A&S Students Receive Appalachian Center Research Awards
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 27, 2020) — The University of Kentucky Appalachian Center has honored 12 students with its annual research awards. Nine graduate students received the James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia, and two graduate students and one undergraduate student received the center's Eller and Billings Student Research Award.
General Music I
A study of the philosophy, the curriculum, and the process involved in promoting musical development of children in the elementary, middle, and high school environment. A field experience is required.
Playwriting
A course designed for students interested in creative drama. The completion of at least one play is required. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
Playwriting II
An advanced workshop in the art and craft of playwriting.
Population Health For Registered Nurses
Registered nurses should not enroll in NUR 403 for public health nursing; registered nurses should enroll in NUR 451. Registered nurses enrolled in the RN-BSN option will develop public health nursing skills in this undergraduate distance learning nursing course. Students will apply principles of health promotion and disease prevention that are evidence-based while delivering population-centered care to diverse populations in a variety of settings.
Keeping Sane During The Pandemic
Psychology professors and clinical psychologists Greg Smith and Michelle Martel will talk with Dean Mark Kornbluh about “Keeping Sane during the Pandemic.” They will discuss the impact of the pandemic on every stage of life, from raising children to the special needs of older adults, and offer practical coping strategies. They will also explore lasting shifts in social life as more and more of human life is mediated through technology. Even after the pandemic subsides, we will likely find the ways we intact with others changed and social life transformed.
A&S Jewish Studies Professor Helps Place Dead Sea Scroll Discovery in Context
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 23 2020) — It’s a 25,000-piece puzzle that researchers have longed to solve. That’s because the 25,000 fragments represent the Dead Sea Scrolls, and inside are ancient secrets — mysteries that have been locked away for 2,000 years.
For more than two decades, Brent Seales has doggedly labored to help solve the puzzle.