'UK at the Half': Kentucky Can campaign supports students, advances state

Learn more about the Kentucky Can campaign – and why giving to the University for Kentucky is so vital to our mission of supporting students as we work to advance the commonwealth.
Learn more about the Kentucky Can campaign – and why giving to the University for Kentucky is so vital to our mission of supporting students as we work to advance the commonwealth. Arden Barnes | UK Photo

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 12, 2023) — For this "UK at the Half," University of Kentucky Vice president of University Relations and Interim Vice President of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement Tom Harris talks about the momentum of the institution’s “Kentucky Can” campaign as we head into a new year.  

To give to UK, or for more information on the campaign, visit: https://kentuckycan.uky.edu 

"UK at the Half" airs during halftime of each UK football and basketball game broadcast on 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.   

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.