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Staff Senate Launches New Podcast: 'The Kentucky WildCast: Making the Impossible Possible'

LEXINGTON, Ky (Dec. 14, 2020)  The University of Kentucky Staff Senate Employee Engagement Committee has launched its new podcast titled “The Kentucky WildCast: Making the Impossible Possible.” The first episode is available now on Spotify and most other podcast platforms.

This podcast highlights the people at UK who make the impossible possible and gives them space to tell their story. Conversations are not limited to work at UK but transcend into life stories, lessons learned, inspirations and personal accomplishments.

New episodes will premiere monthly and will highlight upcoming campus events, Staff Senate announcements, and, most importantly, the stories of staff members all around campus. Listeners and guests can expect to find a welcoming space that celebrates diversity in life experiences.

If you know someone who should be featured on this podcast, please contact "WildCast" host Ryan Story (rkst222@uky.edu) and/or Employee Engagement Committee Chairperson Olivia Ellis (olivia.ellis@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.   

In 2022, UK was ranked by Forbes as one of the “Best Employers for New Grads” and named a “Diversity Champion” by INSIGHT into Diversity, a testament to our commitment to advance Kentucky and create a community of belonging for everyone. While our mission looks different in many ways than it did in 1865, the vision of service to our Commonwealth and the world remains the same. We are the University for Kentucky.