University of Kentucky 2010

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Photo courtesy of the
MacAdam Student Observatory.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Family Weekend
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Comprehensive information for a fun campus visit
6 | Welcome to Family Weekend 2010!
7 | Welcome from the Parent Association
8 | Family Weekend Schedule of Events
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Friday, November 5th, 2010
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Saturday, November 6th, 2010
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Sunday, November 7th, 2010
20 | Campus Map
22 | Campus Map Key
24 | Family Weekend Parking Information
25 | UK Football Non-Permit & Visitor Parking Map
26 | Residence Hall Check-In & Visitation Policies
28 | Getting Gameday Ready
31 | Commonwealth Stadium Map
32 | UK Football Express – Campus Shuttle Map
33 | UK Football Express – Downtown Shuttle Map
Lexington Community
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Make the most of your visit by getting to know the area
34 | Welcome to Lexington!
36 | Visiting Lexington
Resources
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Must-have knowledge to navigate your way
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About the UK Parent Association
UK Basics
Helpful Contacts
Dates to Know
Featured Sponsors
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Family Weekend - University of Kentucky
FAMILY WEEKEND
FAMILY WEEKEND
Welcome from
the Parent
Association
Dear UK Families,
I’m excited that your family is here to
experience the fun of a busy fall weekend
on campus. There is so much to do and
see, so take a moment to browse this
guide to get an overview. In these pages
you’ll find the Family Weekend schedule
of events, information on getting around
campus and Lexington, and everything
you need to know to get gameday ready
as the Cats take on Charleston Southern.
I am indebted to the many offices,
student organizations, and individuals
who contributed to the planning and
execution of Family Weekend. Without
the support of the UK community, this
weekend wouldn’t be possible. I know
you will pass your thanks on to them
as well throughout the weekend.
I hope you will enjoy being part
of your student’s UK experience
for a weekend! Go Cats!
Welcome to Family Weekend
Best wishes,
Dear UK Families,
Welcome to Family Weekend! We are thrilled you will be able to spend some time on our
campus, learning more about how your student spends time at the University of Kentucky.
While we are sure we will see many of you donning your blue and white at the football
game, we encourage you to investigate more of our other campus offerings while you
are here. Many of our colleges and academic programs will host open houses and
receptions, and our MacAdam Student Observatory will offer a brief lecture and a tour.
If you have never had the pleasure of visiting our observatory, it is an absolute must.
Thank you, again, for spending some
time with us this weekend. We look
forward to seeing you around campus!
Sincerely,
Lee T. Todd, Jr.
President
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Nancy Stephens
UK Parent Association Coordinator
Office of New Student &
Parent Programs
Patsy Todd
First Lady
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Family Weekend
Schedule of Events
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5
6 a.m. – 12 midnight Johnson
Student Recreation Center
(South Campus, Complex Drive)
Families are welcome to tour UK’s state-ofthe-art recreation facility, which features a
climbing wall, multi-purpose gymnasium,
four-lane elevated jogging track, aerobics
studios, racquetball courts, and more.
Families are invited to work out with their
students (valid UK student ID required;
guests must be at least 14 years old).
Parking is available in Parking Structure
#7 located on Sports Center Drive; please
see www.uky.edu/parking for information
about hourly/daily parking rates.
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8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. UK Visitor Center
(Main Building) Stop by the Visitor Center to get
information about campus and Lexington. Parking is available in Parking Structure
#5 located on South Limestone (next
to Kennedy Book Store); please see
www.uky.edu/parking for information
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Lexington
Convention and Visitors Bureau
(301 East Vine Street downtown)
Get information about the wide variety
of activities Lexington has to offer. Pick
up copies of Lexington’s Visitor Planning
Guide and maps of driving and walking
tours. At the Visitors Bureau you can
purchase a pass to tour four of Lexington’s
historic homes (Ashland, the Henry Clay
Estate; Waveland State Historic Site;
the Mary Todd Lincoln House; and the
Hunt-Morgan House) for just $15! This
pass is good for a year after the date of
purchase. Check out www.visitlex.com or
call 1-800-845-3959 or (859) 233-7299 for
more great information about Lexington.
12 noon – 8 p.m. UK Art Museum
(Located in the Singletary
Center for the Arts)
Visit the Art Museum’s exciting exhibition,
“Hoofbeats and Heartbeats: The Horse
in American Art.” With more than 50
paintings and sculptures by artists such as
Thomas Hart Benton, Frederic Remington,
Edward Troye, and Grant Wood, this
groundbreaking exhibition explores the
important role the horse has played in
American history. On view in our upstairs
gallery, you’ll find selections from the
Museum’s extensive permanent collection
as well as the latest exhibition in the Robert
C. May Photography Series. Call (859) 2575716 or visit www.uky.edu/ArtMuseum for
further information. Until 6 p.m., parking is
available in Parking Structure #5 located
on South Limestone (next to Kennedy
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2 p.m. – 6 p.m. Chinese Painting
and Calligraphy Exhibition
(Rasdall Gallery, Student Center)
To celebrate the grand opening of the
UK Confucius Institute, the university’s
new center for Chinese language and
arts in the Commonwealth, traditional
and contemporary Chinese painting and
calligraphy will be featured in the Rasdall
Gallery. Everyone is invited to take in this
vibrant display of ink and color! For more
information, call (859) 257-4607, e-mail
[email protected], or visit www.uky.edu/
Confucius. Parking is available in Parking
Structure #5 located on South Limestone
(next to Kennedy Book Store); please
see www.uky.edu/parking for information
3:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. UK College of
Arts & Sciences Open House
Book Store); please see www.uky.edu/
parking for information about hourly/daily
parking rates. Free parking is available in
Employee “E” lots on North Campus after
3:30 p.m. Friday and all day Saturday and
Sunday. E lots are located on Martin Luther
King Boulevard and Avenue of Champions
(next to the UK Bookstore/Student Center).
