Un iversit y of Kent uck y A lu m n i Associat ion
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Winter 2019
HOPE MADE POSSIBLE UK and partners across the Commonwealth forge pathways out of opioid addiction
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HOPE MADE POSSIBLE
By Alicia P. Gregory UK and partners across the Commonwealth are forging pathways out of opioid addiction with the help of a four-year, more than $87 million HEALing Communities grant.
ROBERT HALL JR. RECEIVES LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY’S HIGHEST HONOR Recognized for a lifetime of exceptional service for animal agriculture, Robert Hall ’53 AFE is the 2019 inductee into the Saddle and Sirloin Club.
Is there hope for opioid addiction? See how UK is finding a cure on Page 14. Cover illustration by Lauren Eastep
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GRANT MAKES CANCER TREATMENT EASIER FOR YOUNG ADULTS By Molly Williamson Thanks to the DanceBlue organization and Hyundai Hope on Wheels, the Kentucky Children’s Hospital DanceBlue Hematology/Oncology Clinic is addressing special needs of 15 to 29 year olds.
CASEY COUNTY SCHOOLS, UK TEACH KIDS HEALTHY CHOICES By Molly Williamson A multidisciplinary UK program that helps teach elementary children ages 8 to 12 how to live healthfully aims to build on a successful healthy living program in Casey County.
UK completed a renovation and expansion of its law building, first opened in 1965, and is renaming the building the UK J. David Rosenberg College of Law.
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DAN PISELLI: MANAGING A MONUMENTAL UNDERTAKING
JOANNA LIO AMOS: REAL LIFE SUCCESS VIA ‘THE SIMS’ By Kel Hahn A lifelong gamer, JoAnna Lio Amos ’01 EN is a producer at Electronic Arts for Maxis, the studio behind “The Sims” and “SimCity,” a franchise that has sold more than $5 billion in lifetime sales.
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Through your support, the UK Alumni Association is able to benefit other alumni with programs and services, connect UK alums to the university and provide scholarships to UK students.
By Linda Perry College of Design graduate Dan Piselli was the senior associate and project architect for the new Statue of Liberty Museum, which is expected to see 4 million visitors each year.
Plus... 5 From the President 6 Pride in Blue 8 News 11 Research 34 Club News 37 College View
38 Sports 44 Class Notes 52 In Memoriam 54 Creative Juices 56 Quick Take
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Officers Taunya Phillips ’87 EN, ’04 BE: President Hannah Miner Myers ’93 ED: President-elect Mary L. Shelman ’81 EN: Treasurer
KENTUCKY ALUMNI MAGAZINE Vol. 90 No. 4 Winter 2019 Kentucky Alumni (ISSN 732-6297) is published quarterly by the University of Kentucky Alumni Association, Lexington, Kentucky for its members. © 2019 University of Kentucky Alumni Association, except where noted. Views and opinions expressed in Kentucky Alumni do not necessarily represent the opinions of its editors, the UK Alumni Association nor the University of Kentucky.
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District Michael W. Anderson ’92 BE Jeffrey L. Ashley ’89 CI Robert Price Atkinson ’97 CI Nicole Ramsey Blackwelder ’86 ’87 PHA Jacob V. Broderick ’05 BE John S. Cain ’86 BE Shane T. Carlin ’95 AFE Andrew M. Cecil ’99 AS Kevin L. Collins ’84 EN Shiela D. Corley ’94 AS, ’95 AFE William “Bill” M. Corum ’64 BE D. Michael Coyle ’62 BE, ’65 LAW Robert “Rob” L. Crady III ’94 BE Amanda Mills Cutright ’06 CI Bruce E. Danhauer ’77 AFE Erin Endersby ’01 EN Abra Akers Endsley ’98 ’01 CI Erik N. Evans ’82 BE Robert Michael Gray ’80 ’81 BE Austin H. Hays ’03 BE Emily C. Henderson ’01 PHA Vicki S. Hiestand ’93 BE John T. “Jay” Hornback ’04 EN Dr. H. Fred Howard ’79 AS, ’82 DE Dr. Michael H. Huang ’89 AS, ’93 MED Daniel C. Jenkins ’97 CI Tanya Bauer Jones ’81 BE Dr. Frank Kendrick ’90 ’92 DE Shelia M. Key ’91 PHA Leo M. Labrillazo ’90 FA Susan L. Liszeski ’84 AFE Beatty L. London ’00 BE Thomas K. Mathews ’93 AS Janie McKenzie-Wells ’83 AS, ’86 LAW Herbert A. Miller Jr. ’72 AS, ’76 LAW Grant T. Mills ’09 AS Ashley “Tip” Mixson III ’80 BE Dr. W. Mark Myers ’87 DE Tonya B. Parsons ’91 AS Abigail O. Payne ’05 CI Porter G. Peeples Sr. ’68 ED Ronald “Ronnie” M. Perchik ’82 BE R. Brian Perkins ’97 EN Nicholas C. Phelps ’08 BE Charles “Chad” D. Polk ’94 DES Jim A. Richardson ’70 AS, ’72 ED Robert J. Riddle ’11 AFE Sean Riddle ’12 AFE John D. Ryan ’92 ’95 BE Philip Schardein ’02 BE Lynn Spadaccini ’80 AFE George B. Spragens ’93 BE R. Michael Stacy ’95 BE Lee H. Stewart ’92 CI Mary “Kekee” Szorcsik ’72 BE Jonell Tobin ’68 ’95 BE Kendra Lorene Wadsworth ’06 ED Lori E. Wells ’96 BE Amelia Brown Wilson ’03 ’06 AFE, ’11 ED Scott Wittich ’75 BE At Large Phillip D. Elder ’86 AFE Antoine Huffman ’05 CI Jennifer A. Parks ’77 AS Jane Cobb Pickering ’74 ED Quentin R. Tyler ’02 ’05 AFE, ’11 AS Nicholas D. Wilson ’03 AS, ’05 GS
College Michelle McDonald ’84 AFE, ’92 ED: Agriculture Winn F. Williams ’71 AS: Arts & Sciences James B. Bryant ’67 BE: Business & Economics Jeremy L. Jarvi ’02 CI: Communication & Information Dr. Clifford J. Lowdenback ’99 AS, ’03 DE: Dentistry Lu Ann Holmes ’79 DES: Design Cathy Crum Bell ’76 ED: Education James E. Cantrell ’76 EN: Engineering Joel W. Lovan ’77 FA: Fine Arts Barbara R. Sanders ’72 AS, ’76 ED: Health Sciences Janis E. Clark ’78 GS, ’85 LAW: Law Dr. Emery A. Wilson ’68 ’72 MED: Medicine Patricia K. Howard ’83 ’90 ’04 NUR: Nursing Lynn Harrelson ’73 PHA: Pharmacy Keith R. Knapp ’78 AS, ’05 PH: Public Health Willis K. Bright Jr. ’66 SW: Social Work Alumni Trustees Dr. Michael A. Christian ’76 AS, ’80 DE Cammie DeShields Grant ’77 LCC, ’79 ED Rachel Watts Webb ’05 CI Appointed Jo Hern Curris ’63 AS, ’75 LAW: Honorary Katie Eiserman ’01 ED: Athletics Thomas W. Harris ’85 AS: University Relations Kelly Sullivan Holland ’93 AS ’98 ED: Honorary Stan R. Key ’72 ED: Honorary D. Michael Richey ’74 ’79 AFE: Philanthropy Marian Moore Sims ’72 ’76 ED: Honorary Bobby C. Whitaker ’58 CI: Honorary Katherine D. Speece: Student Government Association Vacant: University Senate Living Past Presidents George L. Atkins Jr. ’63 BE Richard A. Bean ’69 BE Michael A. Burleson ’74 PHA Bruce K. Davis ’71 LAW Scott E. Davis ’73 BE Marianne Smith Edge ’77 AFE Franklin H. Farris Jr. ’72 BE Dr. Paul E. Fenwick ’52 AFE William G. Francis ’68 AS, ’73 LAW W. P. Friedrich ’71 EN Dan Gipson ’69 EN Brenda B. Gosney ’70 HS, ’75 ED Cammie DeShields Grant ’77 LCC, ’79 ED John R. Guthrie ’63 CI Ann B. Haney ’71 AS Diane M. Massie ’79 CI Robert E. Miller Susan V. Mustian ’84 BE John C. Nichols II ’53 BE Dr. George A. Ochs IV ’74 DE Sandra Bugie Patterson ’68 AS Robert F. Pickard ’57 ’61 EN Paula L. Pope ’73 ’75 ED David B. Ratterman ’68 EN G. David Ravencraft ’59 BE William Schuetze ’72 LAW David L. Shelton ’66 BE J. Fritz Skeen ’72 ’73 BE J. Tim Skinner ’80 DES James W. Stuckert ’60 EN, ’61 BE Hank B. Thompson Jr. ’71 CI Myra L. Tobin ’62 AFE J. Thomas Tucker ’56 BE Henry R. Wilhoit Jr. ’60 LAW Elaine A. Wilson ’68 SW Richard M. Womack ’53 AFE
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The Legacy Initiative is an exclusive Life Member and Active Member benefit of the University of Kentucky Alumni Association, designed for the children of UK graduates. Not only does the Legacy Initiative provide a great benefit to both UK graduates and their children, but also excites Legacy children about their future at UK. Future Wildcats From birth, registered and eligible Legacy children will receive an annual birthday card. For milestone birthdays, they will receive a free UK gift. Legacy Events The UK Alumni Association proudly hosts events throughout the year for our Legacy families. Once enrolled in the program, families will receive information for these events throughout the year.
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ational leaders in the fight to reduce deaths from opioid use recently joined us at the University of Kentucky to ask: What’s possible? Alongside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar, and Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Francis Collins, we officially launched the HEALing (Helping End Addiction Long-term) Communities Study – Kentucky. It’s an effort to combat a disease of despair that’s ravaging our country and our state. Too many Kentuckians, too many families, and far too many communities know the sad litany of numbers and statistics; they live with them every day. More than 47,000 Americans died of an opioid overdose in 2017, and Kentuckians know the scourge better than most. But there is hope. There is us. Led by Sharon Walsh, Ph.D., a team of some 20 researchers across six colleges at UK was awarded an $87 million grant earlier this year, the largest in our institution’s history. The goal: reducing deaths from opioid use disorder in 16 counties over three years by 40 percent. The study is part of the NIH HEAL Initiative, a bold, trans-agency effort to speed scientific solutions to stem the national opioid crisis. If we are successful, we will return hope and healing to communities across the state. And, we will create a model of treatment and prevention that can be replicated across the country. The launch symbolizes — in the most powerful and compelling way possible — what it means to be the University of, for, and with Kentucky. It is a remarkably audacious and ambitious goal. But our ambitions must be big to meet big challenges. We have been called to turn the tide. The work ahead of us represents an unwavering commitment on the part of Kentucky’s university, in partnership with federal and state governments, to deliver healing — to deliver hope. As I think about our university — a community of scholars and healers — I am reminded of Winston Churchill, who said, “Give us the tools. And we will finish the job.”
We ask ourselves each day at the University of Kentucky: What’s possible? When smart, determined, good-hearted people hear the trumpet sound and link arms in common cause: Healing is possible. A saved life is possible. A restored dignity is possible. A renewed family is possible. A rebuilt future is possible. These are our family and our friends, our co-workers and parishioners, our neighbors and our students. These are the people we pass in the doorway at the coffee shop, the aisle of the grocery, and at streetlights and ballfields all across our state. They need us to be successful, and we need one another to deliver that success. Our partners at the state and federal levels have sounded the trumpet. Leader McConnell was a driving force behind the 21st Century Cures Act — landmark legislation that provided the invigorating spark for the kind of research and treatments needed to cure devastating diseases. The dean of Kentucky’s congressional delegation, Hal Rogers, for decades has been the voice — first as a soloist, later as the conductor of a growing chorus — about how this epidemic has ravaged communities across the country. Rep. Andy Barr and Rep. Brett Guthrie have also thrown the weight of their support behind fighting this devastating affliction through research, treatment and intervention. All of them were on our campus to announce this audacious plan to change Kentucky. They have been with us all along. Now, with a common voice, with dogged determination and prevailing compassion, we will fight this fight together. Healing is possible. Hope is possible. There is us. And we intend to finish the job.
When smart, determined, goodhearted people hear the trumpet sound and link arms in common cause: Healing is possible. — President Eli Capilouto
Sincerely,
Eli Capilouto President
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With more than 60 clubs throughout the country, we hope you can come together and help carry the flag for Big Blue Nation. — Taunya Phillips
inter is the season of giving, and our Wildcats have always been generous by impacting lives and showing what is possible with a UK education. One of the ways the UK Alumni Association is making an impact is through scholarships. In September, the UK Alumni Association awarded 185 students scholarships totaling more than $200,000 from the UK Alumni Association, many UK Alumni Association clubs and the Collegiate Plate Scholarship fund for the 2019-2020 academic year. These clubs are supporting UK students from their hometowns by lessening their financial burdens so they have the opportunity to get more involved on campus, focus on their studies and have an unforgettable UK experience. See Page 32 for details. Alumni club scholarships are just one of the ways alumni are impacting students’ lives. In November, UK received its third-largest single gift in history when 1974 UK College of Law graduate J. David Rosenberg and his wife, Dianne, donated $20 million to establish the Rosenberg College of Law Endowment. President Eli Capilouto recommended the college be renamed the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law. His endowment will focus on scholarship opportunities for future generations of UK law students and faculty support as the college seeks to retain and recruit outstanding legal scholars. In announcing his gift, Rosenberg credits his UK education for everything he has achieved in his career. There are many ways you can make an impact on the next generations of Wildcats. One of these is to get involved in your local UK Alumni Association club. With more than 60 clubs throughout the country, we hope you can come together and help carry the flag for Big Blue Nation. Our clubs not only raise money for scholarships, they give back to their local communities by volunteering and partnering with charitable organizations through Cats for a Cause. Our Chicagoland UK Alumni Club annually partners with Back 2 School Illinois to assemble school supply kits for K-12 students in the Chicago area. Our Nation’s Capital Region UK Alumni Club participates in a cleanup project on the National Mall. And here in Kentucky,
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the Clark County UK Alumni Club takes part in a food basket and winter coat program in Winchester. Whether you are a recent grad or Golden Wildcat, your local alumni club helps you stay connected to your alma mater. To find a club in your area, visit www.ukalumni.net/clubs. During Homecoming, I had the opportunity to attend many events, including the Lyman T. Johnson Torch of Excellence Awards, our Golden Wildcat Reunion, our Homecoming Tailgate and many other celebrations around campus. It was wonderful getting a chance to visit with so many of our alumni and hearing their stories about what UK means to them and why they continue to come back. There were also those who have not been back for years, and getting the chance as your UK Alumni Association president to show off our great university to former students is always a privilege. In this issue, you will find something “extra” — Flat Wildcat. We want you to take Flat Wildcat with you on your journeys around the country and around the world. Are you off to one of the four corners of the world? A quick weekend getaway or a once-in-a-lifetime trip? Take Flat Wildcat with you, snap his picture, tag us on social media and use the hashtag #FlatWildcat. Show everyone your Wildcat Pride and let them know that at the University of Kentucky, anything is wildly possible. Go Cats!
