HOMECOMING 2018
ALUMNI AWARDS
The University of Pikeville’s 2018 Alumni Award recipients are advocates, educators and passionate leaders. The honors for distinguished, rising and honorary alumni and the Gary Thrash Outstanding Ambassador Award were presented by First Lady Kay Webb (far left) and Alumni Association President Kay Hammond (far right) during the Homecoming football game on Oct. 20. Along with the Office of Advancement and Alumni Relations, the UPIKE Alumni Association enhances student life, fosters university pride and creates community engagement.
RISING YOUNG ALUMNI Charity Burke Walters ’02 Charity Burke Walters graduated from Pikeville College in 2002 with a degree in both biology and chemistry. In addition to her studies, Burke played basketball for the Lady Bears and was captain her junior and senior seasons. She also played softball her junior and senior years. After college, Burke attended the University of Louisville School of Medicine where she graduated in the top 10 percent of her class. After completing her orthopedic surgery residency in 2011, she worked at the Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center during her hand surgery fellowship and continued her training with a second fellowship in children’s hand surgery at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Burke has served patients at Louisville Arm and Hand since 2013. She is passionate about educating the next generation of physicians and being an advocate for her patients. Burke assists abroad with healthcare and orthopedic resident education in Tanzania, partnering with the organization Health Volunteers Overseas. She married Andrew Walters in 2014 and together they have a daughter, Aubrey Grace. 20
UPIKE MAGAZINE | FALL 2018