1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Ask an
Academic Advisor
(109 Miller Hall)
Do you and your student have questions
about majors and other academic matters
at UK? Would you like a referral to an
appropriate campus resource? Academic
advisors from Undergraduate Studies
are available to answer the questions
you and your student might have as
registration for spring semester classes
approaches in the months ahead. Parking is available in Parking Structure
#5 located on South Limestone (next
to Kennedy Book Store); please see
www.uky.edu/parking for information
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(Hilary J. Boone Center, 510 Rose Street)
Envision the future of your student and
see what Arts and Sciences Envision 2020
is all about. Enjoy light refreshments
while visiting with A&S faculty members,
A&S advisors, A&S Ambassadors,
and A&S Dean’s List recipients and
their families. Dean Mark Lawrence
Kornbluh will address the group at 4
p.m. Parking is available in the Boone
Center parking lot directly behind the
facility with entry via Columbia Avenue.
4 p.m. – 7 p.m. Family
Weekend Check-in
(Cats Den, 1st floor Student Center)
Make plans to swing by the Cats Den
to pick up the official Family Weekend
Guide, an indispensible go-to guide for the
weekend. You’ll also want to check out the
resource fair where you’ll have a chance to
learn more about offices and organizations
around the University, including Information
Technology, University Health Service,
Academic Enhancement, Violence
Intervention and Prevention Center,
Disability Resource Center, Education
Abroad, Counseling Center, Off-campus
Student Services, Kentuckian yearbook,
First Scholars, the Career Center, and the
Alcohol & Health Education Office. Learn
more about the history of UK by viewing
treasures from University Archives. The
Lexington Visitors Bureau will share the
best of the Bluegrass with you. Enjoy light
refreshments, giveaways, and the chance
to learn more about UK and Lexington!
Free parking is available in Employee
“E” lots on North Campus after 3:30 p.m.
Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday.
E lots are located on Martin Luther King
Boulevard and Avenue of Champions (next
to the UK Bookstore/Student Center).
4 p.m. – 7 p.m. UK Information
Technology Open House
(UKIT Help Desk, 255 Student Center)
Did you know UK has a new mobile
application, UKMobile? Did you know UK
students receive discounts on computers,
printers, and other technology devices?
Did you know UK students can also receive
free and discounted software? Did you
know that UKIT employs over 100 students
in various student positions? During the
Open House UKIT staff will be available
to answer technology questions, provide
online information, and distribute student
applications for Spring 2011 positions. Free
parking is available in Employee “E” lots
on North Campus after 3:30 p.m. Friday
and all day Saturday and Sunday. E
lots are located on Martin Luther King
4 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. UK College of
Agriculture Chili Competition
(E.S. Good Barn located on Farm Road)
College of Agriculture & School of
Human Environmental Sciences students
and their families are invited to a chili
competition featuring our student
organizations and other members of
our College of Ag community. Meet
staff and faculty from across the College
and vote for your favorite bowl! Free
on South Campus after 3:30 p.m. Friday
and all day Saturday and Sunday.
7 p.m. UK Men’s Basketball vs. Dillard
(Rupp Arena)
The UK Athletics Department is giving
Family Weekend participants a special
opportunity to purchase tickets before they
go on sale to the general public! Tickets
to the UK-Dillard exhibition game will be
available exclusively for Family Weekend
participants, beginning Tuesday, October
12, at 9 a.m. Starting October 20 at 9 a.m.,
tickets will be on sale to the general public.
Family Weekend guests can purchase
both guest tickets and student tickets,
sitting next to each other. Be sure to
reference Family Weekend when calling
the Ticket Office. UK student tickets
are $5 with a valid student ID. Guest
tickets are $35 each. Tickets for Family
Weekend guests may only be purchased
by phone or in person. Call the Wildcat
Ticket Office at (800) 928-2287 or (859)
257-1818 to order tickets. The Ticket
Office is located in the Joe Craft Center
behind Memorial Coliseum on campus
and is open Monday through Friday from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. You are encouraged
to purchase tickets at your earliest
convenience. Given the high demand for
UK athletic tickets, the Parent Association
and UK Athletics Department cannot
guarantee availability. Last year the Family
Weekend ticket allotment sold out in one
day. For complete game day information,
visit www.ukathletics.com. Go Cats!
7 p.m. Second City Comedy Troupe
(Memorial Hall)
This Family Weekend the Student Activities
Board (SAB) is inviting the whole family out
for a night of laughs with Chicago’s famed
comedy troupe. The Second City has
sold out crowds across America and SAB
expects UK to be no different, so plan to
attend the most hilarious night on campus. Tickets are $5 for UK students and $10 for
members of the general public and may
be purchased at the Student Center Ticket
Office (253 Student Center), by calling (859)
257-TICS, or visiting www.ticketmaster.com. The Student Center Ticket Office is open
Monday through Friday from 10 a.m.
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to 5 p.m. Phone orders are subject to a
$3 convenience charge. Parking Structure
#2 on Hilltop Avenue will be open and
free of charge after 3:30 p.m. Friday and
all day Saturday and Sunday. For more
information, check out www.uksab.org. 7 p.m. Lexington Ghost
Walk and Creepy Crawl
(Departs from Sawyer’s Downtown Grille,
325 W. Main near the corner of Broadway)
This annual guided walk through
downtown’s historic streets recounts
legendary tales of history, haunts,
duels, and disasters. The tour lasts
approximately 90 minutes. Cost: $10 for
adults and $5 for children 12 and under.