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News
NEW UK BOARD OF TRUSTEES Gov. Bevin recently appointed three new members to the UK Board of Trustees. All three are UK alumni who will serve terms expiring June 30, 2025. They replace Jim Booth, Angela Edwards and David Hawpe, whose terms have expired. The new trustees are: Cathy A. Black is a senior producer and BBC liaison at CBS News in New York. She has worked at CBS News for nearly three decades in a variety of capacities and currently oversees and coordinates the domestic and international partnership between the two media giants.
UK, SIGNET REAL ESTATE GROUP START $34M MIXED-USE PARKING, INNOVATION CENTER UK and Signet Real Estate Group have broken ground on a mixed-use parking facility that includes over 900 new parking spaces and over 23,000 square feet of innovation and retail space that will revitalize one of the main corridors into the UK campus, located at the corner of S. Limestone and Winslow Street. The P3 (public-private partnership) project is the first step in accomplishing UK’s vision of transforming this critical entrance to campus into a hub for innovation that will better serve the needs of students, faculty, staff and the community. The university anticipates that the project will anchor its programs in applied technology and creative development within a larger “innovation district,” where UK will partner with the city of Lexington to invest in the adaptive re-use and re-imagination of this historic area. The ground floor of this mixed-use facility will house the innovation center and retail components. Plans for the university’s innovation center, which will serve students, the UK campus, and the greater Lexington community, are underway and may include application development, technology partnerships, design thinking studio space and e-sports initiative components. The innovation center and retail area will be managed in partnership between Signet and UK, and the parking will be managed as part of UK’s campus operations. The project is due to be completed by fall 2020. ■
Anthony Charles “A.C.” Donahue is the managing attorney of Donahue Law Group, which has offices in Kentucky and Ohio. Donahue was the first person in Kentucky to be awarded the insurance industries’ Certified Subrogation Recovery Professional designation. Joe Bowen is a retired Kentucky State senator who represented the 8th District (Owensboro), and a small business owner (Bowen Tire), which was founded by his father in 1949. As senator, he served as the chairman of the State and Local Government Committee and also served as co-chaiman of the State Employee Pension Oversight Board. ■
INTERIM DEAN APPOINTED FOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY UK Provost David Blackwell has named Professor Jeffrey Okeson to the position of interim dean of the College of Dentistry. Dr. Okeson has been a full-time faculty member at UK for 45 years. He currently serves as chief of the Division of Orofacial
Pain and is the director of the UK Orofacial Pain Clinic, which he founded in 1977. He previously served as chairman of the Department of Oral Health Science. Okeson is a graduate of the UK College of Dentistry. He completed his residency
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at the U.S. Public Health Service in Phoenix, Arizona. He takes over for Interim Dean Larry Holloway, who returns to his role as vice provost. ■
The Singletary Center for the Arts and UK Art Museum are celebrating 40 years of arts excellence. The Singletary Center presents and hosts artistic, cultural and educational events for the campus community, Lexington and the Commonwealth. The center, named for the eighth president of UK, is a major cultural resource for the state. From its opening Nov. 1, 1979, the center has accomplished Otis Singletary’s wish to provide a succession of brilliant performances, which constitute impressive evidence of UK’s commitment to the arts. Hosting an average of 400 events annually, the Singletary Center has served over 3.7 million patrons in its history. The center provides professional, full-service venues for the creation, practical application, and dissemination of artistic, cultural and educational expressions by international, national, regional, university, and student performers, artists and speakers. Since its founding in 1979, the mission of the UK Art Museum has been to promote the understanding and appreciation of art to enhance the quality of life for people of Kentucky. The
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museum makes this possible through collecting, exhibiting, preserving and interpreting outstanding works of visual art from all cultures. Home to a collection of more than 4,800 objects including American and European paintings, drawings, photographs, prints and sculpture, the UK Art Museum presents both special exhibitions and shows of work from its permanent collection. As part of its commitment to diversity and inclusivity, the museum operates on a free admission policy, making the museum a welcoming environment for all art lovers. ■
UK WELCOMES LARGEST FRESHMAN CLASS IN ITS HISTORY
UK NAMED AMONG GREAT COLLEGES TO WORK FOR
As a result of the hard work of admissions counselors, faculty, staff and countless others, the fall 2019 class will be the largest incoming one in UK’s history. This historic class is comprised of about 5,400 students. Students at UK come from all 120 counties of the Commonwealth, 50 states and more than 100 countries. At the first home football game of the season, UK honored these newest members of our community — along with all those students, some 30,000 strong, who make this campus such a special place. Collectively, these students from every part of our state and world represent what is wildly strong and possible at the University of Kentucky. ■
The University of Kentucky has been recognized as a “Great College to Work For” by The Chronicle of Higher Education for the second consecutive year. Now in its 12th year, the Chronicle’s program recognizes colleges for best practices and policies based on a survey of faculty and staff. The annual survey is one of the largest and most comprehensive workplace recognition programs in higher education. It evaluates employee satisfaction in 12 categories in four general areas: leadership, the workplace, careers and compensation. Its two-part assessment process includes an institutional audit of demographics and workplace policies, as well as the survey of faculty, staff and administrators, with employee feedback being the primary factor. Based on the top responses, UK continues to stand out and receives recognition for its compensation and benefits. Colleges across the country, 152 four-year institutions and 84 two-year institutions, participated in the assessment. Results are reported for small, medium and large institutions, with UK included among the large universities with 10,000 or more students. “Earning a place on this list serves as a reminder of the strong culture and sense of community we work to foster at UK,” said Kim Wilson, vice president for human resources and chief human resources officer. ■
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NEW FACULTY TAKING AFRICAN AMERICAN, AFRICANA STUDIES TO THE NEXT LEVEL In an effort to build institutional excellence, an inclusive curriculum and faculty diversity, UK is welcoming six new educators to the College of Arts and Sciences. Cluster hiring — hiring multiple scholars into one or more departments based on shared research interest — is a way to advance the university’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, while also fostering a learning environment dedicated to collaboration and engagement. “Not only does hiring multiple faculty members signal our commitment to African American and Africana Studies within the college, but it also creates a sense of possibility and energy for colleagues who are already here,” Anastasia Curwood, director of African American and Africana Studies, said. “The fact that we have added a number of exciting scholars to our roster is an infusion of intellectual energy within the program.” “The College of Arts and Sciences is striving to build a more inclusive curriculum across the humanities and social sciences,” Mark Kornbluh, dean of UK Arts and Sciences, said. “The major in African American and Africana Studies is an important step in that process, but so, too, are the additional classes that these new faculty members will offer in their disciplines.”
UK TO OFFER NEW UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN PUBLIC POLICY Beginning in fall 2020, the UK Martin School of Public Policy and Administration will position students for purposeful leadership roles with a new undergraduate degree in public policy. “This is coming at an important time, as the need for public servants with critical thinking and leadership skill has grown increasingly important,” Ron Zimmer, director of the Martin School, said. “The de-
The new faculty members will teach core classes in anthropology, English, gender and women’s studies, geography and history. The six new hires are Nikki Brown (Department of History and African American and Africana Studies); Kamahra Ewing (Department of English and African American and Africana Studies); Regina Hamilton (Department of English and African The College of American and Africana Studies); Frances Arts and Sciences Henderson (Gender and is striving to build Women’s Studies and African American and a more inclusive Africana Studies); Bertin M. Louis Jr. (Department of curriculum across Anthropology and African the humanities and American and Africana Studies) and Derrick White social sciences. (Department of History and African American and — Dean Mark Kornbluh Africana Studies). ■
gree addresses critical societal concerns, as well as examines solutions to public policy problems around the country.” The Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy will become part of a long-standing tradition as the Martin School has been providing high-quality education to graduate students since 1976. The Master of Public Administration was the first-degree program offered by the Martin School. In 1988, the doctoral degree in public administration was introduced. Today, graduate students can also obtain a master’s degree in public policy and public financial management.
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The Martin School is consistently ranked among the top 25 public policy and administration programs in the country. Additionally, the Martin School will award scholarships to qualifying undergraduate students, which is being made possible by a $50,000 gift from Michael and Margaret Ruehling. After a successful career as a speech writer for the late U.S. Sen. Wendell Ford and later a government relations executive with CSX Corp., Michael Ruehling became a member of the Martin School Board of Visitors. ■
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KIPRC AWARDED $23M TO FIGHT OPIOID EPIDEMIC The UK Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC) has been awarded a three-year, $23 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to implement the Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) strategy, which integrates surveillance and prevention strategies to reduce the burden of substance use disorders and drug overdoses in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. In 2017, Kentucky had the fifth highest drug overdose mortality rate in the United States. The new grant will support a multi-agency collaboration between state, university and community partners to inform targeted interventions through timely access and use of data. KIPRC Director Terry Bunn and Dana Quesinberry, public health policy and program evaluator for KIPRC, are serving as co-principal investigators on the project. KIPRC, as a bona fide agent for the Kentucky Department for Public Health and part of the UK College of Public Health, has a strong record translating public health surveillance to targeted interventions to address the opioid epidemic. With KIPRC, UK is continuing to lead the way in drug overdose surveillance by using an innovative strategy. Remnant blood and urine samples from the UK HealthCare emergency department encounters for drug overdose will be examined to identify emerging drugs and trends. “The opioid epidemic is ever-changing,” said Bunn, associate professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health. “You can’t target care until you know what’s going on. Strong surveillance allows us to develop targeted evidence-based interventions.” KyOD2A hopes to impact inappropriate opioid prescribing, opioid misuse and opioid use disorders, patient standard of care, referrals to substance use disorder treatment and sustained recovery and fatal and nonfatal overdoses — all to improve Kentucky health outcomes. ■
ATMOSPHERIC REACTIONS OF POLLUTION TO BE STUDIED Chemistry Professor Marcelo Guzman has received a prestigious three-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research, education and outreach efforts in the field of environmental and atmospheric chemistry. The $461,000 project, “Heterogeneous Aging Mechanisms of Combustion and Biomass Burning Emissions,” will focus on how gases, such as ozone, react with pollutants emitted from power plants and forest fires. “Severe haze events occur in many places in the world facilitated by the interaction between anthropogenic emissions and atmospheric processes with a direct impact on human health,” Guzman said. “In this work, we aim to identify previously unknown harmful chemicals that should be removed from air by investigating at the molecular level the evolution of surface reactions. This knowledge will not only be a great asset for further reduction of air pollution levels but also for saving lives of people that suffer from cardiovascular diseases,” Guzman said. ■
UK ENTOMOLOGIST TO STUDY ANTARCTIC INSECTS An international team of researchers led by Nick Teets in the UK College of Agriculture, Food and Environment has received more than $700,000 from the National Science Foundation to study midges in Antarctica. Three species of midges are the only insects known to inhabit the extremely cold and harsh environments of Antarctica. Teets’ lab studies one of the species, known as the Antarctic midge. It is the only insect species that is endemic to the continent and the largest terrestrial animal that spends its entire life there. His lab is specifically interested in how the insect, which stays frozen solid for nine months each year, handles extreme environmental stressors, including brutally cold temperatures and lack of water. He is also interested in how the changes in the continent’s climate are affecting the insect. Teets’ lab will partner with others from the United Kingdom, Chile, France and the Living Arts and Science Center in Lexington. ■ W W W.RESEARCH.UK Y.EDU w w w. u kalu mn i.n e t
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UK and partners across the Commonwealth forge pathways out of opioid addiction By Alicia P. Gregory
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y name is Alex Elswick. And I’m a person in long-term recovery.” Applause breaks out from the audience of policymakers, federal and state officials, clinicians, justice department representatives, substance use researchers and treatment staff. Elswick, clean-cut in a light gray suit and blue button-down shirt, is in the spotlight at the 2019 Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit in Atlanta. Elswick notes his struggles with anxiety and his efforts to self-medicate. He continues, “I was first exposed to opioids when I was 18 years old, when I had my wisdom teeth removed, and I was prescribed oxycodone. I became addicted in short order, transitioning from taking oxycodone orally, to snorting it, shooting it and, eventually, to shooting heroin. My addiction took me most every bad place that a man can go.” This included stints in jail, treatment centers, a halfway house, sleeping under a bridge in Dayton, Ohio, and panhandling to feed his addiction. He then tells the crowd two things led him into recovery: access to evidence-based care and ongoing care. Elswick recounts six months in an inpatient treatment center, six weeks in an intensive outpatient program and then ongoing work with a therapist for his anxiety. He earned a master’s degree in family sciences at UK in 2017, is currently pursuing his Ph.D., and serves as a substance use prevention and recovery specialist in the UK Cooperative Extension Service. Elswick and his mother co-founded a Lexington nonprofit called Voices of Hope. “Our mission is to help people in recovery stay in recovery,” Els-wick says. “And we’re a grateful community partner in the HEALing Communities study.” That day in Atlanta, Elswick shared the stage with Francis Collins, National Institutes of Health (NIH) director; Nora Volkow,
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National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) director; and Sharon Walsh, UK Center on Drug and Alcohol Research (CDAR) director. The week before the Rx Summit, Alex Azar, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Collins and Volkow held a press conference to announce grants to four institutions — the University of Kentucky, Ohio State University, Boston Medical Center and Alex Elswick Columbia University — in a national initiative called HEAL (Helping to End Addiction Long-term). The HEALing Communities study is one facet of this initiative to speed the transfer of scientific solutions from academia to communities, and share data nationally on what works, to improve access to care for the more than 2 million Americans struggling with opioid addiction. The four-year, more than $87 million HEALing Communities study is the largest grant ever awarded to UK, and it has an ambitious but profoundly important goal: reducing opioid overdose deaths by 40 percent in 16 counties that represent more than a third of Kentucky’s population. Kentucky ranks 5th in the United States for opioid overdose deaths — 1,160 people died in Kentucky in 2017. Kentuckians have suffered since the early days of the opioid epidemic. Walsh leads the HEALing Communities study. She’s a professor in both the UK College of Medicine and UK College of Pharmacy and has been doing research on opioid use disorder
The HEALing Communities study aims to reduce opioid overdose deaths by 40 percent in 16 counties. The numbers reflect the six Kentucky congressional districts.
for nearly 30 years. Some of her and her colleagues’ early work on opioid use in Kentucky was rejected for publication because it was viewed as a local, isolated problem. “We were the canary in the coal mine,” says Walsh. “We knew a crisis was brewing.”
