'UK Remembers' Memorial Service Announced
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 13, 2022) — Since 2010, the University of Kentucky has honored those who have passed with a memorial service called UK Remembers. In light of the pandemic, the last UK Remembers memorial service was held in 2019.
The UK Staff Senate will be hosting a service to remember those UK faculty, staff and students lost since the spring of 2019 in front of the Main Building from noon to 1 p.m. on April 26, 2022. Additionally, UK faculty, staff and students will have the opportunity to memorialize those they have lost who may not have been a part of UK but are still important to them – because “family” isn’t just those immediately employed by or attending UK.
Attendees will be able to write the name of the individual/s on a memorial card to be placed along the walkways in front of the Main Building. This year, in addition to having the event for people to attend in person, there also will be an opportunity online to submit names of those to be memorialized.
Please RSVP for this event whether you plan to attend in person or submit names online, by clicking the link here.
This event will be held rain or shine – by RSVPing we will be able to send a location change, due to inclement weather, to registrants. The inclement weather location will be in The Cornerstone at the UKFCU E-Sports Theater.
If you have any additional questions, please contact Marie Marefat, marie.marefat@uky.edu or 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.