Reservations are not necessary. For
more information, call (859) 825-8702
or visit www.lexingtonghostwalk.com.
7:30 p.m. UK Women’s
Choir Fall Concert
(Singletary Center for the Arts Recital Hall)
Don’t miss this concert featuring the
award-winning UK Women’s Choir and
the elite women’s pop acappella group
“Paws and Listen.” Preshow begins at 7:15
p.m. with Paws and Listen. Tickets are
available at the Singletary Center box office
both prior to and the evening of the show. Adult tickets are $10, and student tickets
are $5. Visit www.uky.edu/SCFA for more
information. Free parking is available in
controlled and can point to any point in the
sky with a precision of 1/30 of the apparent
diameter of a Full Moon. Astronomical
images of galaxies, star clusters, and
nebulae (taken from the center of a city of
200,000+), along with information about
our outreach programs can be found
online at www.pa.uky.edu/observatory.
Make plans to attend a brief overview of
the observatory and then head across
the street to take your own look at the
night sky (weather permitting)! Parking
Structure #2 on Hilltop Avenue will be
open and free of charge after 3:30 p.m.
9 p.m. Lexington Ghost
This annual guided walk through downtown’s
historic streets recounts legendary tales of
history, haunts, duels, and disasters. The
tour lasts approximately 90 minutes. Cost:
$10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and
under. Reservations are not necessary.
For more information, call (859) 825-8702
8 p.m. – 9 p.m. Welcome to the
MacAdam Student Observatory!
(155 Chemistry-Physics Building)
You knew you would have a chance to
explore campus during Family Weekend,
but did you think you would get to explore
space, too? Finished in the fall of 2007,
UK’s MacAdam Student Observatory
is used each year by 2,000 students
and 1,000 members of the surrounding
community. The 20” telescope is robotically
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12 midnight UK Ice Hockey
(Lexington Ice Center, 560
Eureka Springs Drive)
Watch the Cool Cats take to the ice
against Bowling Green State University.
Ice hockey is one of the largest spectator
sports at UK! General admission tickets
are $5 and can be purchased at the
door beginning at 11:30 p.m. For more
information, visit www.ukhockey.com.
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on North Campus after 3:30 p.m. Friday
and all day Saturday and Sunday. E
9 a.m. – 12 noon UK Visitor Center
(Main Building) Stop by the Visitor Center to get
information about campus and Lexington. Free parking is available in Employee
“E” lots on North Campus after 3:30 p.m.
E lots are located on Martin Luther King
9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. UK Alumni
Association Legacy Family Brunch
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6
Johnson Student Recreation Center
Families are welcome to tour UK’s
state-of-the-art recreation facility, which
features a climbing wall, multi-purpose
gymnasium, four-lane elevated jogging
track, aerobics studios, racquetball
courts, and more. Families are invited
to work out with their students (valid UK
student ID required; guests must be at
least 14 years old). The Johnson Center’s
Saturday hours will be determined by
kick-off of the UK – Charleston Southern
football game. Call (859) 257-3928
or visit www.uky.edu/StudentAffairs/
CampusRec to verify hours prior to your
visit that day. Free parking is available
in Employee “E” lots and Commuter “C”
lots on South Campus after 3:30 p.m.
7 a.m. – 3 p.m. Lexington
Farmers Market
(Cheapside Park)
Enjoy a morning visit to downtown
Lexington, and check out fruits and
vegetables, herbs, flowers, jams and
jellies, honey, Kentucky specialties,
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and more. For more information, visit
www.lexingtonfarmersmarket.com.
8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. UK College
of Engineering Pancake Breakfast
(Ralph G. Anderson Building Commons) Engineering students and their families are
invited to a pancake breakfast featuring
exhibits from each department and student
organizations. Free parking is available in
9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Honors
(King Alumni House)
Enjoy a delicious meal, meet fellow UK
Legacy families and UK Alumni Association
staff, and let us show our appreciation
for you! A UK Legacy is any child whose
mother, father, or step-parent has earned
a baccalaureate, graduate, doctorate, or
professional degree from the University of
Kentucky. At the event, you can learn ways
parents and students can get involved
on campus and stay connected to the
university. Come as you are in your UK gear
and after the event, we’ll send you off with
some pom-poms and other spirit items so
you can cheer on the Cats as they battle
Charleston Southern on the field. RSVP
for this free event online at www.ukalumni.
net/brunch or by calling (859) 257-8905
or 1-800-269-ALUM. Free parking is
available in Employee “E” lots behind
the King Alumni House after 3:30 p.m.
Program Open House
(Patterson Hall Main Lobby, North Campus)
Families of current Honors Program
students are invited to join us at the Honors
Program Open House to meet their son or
daughter’s Honors professors, mentors,
and classmates. Join in some fun activities,
meet the Patterson Residence Life staff,
and enjoy free coffee and donuts! Free
10 a.m. UK College of Nursing
Information Session
(315 Nursing Learning Center
Building, 751 Rose Street) Come by the College of Nursing to find
out what it’s REALLY like to be a nursing
student. We’ll start promptly at 10 a.m.
with a brief information session before
departing on a tour of the College,
including a chance to see labs and areas
typically off-limits to the general public.
You’ll learn more about the rigors of the
program, meet current students, and
have your questions answered. Call (859)
323-5108 or visit www.mc.uky.edu/nursing
for more information. Free parking is
available in Parking Structure #3, located
on Huguelet Avenue (behind the Kentucky
Clinic, off Limestone); please do not park
in spaces reserved for the Twilight Clinic.
