Alumni Recognition

Meet Hall of Fame Inductee Dr. Juliann Sebastian

Feb 23, 2017

Alumni Recognition

The College of Nursing is now accepting nominations for the third class of Hall of Fame inductees. Click here to nominate a distinguished nursing leader by March 31!

Meet Hall of Fame Inductee Dr. Alice Herman

Feb 21, 2017

Alumni Recognition

The College of Nursing is now accepting nominations for the third class of Hall of Fame inductees. Click here to nominate a distinguished nursing leader by March 31!

Former PhD Student, Nurse Anesthetist Tests EEG-Guided Technique to Reduce Memory Loss Post-Surgery

Feb 20, 2017

Alumni Recognition

By Elizabeth Adams LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 15, 2017) —No patient wants to remember the traumatic experience of going under the knife. With the conveniences of modern medicine, anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists erase the memory and pain of invasive surgeries by administering medicines that induce relaxation and unconsciousness. Patients awake from a deep sleep with no memory of the surgery, the incision or the physical harm done to their bodies.

Meet Hall of Fame Inductee Dr. Tonda Hughes, 2017 Sexton-Weaver Lecturer

Feb 6, 2017

Alumni Recognition

The College of Nursing is now accepting nominations for the third class of Hall of Fame inductees. Click here to nominate a distinguished nursing leader by March 31!

College of Nursing Alum Works to "see blue." Every Day to Help Patients Heal

Jan 31, 2017

Alumni Recognition

Video Produced by UK Public Relations & Marketing. To view captions for this video, push play and click on the CC icon in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 31, 2017) — When University of Kentucky alum Lacey Buckler watches her beloved Kentucky Wildcats play on television, she pays attention even when the action stops and the commercials begin.

Meet Hall of Fame Inductee Dr. Cynda Rushton

Jan 20, 2017

Alumni Recognition

The College of Nursing is now accepting nominations for the third class of Hall of Fame inductees. Click here to nominate a distinguished nursing leader by March 31!

College of Nursing Now Accepting Nominations for Third Class of Hall of Fame Inductees

Jan 11, 2017

Alumni Recognition

The University of Kentucky College of Nursing (CON) is now accepting nominations for the third class of inductees into the CON Hall of Fame. Established in 2006, the College of Nursing Hall of Fame identifies distinguished graduates and their extraordinary contributions to the nursing profession.

Sisters by Birth, Sisters in Nursing

Jun 3, 2016

Alumni Recognition

Joanna and Mary Cho have more in common than just their parents—they’ve taken the nursing profession by storm, one already a UK graduate and one expected to enter the field with her BSN in December 2016. “She’s my partner in the crime,” says older of the two by one year, Mary, who now works for UK Chandler Hospital. Joanna currently works as a SNAP (Student Nurse Academic Practicum) intern.

College of Nursing Alumna Kristyn Mickley Opens Community Health Clinic in Haiti With Help From UKHC

May 12, 2016

Alumni Recognition

Dr. Robert Dillard, a KCH pediatric gastroenterologist, Dr. Scottie Day, chief of pediatric critical care, and Kristyn Mickley in Haiti. By Elizabeth Adams The adage, “build it, and they will come,” didn’t apply when former pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) nurse Kristyn Mickley and the Reach Haiti medical mission broke ground on a health clinic in the secluded mountains of Haiti.

College of Nursing Alumna's Second Look Leads to Miraculous Turnaround for NICU Baby

by Elizabeth Adams

Nov 4, 2015

Alumni Recognition

UK College of Nursing alumna Mary Smith witnessed her first miracle in the field when she trusted her intense gut feeling that ultimately saved a NICU baby's life. Presley Collins spent the first 12 hours of her life like most newborns — swaddled in blankets and fawned over by family members in a hospital room.

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