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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.

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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).

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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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Emerging Leaders Program connects faculty interested in leading programs abroad

Daniel Flener
 Oct 28, 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 28, 2025) — As part of an ongoing effort to support faculty interested in leading education abroad programs, the office of Education Abroad and Exchanges is taking applications for the Faculty-Directed Emerging Leaders program. The program is designed for UK faculty or staff who are approved for teaching and are interested in directing an education abroad program in the future but who may have limited or no prior experience with education abroad program design or leadership.

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UK students bring home new perspectives after global sport experience

Beth Goins
 Oct 24, 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 24, 2025) — The gleam of the expansive soccer stadium bleachers beneath a crystal blue South African sky may have been far from Kentucky, but University of Kentucky students who traveled there as part of a new education abroad experience say the lessons hit close to home. 

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UK International Center, CELT launch Collaborative Online International Learning Community

Daniel Flener
 Sep 15, 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 15, 2025) – A new Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Community, aimed at empowering faculty to design and deliver globally connected course modules through online collaboration with international peers, is now accepting applications.

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UKIC releases Global Engagement Academy offerings for fall 2025

Daniel Flener
 Sep 12, 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky. — As the commonwealth’s flagship research university, the University of Kentucky benefits from being globally engaged.  It is important that all faculty and staff have the opportunity to be informed about UK’s many international connections and to contribute to this important strength of the university themselves.  

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UK International Center Announces 2025 Global Impact Award Winners

Daniel Flener
 Sep 4, 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky — The International Center at the University of Kentucky has announced the 2025 UK Global Impact Award winners. Recipients comprise faculty, staff, alumni and community members who have significantly contributed to the university’s global engagement through education, research and service. “These individuals are making a wonderful and positive difference with their dedication to helping create a more global University of Kentucky,” said Sue Roberts, associate provost for internationalization. “We are excited to honor their contributions.”

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9 UK students earn Gilman Scholarships for education abroad

Tom Musgrave
 Aug 15, 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 15, 2025) — Nine University of Kentucky students were awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships to support their education abroad goals.

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UK students selected to participate in global service fellowship

Daniel Flener
 Aug 13, 2025

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 13, 2025) — The University of Kentucky is one of nine institutions across the United States to have students selected to receive the NextGen Service Fellowship from the Institute of International Education (IIE). Eight UK students have been selected to receive funding from the program to complete service projects around the globe.

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