UK Women’s Forum to Recognize 2021 Sarah Bennett Holmes Award Winners
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 9, 2021) — You are invited to celebrate with the University of Kentucky Women’s Forum to recognize the 2021 Sarah Bennett Holmes Award Winners. The award recipients from four categories (Staff, Faculty, Graduate Student, and Team) will be recognized during the event. This is the inaugural year for the Graduate Student and Team categories, which will honor individuals who have exemplified great work in their efforts and contributions to issues that affect women at the University of Kentucky and across the Commonwealth.
The event will be held via Zoom beginning at noon EDT Tuesday, March 23, 2021. If you would like to join this virtual event to celebrate the awardees, please use this link to register: https://uky.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIocu6tqzIqE9Xo9opVYvgS7kcyfZl4ASh_.
Sarah Bennett Holmes was a distinguished Dean of Women at the University of Kentucky, who tirelessly championed the rights of women throughout her career. This award recognizes UK employees for their contributions to issues that affect women at the university and across the Commonwealth. For more about this award or to view previous awardees, please visit https://www.uky.edu/womensforum/sarah-bennett-holmes-award.
Please direct any questions about this event to UKWF@uky.edu.
As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves on being a catalyst for breakthroughs and a force for healing, a place where ingenuity unfolds. It's all made possible by our people — visionaries, disruptors and pioneers — who make up 200 academic programs, a $476.5 million research and development enterprise and a world-class medical center, all on one campus.