LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 13, 2021) – University officials announced on Thursday that campus community members (non-UK HealthCare faculty, staff and students) who have received the COVID-19 vaccine will not be required to complete the daily screener during the summer.
“At our Kroger Field Vaccine Clinic, we have administered nearly a quarter million doses of this life-saving medication,” UK President Eli Capilouto said in an email to campus. “As such, the stadium has been an engine of healing and hope, and its operations were made possible by thousands of members of our university and health care communities who have volunteered. It has fueled our progress toward returning to more normal operations and to the lives we long to share with loved ones, friends and colleagues”
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 13, 2021) Per University of Kentucky tradition, UK President Eli Capilouto has selected student representatives to speak at the UK Commencement Ceremonies May 14-16, at Rupp Arena.
Five speakers in total were selected. Each speaker will address two of the 10 ceremonies. Given limitations on the number of people allowed on the stage, the speeches will be pre-recorded.
The five student speakers are:
Sy Bridenbaugh
Bridenbaugh, from Richmond, Kentucky, is graduating with a doctoral degree in educational policy studies and evaluation from the UK College of Education.
After suffering a severe football injury in high school, Bridenbaugh contracted a bacterial infection that resulted in losing his leg, and almost his life. After his leg was amputated, he made a decision to direct his passion for football to education. As an amputee, he embraces the unique way he lives his life. He has become a motivational speaker and blogs about his experience as an amput
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 13, 2021) As the University of Kentucky stepped up to meet the challenge of distributing COVID-19 vaccines to the Lexington community, it needed a more sophisticated tool for vaccine sign-ups. Information Technology Services (ITS) worked with UK HealthCare to develop a process that would provide the community with an easy way to request a vaccine appointment and then schedule the date and time for their vaccination once the vaccine was available for them.
Built on UK HealthCare’s established vaccine distribution process for flu shots, the ITS Enterprise Applications division worked to create the vaccine scheduler that would create a unique invitation for a person who requested to receive the vaccine via ukvaccine.org. The unique invitations were crucial for vaccine distribution operations, preventing people from sharing vaccine sign-ups with others.
Police: Man injured in Lexington shooting while at vigil for homicide victim
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) â The Lexington Police Department says a man was shot while at a vigil for a weekend homicide victim.
Police say the shooting happened Monday on Eastern Avenue while the man was sitting in a car. Someone drove the man to Good Samaritan Hospital. The car was taped off outside the hospital as police investigated what happened.
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The car was also damaged in the shooting.
The vigil the shooting victim attended was for Mar quevion Leach, the 17-year-old teen who was shot on Florence Avenue and later died.
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