Voting Now Open for UK Staff Senate and UK Women’s Forum
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 10, 2021) — Voting for University of Kentucky Staff Senate and the UK Women’s Forum is open now through 5 p.m. Friday, May 21.
Candidates for Staff Senate are running for three-year terms beginning July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2024. Voting for Staff Senate is open to all UK staff who are 0.50 time equivalent or greater.
Candidates for the Women’s Forum are running for two-year terms beginning June 16, 2021. Voting for Women’s Forum is open to all regular staff and faculty who are 0.75 equivalent or greater. University faculty and staff interested in becoming a general member of the UK Women’s forum can access membership information here.
Eligible staff can vote online here. Voters will be prompted to login using their linkblue ID and password and then directed to the appropriate voting site.
The Staff Senate is divided into four sectors — President, Provost, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs and Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration — which are determined by the university’s organizational chart. Those who login to vote will be automatically directed to their designated voting sector.
For more information about the Staff Senate election, contact Rachel Noble at rachel.noble@uky.edu or Jon Gent at jon.gent@uky.edu.
For more information about the Women’s Forum election, contact Alli Lake at ukwf@uky.edu.
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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.