HOME-GROWN TENACITY Nineteen researchers from six UK colleges make up the team on the HEALing Communities study. “It’s a testament to the excellent training and research here that 12 of our team researchers have UK degrees, some of them multiple degrees,” Walsh says. Six of the researchers are Kentucky natives. “For the native Kentuckians, they have a deep-rooted love for this place. But for the people who come to UK from other places, they develop this fierce dedication to UK. This place inspires that,” Walsh says. “As President Capilouto says, ‘We are the University for Kentucky.’ The passion of these 19 team members is a witness to the tenacity with which they work to improve lives. “When I asked people to partner with us on this project — which we knew was going to be a heavy lift as it’s the largest scale project UK has ever done — not a single person said no,” Walsh says. “It’s like a team of 200 people that are all rowing in the same direction.” She tapped many longstanding community partnerships, in particular with the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. Local boards and health departments, state government entities, and treatment delivery partners, like Voices of Hope, round out an impactful infrastructure to tackle the opioid crisis. Walsh sums up a three-step community-engaged process,
which will kick off in the first communities by the end of 2019. “We’ll partner with each community to identify what’s working. Then they’ll pick from a menu of evidence-based practices to fill in service gaps. And we’ll help them create a communications campaign to get the word out,” she says. The project’s hypothesis: communities will reduce opioid deaths by increasing distribution of naloxone (a drug that can reverse an opioid overdose), expanding use of medications for opioid use disorder (OUD) and improving prescription opioid safety. It’s a hypothesis based on evidence from UK studies and studies across the country. “We know what works,” she says. “This study will get those scientific solutions to the people who need them.”
THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON OPIOIDS — ADDRESSING STIGMA AND SPREADING SOLUTIONS What do you wish people understood about OUD? It’s a question Walsh and her colleagues have been asked many times, and the answer boils down to the fact that opioid use changes the brain. When people stop using opioids, their brain doesn’t just fix itself. OUD is a chronic disorder. “We should think about the management of OUD like any other chronic disease, like diabetes. We provide medication, education and support to help a person manage their diabetes, knowing it’s a lifelong condition. The same should hold true for persons with OUD,” says Patricia Freeman ’87 ’91 PHA, an associate professor in the College of Pharmacy who leads the HEAL study prevention team. w w w. u kalu mn i.n e t
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But often people view drug use as a choice. If it’s a choice, then blame can be assigned. Walsh says, “I’ve never met someone who was addicted to heroin and was enjoying it. People lose everything in that process, and sometimes they lose their lives.” April Young ’10 PH, who leads the community engagement team for the HEAL project, says, “I’ve been at community meetings where people have stood up and said, ‘Let them die.’ It wears on you — the lack of empathy.” She recently talked with a woman in Morehead. “She told me she was excited to finally be on the waiting list for buprenorphine for her heroin addiction,” says Young. “Then, she said she was number 116 on the list. And all I could think was ‘The system is failing her. I hope she survives that long.’” Young, an associate professor in the College of Public Health, leads another NIDA-funded project called CARE2HOPE in 12 Appalachian counties. Her team surveyed people who were actively using drugs. “Among the first 219 people we surveyed, only 29 had been prescribed naloxone. Yet, 21 of those 29 had used it to reverse an opioid overdose. We are missing a tremendous opportunity. Imagine how many more lives could be saved if we expanded access to naloxone,” she says. “Since 2015 when Senate Bill 192 passed, pharmacists in Kentucky have been able to dispense naloxone directly, without a prescription,” says Freeman. “The Center for the Advancement of Pharmacy Practice, that I direct, led the effort to prepare pharmacists by developing and conducting trainings around the state.” More than 2,500 pharmacists in 90 of Kentucky’s 120 counties are now board certified to dispense naloxone without a patient-specific prescription. “Making naloxone available to reverse opioid overdose and making sure people know how to recognize an overdose and administer naloxone is key in our ability to effectively address this crisis,” Freeman says. But stigma stops much of the work we could do, Walsh says. If someone dies of an overdose, often the family doesn’t want that to be revealed. “Things don’t get fixed until you shine light on them,” she says. “One of the goals here is to shine light on the truth around OUD and its treatment.” Elswick says, “People sometimes ask me why I didn’t try medication for OUD, and the answer is I would have, if it had been offered to me. The only time it was ever brought up was by a therapist, and it was proposed as a sort of alternative therapy, like acupuncture. I was incredulous to find that it’s the gold standard for treating my condition. It could have saved me a lot of pain.” There are three FDA-approved medications for OUD: methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone. Each medication has its own challenges. Methadone must be administered in federally certified opioid treatment programs. KY has 28 of these programs. Buprenorphine prescribing requires additional training and a special waiver. Kentucky has 1,000 waivered providers at last count. Naltrexone, administered often by monthly injection, is expensive, few practices offer it and making sure people get a follow-up dose can be a challenge. Walsh says the HEALing Communities study will likely not create new treatment centers, but it can make significant inroads by training more providers and increasing the number of people treated. 16 K ENT UCKY ALUMN I M A G A Z I NE Winter 2019
“When we engage people in treatment and help manage the chronic disease of OUD, recovery and remission are possible. There is hope,” says Freeman.
BREAKING THE CYCLE AND GETTING HOPE TO THE INCARCERATED “When individuals reach a place where they start to commit crimes to maintain their addiction, serving time in jails and prisons often becomes their reality,” says Michele Staton ’04 MED, who works on the HEAL criminal justice intervention team, led by Carrie Oser ’98 AS. “This incarceration period can be an opportunity for treatment,” says Oser, a sociology professor in the College of Arts and Sciences who has more than a decade of NIDA funding for her work on addiction services in criminal justice settings. The Kentucky Department of Corrections has nearly 6,000 treatment beds and has increased access to naltrexone. “The good news is that treatment and recovery support have expanded both within jails and prisons and in the community. We have a growing, vibrant community of individuals in longterm recovery who are living proof that recovery is possible,” says Katherine Marks ’15 PH, ’15 AS. She is the liaison between UK and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and a research assistant professor in the College of Medicine. The team is working to coordinate care navigation services inside and outside the criminal justice setting, so a person with a substance use disorder leaves incarceration with housing, transportation and treatment lined up. Oser says, “Re-entry is a vulnerable period for relapse and recidivism, so ensuring people have basic documents like a government-issued ID or insurance coverage for access to needed medical care is essential.” “Addiction is not biased. It does not discriminate by gender, age, social class, race. We have all been impacted in some way by the power of addiction, and we have an obligation to move beyond the stigma of addiction to a place where we all take responsibility for the solution,” Staton says.
A TALE OF THREE FRIENDS AND NALOXONE Mandy Binkley became part of the solution. She saw the devastation of substance use in her own family, and she knew she had to do something. “I left corporate America after 11 years and decided to become a nurse in my early 30s,” Binkley says. She became a nurse navigator at the First Bridge Clinic. This outpatient clinic at CDAR in Lexington provides a same-day or next-day treatment option. Patients are referred to the clinic in withdrawal, often after being treated for overdoses at the UK Chandler Hospital Emergency Department. Here patients receive medication management, counseling, nurse care navigation, peer support services, overdose prevention and naloxone training. Binkley personally trains each patient on how to use the naloxone nasal spray and gives them a kit to take home. She tells a story that changed three lives. “We had a patient who decided to go out with some friends, and he used illicitly and so did they.
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Personnel involved in the HEALing Communities study include, left to right, first row: Katherine Thompson, Donald Helme, April Young, Jeffrey Talbert, Hannah Knudsen and Sharon Walsh; second row: Carrie Oser, Heather Bush, Svetla Slavova, Laura Fanucchi and Hilary Surratt; back row: Amanda Fallin-Bennett, Michele Staton, Michelle Lofwall and Patricia Freeman. His friends overdosed. He miraculously did not. He used the naloxone I gave him to bring them back, and he called 911.” The next day he made another call — to the clinic to thank Binkley for the naloxone and the training that saved his two friends. “I cried,” says Binkley. “It made all of us cry,” Walsh says. “And he decided that this outpatient clinic wasn’t sufficient. He wanted something more intensive, because he knew he needed to change his life.” Binkley says, “We made the referral and got him into a residential treatment facility. The end result was a win-win for everyone. He was able to save two lives, and we were able to hopefully help save his.” This is just one instance of the transformational hope Binkley says she sees in her work at the clinic. She says, “The news talks about the opioid crisis, but it doesn’t ever talk about what happens when people stay in treatment. I’m proud of what we do here.”
Walsh echoes Binkley, “You see someone who ended up at the Emergency Department with an overdose, got an appointment and shows up here for their first visit malnourished, disheveled, not well. But you could come back and see that same person six weeks later and sometimes they’re almost unrecognizable. It is truly transformative. What could be better than that?” Back in Atlanta, on stage at the Rx Summit, Elswick gives these parting thoughts about transformation. “After I speak people say the kindest things. ‘Alex, we’re proud of you. You’re so strong. You’re so brave.’ I’m not in recovery because I’m strong or because I grit my teeth hard enough,” he says. “My best friend is at the Fayette County Detention Center right now on drug charges. He has a substance use disorder. And the primary difference between he and I is not strength. It’s not willpower. It’s access to care.” ■ w w w. u kalu mn i.n e t
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obert Hall Jr. ’53 AFE, who has been dedicated to animal agriculture for more than 70 years and is the longtime owner and president of Central Kentucky’s Farmers Feed Mill and its Hallway Feeds brand, is the 2019 inductee into the Saddle and Sirloin Club, widely considered the highest honor in the livestock industry. This elite club of influential figures in the livestock industry was originally housed on the top floor of the Purebred Livestock Records Building in Chicago in the early 1900s. Livestock men would gather on the top floor over a sirloin steak or a saddle of lamb in the banquet, leading to the name “Saddle and Sirloin Club.” Chosen by their peers, the club continues the heritage of its founders to pay homage to those who have made the greatest contributions to the livestock industry. Hall’s portrait will be added to the exclusive club gallery, recognizing a lifetime of exceptional service to the livestock business. Fittingly, the oil portrait collection is displayed in the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, which has hosted the North American International Livestock Exposition for 45 years. Hall was instrumental in the formation and continued growth of the show as he served on the executive committee from 1974 to 2012. He was honored in an induction program and portrait unveiling in November during the North American International Livestock Exposition. The portrait gallery is believed to be the largest collection of quality portraits by noted artists in the world devoted to a single industry. Hall was unaware of a devoted effort from friends and colleagues championing his candidacy. The selection committee received letters of recommendation from 94 individuals supporting Hall for the award. “It is extremely humbling,” Hall said. “I have known quite a few members of the club. I worked for one of them, W.P. Garrigus, at the University of Kentucky, and I was close personal friends with Henry Besuden. I can name a bunch of them that come to mind. This is a mountain peak that you always look at and never think you are going to reach. To get to the top of it, it is something special.” Hall grew up on a family farm in Stamping Ground and was active in 4-H as a youth. He attended the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment where he participated on the livestock and meats judging teams, as well as other agricultural activities. He graduated with a degree in agriculture in 1953. He lived in New York and managed a purebred Angus farm, served in the U.S. Army as a veterinary meat inspector and was the beef cattle herdsman at the University of Kentucky Coldstream Farm. He and his wife, Bonnie Hall, purchased Farmers Feed Mill, a small feed business in Lexington in 1964. Farmers Feed Mill serviced the area’s dairy and beef cattle farms for nearly 30 years and eventually introduced the Hallway Feeds brand to supply thoroughbred farms and racing
stables with custom feeds. Hallway Feeds has fueled 12 of the last 21 Kentucky Derby winners, including Triple Crown heroes American Pharaoh and Justify, and at least one winner of every North American Grade 1 race, the highest echelon of the sport. A longtime Suffolk sheep breeder, Hall served a term as president of the National Suffolk Sheep Association. “Bob is one of the rare individuals who understand and know all types of animal agriculture,” wrote Mike Hancock, a current NAILE Executive Board Member. “Whether it’s cattle, swine, sheep, goats or horses, he understands all phases of production, from securing genetics to formulating rations to maximizing production. He has the capability of assisting a breeder of any species to select their next sire or a foundation female.”
Whether it’s cattle, swine, sheep, goats or horses, he understands all phases of production, from securing genetics to formulating rations to maximizing production.” — Mike Hancock NAILE Executive Board Member
Hall has also been a dedicated and valued member of the community. He was sponsor of the first Honor Flight from the Bluegrass Airport to Washington for Central and Eastern Kentucky World War II, Korean and Vietnam veterans to visit the memorials dedicated to their service. He mentored and employed numerous individuals throughout his life, sponsoring a refugee family from Bosnia and hiring the father of the family to work at the feed mill. The family became U.S. citizens, and the father moved up the company ladder. Hall has also been active in his church, Heifer International, Habitat for Humanity and God’s Pantry. He has received numerous awards and honors including being the first inductee into the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment Department of Animal Sciences Hall of Fame. He is a member of the United Suffolk Sheep Association Hall of Fame, a recipient of the Farm Bureau Distinguished Service to Agriculture in Fayette County Award, Harold Workman Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award, the UK Scovell Society and is a UK Fellow. Known far and wide as “Mr. Bob,” Hall lives on the family farm in Scott County, Kentucky, and is a regular presence at the feed mill with his son, Lee Hall, and daughter, Julia Hall, now running the day-to-day operation. ■
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JoAnna Lio Amos: By Kel Hahn
A lifelong gamer, JoAnna Lio Amos ’01 EN graduated from the University of Kentucky with a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the college of Engineering. While furthering her education through a master’s program at Indiana University, Amos scored two successive summer internships at Electronic Arts (EA) in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she began working on “The Sims” franchise. Today, Amos is a producer at EA for Maxis, the studio behind “The Sims” and “SimCity.” EA is a global leader in digital interactive entertainment, and “The Sims” franchise alone has sold more than $5 billion in lifetime sales. A member of the UK Department of Computer Science’s advisory board, Amos visits campus twice a year. During a recent trip to Lexington, she overcame jetlag to discuss how she became a game producer, what her job entails and whether she plays her own games.
