Name: Heather Gogel

Major: Hospitality Management and Tourism

Expected Graduation Date: August 2017

Internship Location: VisitLEX in Lexington, KY

Please describe your typical day as an intern:

Alyssa Campbell
M.S. Family Sciences
Research Focus: "Rape Myth Acceptance"

Teresa Lee
M.S. Dietetics & Human Nutrition
Research Focus: "Mindfulness-Based Weight Management - Comparing Weight Loss and Weight Maintenance to Current Best Practicies"

Lekpoh Dwanyen
M.S. Family Sciences
Postpartum Depression: The Effects of a Video Intervention on Knowledge and Stigma

Laura Frey
Ph.D. Family Scinces
MENTAL HEALTH AMONG SUICIDE ATTEMPT SURVIVORS: THE ROLES OF STIGMA, SELF-DISCLOSURE, AND FAMILY REACTIONS

Stephanie Armes
M.S. Family Sciences
The Mindfully Attached Therapist: Factors that Predict and Prevent the Development of Compassion Fatigue

Alice Pile Killpatrick graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1938 with a degree in home economics.  She began her career as a home economist with the Farmers Home Administration in Hardinsburg, Kentucky.  In 1948, she became the first home economics Extension agent in Meade

The School of Human Environmental Sciences recognized eleven outstanding students through the presentation of the 2016 Student of Excellence and Student of Distinction Awards on April 29, 2016. The awards program, established in 2006, honors both undergraduate and graduate students. Undergraduates are nominated based on academic excellence, leadership, and service in the School of Human Environmental Sciences. Graduate students are nominated based on their research or creative works, leadership and service in the School.

The University of Kentucky official enrollment reports from Fall 2016 indicate undergraduate enrollment in the School of Human Environmental Sciences totaled 838. The breakdown by degree program is as follows:

Undergraduates:

Family Sciences - 123

Human Nutrition – 184

Dietetics – 208

Hospitality Management & Tourism – 131

Merchandising, Apparel and Textiles - 192

 The School of Human Environmental Sciences is dedicated to the success of our students.  In the fall of 2014, 100 freshmen enrolled in undergraduate programs in the School of Human Environmental Sciences. Of those students, 85% were retained at the University of Kentucky in the fall of 2015, an increase of 3.7% from the fall of 2013 freshmen cohort. The data below provides freshmen to sophomore retention rates for the past five years in the School of Human Environmental Sciences.

·         Freshmen Entering Fall 2010 – 81.7%

Be a leader in sustainable food systems by serving  as a student fellow with Gathering At The Table

Gathering At The Table, an innovative food justice initiative spearheaded by The Food Connection and Campus Kitchen, is now accepting applications to the roles of Emersion Chef Fellow and Food Justice Fellow to serve from January – December 2017. We seek service-oriented students (undergraduate or graduate level) at the University of Kentucky who are motivated, focused, take initiative, and demonstrate an interest in food system-related issues, and exemplifies: