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Well-Being Champions

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UK offering Summer School 2025: Financial Well-Being sessions

Summer School 2025: Financial Well-Being

Personalized support for what matters most to you

Connect one-on-one at no cost to you with therapists, specialists and other experts who work at UK too. Appointments are available to you and your family members.

Appointments currently available in-person or online

Mental health therapist

Financial expert

Health and wellness coach

Dietitian

Exercise specialist

Elder care specialist

Tobacco cessation specialist

A connected, caring work community

Employee Affinity Groups (EAGs) are employee-led communities that provide opportunities to connect with colleagues, share experience and engage in personal and professional growth.

Each group brings together employees with common backgrounds or interests. All UK employees are welcome to participate in any group — whether to learn more, build relationships or contribute to conversations across the university.

For more information about the groups, please contact the HR EAG Liaison Azetta Beatty at Azetta.beatty@uky.edu.

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Experiencing challenges? HR is here to help! Please contact us.

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News

July 20, 2020

COVID-19 guidelines implemented to ensure clean, safe lactation spaces

The University of Kentucky is committed to supporting lactation and to providing private accessible space for those who need it, including employees. Lactation rooms remain open As the university continues through the reopening phases, lactation rooms have and will remain open and users will have to follow new health protocols for COVID-19. The guidelines from Environmental Health and Safety include these safety measures:

July 16, 2020

Creating a balanced, productive routine for remote work

When you work in an office setting, you typically follow a routine with fairly consistent start and end times. But when you work remotely, it may be hard to stay on track with your work – or your work-life balance. Use these tips to guide you as you start a new routine to make working from home work for you.

July 14, 2020

Becoming Wildly Resilient podcast

We all face challenges and stress in the various areas and stages of our lives. How can we become more resilient and grow from these experiences?

July 13, 2020

Managing remote workers

Not seeing your team in-person may become more difficult for you and your employees to align priorities as temporary remote work continues. Use this overview of two key challenges as a starting point for planning unique solutions for your team.