What gaming systems do you own? I own and play on all the mainstream consoles plus PC and mobile. My husband and I both game, so we each have a PS4, Xbox One and Switch so that we can play together on the same couch.
What led you to choose UK? I liked that UK is a liberal arts school, so I wasn’t siloed into just engineering. I got the full breadth of the humanities. I double majored in English, so I got to take creative writing classes, various literature classes and courses in the Colleges of Communications (College of Communication and Information) and Business and Economics (Gatton College). I even took an architecture class where one of our projects was to create art pieces based on architectural concepts.
What was that like? With programming, you know when you have solved a problem because what you’ve made functions, but art is more subjective. ‘Is this good enough? Is it maximally illustrating what I want it to say?’ There’s no defined endpoint.
Is the same true of producing video games? It seems like you could always add more features. Game production is a similar phenomenon as a mix of art and science.
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But when it comes to making games, you have the benefit of your timeline; you have finite resources and a hard deadline.
What made you choose computer science for your major? I always wanted to do something with video games, but I didn’t know if that could become a reality. How many people dream about becoming an actor or actress compared to how many actually make it? I knew nothing about game development other than somebody has to make them. When I was a teenager, there was a magazine I really wanted called Game Developer. It was kind of expensive, so I never got it. The bookstores kept it wrapped in plastic, so I couldn’t even flip through it. But I’d look at the cover and think, ‘I really want to know what’s in there!’ So, when I got to college, I figured I would major in computer science, learn programming and that would get me closer to something in game development than nothing.
What does a game producer do? The definition of the role can differ based on the company and team. For Maxis, at a high level, the game producer represents the player. Where the engineer creates the foundation and tools, the artist crafts the visuals, the designer invents the mechanics of how the game will play and then builds that with
Real life success via ‘The Sims’ the tools provided by the engineer, the producer ensures the game is an amazing experience for players. Producers coordinate all the development disciplines and collaborate with partners such as marketing, publishing and legal. The highest-level producer is responsible for the game as a whole.
How do you describe “The Sims” to people unfamiliar with the franchise? “The Sims” is a charming, lighthearted game that simulates life. It’s not intended to replicate life by any means — it’s more a parody of life. When we all played with dolls or action figures as kids, the story all came out of our head, and the toys just did what we had them do. “The Sims” is a toy that responds to what we’re doing. So, the really fun part of playing is poking around and seeing what happens. Say you want to make a love story. One Sim wants a perfect wedding and the other Sim is a slob. You can create the Sims, build their home with a wedding venue in the backyard, put the two of them together and then experience what happens in the simulation. It’s always a surprise. One of the tricky parts of demoing the game for people is that we don’t know what the characters are going to do! “The Sims” has had four main incarnations, plus add-ons.
What’s next for the franchise?
Do you ever play your own game? Yes! It’s in my regular rotation of games. Mobile devices are really nice because my games go with me. I can play on my lunch break or in between meetings. If I need to reference the game in a conversation with a co-worker, all I have to do is pull my phone out of my pocket.
Where do you see yourself going in your career? I want to keep leading teams in making playful, interactive experiences that touch the lives of millions of people. It has this special mix of elements. I get to work with interdisciplinary teams on projects that are both artistic and technical, and the output is fun. I love bringing entertainment to people that sparks their imagination, enables their creativity and makes them laugh. To that end, I am currently working on “The Sims 4.” Reprinted from the spring 2019 Kentucky Engineering Journal
On a mobile platform, we get loads more data and can find out what works and doesn’t work for each player. That enables us to address problems and make the experience better and better. — JoAnna Lio Amos
“The Sims Mobile” launched in March 2018 for most of the world and then in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau in August. We’ll continue to add lots of new gameplay and content for years to come.
What has changed for you in moving from PC/ console to mobile? The reach of the mobile platform is enormous, vastly expanding access to games. Compared to PC and console games, play sessions on mobile devices tend to be much shorter and more frequent, so we make an experience that caters to that.
How do you do that? One of the most exciting elements for me is that we can dynamically respond to how players are playing. On a mobile platform, we get loads more data and can find out what works and doesn’t work for each player. That enables us to address problems and make the experience better and better. In a world where technology is constantly changing, you always have the opportunity to make good use of that technology.
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TRANSFORM CANCER TREATMENT. Hyundai Hope on Wheels Grant Makes Cancer Treatment Easier for Young Adults By Molly Williamson
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or the 15 to 29 year old demographic, cancer packs an additional punch. Though they are treated at a children’s hospital, they no longer are children. In addition to their diagnosis, they are juggling school, applying for college, dating, getting married, having children and experiencing other important life events. Many children’s hospitals are not equipped with the programs and resources to deal with the psycho-social demands of this age group, but thanks to the DanceBlue organization and a recent gift from Hyundai Hope on Wheels, the DanceBlue Hematology/Oncology Clinic at Kentucky Children’s Hospital is addressing these needs. In June, the University of Kentucky received a $100,000 Hyundai Hope on
Wheels Impact Grant. DanceBlue students Tyler Ward, the 2019 overall chairman, and Riley Grant, the 2019 corporate chairman, discovered the funding opportunity and worked with local dealerships, John D’Orazio, chief of the division of pediatric hematology and oncology, and UK Philanthropy to apply for the grant, which will allow the hospital to implement three programs, starting with revamping three clinic rooms to make them friendlier to the adolescent/young adult population. With support from the Hyundai Hope on Wheels grant, the UK Pediatric Oncology DanceBlue clinic staff has redecorated the once-spartan rooms with themes that are more appealing to adolescents and young adults, including sports and music,
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D'Orazio said. Comfortable seating will be added for children, life partners and friends who accompany the patient and desks will be present so that adolescents and young adults have a comfortable place to sit while filling out financial aid paperwork, applications for colleges or other documents. “We wanted to make them more aesthetically appropriate for the adolescent and young adult demographic and make these patients feel more special,” D’Orazio says. “We also wanted to make our clinic space more functional. Almost everyone in that age group is plugged in, so we’re adding USB charging stations to the clinic rooms so that our patients always have access to their devices.”
The Hope on Wheels award will also facilitate giving patients in this age group a backpack when they are diagnosed. This program, which will go live in 2020, will involve giving each new adolescent and young adult cancer patient a nice backpack filled with items to make the cancer journey a bit easier, such as a notebook, water bottle, coloring book and colored pencils, lip balm, parking pass and other useful items like gas cards to help the patients throughout their treatment. “It is just a way to say, ‘Hey! Life gave you a rough deal, but here is something to make it a little easier,’” D’Orazio says. Lastly, the grant will fund a wellness series that offers information about issues unique to the adolescent and young adult demographic, including coping with stress, healthy living, healthy diet and other ways to live a healthy life, D’Orazio says. Ideally, the series will be for the patient and a guest and will involve dinner and an evening wellness program every three or four months. The DanceBlue clinic staff is still working out the details for the Impact Grant programming, but D’Orazio says he is confident the programs will exceed his expectations. “We have a lot of creative people here who are committed to making the treatment process as comfortable and easy as possible,” D’Orazio says. “These programs will make adolescents and young adults feel they are in a special place where peo-
ple care about them and have given a lot of thought to their unique needs.” Created to help organizations fight pediatric cancer, Hyundai Hope on Wheels awards more than $16 million each year. Since 1998, Hyundai dealers have contributed more than $160 million to the foundation and have helped fund research, treatment options and innovative programs like Kentucky Children Hospital’s adolescent and youth oncology backpack and wellness program. In 2019, Hyundai Hope on Wheels awarded 75 grants, 25 of which were one-year, $100,000 Impact Grants. The locations funded were selected by Hyundai dealers. “I think Hyundai selected Kentucky Children’s Hospital because we have already benefited from significant community philanthropy,” D’Orazio says. “DanceBlue has already made the hospital a special place to get cancer care. When you see how much the community has raised and what it has provided through DanceBlue, it is impressive. That history of support really paved the way for this Hyundai Hope on Wheels grant.” Sally Martin, the 2020 DanceBlue overall chairwoman, is excited to see the grant’s impact. On Tuesdays, she volunteers in the DanceBlue Clinic, where she paints, plays board games, jokes and hangs out with patients. “They are some of the coolest kids I know,” Martin says. “Those kids fuel my
passion with their laughter, love and humor and the light they shine despite fighting a battle that no child should ever have to face. If bursting into an exam room with handfuls of Play-Doh and a smile on my face means that a patient doesn't have to think about missing school or just being a normal kid, I would do it every day. “The reason the DanceBlue Clinic is more special than other hospitals or clinics really comes down to the passion that college students show every day for kids they may never meet,” Martin says. “DanceBlue stands for more than just a dance marathon or raising money. It stands for providing hope and support to families going through the hardest battle they may ever face. There are few things in today's world that can bring people together from all backgrounds, but DanceBlue can and will until cancer is just a memory.” The Hyundai Hope on Wheels Impact Grant furthers the goals of Kentucky Can: The 21st Century Campaign. Publicly announced in September 2018, the comprehensive campaign is focused on increasing opportunities for student success, funding innovative research, improving health care, strengthening our alumni network, and supporting our athletic programs. More than halfway to its $2.1 billion objective, Kentucky Can has made UK the University for Kentucky. It has transformed campus and increased opportunities for everyone UK serves. ■
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Hyundai representatives present the $100,000 Impact grant to members of Kentucky Children’s Hospital, including John D’Orazio (center right), and DanceBlue. The grant will fund programming for young adult and adolescent cancer patients.
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CREATE A HEALTHIER COMMONWEALTH.
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UK Team Seeks to Empower Casey County Children to Make Healthier Choices By Molly Williamson
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y the time children reach middle school, they may already be engaging in risky health behaviors. Some may use tobacco and others may be on the pathway to obesity. But a team from the University of Kentucky aims to stop those patterns from starting. They are launching Coordinating Activities to Support Empowerment of Youth (CASEY) Health, a multidisciplinary program that teaches elementary children ages 8 to 12 how to live healthfully. Elementary school is when children begin developing healthy behaviors, which can be facilitated and fostered by their peers, teachers and community. Funded by a $525,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the team — which includes a dentist, dietician, two nurse practitioners and a clinical psychologist — will develop a health education curriculum for a Casey County, Kentucky, elementary school. The program’s goal is to build a culture of health in Casey County, but the team will also track changes in knowledge about healthy behaviors, as well as
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children’s beliefs about healthy living. Ultimately, the team plans to develop a 10-lesson curriculum that any organization in Kentucky can use to educate elementary children about healthy living and healthy decision making. “This was a great opportunity for us as clinician scholars at the University of Kentucky to increase community engagement and disseminate information that improves health,” says Audrey Darville, an associate professor in the College of Nursing and a member of the five-person CASEY Health team. “It is also an opportunity to build our leadership skills as we work to find solutions to ‘wicked problems’ of health behaviors putting Kentuckians at risk for lower quality of life and longevity.” A wicked problem is a problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete or contradictory knowledge, the number of people or opinions involved, the large economic burden and the interconnected nature of the problem with other problems. As part of the RWJF grant, the UK team has the opportunity to meet national experts and
Above: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation team from the University of Kentucky — Craig Miller, Angela Grubbs, Julie Plasencia, Audrey Darville and Charles Carlson — began working with Casey County Schools in November to implement their healthy decision-making curriculum.
throughout their normal school day, as well as their lives.” “Health requires a balance between healthy nutrition, tobacco avoidance, good oral hygiene, physical activity and safety,” Darville says. “Our assembly of professions within our team provides unique expertise in these specific areas. We hope to engage the students, teachers and community in a dialogue regarding how best to reduce health risks for youth.” The team participated in a leadership training workshop in October and soon will begin working with the Casey County community. “If a student achieves the goals we have set for them with the grant, they will be physically and emotionally healthy, resulting in a happier more productive student and person,” Sowders says. “Their quality of life will improve, and they will be able to be a contributing member of our community.” The gift furthers the goals of Kentucky Can: The 21st Century Campaign, a comprehensive campaign focused on increasing opportunities for student success, funding innovative research, improving health care, strengthening our alumni network and supporting our athletic programs. By enabling this team to educate students in Casey County, the RWJF is helping to heal communities throughout the Commonwealth, expand research and ensure UK remains the University for Kentucky. ■
The program will be interactive and focused on five key elements of health: 1. Preventing illness/injuries and risky behaviors 2. Emphasizing the importance of oral health 3. Abstaining from all tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) 4. Eating healthy/nutritious foods 5. Emphasizing the importance of physical activity
Jenny Wells-Hosley contributed to this article. A version of it appeared in UKNOW.
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other RWJF Clinical Scholars who are tackling wicked problems nationwide to learn from their experiences. Poor health is a particularly wicked problem in Appalachia, something Casey County Schools knows all too well. “According to the data, we rank 96th out of 120 Kentucky counties in health,” says Marion Sowders, superintendent of Casey County Schools. “We have created youth coalition groups to help create the change we need. We have been very successful with our tobacco free campaign but that is just the start. We must continue to take advantage of any partnership available to address concerns with obesity, physical activity, oral health and overall healthy decision making.” The RWJF team met with organizations throughout Kentucky that offered youth health-related initiatives and heard about the Casey County Youth Coalition. The UK team approached Casey County about developing and implementing a program to engage elementary-age youth in health promotion, and members of the school district and Walnut Hills Elementary staff enthusiastically accepted. “As a district, we are focused on educating the whole child,” Sowders says. “We fully understand the importance of meeting each student’s social, emotional and academic needs. A healthy student is a student that is ready to learn. As students begin to internalize effective decision making, it will have implications
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UK CELEBRATES ITS NEWEST JEWEL Originally constructed in 1965, the law building was in need of renovation and expansion. This fall, UK reopened the facility after significantly updating and enhancing the building, providing students, faculty and staff with state-of-the-art amenities for learning, teaching and research. The project, begun in 2017, now provides UK students with a 21st century experience.
