A Community Focused on Each Other, and Our State

Campus Community,

I know the past few months have caused feelings of uncertainty and strain for many members of the UK family. 

Today, at the Board of Trustees meeting, I presented the President’s Report (PR 1) that addressed the challenges facing higher education and how, together, we will move forward — with our mission to advance Kentucky as our guide. 

Please read the full PR 1 report here.

As you know, one of those challenges includes the rapid pace of change due to new federal policies and responding litigation. I communicated with you a few weeks ago that the Department of Homeland Security revoked the F-1 student visas and/or status for a small number of international graduate students at UK. This week, we learned that this decision has been reversed for those students and their status has been restored. University officials again immediately informed impacted students. Teams from across the university continue to monitor this important issue and any changes.

As a reminder, we continue to add federal policy updates and resources — including guidance for international students, employees and scholars — to this webpage.

Thank you for all that you do to uphold our promise to Kentucky.

Eli Capilouto

President