Due to the pandemic the Staff Council was unable to host the 2019 Outstanding Staff Awards this past summer. Nonetheless, the Staff Council and the college still wish to identify and honor staff for their work from the 2019 calendar year. The 2019 Outstanding Staff Awards will take place via zoom on Friday April 23rd 2021 from 2-3 pm. Please note this is for the delayed 2019 Outstanding Staff Awards. The 2020 Outstanding Staff Awards will take place later this calendar year. Please register for the event via https://uky.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrc-2oqz4tGNHpKpYxtGfV-BlOdEr-0e51.

Completed nomination forms must be submitted by Friday April 2, 2021.  Information on eligibility/criteria and the nomination form can be found here.

Please view the eligibilty requirements and award details here.

Please reach out to the Staff Council with any questions.

The Staff Council is offering March Madess Trivia! Watch the NCAA tournament and get into the spirit! (Even if we won't be able to cheer on the Cats very much this year).

There will once again be two opportunities to win a bundt cake. The first trivia is generic March Madness/basketball/UK trivia. Many various fun questions to answer! The link can be found via https://uky.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d6FbijxK8rFXXfw. The deadline to submit the trivia link is Friday April 2nd by the end of the day.

The second March Madness Trivia link can be found via https://uky.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5AR5IPelGDE3ZTU. This is based on the outcome of the tournament. You will pick the Final Four, Championship teams, and overall Championship winner, along with some other questions. This trivia is due Friday March 26th by the end of the day. 

Wondering how to get started on a national grant or fellowship application?  Or received a rejection and did not know what to do next?  Professor Craig Koslofsky, Professor of History and Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Illinois and an experienced faculty grant advisor will, demystify the grant cycle in the Humanities and Social Sciences. This workshop will prepare you to design and present your research so that you can submit multiple grant applications in the 2021-2022 cycle, which begins in April 2021 and continues through April 2022.

Craig Koslofsky has many years’ experience as a grant advisor with the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Illinois. He has worked with numerous NEH Faculty Fellowship and Guggenheim awardees, as well as recipients of highly competitive fellowships from the ACLS, the National Humanities Center, the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, and other funding agencies. Koslofsky is working on a book on research proposal design and presentation.

To join the workshop, please use the Zoom link below:

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, or mobile device: https://uky.zoom.us/j/83880863296