By Julia Rhorer
CHS Contributor

A native of Frankfort, Ky., Julia Rhorer is a junior Human Health Sciences major on the pre-med track. For Spring Break this year, she was able to visit Ecuador as part of the Shoulder to Shoulder Global (STSG) Health Brigade through UK’s Education Abroad and Exchange program. These are her thoughts on the trip:

‘This is where you need to be’

By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

Last year, we were lucky enough to talk to Shealyn Luksik, a 5-foot-4 Human Health Services major from Pittsburgh who excels at performing on the uneven bars and balance beam for the UK gymnastics squad.

Now Luksik, a senior, has helped take her team even farther, all the way to the semifinals of the NCAA Championships in Fort Worth, Texas. Just eight teams remain in the competition. 

‘School is a lot easier with a good friend’

By Sara Pisoni
CHS Contributor

The first time they met was on Zoom. It would be almost a year later before they talked in person.

But by that time, they’d be the best of friends.

“When we were ambassadors in 2020, everything was online,” Brooke says.

By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

Scott Lephart, PhD and Dean of the College of Health Sciences, looked out over the crowd and smiled.

“Today, we’re honoring the most important people in our College,” he said. “Our students.”

On Thursday, faculty, staff, students, friends and family came out to the Gatton Student Center to celebrate the achievements of the students in the College of Health Sciences.

By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

Scott Lephart, PhD and Dean of the College of Health Sciences, looked out over the crowd and smiled.

“Today, we’re honoring the most important people in our College,” he said. “Our students.”

By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

Lyman T. Johnson, a teacher at Central High School in Louisville, Ky. for 33 years, was best known for breaking the color barrier at the University of Kentucky. 

By Ryan Clark
CHS Communications Director

All you had to do is look at the smiles on their faces.

It was plain to see that getting active is a whole lot of fun.

Here at the CHS News Desk, we thought it might be fun to run down the stories that received the most clicks and views from 2022. As we reviewed them, we saw exactly why they garnered so much attention. Some made us laugh and cry. Some inspired. Some were just important and informed us.

No matter the topic, each one made it crystal clear: Last year was a big and important time for the College of Health Sciences. 

Without further ado, let's reveal the list. Cue the drumroll, if you like.

By Sara Pisoni
CHS Contributor

For professors in the College of Health Sciences, they have a luxury some others could only hope for.

They are utilizing their undergraduate students to help with their research.  

In July, the PATHfinders hosted the first four-day in-person Summer Bridge program! The program allowed first-year students to meet their peers, upper-class students, faculty and staff in the College of Health Sciences, explore various healthcare professions and gain financial and academic support.