Goody bags full
of free stuff. Free pizza and soft drinks. Door prizes. Free transportation. And all on a
Friday. Now, It just doesn't get any better than that, does it?And all that is planned
for UK employees for the Seventh Annual Staff Appreciation Day set for Friday, May 14,
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Memorial Coliseum.
The UK Women's Forum
sponsors this annual event and an even larger gathering of UK employees is expected this
year.
"We've moved the date from March to May so it no longer conflicts with the
basketball tournament, so that alone is expected to draw more participants," said
Bernadette Dupont, a training specialist in the College of Engineering who is chairing the
1999 Staff Appreciation Day.
Free bus transportation to the event will be provided from Lexington Community College
(west side of the Oswald Building); the Chandler Medical Center (front of the Medical
Center, Hospital Drive), and the College of Agriculture (front of Agriculture Science
Center North). Buses will run every 10 minutes.
Taking turns emceeing the program and handing out door prizes will be Russell Williams,
Human Resources, who serves as the staff representative on the UK Board of Trustees; Alvis
Johnson, Athletics, and Doug Bruce an administrator in the Chandler Medical Center. Bruce
also is the "Voice of the Wildcats," calling the UK Wildcat men's basketball
games in Rupp Arena.
Many other UK administrators will be posted at the Memorial Coliseum doors to greet
staff members and hand out goody bags, Dupont.
And the rest, as they say, is easy: Get in line, view displays by many UK Colleges and
departments, and pick up free items ranging from new floppy discs to a year's supply of
ballpoint pens.
And as if that weren't enough, there will be free entertainment, including a program by
the UK Dance Ensemble.
Happy Staff Meeting Day!
