Shericka Smith News Today

By textbook definition, it is “persistence despite difficulty or delay in achieving success.” But the true meaning of perseverance is better understood through a historic group of graduates at the University of Kentucky. Though each has a unique story to share, together, they are breaking barriers at UK, across the Commonwealth and beyond.

“We literally made history,” said Dr. Sharrion Brown. “And that's not something I'm used to. I'm the first person in my immediate family to graduate college, let alone get this far.”