You care. And it shows.
Julian Vasquez Heilig
24th @WesternMichU Provost and VP | @EducationWeek Top 200 Scholar | @UMichEducation Distinguished Alum | @KYColonels | @CrainsGR Notable Black Leader | @ViveMichigan Top 25 Most Influential Latinos in Michigan
You care.
And it shows.
There's something about people who are motivated to make the world better. People like you.
As you?watch this video, you'll see it – an inner glow that illuminates the faces of people from across the University of Kentucky College of Education.
Whether the faces belong to aspiring educators, like Hailey Wells, whose voice and piano music you hear throughout this piece, or future physicians like Harrison Pfeiffer, or faculty such as Sahar Alameh, whose love of science bubbles over into her classroom, it's clear that this community cares about making the world better, one light at a time.
We welcomed five new faculty who bring high-impact, diverse perspectives to their research, celebrated more than $5.6 million in new grant funding this year, made strong strides forward in groundbreaking partnerships for equity in education, experienced a meteoric rise in national rankings, and honored our Olympians and national champions. And that's just the beginning, as you will see below, with more stories of success to follow. We are proud of the luminous reach of the University of Kentucky College of Education.
There's much more to come!
Best wishes for a brilliant new year.
Julian Vasquez Heilig, Ph.D. Dean, University of Kentucky College of Education
Our light shines brightly to:
Improve Health and Quality of Life
Help Teachers Give Children a Great Start
Create More Inclusive STEM Fields
Develop Leaders in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Help Schools Leverage Pandemic’s Impact
Enable Students to Process Racial Trauma
Prepare Students for Dream Jobs
Offer Top Notch Learning Opportunities in Kentucky and Beyond
Happy New Year