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Lexington
(301 East Vine Street downtown)
Get information about the wide variety
of activities Lexington has to offer. Pick
up copies of Lexington’s Visitor Planning
Guide and maps of driving and walking
tours. At the Visitors Bureau you can
purchase a pass to tour four of Lexington’s
historic homes (Ashland, the Henry Clay
Estate; Waveland State Historic Site;
the Mary Todd Lincoln House; and the
Hunt-Morgan House) for just $15! This
pass is good for a year after the date of
purchase. Check out www.visitlex.com or
call 1-800-845-3959 or (859) 233-7299 for
more great information about Lexington.
2 ½ Hours before the UK –
Charleston Southern Football Game
Family Weekend Tent Party
(Tent located at the corner of Farm
Road and Nicholasville Road next to
the Gluck Equine Research Center)
Enjoy a delicious barbecue meal,
entertainment, and giveaways as we get
ready to watch the Cats take on Charleston
Southern! There will be something for
Wildcat fans of all ages! Even if you are
not attending the game, you are welcome
to attend. Tickets are $5 per person,
and UK students get a free ticket with a
valid student ID. All attendees must have
a ticket for admission. Tickets may be
purchased at the Student Center Ticket
Office Monday through Friday from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Call (859) 257-TICS and pay
by Visa or MasterCard (phone orders are
subject to a $3 convenience charge)
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or have your student stop by room 253
Student Center to pay with cash, check,
Visa, MasterCard, or Plus Account. Tickets
must be purchased in advance by 5 p.m.
on November 5; no refunds will be issued
after this date. Tickets will not be available
for sale at the tent. Free parking is
available in Parking Structure #2 on Hilltop
Avenue, Parking Structure #3 on Huguelet
Avenue (except for spaces reserved for
the Twilight Clinic), and Parking Structure
#6 located on Virginia Avenue. Parking is
available for a $20 fee in Parking Structure
#7 located on Sports Center Drive.
Time TBA UK Football vs.
Charleston Southern
(Commonwealth Stadium) Tickets for Family Weekend guests may
only be purchased by phone or in person. Call the Wildcat Ticket Office at 1-800928-2287 or (859) 257-1818 to order
tickets. The Ticket Office is located in
the Joe Craft Center behind Memorial
Coliseum on campus and is open Monday
through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Family Weekend guests can purchase
both guest tickets and UK student tickets,
sitting next to each other (students who
have purchased season football tickets
will not be able to sit with their families). Be sure to reference Family Weekend
when calling the Ticket Office. UK student
tickets are $5 with a valid UK student ID. Guest tickets are $41 each. Each ticket
order will incur a processing fee of $10.
You are encouraged to purchase tickets
at your earliest convenience. Given
the high demand for UK athletic tickets,
the Parent Association and UK Athletics
Department cannot guarantee availability.
For complete game day information, visit
http://ukathletics.com/fbgameday. You’ll
find information on shuttles from campus
and downtown, parking, disability services,
stadium regulations, and more. Go Cats!
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“Hoofbeats and Heartbeats: The Horse in
American Art.” With more than 50 paintings
and sculptures by artists such as Thomas
Hart Benton, Frederic Remington, Edward
Troye, and Grant Wood, this groundbreaking
exhibition explores the important role the
horse has played in American history. On
view in our upstairs gallery, you’ll find
selections from the Museum’s extensive
permanent collection as well as the
latest exhibition in the Robert C. May
Photography Series. Call (859) 257-5716 or
visit www.uky.edu/ArtMuseum for further
information. Free parking is available in
Employee “E” lots on North Campus. E
6 p.m. Mass at Catholic
Newman Center
(Catholic Newman Center, 320
Rose Lane, off Rose Street)
Visit www.uknewmancenter.org. Free
parking is available in Employee “E”
lots located on North Campus and
in Newman Center parking lots.
6:30 p.m. UK Confucius Institute
Inaugural Ceremony Concert – “China
in the Commonwealth: A Musical
Celebration Featuring Musicians from
China and the University of Kentucky”
(Singletary Center for the Arts Concert Hall)
Join UK President Lee T. Todd, Jr. and
dignitaries from China and the United
States to celebrate the inauguration of
the UK Confucius Institute. The highlight
of the evening will be a concert featuring
Chinese and Western music by wellknown musicians from China and the UK
Orchestra. This event is free of charge,
but seating is limited. Ticket reservations
are encouraged. For more information,
call (859) 257-4607, e-mail confucius@
uky.edu, or visit www.uky.edu/Confucius.
“E” lots on North Campus. E lots are
located on Martin Luther King Boulevard
and Avenue of Champions (next to
the UK Bookstore/Student Center).
7:30 p.m. – 12 midnight Big
Band Swing Dance
(Student Center Grand Ballroom)
The Hepcats and the UK School of Music
are teaming up for this Big Band Swing
Dance collaboration. Music will be
provided by the Kentucky Jazz Repertory
Orchestra (KJRO), directed by UK School
of Music professors Miles Osland and
Dick Domek. KJRO consists of the finest
and most talented faculty, alumni, and
musicians from Kentucky-area colleges
and universities. For this event, KJRO
will play original swing-era arrangements
by artists such as Duke Ellington, Glenn
Miller, Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford,
Lionel Hampton, and Artie Shaw. For more
information, visit www.luv2swingdance.
com or contact Mike Richardson at (859)
420-2426 or [email protected].
12 midnight UK Ice Hockey
(Lexington Ice Center, 560
Eureka Springs Drive)
Watch the Cool Cats take to the ice
against Bowling Green State University.
Ice hockey is one of the largest spectator
sports at UK! General admission tickets
are $5 and can be purchased at the
door beginning at 11:30 p.m. For more
information, visit www.ukhockey.com.
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Business casual dress is appropriate; no
denim please. Brunch will be served from
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. For more information on
Spindletop, visit www.spindletophall.org.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7
Dawn to Dusk Arboretum
(Alumni Drive east of
Commonwealth Stadium)
Take a stroll on the 2.1 mile paved
walkway meandering through Kentucky’s
official state botanical garden. The path
includes “Walk across Kentucky,” an
educational exploration of the various
specimens of trees, shrubs, grasses and
other plant life native to one of the seven
physiographic regions of Kentucky. Free
parking is available at the Arboretum.
9 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 5 p.m., 8:30 p.m. Mass at Catholic Newman Center
(Catholic Newman Center, 320
Rose Lane, off Rose Street)
Visit www.uknewmancenter.org. Free
parking is available in Employee “E”
lots located on North Campus and
in Newman Center parking lots.
11 a.m. – 12 midnight Johnson
Student Recreation Center
Families are welcome to tour UK’s state-ofthe-art recreation facility, which features a
climbing wall, multi-purpose gymnasium,
four-lane elevated jogging track, aerobics
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Daylight Saving Time ends
at 2 a.m. Don’t forget to set
your clocks an hour back!
studios, racquetball courts, and more.
Families are invited to work out with their
students (valid UK student ID required;
guests must be at least 14 years old). Free
parking is available in Parking Structure
#7 located on Sports Center Drive.
12 noon – 2 p.m. Sunday Brunch
at Historic Spindletop Hall
(Spindletop Hall, 3414 Ironworks Pike)
Join UK administrators and faculty for
a delicious Sunday brunch at historic
Spindletop, UK’s private club for faculty,
staff, and alumni. An adult brunch is $20,
children 6 – 11 dine for $10, and children 2 –
5 dine for $4. Tickets are limited and must
be purchased in advance by November 3;
no refunds will be issued after this date.
Tickets may be purchased at the Student
Center Ticket Office Monday through
Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call (859) 257TICS and pay by Visa or MasterCard (phone
orders are subject to a $3 convenience
charge) or have your student stop by room
253 Student Center to pay with cash,
check, Visa, MasterCard, or Plus Account.
“Hoofbeats and Heartbeats: The Horse
in American Art.” With more than 50
paintings and sculptures by artists
such as Thomas Hart Benton, Frederic
Remington, Edward Troye, and Grant
Wood, this groundbreaking exhibition
explores the important role the horse has
played in American history. On view in
our upstairs gallery, you’ll find selections
from the Museum’s extensive permanent
collection as well as the latest exhibition
in the Robert C. May Photography Series.
Call (859) 257-5716 or visit www.uky.
edu/ArtMuseum for further information.
1 p.m. UK Men’s Soccer
vs. South Carolina
(UK Soccer Complex, College
Way off Alumni Drive)
As a special treat for Family Weekend
guests, any UK student wishing to bring
his or her family to the game can get 2
adults and 2 children in for free in addition
to the regular free student admission
(with a valid student ID). Additional
tickets are $5 for adults and $2 for
children. Tickets are general admission
and may be purchased by calling the
Wildcat Ticket Office at 1-800-928-2287
or at the ticket office prior to, or on the
day of, the game. Visit www.ukathletics.
com for more information. Parking is free
and available at the Soccer Complex.
3 p.m. UK Percussion
Ensemble Concert
(Singletary Center for the Arts Concert Hall)
Under the direction of James Campbell, the
UK Percussion Ensemble has won the
prestigious Percussive Arts Society
Collegiate Percussion Ensemble
Contest three times and is nationally and
regionally recognized for its excellence
and innovative programming. This
popular ensemble performs cutting-edge
percussion literature written for large
forces and demands unflinching intensity
of concentration, sustained, vigorous
athleticism and, at times, the quiet intensity
and slow balance of martial arts. Although
a UK Percussion Ensemble concert is
visually and sonically dramatic, it is not so
much theater as it is ritual – performers
in search of a shared experience. The
concert is free and open to the public.
and Avenue of Champions (next to the
UK Bookstore/Student Center).
