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Submit your photos, schedule portraits for the 2025 ‘Kentuckian’ yearbook

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 13, 2025) — This past fall, the University of Kentucky announced that, after a 10-year absence, “The Kentuckian” yearbook is back.

Through a partnership with Main Campus Publications, a new and improved “Kentuckian” is offering students the opportunity to submit portraits and personal photos for inclusion in the yearbook. Parents and friends of graduates may also submit congratulatory messages.

All undergraduate and graduate students are invited to submit their own portrait photos online, but seniors and graduate/doctoral students are being offered a special opportunity to have a free professional portrait taken.

Free portraits will be available for students from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the following dates:

  • Feb. 17-21
  • March 31-April 11

All portraits will be taken at 12A of Blazer Dining (lower level).

Make an appointment online now at https://www.kernelyearbook.com/student-portraits.

Seniors are also welcome to use these portrait photo for graduation announcements, LinkedIn, internship applications or resumes.

Students can also submit party pictures and selfies from throughout the year for the yearbook’s scrapbook section.

Parents can get involved by submitting congratulatory messages to their students for their successful year at UK. Photos and congratulatory messages for “The Kentuckian” can be submitted online at https://www.kernelyearbook.com/.

For more information or questions about “The Kentuckian,” contact editor@kernelyearbook.com.

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.