'pportunities for UK students are not limited to the academic world. Involvement in the social and cultural aspects of University life also is important.
Recognizing this, the University provides the widest range of opportunities for personal and social development. If a student likes music, for instance, the Concert and Lecture Series brings outstanding soloists and symphonies on campus. There are chamber music concerts and hard rock concerts, impromptu bluegrass groups and flute recitals. If one likes to participate, opportunities aboundthere are several choral groups, a marching band, the symphony orchestra, the symphonic bandor there is always the guitar with a few friends under the trees. Whichever one chooses, at UK it's availableand there's someone to share it.
There are 22 national fraternities and 16 national sororities on campus. "Rush," or member recruitment, takes place before classes begin, and informally throughout the year.
In addition to supporting the various Wildcat and Lady Kat teams, men and women students take part
as individuals or in groups in competitive sports and in intramural programs. The Seaton Center houses facilities in basketball, volleyball, badminton, squash, wrestling, and table tennis. An Olympic-size swimming pool, tennis courts, and several sports fields are available to students.
A similar variety of opportunities in drama, student government, athletics, service organizations, and recreation, is available.
The city of Lexington also offers UK students much in the way of entertainment. Lexington has a Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Music Society, the Lexington Singers, a Council of Arts, and a local Ballet Company. Movie theaters, international restaurants, coffee-houses, top-ranked acts of all types at fabulous Rupp Arena in the Lexington Center, historical landmarks, parks, and shopping centers, thoroughbred and harness
racing, fine fishing in lakes, ponds and streams ... all in easy distance of the UK campus.
Tailgating at football games, lining up for tickets to see nationally famous Wildcat teams in Rupp Arena or Lady Kat games in Memorial Coliseum, participating in the "Little Kentucky Derby," attending concerts at the downtown arena or in the 11,500-seat Coliseum on the UK campus, visiting the internationally famous Kentucky Horse Park ... all just a few of the many attractions of Lexington and the University of Kentucky.