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The UK administration is honoring one of the region’s leading attorneys for the last several decades by renaming the building the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law, to acknowledge a $20 million gift by the family to establish the Rosenberg College of Law Endowment.
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2018-2019 UK Alumni Association
ANNUAL REPORT UK Alumni Association staff and many, many member volunteers worked diligently this past fiscal year toward the important goal of finalizing the details of how to improve our membership model as its July 1 beginning deadline approached. The organization owes a debt of gratitude to its Board of Directors for relentlessly pursuing the optimum structure that could engage all UK alumni and also continue to support the University of Kentucky. On these pages, you’ll find a quick snapshot of our financials to provide insight to your alumni organization. But last year wasn’t simply about the hard work. It was also about having fun with fellow Wildcats (Homecoming, Reunions Big Blue Santa), helping deserving UK students through scholarships (DanceBlue, club scholarships) and guiding alumni on their career paths (Alumni Career Services, Job Club), for example. Our strong membership gave us the tools to engage with our Wildcats around the world and offer them an enhanced connection to all things UK, whether through an issue of Kentucky Alumni magazine, our website (www. ukalumni.net) or our social media platforms (FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and our blog, News from the Blue). Our handiest — and newest — tool is a game changer. Our app (the Official UK Alumni Association App) for both iOS and Android has already been downloaded by 5,000 users in the short time it has been available, keeping former students updated with news about the alumni association, campus and athletics. Our journey with you continues as we provide a wide variety of benefits and services to more than 250,000 alumni worldwide. We look forward to another exciting year and hope that you will be able to join us for some of our events in Lexington and around the country. Please visit our website (www.ukalumni.net) for a full list of activities and contact information to get involved.
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2018-2019 UK Alumni Association
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION June 30, 2019 and 2018
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION A COMPONENT UNIT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION JUNE 30, 2019 AND 2018
2019 ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents Accounts receivable Royalty receivable Accrued interest receivable Prepaid expenses Total current assets
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Long-term investments Royalty receivable Equipment, furniture, and vehicles Less accumulated depreciation of $427,743 and $414,711 for 2019 and 2018, respectively Total assets LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS CURRENT LIABILITIES Athletic ticket and other deposits Accounts payable Deferred revenue Total current liabilities Deferred revenue Total liabilities
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362,297 31,507 25,357 83,177 32,473 534,811
22,826,164 55,278
21,740,353 81,523
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30,731 67,922 26,276 124,929 52,552 177,481
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55,947 1,358 26,276 83,581 78,828 162,409
NET ASSETS Without donor restrictions Undesignated Designated by the Board for operating reserve - endowment Designated by the Board for endowment Invested in property and equipment, net of related debt Total net assets without donor restrictions With donor restrictions Perpetual in nature Total net assets with donor restrictions Total net assets Total liabilities and net assets
676,665 44,959 26,245 85,283 34,494 867,646
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See notes to financial statements
190,591 822,191 22,528,825 58,073 23,599,680
294,187 845,939 21,024,152 24,001 22,188,279
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30,000 30,000
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22,218,279
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UK ALUMNI ASSOCIATION and CLUB SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
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he UK Alumni Association and its nationwide alumni clubs, along with the Collegiate Plate Scholarship fund, presented the university with a check for the total amount of scholarship contributions made during the 2018-2019 fiscal year. This includes $201,186 from alumni clubs, $139,053 from the UK Alumni Association and $14,405 from individuals, for a grand total of $354,645! There were 185 scholarship recipients honored recently at the annual UK Alumni Scholarship Celebration at the Bill Gatton Student Center. Taunya Phillips, president of the UK Alumni Association, thanked representatives from those clubs that made contributions to either their endowment or spending accounts in the last fiscal year, allowing deserving UK students to ease the challenges of achieving their education. â–
Photos: Tim Webb
Clubs that donated $3,000 or more to their scholarship fund in 2018-2019 Greater Ashland UK Alumni Club Central Indiana UK Alumni Club Chicagoland UK Alumni Club Christian County UK Alumni Club Clark County UK Alumni Club Dallas/Fort Worth UK Alumni Club Daviess County UK Alumni Club Fayette County UK Alumni Club Fulton County UK Alumni Club Greater Houston UK Alumni Club Jacksonville UK Alumni Club Greater Louisville UK Alumni Club McCracken County UK Alumni Club New York City UK Alumni Club Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati UK Alumni Club Sarasota/Suncoast UK Alumni Club Tampa Bay UK Alumni Club
$3,000 $6,000 $3,300 $4,500 $5,250 $3,925 $3,045 $13,435 $3,000 $5,000 $5,900 $75,955 $12,000 $3,000 $31,600 $4,150 $3,405
Additional scholarship contributions Richard Bean Shannon Corley Endowment Contributions Lyman T. Johnson African American Alumni Group
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$9,455 $48,502 $19,971
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1. Women’s Basketball Coach Matthew Mitchell happened to be in New York City while the UK football Wildcats took on Toledo during the season opener at Kroger Field. He stopped by Jack Demsey’s to hang out with members of the NYC Alumni Club and cheer on the Cats during their Game Watch Party!
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2. This is the sixth year that members of the Greater Dayton UK Alumni Club volunteered at the Dayton Food Bank as part of the club’s annual Cats for a Cause service project. Over 350 backpacks of food were prepared for children from food insecure homes. 3. Members of the Chicagoland UK Alumni Club helped out at Build A Kit for needy students in the area during the club’s Cats for a Cause service project. 4. UK Men’s Basketball Coach John Calipari greeted UK fans during the Greater Louisville UK Alumni Club Basketball Tip Off Luncheon in October. Photo: Holly Smith Photography
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5. Members of the Central Texas UK Alumni Club enjoyed the annual SEC Picnic in Austin, an event where all SEC schools get together, share food, cold refreshments, and play in a corn hole tourney. The event resulted in three new club members! 6. Members of the Jacksonville UK Alumni Club enjoyed the hospitality of Amy Vincent, club president, and her husband Kyle Vincent, as the group got together at the couple’s home for the club’s Student Send-off.
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A Big Blue Thanks Thank you to all of our new Life Members*! Life Members are among our most loyal alumni and friends. We salute your commitment to strengthening UK’s alumni community and honor your dedication to the university’s past and future.
Marcella P. Adams Mark A. Adams Deborah L. Allen Randall Allen Barry D. Applegate Sandra K. Atkins Laura S. Babbage Robert A. Babbage Rhonda M. Baldwin Linda N. Barclay Ted R. Barclay Kenneth Becraft Laura Ann Becraft Pamela Hamilton Bihl James M. Brent Josephine K. Burgess Adam B. Cain William A. Cain Karen G. Carlton Shirley K. Catron Charles E. Combs Jr. Susan L. Combs Alexander L. Coon Laura Elizabeth Coon Shiela Corley Lynne Coy-Kaminski Donna Dahill Elizabeth Deener
Catherine L. Downing Joseph M. Downing Joe F. Duncan Janice G. Dunn Myrna Downing Dusak Ben R. Edelen Brenda D. Edelen Carol Farmer Jennifer Freese Paul H. Fridell Paul Anthony Fugazzi Gerry A. Gairola Susan Gardner Hannah Goebel Aaron D. Greenwell June G. Greenwell Amy S. Greer Tom Greer Karen Lee Guffey David J. Hale Kristi H. Hall Matthew D. Hall Kenneth J. Harshbarger Christopher K. Hazle Cynthia A. Herbig Alice W. Hobson Charles W. Hord Melia Hord
Cheryl R. Hughett Larry S. Hughett Lara B. Ingram Rhea Ingram William G. Ingram Jessica Jones Richard Kaminski Hossein Kaveh Dorothy M. Kiser Scott A. Kiser Robert A. Krausman Betsy L. Kullman Donna K. LaBach Parker LaBach Betty Lambeth Jason C. Lee Tiffany Lynn Lee Heather Lewis John R. McGrath Judy McGrath Russell C. McGuire Teresa S. McGuire W. Lee Melvin Terry A. Meyer Marilynn V. Morgan Gregory C. Mullins Milly Lowe Mullins Robert A. Nienaber
Stacey Michelle Nienaber Gerald P. Noe Marlene Perdan William S. Perdan Margaret R. Phillips Mary Anne Potter Patricia A. Powers-Carl William A. Robison Nicole Russell Paul Russell Elizabeth Petrun Sayers Mik Scoby Tammy C. Scoby Myrah E. Scott Mitsuko P. Shannon William K. Shannon Jennifer L. Singleton Sean Singleton Meagan W. Sisk Philip Sisk Christine Slaughter Don A. Slaughter Barbara B. Sledd Matthew S. Smith Nancy Custer Smith Lois F. Stinson Neal Stinson Kristin H. Taylor
Michael D. Taylor Ric W. Truesdell Trish G. Truesdell Kartik Venguswamy Kathleen Ann Volker Laura M. Vroegindewey Mark S. Walker Brenda Elzy Ward Jennifer Kendall Weaver Stewart Weaver Doris Weilert Kathy J. Wheeler Randall L. Wheeler Tyler Wilham Jennifer Willett Justin Willett Michael E. Williams David A. Wrede Nancy L. Wrede Barbra Wysoske Charlton H. Young
*New paid-in-full Life Members July 1 – Sept. 30, 2019
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In October, the campus honored individuals from the Honors Program, Lewis Honors College, and Singletary Scholars Reunion. All were inducted into the UK Lewis Honors College Alumni Society and received a LHC medallion.
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1: Left to right: John Varga, Paul Varga and Daniel Varga received the Distinguished Honors Alumni Award, given to Honors alumni who have made a lifelong impact through their careers or community service. 2: Dean of the Lewis Honors College Christian Brady, left, and Assistant Vice President for Philanthropy Don Witt, center, presented Claci A. Walls with the Honors Alumni Achievement Award, given to an honors graduate whose early career or service exemplifies the mission of the Lewis Honors College. 3: Dr. Michael Huang, right, also a member of the UK Alumni Association Board of Directors, and Thomas Wade, are shown unwrapping the medallion they received.
Members of the College of Pharmacy Class of 2009 got together for a fun reunion during the Keeneland fall meet. Left to right: Kristi Herald, Jacqui Dages, Kenneth Kennedy, Jonathan White, Micheal Tucker, Kelly Johnson, Nicki Cooper, Brandon Green, Kruti Shah, Joey Mattingly, Lindsey Federle, Toby Daniel, T.J. Cox, Ellen Barger, Chris Barger and Scottie Stovall (kneeling).
The College of Arts & Sciences hosted alumni and friends at its 20th Anniversary Hall of Fame ceremony. Dean Mark L. Kornbluh, center, welcomed the 2019 inductees who are, left to right, Gerald L. Smith (history), Robert N. Trunzo (political science), Anne C. Deaton (English), Stephen B. Sullivan (geology), Bradley C. Canon (political science) and Penny M. Miller (political science). w w w. u kalu mn i.n e t
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The Kentucky volleyball team celebrated after winning its third-straight Southeastern Conference title in a victory over Mississippi at Memorial Coliseum. Leah Edmond was named SEC Player of the Year for the second-straight season.
KENTUCKY VOLLEYBALL TEAM WINS THIRDSTRAIGHT SEC TITLE The Kentucky volleyball team won its third-straight Southeastern Conference title this season, and racked up postseason honors. The Wildcats, who went 23-6 overall during the regular season and 16-2 in the SEC, also advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Senior outside hitter Leah Edmond was named SEC Player of the Year for the second-straight season. Edmond became the second player ever at Kentucky to win the SEC Player of the Year award in 2018, joining Sarah Rumley who won the award 10 years prior. During the regular season, Edmond had 441 kills and had 1,928 for her career for the UK career record. Junior libero Gabby Curry was named the SEC Libero of the Year for the second-straight year, staking her claim as the best defensive player in the conference. Junior setter Madison Lilley and sophomore outside hitter Alli Stumler joined Edmond and Curry on the All-SEC team, comprising the four Wildcats to make the all-conference team. UK led the conference with four players on the All-SEC team for the 2019 season. Lilley, who had more than 1,200 assists this season, was named to the AllSEC team for the third time in three years. She was All-SEC in her freshman and sophomore seasons, while also collecting the 2017 SEC Freshman of the Year award in her first campaign as a Wildcat. Following a career-best year, sophomore outside hitter and reigning SEC Freshman of the Year, Stumler was named All-SEC for the second consecutive year. During the regular season, UK beat No. 15 Southern California and No. 25 Louisville. Kentucky rolled through the SEC season with wins over ranked teams Missouri and Florida (twice). â– 38 K ENT UCKY ALUMN I M A G A Z I NE Winter 2019
Sophomore Cally Nixon, who competed as an individual on the bars at the NCAA Championships last season, returns to lead the Kentucky gymnastics team. The Wildcats (9-14 last season) added to its program-best streak of six-straight seasons with at least one competitor in the NCAA championship round. Kentucky opens its season at Utah in January and will host its annual Excite Night against Missouri in Rupp Arena. Nixon scored a season-high 9.900 on bars twice, scored 9.875 or better on bars six times and scored 9.725 on beam three times. Junior Mollie Korth is also back after a solid sophomore season. She was a regular season All-American and an All-SEC performer after posting a 9.9 on the vault. As a freshman, Korth was a first team All-American on bars and second team All-American in the allaround after her performance as an individual at the NCAA National Championships. The Wildcats also return several other experienced gymnasts from last season. Senior Alaina Kwan competed in every meet, scoring a career-high 9.875 on bars three times and 9.800 or better on vault seven times. Senior Hailey Poland competed in the final nine meets of the season after recovering from injury and posted scores of 9.800 or better on floor five times. Sophomore Josie Ageny, who competed in every meet last season, scored 9.800 or better on beam seven times. Junior Ella Warren competed in 11 meets and scored 9.825 or better on floor nine times. â–
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KENTUCKY GYMNASTICS OPENS ITS SEASON IN JANUARY
Kentucky senior Alaina Kwan scored 9.800 or better on bars eight times last season.
UK BASKETBALL TEAMS OFF TO A STRONG START Preseason Top 50 and is on the Citizen Naismith Trophy Men’s Player of the Year Award and Bob Cousy Award watch lists. Montgomery, a sophomore forward, is on the watch list for the 2020 Karl Malone Award, presented to the nation’s best power forward. Maxey, a freshman guard, has been named to the Oscar Robertson Trophy, the Citizen Naismith Trophy Men’s Player of the Year Award, the John R. Wooden Award and the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division I Player of the Year award watch lists. He is also on the Jerry West Award watch list for the Naismith Hall of Fame’s top shooting guard. UK returns four key players off that team and adds five newcomers that put UK right back in the running for its ninth national title. With three returning starters mixing in with a solid group of newcomers, the Kentucky women’s basketball team sits in the Top 25 as the nonconference season comes to an end. Sophomore Rhyne Howard has built on her freshman All-American season averaging more than 19 points per game.
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The Kentucky men’s basketball team entered the holidays sporting an 8-1 record, including a victory over then-No. 1 Michigan State to open the season. Kentucky, coming off a 30-7 season which included a run to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight, had four key players back and blended in the newcomers for a squad that should be a favorite to reach another Final Four. The Wildcats opened with a 69-62 win over the Spartans in the Champions Classic, with the lone stumble coming against Evansville. Junior Nick Richards was leading the team in scoring at 14.0 points per game and rebounding (8.5). UK had four other double-digit scorers in Tyrese Maxey (13.1 ppg), Ashton Hagans (12.8 ppg), E.J. Montgomery (11.8 ppg) and Immanuel Quickley (11.7 ppg). Hagans, Montgomery and Maxey were named to several preseason award watch lists, as well as being preseason AllSoutheastern Conference selections. Hagans, UK’s sophomore point guard, was named a John R. Wooden Award
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Kentucky junior Nick Richards leads the Wildcats in scoring and rebounding so far this season. He is one of five UK players scoring in double figures.
Kentucky sophomore Rhyne Howard has been named to several preseason award watch lists and leads UK in scoring as the Wildcats are off to a strong start this season.
She has been tabbed one of 20 players nationally to the 2020 Cheryl Miller Award Preseason Watch List. Howard has also been named to the USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List, the Citizen Naismith Trophy Top 50, John R. Wooden Award Top 30, WBCA Preseason Wade Watch list and was a preseason All-SEC first team pick by both league coaches and league media. Transfer Sabrina Haines was averaging 11.7 points per game and three other players (Blair Green, KeKe McKinney and Tatyana Wyatt) were averaging at least 7.0 points per game. UK will get even more depth after December. Junior guard Chasity Patterson will be eligible to play in the spring semester after transferring from Texas in December 2018. She scored 3,177 points in high school and was the top ranked point guard in the Class of 2017 by ESPN. com. ■ w w w. u kalu mn i.n e t
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MONUMENTAL UNDERTAKING
How Dan Piselli ’97 DES is changing how we think about sustainability. By Linda Perry
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f you’re one of the 4 million visitors each year to the Statue of Liberty in New York, you can now benefit from the informative experience found inside the new Statue of Liberty Museum, which opened this summer. In part, you can thank Dan Piselli ’97 DES of FXCollaborative, an architectural firm, and his team for helping to bring the museum to life while keeping a focus on sustainability in its design. Piselli was the senior associate and project architect for the huge undertaking. Since then, he has moved into the position of director of sustainability at the New York firm, having started there as an architect in 2005. He is responsible for implementing environmentally-responsible design strategies on all of the firm’s projects, with a focus on energy efficiency to address the climate crisis. Since the completion of the museum, he is now working on a number of interesting projects that use the Passive House Standard to drastically reduce energy in buildings. “Some clients push us to be cutting edge. Other clients — we push them. Some have no sustainability goals at all. One of my bosses described my job as being an attack dog for sustainability,” Piselli says. “So part of my job is making opportunities, finding convincing arguments and being able to deliver on those. Sometimes that means projects that focus on energy savings, other times that means storm resilience and other times health and wellness for interiors. It’s kind of a mixed bag. Our office does a lot of different kinds of work, so we do have a diverse array of projects and sustainability goals.” Piselli, who grew up in Connecticut, says his mother has relatives in Ohio and
his family was in the Midwest a lot when he was young. So it was natural that he toured the University of Kentucky when considering where to study architecture. “I found the studio environment at UK really exciting, and I wanted to be a part of it,” he says. “I’ve been interested in sustainability since high school and have always been interested in architecture that had something to do with making the world a better place,” says Piselli. “While at UK, there were many interesting professors who focused on sustainability, particularly Richard Levine (now an emeritus professor), and I definitely tried to learn from all of them.” But it was after college that Piselli progressed with most of his sustainability work through on-the-job training. “I had a general feeling of wanting to be responsible. So much of architectural education is theoretical. I enjoyed that but thought something was missing from theoretical discourse — responsibility to the environment,” he says. As a LEED Gold building, the museum will host millions of visitors each year, highlighting the history of the Statue of Liberty and conveying the hopefulness of freedom and opportunity that the United States affords so many. It was designed to engage visitors through state-of-theart experiential exhibits, and includes a collection of cultural artifacts. But it was built with a keen awareness of best practices for sustainability awareness of the surrounding ecology. The design emerges from the landscape, blending storm surge protection with native vegetation and an angled green roof-scape. Also, an effort was made to protect migratory birds from colliding with glass exteriors.
“The bird collision issue is one that I learned on the job in 2005. My first project at FXC was the Center for Global Conservation at the Bronx Zoo. The Wildlife Conservation Society was going to have its office there. It was going to house global wildlife experts, and ornithologists raised this issue that we were not previously aware of,” Piselli says. “It turns out that a significant number of birds collide with buildings. It’s part of the bigger climate change impact on the planet in the sense that we built buildings, and we don’t really understand the unintended consequences and cumulative impact of the things we do. … Over time we’ve been chipping away at this issue to understand more about it.” The National Park Service was the client for the Statue of Liberty Museum, although the facility was privately funded, Piselli explains. “The service has a thick book of design standards and requirements, and one of the requirements was to address this issue of bird collisions. Fortunately, we already had the expertise to know what to do about it,” he says. “We included a frit pattern on the glass that birds can see but does not disturb visitors’ views in and out of the building.” Looking toward the future, he wants to continue leading the charge to address climate change. But the Statue of Liberty Museum project was unique. “It was a once in a lifetime opportunity to work on a prominent project at a place like that. The statue is an international treasure,” he says. ■ WATCH A TIME-LAPSE VIDEO OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY MUSEUM BEING BUILT AT WWW.UKALUMNI.NET/LIBERTY w w w. u kalu mn i.n e t
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Class Notes Before 1960 Cornelia Dozier Cooper ’46 AS lives in Naples, Florida, and received the Kentucky Arts Council 2018-2019 Governor’s Award in the Arts: Milner Award for her arts philanthropy. She started the Cornelia Dozier Cooper Endowment for the Arts, which promotes the performing arts through financial support for the Lake Cumberland Performing Arts.
1960s Oscar C. Page ’63 ’67 AS is president emeritus of Austin College in Sherman, Texas, and a senior consultant with AGB Search. Franklin D. Scutchfield ’66 MED lives in Lexington and received the American Public
Health Association Sedgwick Memorial Medal for Distinguished Service in Public Health, the association’s top award. He is the founding dean and Peter P. Bosomworth professor emeritus at the UK College of Public Health.
1970s Tom Buford ’71 BE lives in Nicholasville and is the Kentucky state senator representing the 22nd Legislative District, which includes Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer and Washington counties. He is also president of Buford Construction. David W. Huddleston ’71 FA lives in Louisville and is a minister and Christian author. He has written the books “Life’s Spiritual Instruction
Book” and “Spiritual Jetstreams” and is also a former airline pilot with Eastern Airlines. Thomas H. Appleton Jr. ’73 ’81 AS lives in Lexington and is chairman of the board of directors of the Kentucky Humanities Council. He is a retired Eastern Kentucky University Foundation Professor of History. Sally Gregg Barnhart ’73 ED is a senior teaching professor of Childhood Education and Literacy in the Xavier University Department of Early Childhood Education. She was a public school teacher, administrator before starting at Xavier 18 years ago and is president of the Ohio Association of Teacher Educators. At UK, Barnhart was a UK sweetheart majorette.
Joseph M. Lee ’73 MED is a pediatrician and founder of Leitchfield Pediatric Clinic PSC in Leitchfield. He received the Don Cantley Award from the Kentucky chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Bobby R. Riggs ’73 BE retired as the city clerk for the city of Russellville after a 15-year career. Jerry W. Spears ’73 ’75 AFE is professor emeritus of animal science at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. He received the American Feed Industry Association and the Federation of Animal Science Societies 2019 AFIAFASS New Frontiers in Animal Nutrition Award. David T. Thompson ’74 CI is executive director of the Kentucky Press Association. He received the Al Smith Award from the UK Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues and Bluegrass Society of Professional Journalists.
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Frank V. Hicks ’75 ED is the retired Clark County Cooperative Extension agent in Winchester. He also taught vocational agricultural mechanization at Clark County High School. Hicks was honored for his contributions to agriculture in Kentucky with a building at the Clark County Fairgrounds named for him.
Unidentified students let off steam by throwing snowballs and “playing” in the snow on the UK campus in 1969.
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John H. Rawlins ’75 AS retired as a general assignment reporter at WPVI-TV in Philadelphia after a 38-year career at the station. He previously worked at WAVE-TV in Louisville and WKYT-TV in Lexington.
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Thomas J. Davis ’83 EN is vice president of S&ME Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee. He received the Nashville chapter of the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers Outstanding Professional Engineer of the Year Award.
In December 1956, members of the Student Union got into the holiday spirit on the grand staircase in the Student Center, possibly for the hanging of the greens.
J. Preston Miles ’76 AS retired as the John H. Walkup Professor of Chemistry at Centre College in Danville after 38 years at the college. John D. Minton ’77 LAW lives in Bowling Green and is chief justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court. He was inducted into the Kentucky Legal Aid Society Ambassadors Circle. Betty H. Olinger ’77 NUR, ’87 ED lives in Berea and is program administrator for the Kentucky State University School of Nursing in Frankfort. She was previously assistant vice president for academic affairs and also sits on the Berea College Board of Trustees. Roger A. Rennekamp ’79 AS retired as associate dean and director of Ohio State University Extension in Columbus after a 40-year career in Cooperative Extension. Robert O. Roan ’79 EN lives in Clear Springs and was inducted into the Pineville
Schools Hall of Fame. He is the retired owner/operator of ROCO Enterprises and M&G Mining LLC. He served on the Pineville Board of Education, helped coach middle school and high school football and was a member and president of the Pineville Boosters Club. Connie G. White ’79 ’84 MED is senior deputy commissioner, clinical affairs for the Kentucky Department for Public Health in Frankfort.
1980s Paul L. Leone ’80 BE is CEO of The Breakers Palm Beach and Flagler System Inc. in Palm Beach, Florida. He was named to Jupiter Magazine’s 25 Most Powerful People in Palm Beach County. Allen K. Lowe ’82 AS lives in Belton, Texas, and is state chaplain for the Texas Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was selected for a national VFW appointment as National Aide-de-Camp for the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.
Mary Lankton Pate ’83 BE is vice president and general counsel for Bering Straits Native Corp. in the company’s Anchorage, Alaska, office. She had been vice president and deputy general counsel at NANA Management Services. Pate earned her law degree from the University of Puget Sound School of Law. Wanda Clark Gonsalves ’84 MED is interim dean of the Kentucky State University College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences in Frankfort. She had been a professor and vice chairwoman of the University of Kentucky Department of Family and Community Medicine. Robert A. Heil ’85 EN is principal, CEO and chairman of the board for Kohrs Lonnemann Heil Engineers PSC in Fort Thomas. He received the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Walter R. Dunlevy Frontiersman Award. Brian F. Jennings ’85 BE is dean for graduate programs and executive education in the Georgia State University J. Mack Robinson College of Business in Atlanta. He was previously associate dean for MBA programs and executive education at the Georgia Institute of Technology Scheller College of Business.
Lisa Brumley Duncan ’86 AFE is registrar for the American Saddlebred Registry Inc., supervising the operations and affairs of the ASR and Half Saddlebred Registry of America. James H. Stewart ’87 BE is president and CEO of Grafton Integrated Health Network, a nonprofit serving children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and headquartered in Winchester, Virginia. Cathy Carey ’88 ’90 ’92 BE is dean of the University of Southern Indiana Romain College of Business in Evansville. She had been interim dean of the Western Kentucky University Gordon Ford College of Business and director of the WKU Center for Applied Economics. Carl W. Baker ’89 EN, ’93 MED is an ophthalmologist and retina specialist at Bishop Eye Center in the company’s Hardeeville, South Carolina, location. Christopher A. Ford ’89 BE is senior vice president of asset management for Trinity Real Estate Investments LLC, which is headquartered in Honolulu. He was previously senior vice president, asset management Europe and Asia for Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. Scott Johnson ’89 CI is vice president of sales and marketing for Clark Material Handling Co. in Lexington. He was elected chairman of the board of directors for the Industrial Truck Association. w w w. u kalu mn i.n e t
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Class Notes 1990s Greg Barckhoff ’92 BE is executive vice president, partnerships and marketing for LakePoint Sports, an athletics venue in Cartersville, Georgia. He was previously vice president, partnerships for the Atlanta Basketball Host Committee.
Laura Hromyak Hendrix ’92 LAW is executive director of the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission in Frankfort. She was previously legal counsel for the commission and general counsel for the Kentucky Speaker of the House. Aimee Hiller-Stafford ’92 CI is executive director of League of Women Voters of Florida in Orlando. She was previously senior vice president of administration for the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. Janice J. Wertz ’93 ’99 ED is a professor of psychology at Centre College in Danville. Robert L. Canida ’94 CI is assistant librarian for reference and instruction at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke’s Mary Livermore Library. He was named to the board of directors of Sandhills Pride, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgen-
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Todd A. Bonshire ’92 AS is park manager and curator of the Gold Mining Camp Museum at Monroe Park in Goldvein, Virginia, the only museum in Virginia solely dedicated to the history of gold and gold mining.
