‘UK at the Half’: Recent UK grad ready for what’s next
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 21, 2026) — As part of the University of Kentucky’s mission to advance the Commonwealth, faculty and staff are focused on enrolling and graduating more students to help strengthen the state’s workforce.
In this “UK at the Half,” which aired during the UK vs. Mississippi State Men’s Basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 10, we hear from Evelyn Hinz, who graduated last month from UK.
This month, she began a full-time role as a body production engineer at Toyota’s Production Engineering Manufacturing Center in Georgetown, directly contributing to the local workforce. Learn how her time at UK helped with her career goals.
“UK at the Half” airs during halftime of each UK football and basketball game broadcast on the radio and is hosted by UK Public Relations and Strategic Communications and Marketing and Brand Strategy. To hear the “UK at the Half” interview, click on the play button above.
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.