HollerBack! Season 3 Episode 5: Hidden Kentucky Gems: Extension Administration & the Robinson Forest with Daniel Wilson
In this episode, Billy and Stacie speak with the Director of the UK Robinson Center for Appalachian Resource Sustainability and Extension in the East Region: Daniel Wilson. Join us as we speak about all of the positive things extension services do for Eastern Kentuckians as well as our beloved UK Community!
HollerBack! Season 3 Episode 4: Books, Business, and Appalachia: The Story of the Read Spotted Newt
In this episode, Stacie and Billy welcome Mandi Fugate Sheffel to the podcast. Mandi Fugate Sheffel is the owner of Read Spotted Newt in Hazard. Join us as we discuss entrepreneurship in Appalachia, discuss the impacts of COVID-19 and flooding, and the importance of Appalachian literature being available in the region for people to appreciate and learn from.
Also, be sure to check out her page @ReadSpottedNewt on Instagram and Facebook!
HollerBack! Season 3 Episode 3: A Model for Healthcare: East Kentucky Health Services Center
In this episode, Stacie and Billy welcome to the show a legend in terms of politics and healthcare in the Appalachian region, Dr. Benny Ray Bailey I, PhD.. Dr. Bailey is the co-founder of East Kentucky Health Services Center in Knott County, Kentucky and served as a Senator in the Appalachian region. Join us in learning about the history of EKHSC, its impacts, and how the clinic became a model for healthcare.
College of Arts & Sciences Commencement - Student Speaker - Bilal Shaikh
Bilal Shaikh, from Louisville, Kentucky, is graduating with a bachelor's degree in political science from the UK College of Arts and Sciences, and a minor in biology.
UK Launches Alum to a Key White House Position: Anthony Jones, B.A. Political Science 2000
His father’s terrible workplace injury started Anthony Jones on a path that led him to UK, the Truman Scholarship, the U.S. Department of Labor and now to the drug policy arm of the the White House. Read how Jones got the boost he needed from UK’s Political Science Department.
By Julie Wrinn