Alumni News
A Leap of Faith: MLS student speaker will honor classmates, program at pinning
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
From first-generation college student to an exploratory major, then to Human Health Sciences and Medical Laboratory Science, Anyia Jones found her way through college with the help of her professors and classmates.
And now she will be a featured speaker Thursday when she and more than 30 of her classmates are honored at the College of Health Sciences’ MLS Pinning Ceremony & Reception.
December 15, 2021
CHS helping students and alumni cope after weekend storms
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
Jeff Galloway and his family had gone to the basement. They were scared, and ready for the worst.
December 14, 2021
Valentin Named Physician Assistant Studies Dept. Chair and Director
New hire had previously served as UK Asst Professor
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 1, 2021) — Virginia L. Valentin, DrPh, PA-C, began her career in healthcare when she was hired as a nurse’s assistant at 16.
December 1, 2021
Prof Shares Perspective as PT in ICU/COVID Recovery Clinic
By Ellee SidebottomCHS Contributor
November 19, 2021
PA Students awarded National Health Service Corps Scholarship for Rural Health Advocates
By Ellee SidebottomCHS Contributor
Jaley Caudill and Wes Wattenberger have been awarded the 2021 National Health Services Corps (NHSC) Scholarship for their passion and dedication for providing rural healthcare.
October 21, 2021
CHS PhD Student awarded Lyman T. Johnson Postdoctoral Fellowship
By Ellee SidebottomCHS Contributor
Ke’La Porter is the only student in the College of Health Sciences to be awarded the Lyman T. Johnson Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2021. She received the award for her outstanding research in the Rehabilitation and Health Sciences PhD Program.
October 12, 2021
Morehead’s UKPA Program Celebrates 25 Years
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
In the summer of 1996, the University of Kentucky, Morehead State University and St. Claire Regional Medical Center entered into an agreement to create the UK Physician Assistant Extension Program at Morehead.
The goal? To address the shortage of medical providers, especially those in the rural Appalachian region.
October 8, 2021
‘A Really Redemptive Journey’
Celebrate PA Week with this Story: Megan Craft took a winding road to join her PA Academic Residents for Orientation Day
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
Ever since she was a little girl, Megan Craft dreamed of becoming a doctor.
October 7, 2021
Class PT President Ready to Graduate, Take Talents Back Home
by Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
Rachel Fields says she believes in divine intervention.
How else then, can she explain how, as a basketball player in her junior season of high school, she tore her ACL — but it led to her deciding what she wanted to do with the rest of her life?
It sounds amazing, but that’s exactly what happened.
August 27, 2021
‘Where I Wanted to Be’
Tyler Pape, PA-C, has overcome a lot to get to his PA Celebration
By Ryan ClarkCHS Communications Director
Growing up, Tyler Pape, PA-C, was the kind of kid who had a plan for everything.
“I was super-determined,” he said. “I wanted to have my life all figured out, all of the time.”
August 19, 2021
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