LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 15, 2022) — Gracelyn Bush, of Owensboro, Kentucky, and Johnny Zelenak II, of Oldham County, Kentucky, were crowned the 2022 University of Kentucky Homecoming queen and king during the halftime ceremonies astatine the UK vs. Mississippi State Homecoming shot crippled astatine Kroger Field Saturday night.
Bush is simply a elder successful the College of Public Health pursuing dual bachelor’s and master’s degrees successful nationalist wellness connected the pre-physician adjunct track. She presently serves arsenic the wide seat of DanceBlue and is an progressive subordinate of Chi Omega Sorority.
Zelenak is simply a elder besides pursuing a grade successful nationalist wellness with a insignificant successful communication. Currently, Zelenak is connected the accelerated 4+1 Master of Public Health - Health Management and Policy track. He is the mini marathons seat for DanceBlue, a adjacent teacher for the College of Public Health and a Student Organization and Activities pupil engagement advisor. He has served arsenic a nonmigratory advisor, the wide seat for the Out of the Darkness Walk and signaling caput for Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity.
Earlier this week, Jordan Smith and Aneisha Cox were crowned Mr. and Ms. Black UK 2022. The Mr. and Ms. Black UK Scholarship Pageant is an yearly ceremonial presented by the Black Student Union successful concern with the Mu Epsilon Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
Smith, from Henderson, Kentucky, is simply a elder majoring successful neuroscience with a insignificant successful psychology successful the UK College of Arts and Sciences. Health attraction is his passion, and helium wishes to make a much inclusive situation for minorities successful this field. Focused connected gathering a consciousness of assemblage crossed the UK campus, helium is simply a subordinate of aggregate pupil organizations, including Implicit Dance Crew, Cats for Christ and K Crew.
Cox, from Radcliff, Kentucky, is simply a inferior double-majoring successful business management and marketing successful the Gatton College of Business and Economics. She aspires to beryllium a pharmaceutical income typical and commencement her ain creation company. She is passionate astir pushing diverseness and inclusion successful the assemblage done young minorities. She is progressive successful galore organizations connected field including the Implicit Dance Crew, the PINK Campus Team and the Samsung College Program.
Students are nominated to the Homecoming Court by their peers. The winners were determined by pupil voting earlier this week.
Other finalists for Homecoming king and queen were:
- Austin King, a elder from Fort Thomas, Kentucky, studying successful the College of Engineering and Lewis Honors College seeking a grade successful chemic engineering connected a concern pathway. He is an at-large legislator for the UK Student Government Association (UKSGA), K Board Student Ambassador and progressive subordinate of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. In the past, helium served arsenic president of UK’s Engineers Without Borders Chapter.
- Brennen C. Mullins, a elder from Floyd County, Kentucky, studying civil engineering with hopes of pursuing a Ph. D. successful aerospace structures. He is besides a pupil successful the Lewis Honors College.
- Matthew Williams, a elder from Berea, Kentucky, studying chemical engineering. He serves arsenic the elder nonmigratory advisor of Holmes Hall and 1 of the co-directors of tours for the UK Visitor Center. Other notable commitments connected field see antecedently serving arsenic the manager of the Wildcat Ambassadors pupil organization, moving successful pharmaceutical probe connected campus, serving arsenic a squad skipper for intramural shot and representing UK astatine a nationalist level astatine the Student Development Institute connected the taxable of promoting diverseness and inclusivity connected field tours.
- Isaac Sutherland, a inferior from Huntington, West Virginia, studying political science and community and enactment development, and pupil successful Lewis Honors College. He is portion of galore organizations crossed field including DanceBlue, Chi Psi Fraternity and UKSGA. Sutherland hopes to be instrumentality schoolhouse to go a foster attraction attorney.
- Jocelyn Grimsley, a elder from Columbus, Ohio, treble majoring successful health promotion and assemblage and enactment improvement with a insignificant successful coaching. She serves arsenic the president of the Black Student Union, vice president of Underground Perspective, past diamond president for Club Softball, College of Education Student Ambassador and chaplain for the Iota Mu Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. She works for the UK shot squad arsenic a pupil video manager and is besides an engagement advisor for Student Organizations and Activities. Grimsley serves successful the United States Army National Guard and erstwhile she graduates, she volition beryllium commissioned arsenic a 2nd lieutenant.
- Katherine Cermack, a elder from Louisville, pursuing a dual grade successful biology and neuroscience with minors successful mathematics and Spanish. She is simply a subordinate of Pi Beta Phi Sorority and president of the Panhellenic Council. She hopes to proceed pursuing her passions done a vocation successful medicine, and 1 time plans to question the satellite to supply entree to equitable aesculapian attraction portion learning astir the customs and traditions of different cultures.
- Olivia Whitfield, a elder from Pikeville, Kentucky, majoring successful neuroscience. She has worked successful a spinal cord wounded probe laboratory focusing connected autonomic dysreflexia and the effects of mitochondrial implantation into the spinal cord. She is simply a existent subordinate of Delta Delta Delta Sorority and is the acting caput of the Appalachian Health Initiative club. She was precocious accepted into the UK College of Medicine.
- Shannon Nguyen, a elder from Louisville, majoring successful biology with a insignificant successful neuroscience, and pupil successful the Lewis Honors College. She is simply a first-generation assemblage pupil with dreams of attending aesculapian school. She presently serves arsenic president of Alpha Phi Sorority, is simply a probe adjunct successful the Department of Biology, a squad skipper for DanceBlue and is an authoritative pupil big of the assemblage done the Alumni Ambassadors. She is besides a adjacent mentor for S-STEM Scholarship recipients. In her escaped time, she tutors successful biochemistry and volunteers astatine the Kentucky Refugee Ministries.
The University of Kentucky is progressively the archetypal prime for students, module and unit to prosecute their passions and their nonrecreational goals. In the past 2 years, Forbes has named UK among the champion employers for diversity, and INSIGHT into Diversity recognized america arsenic a Diversity Champion 4 years running. UK is ranked among the apical 30 campuses successful the federation for LGBTQ* inclusion and safety. UK has been judged a “Great College to Work for" three years successful a row, and UK is among lone 22 universities successful the state connected Forbes' database of "America's Best Employers." We are ranked among the apical 10 percent of nationalist institutions for probe expenditures — a tangible awesome of our breadth and extent arsenic a assemblage focused connected find that changes lives and communities. And our patients cognize and admit the information that UK HealthCare has been named the state’s apical infirmary for 5 consecutive years. Accolades and honors are great. But they are much important for what they represent: the thought that creating a assemblage of belonging and committedness to excellence is however we grant our ngo to beryllium not simply the University of Kentucky, but the University for Kentucky.
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