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UK Campus Map Key
ASTC
0286
A.S.T.E.C.C. Building
I6
CH
0094
Cooper House
E15
n/a
0011
Keeneland Hall
K2
AT
0481
Academic/Tech (BCTC)
J18
DH
0017
Dickey Hall
F3
n/a
0293
Kentucky Children’s
Hospital
G12
AE
0276
Agricultural Engineering
E16
DON
0072
Donovan Hall
I10
n/a
0284
Kentucky Clinic
G9
AGSC
0276
Ag. Science Center
Complex
E16
MWC
0350
Drug & Alcohol
Research Center
E7
WASH
0149
Kirwan Tower
K13
PEN
0041
Pence Hall
I7
OHR
0281
Raymond Civil
Engineering Bldg
H6
RB
0101
Reynolds
WarehouseS 1-4
F2
AGN
ARR
AG
RGAN
AH/
FPAT
0091
0215
0029
0503
0046
Ag. Science
Center North
F14
Ag. Science Center
South (Garrigus Bldg)
F15
Alumni Gym
J3
Anderson Bldg
(Mechanical
Engineering)
Anderson Hall Tower
ECL
ML
0050
0038
Early Childhood
Laboratory
Engineering Annex
H7
EH
0050
Erikson Hall
H7
ESGB
0097
E. S. Good Barn
F17
FA
0022
Fine Arts Guignol Bldg
K6
I6
LCLI
H6
0224
Fine Arts Library
0031
Frazee Hall
I4
0054
Funkhouser Bldg
H7
ALH
0119
Alumni House
L6
AP
0076
Animal Pathology
H12
GCH2
0344
Gaines Center
Betts House
M3
n/a
0566
Baldwin Hall
L14
GCH1
0432
M3
BH
0028
Barker Hall
Gaines Center
Commonwealth House
CEBA
0276
Barnhart Building
E16
BDH
0343
Gaines Center
Davis House
M3
BPC
0596
BiologicalPharmaceutical (BP)
E9
Gatton Business &
Economics Bldg
H5
0225
BE
Biological Sciences
Building
H9
0034
GB
0033
Gillis Bldg
(Administration Annex)
H5
GERC
0099
Gluck Equine
Research Bldg
D17
n/a
0145
Blanding Tower
J13
n/a
0012
Blazer Hall
K3
n/a
0014
Boone Center
J8
EGJ
0042
Grehan Journalism Bldg
I7
BOW
0059
Bowman Hall
H8
GUI
0022
Guignol Theatre
K6
BOYD
0008
Boyd Hall
J3
n/a
0283
Hagan Baseball Stadium
M15
BRAD
0058
Bradley Hall
I8
HAHL
0111
Haggin Hall
I10
BREC
0056
Breckinridge Hall
H8
HH
0010
Hamilton House
K2
n/a
0023
Campus Police
M6
GH
0154
Headhouse
Greenhouses 1-12
G14
CP
0055
Chemistry-Physics
Building
I8
HS
0232
Health Sciences
Learning Center
G10
COMB
CN
n/a
9983
0232
0082
College of Medicine
Office Bldg
E10
College of Nursing
G10
College of
Pharmacy Bldg
0119
King Alumni Building
L6
KH
0057
Kinkead Hall
I8
n/a
0071
K-Lair Grill
I10
L
0024
Lafferty Hall
J6
RMB
0108
Robotics Facility CRMS
H6
SBCA
0230
Sanders-Brown
Center on Aging
F10
SSB
0002
Scott Street Bldg
G4
AES
0064
Scovell Hall
G8
SB
0219
Seaton Center
I14
LAC
0212
Lancaster Aquatics
I14
LAW
0048
Law Building
G7
LRC
0417
Learning Services
G7
LCLI
0224
Lucille C Little Fine
Arts Library
J6
MAIN
0032
Main Building
I5
SPC
0113
Shively Sports Center
L15
KL
0039
Margaret I. King Library
J6
SCFA
0241
Singletary Center
for The Arts
K6
RPCA
0093
Markey Cancer Center
G11
SRB
0053
Slone Research Bldg
H8
MAHO
0322
Math House
L9
n/a
0565
Smith Hall
L13
MAT
0047
Mathews Bldg
G6
JWST
0494
Stuckert Career Center
L6
MKH
0345
Max Kade German
House
M3
SC
0030
Student Center
J4
n/a
0040
Maxwell Place
J7
SCA
0026
Student Center Addition
J4
MCV
0045
Mcvey Hall
I7
TEB
0001
Taylor Education Bldg
G3
DVT
0052
Terrel Civil
Engineering Bldg
G7
TPC
0073
Thomas Poe Cooper
Forestry Bldg
H10
J6
FH
I4
ALH
I6
FB
BS
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For a complete map of
campus, please visit maps.
uky.edu/campusmap, or stop
by the Visitors Center
HSRE
0305
Health Sciences
Research Bldg
H12
n/a
0006
Holmes Hall
J2
n/a
0567
Ingels Hall
K14
G10
n/a
0003
College of Public Health
G8
JSR
0007
Jewell Hall
J3
n/a
0222
Commonwealth Stadium
I19
n/a
0220
Johnson Student
Recreation Center
I15
CCRC
0096
Combs Cancer
Research Center
H11
KAS
0044
Kastle Hall
I7
MC
0019
Memorial Coliseum
MEH
0049
Memorial Hall
H6
MAB
0207
Metal Arts Bldg
F2
MH
0035
Miller Hall
I5
UH
0293
UK Chandler Hospital
G12
MIIN
0051
Mineral Industries Bldg
G7
n/a
8633
UK Healthcare Good
Samaritan Hospital
L2
MMRB
0107
Mining & Minerals
Research Bldg
J8
n/a
0582
University Health
Service
F11
MB
0274
Moloney Building (BCTC)
I17
n/a
0032
Visitors Center
I5
n/a
0568
North Hall
K3
WGRL
0070
I9
n/a
0285
Nutter Field House
J20
Wenner-Gren
Research Lab
NFTF
0277
Nutter Football
Training Facility
L15
CTW
0200
Wethington Allied
Health Building
F11
ER
0021
Old Engineers
Residence
K6
SJW
0043
Whalen Bldg
G5
CB
0025
White Hall
Classroom Bldg
I5
OB
0235
Oswald Bldg (BCTC)
I17
PAHA
0009
Patterson Hall
K2
WTYL
0456
W.T. Young Library
K10
OT
0027
Patterson Office Tower
I5
n/a
0242
Wildcat Lodge
L3
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Family Weekend
Parking Information
t Most employee lots and student
commuter lots are accessible
and available on weekends.
Permits are not required after
3:30 p.m. Friday afternoons until
5 a.m. Monday mornings.
t Signs are posted at the entrance
of each lot to make you aware
of parking regulations.
t Do not park in “R” (residential) lots.
