Welcoming Our Newest Wildcats
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 18, 2021) — The University of Kentucky is transforming this week, as students move into their residence halls.
Thanks to dedicated volunteers from across campus, new students and their families have settled into life in Lexington.
Click on the gallery below to see some of our favorite scenes from this year's Big Blue Move-In.
Watch the video above to hear the hopes that parents and family members have for their Wildcats!
For more information about Big Blue Move-In, visit: www.uky.edu/housing/movein.
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.