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143rd UK Commencement
Nearly 7,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students H. Smith, who died on Comair Flight 5191 when it crashed at
were honored during Commencement at Rupp Arena. The cere- Bluegrass Airport, was chosen for his many years of involvement
mony recognized spring 2010 graduates, as well as students who in Habitat for Humanity, in which he helped build houses for the
received their degrees in August and December 2009. poor in Lexington, West Africa, Sri Lanka, India, Mexico, North-
A Hrst for UK: To accommodate individuals who could not at- ern Ireland, South Africa and Gulfport, Miss., after Hurricane Ka-
tend the ceremony, UK broadcast the main ceremony live online. trina. Smith had been a UK employee from 1971 to1981.
It is now archived at wwwuky.edu/uknow Rebecca Elizabeth Linares of Louisville was selected as 2010’s
The speaker was David C. Novak, chairman, CEO and presi- graduating senior to receive the recognition for her various volun-
dent of Yum! Brands Inc., the Louisville-based Hrm that owns teer efforts. Linares, majoring in international studies and Spanish
KEC, Pizza Hut, and several other international chains. The stu- in the UK College of Arts & Sciences, has served as a tutor in an
dent speaker was Kara A. Sutton of Elizabethtown, a 4.0-GPA stu- after-school program at Cassidy Elementary School for newly ar-
dent who has served as a legislative intern to US. Sen. Mitch rived refugee children and she has volunteered as a teaching assis-
McConnell. She also was active in UK’s Student Government As- tant in the English as a Second Language program at Morton
sociation and DanceBlue, UK’s largest student-run philanthropy. Middle School in Lexington. She also served in internships with
A Habitat for Humanity activist who died in an August 2006 Kentucky Refugee Ministries in Lexington and with Kentucky
airplane crash and a student who has volunteered both locally and ]obs for ]ustice in Louisville. She traveled to Honduras, where she
in Latin America were honored with UK’s 2010 Algernon Sydney worked in a daycare center and to Peru, where she worked with in-
Sullivan Medallions for outstanding community service. Patrick digenous people.
U K C0 n n ects   h C h i n a doctorate in Chinese art history from the University of Oxford, has
been appointed to that role.
UK will be one of fewer than 300 organizations worldwide to host The UK Asia Center) an eight_s,eat_oTd intetdiseihiinats, unit that
a Confucius Institute, a nonpront educational entity devoted to pro- aiins to bring Asia into the euttieuiuin at UK and in Kentucky K_T2
nieting exenange between Cnina and etnet eenntties Tne tnstine' schools, led the effort to establish a Confucius Institute. In 2009, an
tien Was etneianii gtanted bY the Once etcninese Language Asia Center delegation to China selected Shanghai University as the
Cennen natetnatienat ideal partner for UK, based on its comprehensive focus and, in par-
“Th¢ C<>¤t¤¢i¤S imtitutc will img Chime kmguagc amd Culture ticuiar, its strengths in chinese language and in enc ms. The cre-
te ent eiassteenas and eenanninities aetess Kentnenies Sars Susan ation ofthe UK Confucius Institute solidines that partnership.
Carvalho, associate provost for international programs. Classes in qhe Confucius institute is natt ofthe Univetsitys sttateus, to nto_
conversational Chinese, business Chinese and Chinese art and cul- Vide out students With a skih set that Wih ahow theni to eoninete and
tnte Win be avanabie in tiewntewn Lexingten beginning tnis falk collaborate in the ever-changing global economy? says UK President
with statewide outreach through distance learning by the institute’s Lee Ta Todd Tn
second year.
Each year, UK’s partner institution, Shan hai University will send
at least two faculty members to Lexington E) teach language classes   IOW Gato      
and organize events promoting cultural exchange between China The UK Solar Car Team is Teekrrag forward to its raexr raee in June)
and tne United States? in and enthusiasm is high among the 20 or so students from the Col-
iidditien> Sniingnei - ·~ ·.-v _ L Q lege of Engineering who are active participants in readying Gato Del
UniVetsitY Win send   1 Sol IV to compete in the Eormula Sun Grand Prix in Cresson, Texas.
Visiting nienitY te tne ,4.._     K It’s the qualifying race for the following week’s American Solar Chal-
UK College etieine T '“ I . i `. A Ji ~ lenge, a 1,100-mile race from Tulsa, Okla., to Chicago, Ill.
Arts te oitcr niastet \   s Gato Del Sol IV is expected to be sleeker and lighter than its older
eiasses er te PattieiPate \ L r sister. Instead of 450 pounds, the car — aluminum chassis, motor
in regular ei¥isses· T » i|'/ ~~ and batteries, and shell —will shed 50 pounds.
The UK Confucius The team posts regular updates on its Web site at
institnte Win be One ef `_ _. _ - wwwengr.ul