UK Alumni Association Clubs Honored for Outstanding Contributions
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 1, 2021) — The mission of the University of Kentucky Alumni Association is to engage, connect, serve and celebrate alumni and friends of the university.
UK Alumni Association clubs serve a critical role in achieving this mission by bringing together alumni in their local communities to demonstrate their love and support for their alma mater through a variety of events and activities throughout the year. Some of these events include game watch parties, group outings, social and professional networking events, service projects, book awards, scholarship fundraising, student send-offs and more.
The UK Alumni Association recognized many of its clubs at the Alumni Service Awards and Club Awards dinner during the association’s annual Summer Workshop on Friday, June 18, held this year at the Embassy Suites by Lexington/UK Coldstream.
Awards were given to in-state and out-of-state alumni clubs in the following six categories — Alumni Engagement, Scholarship, Service, Student Recruitment, New & Creative Programming, and Most Improved — and were determined by the Past Presidents’ Advisory Council.
The following clubs were recognized during the dinner for outstanding contributions in one or more categories:
In-state Awards:
- Christian County: Scholarship
- Clark County: Alumni Engagement and Scholarship
- Fayette County: Alumni Engagement, Most Improved, New & Creative Programming, Scholarship and Service
- Fulton County: Alumni Engagement and Scholarship
- Hardin County: Service
- Greater Louisville: Alumni Engagement, New & Creative Programming, Scholarship and Service
- McCracken County: Alumni Engagement and Scholarship
- Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati: Alumni Engagement and Scholarship
Out-of-state Awards:
- Greater Atlanta: Alumni Engagement and New & Creative Programming
- Greater Birmingham: Scholarship
- Charlotte: Alumni Engagement, Most Improved and Student Recruitment
- Chicagoland: New & Creative Programming, Scholarship and Service
- Dallas/Fort Worth: Alumni Engagement
- Greater Houston: Scholarship and Service
- Jacksonville: Alumni Engagement
- Greater Nashville: Service
- Nation’s Capital: Alumni Engagement, Service and Student Recruitment
- New York City: Alumni Engagement and Student Recruitment
- Northeast Ohio: Scholarship
- Northern Alabama: Alumni Engagement
- Pacific Northwest: Alumni Engagement and Scholarship
- Sarasota/Suncoast: Alumni Engagement
- St. Louis: Alumni Engagement and New & Creative Programming
- Triangle Area, N.C.: Student Recruitment
- Upstate S.C.: Alumni Engagement
The UK Alumni Association is committed to fostering lifelong engagement among alumni, friends, the association and the university. For more information about the UK Alumni Association, visit www.ukalumni.net or call 800-269-2586.
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.