#WomenOfUK: UK Alumna and Olympian Simidele Adeagbo
During the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, University of Kentucky alumna Simidele "Simi" Adeagbo made history as Nigeria’s first female skeleton athlete, Africa’s first female skeleton Olympian and the first black female skeleton Olympian. On top of all those accomplishments, Adeagbo is also paving the path for youth who want to be like her.
VIDEO: UK Students Pay Tribute to 'Great Teachers'
Though this year’s Great Teacher award-winners have different backgrounds and experiences, they share a common motivation to help students succeed beyond their time at the University of Kentucky.
Meet the Man Behind UK's New Home for LGBTQ* Community.
When Jim Dinkle (’82 communications) discovered the University of Kentucky’s LGBTQ* Resource Center on Facebook a few years ago, it had been more than three decades since he had visited the UK campus. Nothing like the services provided by the UK Office of LGBTQ* Resources had been in place when he was a student here. In fact, it was such a different world in the early ’80s that Dinkle was not “out” until several years after he graduated as the UK Student Government Association president and a voting member of the university’s Board of Trustees.