students. With your help, we can:

We must continue to attract and retain the best teachers and researchers. With your help, we can:

Provide state-of-the-art classrooms, collaborative learning spaces, conference rooms, offices for student support services, undergraduate and graduate student lounges, and an auditorium suitable to host outstanding visiting speakers

Increase the College of Public Health’s recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of a diverse population of students

Recruit and retain outstanding faculty

Enhance opportunities for cohesion and research collaboration

Increase the number of endowed fellowships for graduate students

Create a sense of place that instills pride, reflects the College’s excellence, and stands as a testament to the College’s vision

Facilitate high-impact educational opportunities for students including travel, networking, and service projects in the community

Increase the number of endowed scholarships for undergraduate students

Bring students in contact with world-renowned speakers through a lectureship endowment

Initiate new faculty appointments, fellowship endowments, and endowed chairs Expand research efforts in areas most significant to Kentucky Expand service programs focused on detection and prevention of diseases such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and lung disease

For the future of our College, for the potential of our students, and for the prosperity of our Commonwealth,

kentuckycan.org | (800) 875-6272 | philanthropy@uky.edu