The Power of Our Community
Campus Community,
Welcome back to campus and to the start of a new and exciting semester.
Each spring, as our campus comes alive and hums with purpose, I am reinvigorated by the role we play as Kentucky’s university.
This is more than a place of learning — it’s a vibrant community bound by shared purpose and collective ambition.
Across our campus and throughout the Commonwealth, we see the impact of this collaboration in the essential care we provide, the discoveries we pursue and the lives we transform through it all.
This February, on Founder’s Day, we will mark UK’s 160th birthday.
As we celebrate all that we have accomplished as Kentucky’s university, this video and the stories of the people you hear in this spot remind me of an enduring truth: the power of a community lies not in the brilliance of one, but in the collaboration of many. This is the heart of what makes our university so special, and I hope you take a minute to watch what you make possible.
Thank you for your passion and dedication; for your unending belief in what we can achieve as the University of, for and with Kentucky.
I look forward to another remarkable semester as we advance Kentucky together.
Sincerely,
Eli Capilouto
President