Please note that the lot located
between Memorial Coliseum and
Blazer Hall off Martin Luther King Blvd.
has both employee and R1 parking in
it; visitors are welcome to park in the
employee section over the weekend.
t Spaces for visitors with disabilities are
located throughout campus in close
proximity to entrances of University
buildings. These spaces, however,
typically require a disabled permit
issued by Parking Services or a gate
attendant. During Family Weekend
only, Parking Services will allow use
of state-issued disabled permits. If
you need assistance with locating
accessible parking, please contact UK
Parking at (859) 257-5757 or toll-free at
(800) 441-0555. You can contact them
via e-mail at [email protected].
t For information on visitor parking
at UK, please visit www.uky.edu/
Parking/parking-visitors.html. For a
parking map, please visit www.uky.
edu/Parking/parking-maps.html.
t Contact UK Parking at (859) 2575757 or toll-free at (800) 4410555. You can reach Bluegrass
Towing at (859) 233-9711.
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Single Gender Residence Halls
Residence Hall Check-In
& Visitation Policies
In all single gender halls, the visitation
policy is gender-specific. In these halls,
visitation by members of the same
gender, whether they live in the hall or
not, is permitted 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week. Three guest visitation options
are offered in single gender halls:
Residence Hall Check-in Policy
All guests, including family members and
students who live in university housing,
must be logged on the visitation log at
the front desk and be escorted by their
host at all times while in the building.
In addition, guests are required to
leave their own picture identification at
the front desk, which will be returned
when the guest leaves the hall.
Option 1: (24 – 7) Guests of the
opposite gender are permitted to visit
24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This
policy applies to the following halls:
Please note that while the policy
typically limits each resident to two
guests at a time, during Family Weekend
additional guests will be allowed as
long as they are family members.
Option 2: (24-hour Weekends) Guests
of the opposite gender are permitted to
visit from 12 p.m. – 12 a.m. Monday –
Thursday and then 24 hours a day from
Friday at 12 p.m. until Sunday at 12 a.m.
This policy applies to the following halls:
t Alpha Tau
Omega Fraternity
t Delta Sigma
Phi Fraternity
Residence Hall Visitation Policy
Different residence halls have different
visitation policies, so please pay attention
to the policy that governs the halls you
may be visiting during Family Weekend.
Option 1: (24 – 7) Guests from outside the
hall (regardless of gender) are permitted
to visit 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
This policy applies to the following halls:
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Fraternity
t Sigma Chi
Fraternity
t Blazer Hall
t Kirwan 1
t Donovan Hall
t Sigma Alpha
t Haggin Hall
Epsilon House
(410 Rose Lane)
t Jewell Hall
Option 3: (Limited) Guests of the opposite
gender are permitted to visit from 12
p.m. – 12 a.m. Sunday – Thursday and
from 12 p.m. – 2 a.m. Friday – Saturday.
This policy applies to the following hall:
Co-educational Residence Halls
In all co-ed halls, “in-hall” visitation
(students who live in the same hall visiting
each other) is permitted 24 hours a day,
7 days a week. In addition, the visitation
policy in co-ed halls is gender-neutral
(no distinction as to gender). Two guest
visitation options are offered in co-ed halls:
t Phi Delta Theta
t Wildcat Lodge
Option 2: (24-hour Weekends) Guests
from outside the hall (regardless of
gender) are permitted to visit from
12 p.m. – 12 a.m. Monday – Thursday
and then 24 hours a day from Friday
at 12 p.m. until Sunday at 12 a.m. This
policy applies to the following halls:
t Baldwin Hall
t North Hall
t Blanding 2
t Kirwan 3
t Blanding 1
t Holmes Hall
t Blanding 3
t Kirwan 4
t Blanding 4
t Ingels Hall
t Keeneland Hall
t Patterson Hall
t Blanding Tower
t Smith Hall
t Kirwan 2
t German House
t Kirwan Tower
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Getting Gameday Ready
Who’s ready to cheer on the Cats to victory? Here’s
all the information you’ll need to enjoy the game!
UK Football Express Shuttles
CAMPUS ROUTE – $2 ONE-WAY
Post-Game Details
Pre-Game Details
t Begins 2 hours prior to kick-off and is
TRAFFIC
Tune in to 1700AM on your
radio for traffic information.
PARKING
t Parking at Commonwealth
Stadium is reserved for season
ticket holders with permits.
t Visitors are encouraged to
utilize shuttles due to the
limited nature of non-reserved
parking on or near campus.
t On-campus parking is available
in the following areas:
t
Parking Structure #2 – accessible
from University Drive/Hilltop Avenue
near the WT Young Library
t
Parking Structure #3 – Kentucky
Clinic parking off Huguelet Avenue
t
Parking Structure #6 – On the corner
of Virginia Avenue and Press Avenue
t Parking Structure #7 on Sports Center
Drive is operated by UK Parking and
opens four (4) hours prior to kick-off.
After the structure opens for business,
each vehicle will be charged a fee of
$20 instead of the regular hourly rate.
