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Invaluable information: UK Extension gathers KY data!
See how our extension faculty members, Dr. Julie N. Zimmerman and Dr. Lola Adedokun, help to provide data to help communities across the commonwealth.
ACCESS STORY on UKNOWCLD Student Highlight - JJ Weaver
CLD student Athlete, Dr. Nicole Breazeale, and others from UK travel to Denver Colorado to attend and present at the National Symposium for Children's Grief in June 2024. The linked video summarizes the trip.
LINK TO VIDEORecent Graduate and Athlete, J.J. Weaver Counseling Program
University of Kentucky football player and CLD Graduate, J.J. Weaver is making a difference in the lives of others with his own experience and knowledge gained from CLD curriculum.
Read Article in Courier JournalPhotographs from Commencement on May 3, 2024
A collection of photographs taken during graduation ceremonies on the afternoon of May 3, 2024. This contains CLD, AgEd, and others graduating and attending the event.
GRADUATION - MAY 2024Photographs from Academic Showcase - May 2, 2024
We had our CLD 497 poster presentations followed by our Academic Showcase Event on the evening of Thursday, May 2nd, 2024. Lots of photographs are taken and we share them here!
CLD ACADEMIC SHOWCASE 2024CLD-MS Student Kelly May Published!
Stemming from a final project in CLD 686: Research Design in fall 2021, our CLD-MS student, Kelly May has an article titled: Perceived Financial Literacy and Self-efficacy: Implications for Family & Consumer Science Extension Educators published and found on page 84 of the JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL EXTENSION ASSOCIATION OF FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES
Link to NEAFCS Journal ArticleCLD 560 Community Inequalities visit WV Mining Areas
Students in the interdisciplinary Appalachian Studies / CLD course “Community Inequalities” were immersed in labor history and the ongoing struggle for environmental justice when they visited Mingo County, WV on a class field trip.
STORYCLD Faculty Receives Outstanding Contributor Award from NAEPSDP - November 2023
Dr. Kenneth Jones received the NAEPSDP's highest award during their 2023 Annual Conference
STORYAgricultural Education Program Voted #1 by Peers!
The UK Agricultural Education Program received various awards during the Annual ATA Conclave in Indianapolis, IN including Number One Program Honors!
STORYCLD Associate Professor wins MESA Book Award for 2022
January 11, 2023 - Karen Rignall, an Associate Professor in Community and Leadership Development wins a Nikki Keddie Book Award from the Middle East Studies Assocation
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