Media Relations
Patterson School experts are readily available to national, regional and local news media for commentary, in-depth interviews or background briefings on international developments. To reach the proper expert, please contact Keith Hautala at (859) 323-2396 or Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh at (859) 257-4666. Our aim is to provide you with the best possible source for a story and to meet your deadline.
Newspaper, television and radio reports have recently cited Patterson School faculty on a broad range of issues, including Middle East politics, the Arab Spring and Egyptian elections; energy security; foreign assistance; defense budget cuts; and other pressing international concerns.
Who?
A top-notch faculty and staff providing a masters degree program in diplomacy and international commerce to about seventy-five students from across Kentucky, the nation and the world. Patterson School alumni can be found working throughout government (State Department, Treasury, Defense, Commerce, intelligence community, Congress), and in the private and non-profit sectors.
What?
One of the nation’s leading international relations master's programs, offering a rigorous, low-cost program to a small, select group of graduate students to prepare them for professional careers in diplomacy, development, national security and business.
Where?
The Patterson School is located on the campus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington.
Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce
University of Kentucky
455 Patterson Office Tower
Lexington, KY 40506 USA
Telephone: 859-257-4666
When?
Established in 1959, when the Commonwealth of Kentucky supplemented the 1922 bequest of James K. Patterson (the first President of the University of Kentucky) to launch this new school. The school sponsors major events throughout the year; highlights include an annual Fall conference, the Vince Davis and Spragens Family Memorial Lectures, a fall negotiations exercise with the US Army War College, a spring crisis simulation, and frequent presentations by prominent guest speakers.
Why?
To educate future leaders to help build a better world.
I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.
Rudyard Kipling, "The Elephant's Child."
