UK Hosts Graduate Student Day at the Capitol

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 26, 2015) — The University of Kentucky Graduate Student Day at the Capitol will take place on the morning of Feb. 27, on the second floor mezzanine of the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort.

Graduate students will travel to Frankfort to share their research projects through poster presentations with legislators and staffers.

“The Graduate School Congress (GSC) has worked tirelessly to bring together graduate students at UK who want to share the message of their Kentucky based and Kentucky focused research with our state leadership,” said GSC Vice President Sarah Spaulding.

The GSC serves the graduate student body at the University of Kentucky by unifying and representing it in matters affecting the quality of graduate student life and work, by facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration, and by promoting professional development for graduate students through seminars, forums and social functions.

“As the vice president of GSC, I was approached by a fellow graduate student, Chrissy Herren, interested in communicating some of her research with state legislators," Spaulding said. "Together, we decided that a state hill day would be an excellent venue to communicate the important research done by UK graduate students on Kentucky focused issues.”

After working with the state government relations office, they determined that the sesquicentennial celebration week was the perfect time to debut this event.

The graduate students at the University of Kentucky pursue advanced study in 90 program areas, representing doctoral degrees in 61 fields, master's degrees in 120, and specialist degrees in five.

MEDIA CONTACT: Sarah Geegan, (859) 257-5365; sarah.geegan@uky.edu