Events

Save the Date for the DNP Program's 20th Anniversary Celebration!

Please join us for the UK College of Nursing's 20th Anniversary of the DNP Program Celebration! UK's DNP program was the first in the country and continues to grow to meet the complex health needs of patients, families, communities and healthcare systems. The event will take place at The Campbell House on Friday, April 14, 2023 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. 

New Dean Getting Ready for Big Blue Nursing Nation – Arrives November 14th!

  LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 14, 2022) — Rosalie Mainous, a Lexington native and University of Kentucky doctoral graduate, has been named the sixth dean of the UK College of Nursing. Upon approval from the Board of Trustees, Mainous will join UK on Nov. 14, 2022. 

Dinner Theater: An Innovative Approach to Reducing Suicide Among Kentucky Farmers

The below article was written by Lynn Mertz and Andrew Benedict-Nelson for Campaign for Action, an initiative of the AARP Foundation, AARP and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.    

From College of Nursing Dean Search Committee Co-Chairs: Process Update and Opportunity for Input

Dear Colleagues:

From Acting Provost DiPaola – College of Nursing Dean Search Committee Announcement

The following communication is from Provost Robert DiPaola and was distributed Monday, March 14, 2022.   As you know, nominations for membership of the search committee for the Dean of the College of Nursing were solicited in February from the College of Nursing and from faculty, staff and student leadership groups via Senate Council, Staff Senate and the Student Government Association. Based on these nominations, the committee has been formed.  The search committee co-chairs are:

Announcement and Call for Search Committee Nominations: Dean of the UK College of Nursing

The following communication was distributed to faculty, staff and students in the College of Nursing on February 10, 2022. If you have any questions about the search, please contact Anna Chalfant (anna.chalfant@uky.edu) in the Office of the Provost. *** Colleagues:

Great American Smokeout, Lung Cancer Awareness Month Q&A with Dr. Melinda Ickes

  November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Each year, the American Cancer Society names the third Thursday of the month as The Great American Smokeout – a day to encourage people who smoke across the country take the first step toward a healthier life.

Health Literacy Month Q&A with Nurse Scientist Dr. Jean Edward

Health Equity Scholars Volunteer for "Dining Out for Life" to end HIV in Kentucky

  Pictured above from left to right are UK College of Nursing Health Equity Scholar interns Kylie Higgins and Lily Kasey; Ethan Davis and Haylee Boehm; and Henrientha Oziegbe.

UK College of Nursing commemorates Juneteenth 2021

“We recognize June 19, Juneteenth, as a holiday to serve as a historical reminder of the vestiges of oppression, racism and injustice that are still a very real and present experience for black people in America and worldwide.  Juneteenth commemorates the official end of slavery in the United States.  Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was signed on January 1, 1863, African Americans were not officially freed until two years later – June 19, 1865 –which we recognize today as Juneteenth.