News Archive: Community & Leadership Development
Design Studio Winchester is visionary town and gown collaboration
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Carol Lea Spence
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Design Studio Winchester, a collaborative effort between the University of Kentucky and Winchester, combines design and community development in one space.
UK extension offers skills to those recovering from addiction
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Katie Pratt
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Taylor is one of 10 extension offices partnering with their local addiction recovery centers to help persons in recovery live healthier lifestyles when they leave the facilities.
UK professor wins national educator award
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Rosalind Harris, an associate professor in the University of Kentucky Department of Community Leadership and Development, has won the 2019 Outstanding Community Development Educator Award.
4-H Teen Conference encourages youth to become diverse leaders
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Katie Pratt
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The conference helped 4-H members learn how they can become diverse and inclusive leaders.
USDA, UK, Purdue partnering to provide technical assistance to help build long-term rural economic growth
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Carol Lea Spence
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The USDA announced the names of rural communities and regions that will receive technical assistance from partners such as UK's Community and Economic Development of Kentucky.
Stephenson named director of UK Cooperative Extension Service
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Laura Skillman
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Stephenson begins her duties on Aug. 1.
Extension Homemakers give homeless a warm, dry place to lay
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Katie Pratt
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Since the project began, the Extension Homemakers have donated more than 100 mats to numerous agencies that work with local homeless.
Presentation will connect the dots between nature and health
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Carol Lea Spence
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UK's Urban Forest Initiative will host a free, public presentation, Green Heart Louisville: Connecting the Dots Between Nature and Our Health, by Chris Chandler of The Nature Conservancy on the UK campus Wednesday, Jan. 23.
Kentucky Small Business Development Center names new director
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Kristina Joyce began work Oct. 1 as KSBDC's new state director.
Two events to focus on tree initiatives as a means for community engagement
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Rupert Bentley Walls will address his experiences working in London and across the United Kingdom at a public seminar, Neighborhood Engagement in Planting and Nurturing Urban Trees, Oct. 10.