Advising & Student Support

  • This Friday (September 9) is the last day to drop a Fall 2022 course without receiving a "W" on your transcript. Before making schedule changes, students should consult their advisor or email CAFEadvising@uky.edu.  

Event Promotion

  • Interested students are invited to meet Sigma Alpha Professional Sorority members for their annual recruitment happening September 6 to September 8 in Ag North's Seay Lobby from 5:00 to 8:00 PN. Sigma Alpha is a group of women with shared interests in agriculture and founded on four pillars of scholarship, leadership, service and fellowship. Visit UK Sigma Alpha's Instagram for more information.
  • Students are invited to the UK Horticulture Club's Native Plant Sale on Wednesday, September 7 from 3:00 to 5:30 in the college's Greenhouse 12. A variety of native perennials, trees, and shrubs will be available. Visit UK Horticulture Club's Instagram for more information.
  • All those interested are invited to join the CAFE Office of Diversity's Cultivating Inclusion Series: Acknowledging Commonalities and Embracing Differences without Othering with Carol Taylor-Shim. The event will be held Thursday, September 15 from 11:00 to 12:30 in room N24B of Ag North and via Zoom. Attendees will increase their capacity to understand discrimination and its intersection with policy, explain what "othering" is and how it shows up inside and outside instructional spaces, and gain strategies to embrace differences while acknowledging commonalities.
  • Save the date for the 2022 UK Equine Week of Service happening October 2 to October 8. All those interested are invited to serve local equine non-profits. Registration will be posted on September 7, and the first 75 volunteers will receive a free event t-shirt. 

Job Opening

  • The Agroecosystem Nutrient Cycling Lab in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences is hiring part-time undergraduate research assistants for fall 2022. The students will assist with research testing the effects of management practices on root growth, cover crop growth, and soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics. Responsibilities include plot layout, soil and plant sampling, sample processing and analysis, maintenance of soil incubation studies, image analysis, data entry. Competitive hourly pay. Those interested should email Hanna Poffenbarger at hanna.poffenbarger@uky.edu.

Professional Development Events

  • On Monday, September 12 from 11:00 to 1:00, join the UK Undergraduate Research Expo on the UK Student Center Social Staircase. Attendees will learn about the wide variety of research opportunities happening across campus. Click here to learn more. 

    The UK Part-Time Jobs fair will be held on Tuesday, September 13 from 11:00 to 3:00 in the UK Student Center. Click here to log into Handshake and view the 30+ attending employers. 

  • The UK Agribusiness and Industry Career Fair will be held on Wednesday, September 14 from noon to 4:00 in the E.S. Good Barn. Attending students are encouraged to register via Handshake and bring copies of their resume to the event. 

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