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The Arboretum: State Botanical Garden of Kentucky
PhD Balance
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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Proposal Development Office
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Plan now to submit your thesis or dissertation in electronic form.
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.
Solving Academic Disputes
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.
BBNvolved Student Events
Find out what events there are to attend, campus organizations, and how you can get involved! Explore - BBNvolved
Find your BBNvolved Event pass: https://uky.campuslabs.com/engage/eventpass
Your Event Pass is a unique QR code that you will use to check into events at UK. At many events, your Event Pass will also be scanned by event organizers to take attendance. You will continue to use it throughout your entire time at UK as your "ticket" to attend many events.
Open your web browser and go to https://uky.campuslabs.com/engage/eventpass.
Log in using your LinkBlue ID and password.
Save this QR code on your phone. You can add it to your Apple Wallet or Google Pay, screenshot it, or print a copy to bring with you to events.
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UK International Center
International students should check in with this office upon arriving in Lexington
UK Legal Clinic
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.
Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center
Office for Institutional Diversity
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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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International Travel Policies for Graduate Students
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, 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) may need to register their travel with UK Education Abroad & Exchanges, 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 Jason Hope.
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 UK International Center at this link. After completing the registration process, students will receive additional information about 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 Vice President for Internationalization. This same process applies for proposed travel to destinations where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 3 or Level 4 Travel Health Notice.
Faculty members and other advisors should never advise any student to undertake work abroad in a country or region currently under a Level 3 or Level 4 U.S. Department of State Travel Advisory or CDC Level 3 or Level 4 Travel Health Notice without the involvement of the UK International Center.
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, they should immediately contact UK’s Director of Global Risk & Strategic Operations to discuss plans, to ask any questions they may have about the University’s travel appeal policy, and to receive the review template they will ultimately need to submit to 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.
- The student should begin compiling the required documentation which must be presented to the IHSS Committee.
- After receiving the student’s appeal documentation, the IHSS Committee will make a recommendation to the Associate Vice President for Internationalization regarding a potential exception to the travel policy outlined in AR 4:9.
- The Director of Global Risk & Strategic Operations will provide the student with an official letter from the Associate Vice President either granting or denying an exemption to the AR and outlining any conditions for such an exemption.
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 Global Risk & Strategic Operations.
International Health, Safety and Security | International Center
Accommodations for a Disability
Students are encouraged to register for accommodations before the semester starts or as soon as possible. Enrolled students who need accommodations for a disability can secure those ahead of the start of the semester by providing the appropriate documentation. Please access the Student Portal to register. A Disability Resource Center (DRC) consultant will review your needs and assign accommodations. For assistance, please reach out to DRC.
