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UK’s Jason Hope elected chair of US Department of State’s Overseas Security Advisory Council’s academia sector

Daniel Flener

Nov 24, 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 21, 2025) — University of Kentucky International Center’s Director of Global Risk and Strategic Operations Jason Hope has been elected chair of the U.S. Department of State’s Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC)’s academia sector for a term beginning in January 2026. Hope has directed UK’s office of international health, safety and security since its inception in 2016 — an office which supports all students, faculty and staff who travel internationally on behalf of the university.

Two students give care to patients in Ecuador clinic

PT Students Honored to Participate in Global Service Fellowship

Ryan Clark

Nov 13, 2025

Two Physical Therapy students from the College of Health Sciences were among eight UK students selected to take part in the NextGen Service Fellowship — a new global service program from the Institute of International Education (IIE).

IIE NextGen Service Fellowship connects student design to global impact

Haley Simpkins

Oct 31, 2025

Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, wakes early, its streets alive with vendors’ calls, the rumble of blue-and-white minibuses, and the scent of strong coffee drifting from corner cafés. Amid the bustle, Kauner Shacklette, a senior architecture student in the University of Kentucky College of Design, walks toward the city’s YMCA. As an inaugural recipient of the Institute of International Education’s (IIE) NextGen Service Fellowship, he has been tasked with putting his design knowledge into action by reimagining spaces that could help this community hub better serve its people.

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