Dr. Sonja Feist-Price, a professor in the Department of Early Childhood, Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling, is the University of Kentucky’s next vice president for institutional diversity. Sonja Feist-Price will begin her duties as vice president for institutional diversity on March 20, UK President Eli Capilouto announced this week to … Read More
The University of Kentucky College of Education’s Derek Gaiser, a secondary social studies education and history junior from Ludlow, Kentucky, has been awarded an English-Speaking Union (ESU) Scholarship presented by the English-Speaking Union Kentucky Branch. The scholarship will cover Gaiser’s expenses for summer study at Oxford University. The Kentucky Branch … Read More
Dr. Laurie Henry, associate dean for clinical programs and partnerships at the University of Kentucky College of Education, has been honored with the UK Confucius Institute’s 2016 Outstanding Faculty Award. This award recognizes faculty who have done outstanding work toward the understanding of and learning about China on campus … Read More
LEXINGTON, KY – Dr. Fadia Nasser-Abu Alhija, the first Israeli Arab woman to be appointed an associate professor at an Israeli research university, spent the day recently with Dr. Brian Bottge and his Institute of Education Sciences grant team in the Department of Early Childhood, Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling … Read More
The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees approved a new Master of Science in Research Methods in Education (RMinE) in the Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation in the UK College of Education. The program will provide students training for careers in academic institutions, school districts, state and federal … Read More
University of Kentucky Office of Nationally Competitive Awards has announced that six UK students and alumni, including 2016 English and secondary English education gradute Malinda Massey, have been selected as recipients of Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships. The UK recipients are among more than 1,800 U.S. citizens who will travel … Read More
Young schoolchildren are often amazed the little stream by their house eventually flows into the Kentucky River, then the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico. It opens their eyes to how their actions impact water quality, said Rebecca Krall, associate professor in the … Read More
The University of Kentucky College of Education’s STEM Education Department was recently a host site for the National Science Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. Principal investigator associate professor and director of graduate studies Molly Fisher and co-PI professor and department chair Jennifer Wilhelm received funding for the project … Read More
Dr. Candice Crowell, assistant professor in Counseling Psychology, was selected in December to participate in the American Psychological Association’s Cyber Mentors Program. The program is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and is designed to support behavioral and social scientists in the area of HIV/AIDS and health disparities.