UK Staff: Get to Know Provost Tracy at Brown Bag Lunch

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 9, 2016) — University of Kentucky staff are invited to get to know UK Provost Timothy Tracy at a brown bag lunch event from noon-1 p.m. Tuesday, March 15.

Sponsored by the UK Staff Senate, the event will take place in Room 202 of The 90, located at the corner of Hilltop and University Drive. Staff are invited to bring the lunch of their choice. Desserts and beverages will be provided.

Tracy became provost at UK on Feb. 23, 2015. Provost Tracy is overseeing efforts related to several pressing issues facing the university. Among others, these include:

· Strengthening UK's work in undergraduate student retention and graduation;

· Strengthening UK's graduate and professional education efforts;

· Advancing UK's research enterprise;

· Fostering with greater urgency an inclusive campus environment that celebrates the multitude of backgrounds, identities and perspectives;

· Further refining and completing UK's next Strategic Plan; and

· Implementing a new financial model.

UK is the University for Kentucky. At UK, we are educating more students, treating more patients with complex illnesses and conducting more research and service than at any time in our 150-year history. To read more about the UK story and how you can support continued investment in your university and the Commonwealth, go to: uky.edu/uk4ky. #uk4ky #seeblue

MEDIA CONTACT: Whitney Harder, 859-323-2396, whitney.harder@uky.edu