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Explore First shapes futures for UK’s first-generation graduates

Daniel Flener
 May 14, 2026

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 14, 2026) — There’s an overlook in Scott County, Tennessee, where Mollie Overton used to watch the sunset with friends, imagining what her future might hold. Now a first-generation student at the University of Kentucky, Overton has turned that sense of “one day” into reality — in part through Explore First: Careers, Cultures and Connections, a study abroad program designed to prepare first-gen students for global careers and new possibilities.

NextGen Service Fellowship provides students hands-on international experience

Daniel Flener
 May 11, 2026

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 11, 2026) — Applications are now open for the Institute for International Education’s NextGen Service Fellowship program. 

UK student awarded 2026 English-Speaking Union Scholarship

Tom Musgrave
 Apr 20, 2026

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 20, 2026) — Hunter Coady, a junior from Crestwood, Kentucky, was recently awarded a 2026 English-Speaking Union Scholarship. The award covers full tuition and expenses for the student’s three-week experience at the University of Oxford. The English-Speaking Union of the United States is a nonprofit, nonpolitical, education service organization whose mission is to promote scholarship and the advancement of knowledge using English in an expanding global community.

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