Dean of Engineering F. Paul Anderson posed with his dog, Jerry, next to the large fireplace in Dicker Hall for a Christmas card in 1929.
der support network and educational advocacy group. Douglas G. Darbo ’94 AS, ’04 ED is an associate professor of mathematics and member of the honors program faculty at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio. Sharon M. Napier ’94 ’98 MED is a pediatric ophthalmologist for Vold Vision, which has clinics in Fayetteville, Bentonville and Springdale, Arkansas. She was previously an assistant professor in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus at the UK Advanced Eye Care Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. Scot D. Duncan ’95 ’03 EN is a partner, chief compliance officer and oversees the
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operations team at MiddleGround Capital, a private equity firm that has offices in Lexington and New York. He previously was director of operations for Monomoy Capital. Timothy M. Keane ’96 GS is vice president of corporate real estate at Redwood Credit Union in Santa Rosa, California, leading the team responsible for acquiring, building and maintaining the company’s facilities. Courtney Waid-Lindberg ’97 AS is an associate professor of criminal justice at Northern State University College of Arts and Sciences in Aberdeen, South Dakota. She was selected as the faculty athletic representative for Wolves Athletics.
Daniel L. Eaton ’99 LAW is director of special initiatives for St. Benedict’s Homeless Shelter in Owensboro. Victor P. Gaines ’99 AS is vice president, recruitment and talent management for Comcast Corp. in Atlanta. He was appointed to the Clayton State University Foundation Board of Trustees. Paula Preusz Lemons ’99 MED is an associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Sciences in Athens. She received the 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Lemons also serves as director of the Scientists Engaged in Educational Research Center and principal investi-
gator of the National Science Foundation-sponsored Department and Leadership team for Action project.
2000s Anthony S. Lockard ’00 SW is public health director for the Kentucky River District Health Department in Hazard. He was previously director of the Clark County Health Department. He received a 2019 UK College of Social Work Unsung Hero Award. Joshua D. Bloomer ’01 ’02 ED is an assistant softball coach at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. He was previously head softball coach at Louisville Male High School. Angela Tackett Dearinger ’01 MED, ’07 PH lives in Versailles and was appointed commissioner of the Kentucky
Cabinet for Health and Family Services Department of Public Health. She is an associate professor and assistant dean for accreditation of graduate medical education in the UK College of Medicine. Ryan M. Yamka ’01 AFE, ’03 GS is cofounder, chief operating officer and executive vice president of research and development for Guardian Pet Food Company in Needham, Massachusetts. He received a Pet Age 2019 Icon Award. Emily Janoski-Haehlen ’02 AS, ’05 CI is associate dean for academic affairs and institutional excellence, an associate professor of law and director of the law library at the University of Akron School of Law in Akron, Ohio. She was elected to the executive board of the American Association of Law Libraries
for the 2019-2022 term. She earned her law degree from the Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase School of Law. Stephanie Tew Campbell ’05 BE is an attorney and associate at Embry Merritt Shaffar Womack PLLC in Lexington. She earned her law degree from the Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law. Jeff A. Patterson ’05 CI is assistant sports editor for the Oklahoman in Oklahoma City. He was elected to a two-year term as a regional vice chairman for the Associated Press Sports Editors. Tanisha A. Hickerson ’06 LAW is a Jefferson County District Court judge in Louisville. She was previously a partner at Quintairos Prieto Wood & Boyer PA.
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Stephen C. Meredith ’07 LAW is solicitor general in the Kentucky Office of the General Counsel in Frankfort, overseeing all major appellate work in the executive branch of state government. He had been chief deputy general counsel.
In 1986, ground (and snow) was broken for the new $14 million Mining and Resource Building. UK and Kentucky Geological Survey representatives manning the shovels were, from left to right, Jim Rose, chairman, Building Trust Fund Committee; Donald Haney, state geologist an director, Kentucky Geological Survey; Wimberly Royster, dean, UK Graduate School; Phil Miles, chairman, Kentucky Geological Survey Advisory Board; Art Gallaher, chancellor, UK Lexington Campus; Roy Bowen, dean, College of Engineering; and Joe Leonard, chairman, Department of Mining Engineering.
Chih-Liang An ’08 BE is chief financial officer for American BriVision Corp., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company in Fremont, California. He had been managing director, investment team at Yinyai Investment. Michelle Dunne McHugh ’08 ED is an assistant principal at Walker Elementary School in McKinney, Texas.
She had been an instructional coach at Wilmeth Elementary School. Ronald R. Kendrick ’09 AS, ’10 GS is director of registration and records at West Virginia State University in Institute. He was previously registrar at Niagara University. S. Gregory Thompson ’09 AFE is the executive director of the Louisiana State University Shreveport Institute for Nonprofit Administration & Research.
2010s Jeremy J. Fugleberg ’10 GS is a health care reporter for Forum Communications Co., which is headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota. He had been editor for the Sioux Falls Business Journal. Edith K. Matesic ’10 NUR is the first director of the Front Range Community College RN-to-BSN program in Westminster, Colorado. She had been a research nurse specialist at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora. Ashley S. Westerman ’10 CI lives in Washington and is a producer for the National Public Radio program “Morning Edition” and writes for NR World. Allyson Watts Smith ’12 LAW is associate general counsel for Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance Co. in Lexington. She was previously with Fogle Keller Purdy PLLC.
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Career Corner with Caroline
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IMPOSTER SYNDROME CAUSES MENTAL BARRIERS FOR CAREER SUCCESS You’ve gone through a competitive interview process and landed your dream job. As you prepare to begin the new position, feelings of fear and self-doubt set in and you wonder if you can meet expectations. An internal voice may say you simply fooled the selection committee. If this sounds familiar, you might be suffering from Imposter Syndrome. Often, persons experiencing these symptoms will attribute their success to luck or good timing. Although both men and women can experience this phenomenon, it tends to be more common among women. Imposter Syndrome research was first documented in 1978 by psychologists Pauline Clance and Suzanne Imes. Kerrie Moore ’96 AS says, “Early in my career, I asked a former supervisor I greatly respected for input regarding a position I was considering. While I had all the required technical skills, I did not have the required experience with government programs, policies and procedures. Her response was, ‘Why wouldn’t you apply? Take a chance!’ Her belief in me was all I needed. I landed the job, and even though I initially felt like an imposter, it ended up being a great role. In this position, I made many valuable connections that moved my career forward.” Here are strategies for combating Imposter Syndrome symptoms: • Seek low-risk practice opportunities to build your confidence. Go to a community networking opportunity and introduce yourself to someone new. • Find a mentor or workplace sponsor who will coach you through challenges and stretch assignments. • Concentrate on positive validation from respected peers and mentors. Ask what you do well and believe them. • Engage in positive self-talk, reframing doubtful statements. You are capable of growth, and facing challenges allows you to learn new skills. • List your accomplishments and regularly update your resume. Tell your mentor of your successes and failures. Trying something new, even if you fail, can be an accomplishment. • Celebrate successes, including small accomplishments. You were selected for a reason for your new position. Professionals typically only experience symptoms of selfdoubt for a limited time before they disappear. UK Alumni Association Active Members and Life Members are eligible for two complimentary appointments per year with a certified career counselor. Call 1-859-257-8905 or 1-800-269 ALUM (2586) to schedule an appointment. Visit www.ukalumni.net/career to learn more about resume critiques, networking events, Central Kentucky Job Club and other Alumni Career Services. To post a job opening, employers may visit www.ukalumni.net/employers and email job leads to ukalumnicareer@uky.edu.
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Class Notes Amanda R. Skidmore ’13 ’18 AFE is a New Mexico State University College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Extension integrated pest management specialist for urban and small farms in Las Cruces.
Products & Packaging Co. LLC, supporting pest management companies serving customers with treatments using Vikane and ProFume gas fumigants. She was previously a senior scientist in the clinical and scientific affairs group for the Clorox Co.
Amanda C. Cash ’14 LAW lives in Washington and is chief of staff for U.S. Rep. James Comer, who represents Kentucky’s 1st Congressional District. She was previously an attorney at Walters Meadows Richardson PLLC.
Wesley R. Whistle ’14 GS is a senior advisor for policy and strategy for the Education Policy Program at New America, a think tank in Washington. He is also a Forbes contributor for education.
Christien B. Russell ’14 AFE is a doctoral student in the Mississippi State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in Starkville. She is serving as a Fellow of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights.
Kia N. Antis ’15 EN is a certified public accountant and associate at Somerville & Company PLLC in Huntington, West Virginia.
Jennifer R. Gordon ’14 AFE lives in San Francisco and is a field scientist for Douglas
Cassidy L. White ’16 AS was named to the second cohort of Virginia Management Fellows by Gov. Ralph Northam. The program is an initiative of the Commonwealth of Virginia developed with Virginia
Information in Class Notes is compiled from previously published items in newspapers and other media outlets, as well as items submitted by individual alumni. Send us your class note by emailing ukalumni@uky.edu or submitting your information in the online community at www.ukalumni.net/class. COLLEGE INDEX Agriculture, Food Fine Arts — FA & Environment — AFE The Graduate School — GS Arts & Sciences — AS Health Sciences — HS Business & Economics — BE Law — LAW Communication & Medicine — MED Information — CI Nursing — NUR Dentistry — DE Pharmacy — PHA Design — DES Public Health — PH Education — ED Social Work — SW Engineering — EN Correction: In our fall 2019 issue, the correct name of the person in the photo on Page 50 is Laura L. Moore, and we apologize for any inconvenience.
Austin S. Kidd ’17 ED, ’19 CI is the men’s basketball video coordinator at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers. He had been a graduate assistant at the University of Kentucky. Justin R. Sand ’17 EN is building systems group engineer with Messer Construction Co. in the company’s Nashville, Tennessee, office. Michael D. Stump ’17 CI lives in Indianapolis and is an operations intern for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants basketball team, a National Basketball Association G League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers. He had been a basketball coach at Broad Ripple High School and Cathedral High school. Paige E. Camp ’18 NUR is head coach of the Butler University dance team. She had been the team’s assistant coach. Tyler A. Majchrzak ’18 AFE is a loan officer with MidAtlantic Farm Credit in the company’s Chestertown, Maryland, office. He was previously a client relations and education specialist for Reproduction Specialty Group. Martha-Elena Granados ’19 AS is an assistant professor of languages (Spanish) at Grace College & Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana.
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Tech to help meet the state’s needs for future government leaders. White earned her law degree from the College of William & Mary Law School.
BLAZING THE BOURBON TRAIL Peggy Noe Stevens ’87 CI is a pioneer. The first female master bourbon taster in the world, it was her love of food that attracted her to bourbon. Her talents were recently rewarded by being inducted into the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame, where she joins seven women previously inducted into the hall of fame — one of the most respected and prestigious awards in the industry. Stevens is now one of 90 previously inducted honorees since the Kentucky Distillers Association created the hall in 2001. She travels globally conducting tastings and entertaining groups with whiskey education seminars. She trained with renowned Brown-Forman master distiller Lincoln Henderson who recognized her advanced palate and interest in production methods. Lincoln was a member of the inaugural class of inductees to the hall of fame. Alongside two other women, Stevens was the pioneer and strategic driver of the world-renowned Kentucky Bourbon Trail that now attracts more than 1 million visitors per year. Her company, Peggy Noe Stevens & Associates, has created and designed more than two dozen distillery brand experiences for consumers, with clients like Jim Beam, Michter’s, Lux Row and Kentucky Peerless. Through her years of work in the industry, she recognized the need for women to have a voice both within the industry and as aficionados. She founded the Bourbon Women Association to provide an opportunity for women to network and learn — the industry’s first female consumer organization.
The Bourbon Women Association provides opportunities for both industry professionals and bourbon fans to connect and increase their knowledge. As the bourbon business has boomed across the United States, women have turned to Stevens and the Bourbon Women Association for expertise, mentoring and networking. She says she is always willing to share her knowledge and passion, as she loves seeing the growing number of women in the spirits industry and the keen interest female consumers have in learning more about spirits. Bourbon Women is open to anyone, with members in 26 states, reflecting the growth in female bourbon consumers. The organization started in Louisville and now also includes seven other branch locations: New York City, Chicago, Washington D.C., Indianapolis, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, Tennessee and Texas. During her career, Stevens saw a need to show consumers how to pair bourbon with food, so she created the first food flavor wheel to provide a guide. And she believes bourbon cocktails can enhance the dining experience, so she authored the “Woodford Reserve Culinary Cocktail Tour” cookbook, the first of its kind pairing cocktails and food. Her new book, “Which Fork Do I Use With My Bourbon,” is due out in spring 2020 (published by University Press of Kentucky). She is also a spirits writer for American Whiskey Magazine and the entertaining editor for Bourbon+ Magazine, serves as a spirits judge and is on the faculty of Moonshine University. ■ w w w. u kalu mn i.n e t
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his year, the University of Kentucky reflects on 70 years of integration. Given this significant occasion, we cannot help but examine how segregation and classism have impacted health care outcomes for vulnerable patient populations. It is only when we grapple with the prejudiced legacy of health care and access that we can truly improve a system that has not served us all equally, but one day can. At UK College of Pharmacy (UKCOP), we believe pharmacy education must reflect the diverse patient populations students will encounter in practice. If academic institutions want to create successful, lifelong learners, they must deliberately include people with diverse backgrounds — in the many ways in which this is defined — throughout the curriculum. Only by building comfort with and joy of the diversity of our community will we enable our students to fully develop and their practice to give the most improved health care outcomes. “Diversity is being invited to the party; inclusion is being asked to dance,” wrote Vernā Myers, Esq. in her book, “Moving Diversity Forward.” For the last four years we have worked to figure out how to open the dance floor and partner up — inclusion is necessary, albeit messy, work. Like many colleges and departments at UK, everyone at UKCOP, from faculty to students, must complete unconscious bias training. During orientation, students are also required to undergo cultural competency training. We understand, however, that inclusion is not a box that is checked, but rather a journey (or dance) navigated. As our students and employees recognize that inclusion is critical to learning, we have seen them embrace intentional incorporation of cultural empathy into everything from admission interviews to class lectures; patient cases and student-led seminars.
