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UK CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN RURAL HEALTH RECOGNIZES UK COLLEGE OF SOCIAL WORK MSW GRADUATES

By Shane Allen

Hazard, Ky. (May 23, 2013) –  The University of Kentucky (UK) Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) recognized the 2013 graduates of UK’s Southeast Kentucky Masters of Social Work (SEKY MSW) program.  Family members and friends gathered at the Knott County Central Auditorium in Hindman on May 3 to honor the 15 graduates during a commencement and community celebration.

Four students from the University of Kentucky have been selected as recipients of Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarships. The UK recipients are among 1,900 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad for the 2013-2014 academic year through the prestigious program. In addition, one of UK's four winners, medical student Juliana Odetunde, received one of only five prestigious Fulbright-Fogarty awards, which promote the expansion of research in public health and clinical research in resource-limited settings.

Kayla Combs Whitaker and Kimberly Boggs, rural project managers for the Kentucky Office of Rural Health (KORH), attended the National Rural Health Resource Center (NRHRC) Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Workshop in April in Duluth, Minnesota.

Topics at the workshop included national quality initiatives, Medicare beneficiary quality improvement project initiatives, rural health networking, assessing health needs and other topics relevant to rural health.

June 5-6, 2013