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Join this community dedicated to empowering graduate students and helping them grow their own resilience.
The POWER office is offering another series of health and wellness coaching just for graduate students. Graduate Group Health and Wellness Coaching is a 4-week series available for all Graduate Students! Join a group of your peers to talk through the stressors in graduate school and life and develop healthier coping strategies as well as peer accountability to work towards those goals! Questions? Email meghan.wolf@uky.edu
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Child Care
UK Early Childhood Laboratory
ECL is located on campus and provides early childhood education to 57 children from six weeks of age through pre-school. This program is operated by the College of Education and provides both full-time and part-time schedules. (859) 257-7732.
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Academic Ombud
The helps resolve academic disputes between students and faculty or administration. When students are unable to resolve grievances or complaints through usual means, the ombud may be able to expedite the process or advise the student about the proper procedures to follow. Problems include, but are not limited to, violation of students' academic rights, unfair teaching and grading practices, cheating and plagiarism, and discrimination and harassment. All cases are held in strict confidence.
Appeals, Complaints, & Concerns
Sometimes students need to address complaints and bring up issues of concern both inside and outside the classroom. You can go to this site to find out the path for appeals, complaints, and other concerns.
Note: Some Web sites to which these materials provide links for the convenience of users are not managed by the University of Kentucky. The University does not review, control, or take responsibility for the contents of those sites.
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UK International Center
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Senior law students work under the supervision of an experienced lawyer to provide basic legal services to those who, because of income limitations, could not otherwise secure representation.
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International Health, Safety & Security Office
Students traveling internationally can access the international travel registry from this site, as well as information on the University’s international insurance plan and other resources that may be helpful during their time abroad.
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Policies for International Travel for Students Traveling Abroad for Educational Purposes
Introduction
The University of Kentucky places the highest importance on the health, safety and security of its faculty, staff and students who travel abroad under University auspices. Therefore, before departing the United States for educational purposes endorsed by the University, graduate students are required to register their travel with the UK International Center, through either the Education Abroad (EA) or International Health, Safety and Security (IHSS) office, for risk management purposes, and to purchase coverage under the University’s international travel medical insurance and security evacuation policy. Registration and the purchase of insurance is required for all students who are traveling for educational purposes outside the United States or to U.S. territories.
Under this policy, University endorsed travel includes instances where the travel is funded, in full or in part, by the University, and regardless of purpose. It also includes instances where travel is actively arranged by University faculty or staff, or where students are accompanied by University faculty or staff in the capacity of their employment. Please refer to University Administrative Regulation 4:9 for more information.
Credit-Bearing International Travel
Graduate students traveling abroad individually and earning academic credit (even if only enrolled in a 767 course) must register their travel with the International Center. However, they may need to register through the EA office instead of the IHSS office, as doing so could lower the amount of tuition they are required to pay for those credit hours. For questions regarding these options, please contact the Director of IHSS.
Non-Credit International Travel
Graduate students traveling abroad individually and not earning academic credit (e.g., conference attendances, research trips, etc.) must register their travel with the IHSS office at this link. Graduate students should always register with the International Center using the student registration, regardless of any concurrent employment status with the University (e.g., teaching or research assistantships, etc.). After completing the registration process, students will receive an automated e-mail containing details of how to access UK’s international insurance and security evacuation benefit.
Academic Travel in Higher-Risk Destinations
Per Administrative Regulation (AR) 4:9, students may only engage in educational travel in countries or regions where the U.S. Department of State has issued a Level 3 (Reconsider Travel) or Level 4 (Do Not Travel) Advisory after completion of a mandatory review process with the International Health, Safety & Security (IHSS) Committee and with the approval of the Associate Provost for Internationalization in consultation with the college dean or designee. This same process applies for proposed travel to destinations where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Warning Level 3.
Faculty members and other advisors should never advise any student to undertake work abroad in a country or region currently under a Level or 4 U.S. Department of State Travel Advisory or CDC Warning Level 3 without the involvement of the UK International Center. To do so assigns unacceptable risk to the department and the college, as well as to the student.
The process for submitting an appeal to the IHSS Committee is as follows:
- As soon as a student begins making plans to pursue academic travel in a restricted country or region, he or she should immediately contact UK’s Director of IHSS to discuss plans, to ask any questions he or she may have about the University’s travel appeal policy, and to set up a meeting with the IHSS Committee.
- The student should begin the travel registration process through either the Education Abroad (EA) office , or the IHSS registration system , depending on whether or not academic credit is being earned.
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The student should begin compiling the required documentation which must be presented to the IHSS. A template to assist students in compiling the appropriate information can be found at this link
- At least 7 days before meeting with the IHSS Committee, the student must submit all required documentation to the Director of IHSS.
- Based on the appeal documentation and the presentation by the student, the IHSS Committee will make a recommendation to the Associate Provost for Internationalization regarding a potential exception to the travel policy outlined in AR 4:9. The Associate Provost will then consult with the appropriate dean or designee and make the final decision.
- The Director of IHSS will provide the student with an official letter from the Associate Provost either granting or denying an exemption to the AR and outlining any conditions for such an exemption.
- The student must submit an additional signed waiver to the Director of IHSS before final approval can be granted. Please contact the IHSS office to procure a copy of this waiver. The student most also print out a copy of the most recent version of the travel advisory or CDC warning for the country to which he or she is traveling, write “I have read and understood the contents of this travel advisory” or “I have read and understood the contents of this CDC warning” on it, sign it and submit it to the Director of IHSS.
Students should consider printing and keeping hard copies of the submitted documents with them for the duration of their time abroad.
Questions regarding any part of the appeal process should be directed to the Director of IHSS.