Life-saving Patient Care Starts with an Inclusive Education the study. In a rheumatology course, the focus is on the inequitable treatment of pain experienced by women and African Americans. We have found there is not a one-size-fits-all approach to an inclusive curriculum. Rather, it must be a deliberate effort across the student experience. It is also critical to continue to allow time for understanding and empathy to fully build. The college’s Community Service Learning experience, a required six-semester partnership that pairs students with a local non-profit organiza-
We believe pharmacy education must reflect the diverse patient populations students will encounter in practice. Frank Romanelli, professor and dean for academic programs, notes the importance of such an inclusive approach. “The more our curriculum accurately represents the different people our students will encounter in and outside the classroom, the more we all benefit. It is one step in helping address the health disparities we see in places like Kentucky.” Most recently, our teaching faculty have engaged in a process to identify gaps in their courses, and in the overall curriculum, where we can strengthen our understanding of diversity and inclusion. Practically, this approach looks different, depending on the subject matter. For the curriculum’s infectious disease course, it means a conversation around the unethical Tuskegee Syphilis Study and how researchers withheld a known cure from Black men, none of whom consented to being in
tions, helps students challenge their biases, reflect on new experiences and positively impact the city. To date, 413 students have served the community through the program, impacting over 600 people in Lexington this year alone. Students have worked with those who are in recovery, the homeless, children/youth, people with disabilities, veterans, women, seniors, refugee and immigrant populations, the LGBTQ+ population and people who have been incarcerated. The program is the first of its kind and one students have embraced. In working with their community partners and a faculty mentor, students conduct a needs assessment for their non-profit, develop a health care-related solution, implement the solution and assess the outcomes. Some students have even presented their experiences nationally. This longitudinal engagement with
an external group allows students to more deeply understand who their partners are and how they can positively collaborate with others for maximum community impact. It is another small way in which students are able to challenge stereotypes and biases. We are currently exploring how we can engage with our broad network of pharmacists to leverage this approach across the Commonwealth to deliver medical care to those with the poorest access. We know that a baby born and living in Appalachian Kentucky is expected to live eight fewer years than one born just an hour away in Lexington. This large disparity is driven by poorly treated chronic diseases and a lack of access to prenatal/perinatal healthcare, which is exacerbated by both geography and poor socio-economic conditions. However, unlike medical clinics, most people live within five miles of a pharmacy, even in rural areas. We are seeking ways to increase access to quality care within these existing pharmacies and in counties with the lowest life expectancy. We are committed to bringing sustainable health care services to these communities that will improve health outcomes and, ultimately, the quality of life. In order to reach those experiencing inequities in the health care system, academic institutions must ensure people have a seat at the table, or in our case, the classroom. “Living well in a broadly diverse community enriches each of our experiences,” said R. Kip Guy, dean and professor. “We seek to be a place of belonging for everyone regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, ability and identity.” Life-saving patient care starts with an innovative and bold education for health care providers — but also an inclusive one. We are committed to rising to the challenge.
In Memoriam Mary L. Comer ’43 Lexington, Ky.
Don R. Batten ’52 Pikeville, Ky.
Jerry Lee Bohn ’56 Chattanooga, Tenn.
T. Dewane Bishop ’62 Bardstown, Ky.
Charline Lisanby Shelley ’44 Piscataway, N.J. Life Member
Janeice Tarter Davenport ’52 Fisherville, Ky.
Charles M. Wesley ’56 Berea, Ky. Life Member
Norma Raybourne Settles ’63 Springfield, Ky.
Elizabeth Crapster Reeves ’46 Ocala, Fla. Albert G. Craig Jr. ’47 Carrollton, Ky. Life Member Donald R. Rose ’47 Lexington, Ky. Fellow Thomas A. Curtsinger ’48 Owensboro, Ky. Marie Lewis Spragens ’48 Lebanon, Ky. Life Member, Fellow Jo Allan Napier ’48 Aiken, S.C. Life Member, Fellow Varge A. Hampton ’48 Charlotte, N.C. Albert J. Schiffli ’49 Carmel, Ind. Betty White Browning’ 49 Richmond, Ind. Chester H. Easley ’49 Lexington, Ky. Donald H. Ridge Sr. ’49 Sonora, Ky. Donald E. Jones ’50 Murray, Ky. Life Member Merle E. Kaplin ’50 Louisville, Ky. Rozellen Griggs ’50 Melbourne, Fla. Life Member William E. White ’50 Morganfield, Ky. Sammie R. Hewlett ’50 Richmond, Va.
Joan Crouse Blythe ’52 Plano, Texas Charles E. Holmes ’52 Elsmere, Ky. Thomas J. Moore ’53 Marietta, Ga. Phoebe Elswick Barger ’53 El Cajon, Calif. William B. Snyder ’53 Richardson, Texas Edmond J. Hamilton ’53 Louisville, Ky. Betty Meade Breeding ’53 London, Ky. Life Member
Wilma R. Payne ’57 Lexington, Ky. Lester Hurst ’57 Beltsville, Md. Charles L. Stephens ’57 Fort Thomas, Ky.
H. Gordon Prather ’57 Winchester, Ky.
Robert E. Ratcliff ’64 Franklin, Tenn.
Sara P. Hill ’58 Etlan, Va.
Stephen Palmer ’65 Lexington, Ky. Life Member
Charles A. Farley ’58 Easton, Md.
Earl W. Finn ’54 Clarksville, Ind. Life Member
Paul J. Kissel ’59 Lexington, Ky. Life Member
Lawrence M. Stamper ’54 Frankfort, Ky.
Carolyn Hodgson Rhodes ’59 Norfolk, Va.
Clenet R. Ellis Jr. ’54 Lexington, Ky.
Ivan Childers Jr. ’59 Frankfort, Ky.
John R. Miller ’55 Tompkinsville, Ky.
Fred W. Bond ’60 Shelbyville, Ky.
Vincent W. Byers ’55 Madison, Ala.
Kay S. Shelton ’61 Louisville, Ky.
Henry E. Head ’55 Louisville, Ky.
Charles E. Terry ’61 Irvine, Ky.
Paul F. Taylor ’55 Aiken, S.C.
Jane P. Sergent ’61 Jacksonville, Fla. Life Member
Fae Knarr Rice ’56 Mason, Ohio Life Member, Fellow
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Faye Carroll ’63 Bowling Green, Ky. Sandra Bedwell Wood ’64 Owensboro, Ky. Life Member, Fellow
Jean Rousseau Trogdon ’58 Lexington, Ky.
David V. Calvert ’56 Fort Pierce, Fla. Fellow
George P. Rains ’63 Corbin, Ky.
Charles W. Smith Jr. ’57 Erie, Pa.
Martina Campbell Davis ’54 Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Mary L. Estes ’56 Wichita, Kan.
Aubrey W. Pearson ’63 Scottsville, Ky.
Irvin J. Steinberg ’61 Louisville, Ky. Life Member John R. Livesay ’61 Louisville, Ky. Life Member, Fellow
Emby A. McKeehan ’66 Corbin, Ky. Charles L. Gore ’67 Russell Springs, Ky. Life Member Judith Geoghegan Jett ’67 Coxs Creek, Ky. Jerry Hadden ’67 Lexington, Ky. Edward S. Kelly ’67 New Castle, N.H. Life Member, Fellow Stephen R. Swetits ’68 Lynn Haven, Fla. Mary E. Dowell ’68 Mobile, Ala. Bernard J. Finneran Jr. ’69 Prospect, Ky. Life Member Robert S. Owen ’69 Phoenix, Ariz. Susan S. Reid ’69 Parkville, Md. Jill O. Ruffner ’69 Kennesaw, Ga.
David W. McLellan Jr. ’69 Lexington, Ky. Richard A. Parks ’69 Jersey Village, Texas Lee W. Harvath Jr. ’70 Gainesville, Fla. Larry E. Stevens ’70 Oldsmar, Fla. Allen P. Van Overbeke 70 Tampa, Fla. Life Member, Fellow
Kathy Armstrong Magruder ’74 Lexington, Ky. Life Member Walter W. Greist ’75 Hamden, Conn. Douglas A. Wetzel ’75 Owensboro, Ky. Allen C. Trimble ’75 Corbin, Ky.
Judy C. Emerson Lexington, Ky.
Joanna J. Carson ’91 Lexington, Ky.
Ira A. Gewirtzman Lexington, Ky. Fellow
Regina M. McKnight’ 92 Columbia, S.C. Kelly A. Hayworth ’92 Lexington, Ky. J. Michael Farrell ’97 Covington, Ky.
Carolyn A. Hall Elizabethtown, Ky. Life Member, Fellow Betty G. Hamilton Louisville, Ky.
Jamie Redmon Baker ’05 Harrogate, Tenn.
Bonnie P. Jarrell Louisville, Ky. Life Member
James Patrick Mudd ’12 Louisville, Ky.
Whitney L. Johnson Sr. Lexington, Ky.
Dana V. Wallingford ’77 Lexington, Ky.
FORMER STUDENTS AND FRIENDS
Helen C. Leet Lexington, Ky.
Edward M. Brice ’78 Lexington, Ky.
Tom D. Belt Lexington, Ky.
William P. Hoagland ’78 Louisville, Ky.
Thelma Southworth Cooke Louisville, Ky.
Pamela Gail Steele ’71 Knoxville, Tenn.
Renate Pagel Sward ’79 Lexington, Ky.
Blaine S. Correll Somerset, Ky.
John O. Haight ’71 Lexington, Ky. Life Member
Donald L. Noe ’79 Woodstock, Ga.
Keith D. Crowe Bardstown, Ky.
Linda Alderdice ’81 Paducah, Ky.
A. F. Dawahare Lexington, Ky. Fellow
Mary Douglass Boldrick ’70 Lynchburg, Va. Steven M. Welborn ’70 Glasgow, Ky. Barbara A. Davis ’70 Madisonville, Ky. Michael E. Cassity ’70 Mount Orab, Ohio Victor C. Caven ’70 Fletcher, Ohio Life Member
Sharman Parks Moore ’72 Vero Beach, Fla. William D. Shrader 73 Fort Wayne, Ind. Dale K. Burtner Jr. ’73 Olympia, Wash. Kelsa Young Waite ’74 Dallas, Texas Thomas C. Pexton ’74 Denver, Colo. Kent L. Jones ’74 Jackson, Tenn. Life Member William C. Wolejsza ’74 Gouldsboro, Pa.
Michael F. Barton ’76 Madisonville, Ky.
Frederick M. Reinecke ’91 Louisville, Ky.
Dan J. Dusch ’76 Lexington, Ky. David M. Sproull ’77 Lexington, Ky.
James L. Johnson ’81 Phoenix, Ariz.
O. Leonard Press Lexington, Ky. Beth Menke Redwine Covington, Ky. Carl F. Smoak Frankfort, Ky. Christopher C. Steele Lexington, Ky. William J. Zrnchik III Lexington, Ky.
Alan E. Dietsche ’83 Canandaigua, N.Y. Dirk M. Bedarff ’84 Cincinnati, Ohio Michael C. White ’85 Frankfort, Ky. Ralph E. Smith ’85 Burlington, Ky. Steven K. Lenox ’86 Lexington, Ky. Michael D. Greenleaf ’89 New Port Richey, Fla.
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Creative Juices Michael Koch ’78 DES has written, “Close to Home,” which presents his creative, award-winning architectural work, while introducing readers to the simple elegance of his designs which are within a 15-mile radius of where the Louisville architect was born, raised and practiced for almost 40 years.
Joe B. Ball ’55 ED has co-authored “My Life On and Off the Court,” a riveting memoir, that presents intimate details about his remarkable life on and off the UK basketball court as a player and coach. He reveals never-before-heard stories about memorable players, coaches, and friends and expresses the joys of his rewarding life and career.
Educated at the UK College of Design during the Dean Anthony Eardley era, where he was taught by Guillermo Julian de la Fuente, Peter Carl, Stephen Deger, Judith DeMaio, Clyde Carpenter, and Herb Greene, Koch has created a body of work in the Ohio River Valley that is site-specific and expressive, translating Kentucky’s regional idioms into a vibrant modernism. From airy houses that take advantage of Louisville’s Olmstead-designed parks and local materials, to structures that are strikingly adapted to the Ohio River floodplain, to church-inspired metropolitan projects, Koch’s buildings are a memorable part of the city’s landscape. “Close to Home” presents the award-winning achievements of his firm and introduces readers to the simple elegance of his designs and meaningful contributions he has made to the architecture of Kentucky.
Gay Burden ’83 ED is co-author of “Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Continuous District Improvement by Using Stakeholder Input,” which outlines a four-question model that school and business leaders can use to engage stakeholder feedback for improvement.
James K. Libbey ’76 AS has written “Foundations of Russian Military Flight, 1885-1925,” a book that focuses on the early use of balloons and aircraft by the Russian military. The best early Russian aircraft included flying boats designed by Dimitrii Grigorovich and large reconnaissance-bombers created by Igor Sikorsky. As World War I began, the Imperial Russian Navy made use of aircraft more quickly than the army, indeed, the navy established a precursor to the aircraft carrier. The Imperial Russian Army came to respect, over time, the work of aircraft that evolved from reconnaissance and bomber to fighter planes. After the 1917 revolution, both the new Bolshevik government and the reactionary White forces created air arms to combat each other. In the 1920s, the Soviet Union and Germany negotiated agreements that allowed Germany to violate the Treaty of Versailles by building military aircraft and training German military pilots in the USSR. This provided the Soviet Union access to the latest aviation technology and prevented them from falling too far behind the West in this crucial sphere.
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James Hardymon ’56 ’58 EN is the author of “Engineering Corporate Success,” edited by Terry Birdwhistell ’74 AS, ’78 CI, ’94 ED, which traces Hardymon’s personal story and engineering career, revealing key maxims for success and the importance of philanthropy. Karl Raitz, UK Department of Geography professor emeritus, has written “Bourbon’s Backroads,” which reveals the places where bourbon’s heritage originates — from old and new distilleries, storage warehouses, railroad yards and factories where copper fermenting vessels are made — and why the industry continues to thrive today. Tom Williams ’90 GS is the author of “President You: how a Thoughtful Ordinary Citizen Could Change the Most Complex Government on Earth,” which tells the story of a retired man who set out to solve some of America’s thorniest problems by becoming president.
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Some very lucky admirers were able to catch a selfie with Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah when he visited the University of Kentucky in August. Noah encounter the group outside the Singletary Center for the Arts after finishing his appearance in Memorial Coliseum as part of a panel discussion about cultural diversity and race, facilitated by Julian Vasquez Heilig, the dean of the UK College of Education. Later on her Twitter feed, Brenna C. Wallin of Lexington said about the impromptu moment, “I just met @Trevornoah and I’ve never had a better day.”
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