Academic Resources
Resources at your fingertips - the UK advantage
UK wants you to succeed as both a student and an individual, so we offer you a number of support services to enhance your experience.
AMSTEMM
The Appalachian and Minority Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEMM) Majors Program recruits, retains, and graduates Appalachian and Minority STEMM majors by providing them with a community environment, a network of support services, and numerous academic enhancement opportunities to improve the quality of their educational experience.
Center for Academic Resources & Enrichment Services (CARES)
CARES targets underrepresented groups, including students from the Appalachian region of Kentucky, provides tutoring, study groups, study skills workshops, academic planning and monitoring, career exploration and networking opportunities, workshops on personal development issues and a Critical First-Year Program to help students achieve a 3.0 at the end of their first year.
Central Advising Service
Undergraduate Studies is housed in the Central Advising Service, which provides academic advising to undergraduate studies students in order to facilitate their academic success. The staff of professional advisors works with students in Undergraduate Studies who are in the process of choosing a major and also provides pre-professional advising to students interested in pre-law, pre-med, pre-optometry, pre-dental, and other health professions. Continuing students, non-traditional students, transfer students, and other students in academic transition are encouraged to use this resource during their transition period.
Advisors in Central Advising work individually with students to help them clarify their professional goals, realistically assess their capabilities and limitations, explore majors of interest, and choose courses appropriate to those areas of study. Advisors also make referrals to other student support services on campus for career interest testing, personal counseling, help with study skills, tutoring, etc. The aim is to support students in making informed decisions about careers and choice of major, and to facilitate the process of entering that major.
The Counseling & Testing Center
The Counseling & Testing Center’s programs and services are committed to nurturing the student’s intellectual growth, academic success, and personal development. Through direct psychological services and programming, student needs are addressed in the areas of personal concerns, academic performance, and career exploration/decision-making. Crisis intervention and consultation services are available to all members of the University community. The Center is open Monday - Friday, 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. For appointments, call (859) 257-8701 or come to 201 Frazee Hall.
Disability Resources
The University of Kentucky offers a variety of services to students with disabilities through the Disability Resource Center. Students with temporary or permanent disabilities who have physical, medical, learning, or psychological disabilities may qualify for assistance.
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Experiential Education and Career Services
Experiential Education and Career Services, located in the James W. Stuckert Career Center is a comprehensive and centralized career center for all students enrolled at the University of Kentucky. The Center’s programs are designed to help students, faculty and employers integrate occupational and employment information into educational experiences, extracurricular activities and work. Counselors at the Center work with students from their first year experience through degree completion and beyond, helping them define goals, explore career possibilities, secure internships and find full-time professional employment after graduation.
Mathskeller
The Math Resource Center – Mathskeller – assists students studying mathematics at UK. The Mathskeller is located in 63 Whitehall Classroom Building (southeast corner of the basement near the loading dock).
Multicultural and Academic Affairs
The Office for Multicultural and Academic Affairs (OMAA) will become one of the leading programs in the country recognized for policies and procedures that provide specialized support in the recruitment, retention, and graduation of a racially and ethnically-diverse student body. This student-driven aspect of our work focuses now on such underrepresented groups as African-, Hispanic-, Native-Americans and students from the Appalachian Region of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The culture driven elements of the OMAA will – through programs designed to promote awareness, understanding, appreciation, and specific social actions – lead in articulating and demonstrating our belief in the value and richness of human differences framed by culture, gender, race and ethnicity.
The Thomas D. Clark Study
The Thomas D. Clark Study helps students improve their writing skills. The Study offers free individual and group consultations on prewriting, writing, and rewriting.
The William T. Young Library
The William T. Young Library is UK’s main library, housing the social sciences, humanities and life sciences collections. The Library measures 365,000 square feet, seats 4,000 people, and houses 1.2 million volumes. It provides a state-of-the-art electronic infrastructure to allow patrons to take full advantage of current and emerging technology.