Welcome to a New Spring Semester

Dear Colleagues, 

Welcome to a new spring semester. I hope you were able to take time to recharge and enjoy the break. 

There are many things to look forward to for our faculty and staff, as well as for our students. This is a time for growth and learning; the teaching, research, service and care you model for our students are helping create an environment where each of us learns from one another. 

Last semester, we held our December Commencement to celebrate our fall graduates. Our university had nearly 1,300 graduating students participating in the ceremonies. Overall, 2,084 degrees were conferred, including 1,351 undergraduate degrees, 723 graduate degrees and 10 professional degrees. 

These are not simply numbers — they symbolize all of your hard work and dedication in guiding our students in your classrooms, research laboratories and clinics. 

In your classrooms, our students will evolve into the future leaders of our communities.

Through their experiences in research laboratories and clinics, our students will gain knowledge that will allow them to advance Kentucky.

Thank you for all you do to help them achieve their dreams.

I look forward to all we will do together to make this a successful spring semester — through your efforts in your classrooms, research laboratories and clinics, we will continue to advance our communities. 

Thank you for everything you do to prepare our students for their futures and advance Kentucky.

Robert DiPaola 
Provost