Parking in the structure will not be
restricted to only football fans; however,
the $20 fee will apply. Employee and
student permits will not be accepted
during this time. Information about
parking in Parking Structure #7 on days
of home football games is available on
the Parking & Transportation Services
website at www.uky.edu/Parking.
suspended 30 minutes after kick-off
t Shuttle will pick up at the corner of Rose
St. and Huguelet, servicing Parking
Structures #2 and #3 and in front of
the Kentucky Clinic off Nicholasville
Road, servicing the Visitor RV lot.
t Shuttle will drop off at the corner of
Cooper Dr. and University Dr. adjacent
to Parking Structure #1 northwest
of Commonwealth Stadium
Post-Game Details
t Begins at the start of the fourth
quarter and ends 1 hour post-game
t Shuttle will pick up at the corner of
t Shuttle will drop off at the corner
of Rose St. and Huguelet
DOWNTOWN ROUTE – $2.50
ONE-WAY, $5 ROUND-TRIP
Pre-Game Details
Begins 3 hours prior to kick-off and is
suspended 30 minutes after kick-off
Begins at the start of the fourth
quarter and ends 1 hour post-game
Shuttle will pick up at the corner
of University Drive and Complex
Drive. Shuttle will drop off at:
t Shops at Civic Center: 430 W. Vine
t LexTran Transit Center: 200 W. Vine
t Ramsey’s: Woodland/High/Maxwell
DISABILITY SERVICES
t The non-reserved disabled lot is located
at the corner of University Drive and
Farm Road and has a capacity of 120
vehicles. Parking is $30 per vehicle
on a first come, first served basis until
the lot is full. Once the non-reserved
disabled lot is full, guests will be directed
to park in Parking Structures #2 or #6.
t The shuttle begins two hours before
kick-off. Pick up is located in the nonreserved disabled lot (Tobacco Research
Center parking lot). The drop-off point is
Gate 9. Return shuttles begin at the end
of the third quarter and continue until
30 minutes after the end of the game.
t A disabled guest golf cart shuttle is
available from Gate 9 to any other gate
outside of Commonwealth Stadium.
t Elevators are available inside
Shuttle will pick up at:
Gates 1, 4, 9, and 12.
t Shops at Civic Center: 430 W. Vine (tickets
available for purchase at this location)
t LexTran Transit Center: 200
W. Vine (tickets available for
purchase at this location)
t Ramsey’s Restaurant:
Woodland/High/Maxwell
t Shuttle will drop off at the corner of
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Your Guide to
Commonwealth Stadium
Guest Services
t Inside Gate 11 on
t
Inside Gate 6 on
the west side of
the stadium
Tobacco-free Policy
t
t
Inside Gate 15
on the east side
of the stadium
The University of Kentucky campus is
completely tobacco-free. All members of
the campus community, as well as visitors,
will be asked to comply with this policy,
which prohibits the use of all tobacco
products on all campus grounds and
parking areas (cigarettes, chew, pipes,
cigars, snuff, etc.) The policy applies to
Commonwealth Stadium, which began
operating as a smoke-free facility in 2008.
PROHIBITED ITEMS
The following items will not be allowed
in Commonwealth Stadium:
t
t
t
Alcohol
t
t
t
Backpacks
Aluminum containers
Artificial
noisemakers
Firearms
Food
t
t
t
t
t
Golf carts
t
Tobacco products
Glass containers
Ice / Ice chest
Large bags
Portable heaters
Umbrellas may be brought to the stadium but
may not be opened in the seating areas.
One unopened bottled water smaller than a liter
will be allowed in Commonwealth Stadium.
For security reasons, all persons entering
Commonwealth Stadium are subject to search.
Arrive early and bring as few personal items
as possible. If you are bringing a bag (i.e. large
purse, diaper bag, etc.) into the stadium you
will be checked at this section of the gate.
Chair Backs
Personal chair backs are allowed as long
as they are 18” or smaller in width.
Chair backs may also be rented at
Commonwealth Stadium. Quantities
are limited and are only available while
supplies last. Sales will begin when
gates open and end when sold out
or at the end of the first quarter. They
are available at the upper and lower
concourses at Gates 4, 9 & 12.
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the south side
of the stadium
Inside Gate 3 on
the north side of
the stadium
Tickets
t Purchasing: Tickets for Family Weekend
guests may only be purchased by phone or
in person. Call the Wildcat Ticket Office at
1-800-928-2287 or (859) 257-1818 to order
tickets. The Ticket Office is located in the
Joe Craft Center behind Memorial Coliseum
on campus and is open Monday through
Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Family Weekend
guests can purchase both guest tickets
and UK student tickets, sitting next to each
other (students who have purchased season
football tickets will not be able to sit with
their families). Be sure to reference Family
Weekend when calling the Ticket Office. UK
student tickets are $5 with a valid UK student
ID. Guest tickets are $41 each. Each ticket
order will incur a processing fee of $10.
t Admission: All persons entering the stadium,
regardless of age, must have a reserved
ticket, credential, or worker’s badge.
t Pass outs: Pass outs are not available
at Commonwealth Stadium, per
Southeastern Conference regulations.
t Resale: Selling tickets in excess of face value
is illegal in Kentucky. No tickets may be sold
in the immediate vicinity of the ticket office.
Guest Assist
“GuestAssist” enables text messaging
between Commonwealth Stadium guests
and stadium operations personnel. “GuestAssist” enables fans to ask questions
about game-day information and/or report
concerns regarding behavior. Stadium
operations personnel will monitor and
respond to guests’ gameday inquiries on
a real-time basis and if needed, dispatch
support, security, etc. to the guests’ location.
Fans wishing to utilize the service should
text: CATS, your message & your seat
location to 78247. (CATS must be the
first four characters in the message body. Standard text message rates apply).
“GuestAssist” is not intended for emergency
use. In the event of an emergency,
guests should contact the nearest
stadium event staff and/or dial 911.
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LEXINGTON GUIDE
LEXINGTON GUIDE
Photo by Jeff Rogers .Courtesy of the Lexington
Welcome to Lexington and the Bluegrass Region - a thriving area
nestled in the heart of Kentucky. You may already know Lexington
for its horses, hospitality, and breathtaking beauty. But that’s just the
start of an exciting visit to the Bluegrass. Here, you’ll discover the
perfect combination of extraordinary countryside and cosmopolitan
amenities. Whether you’re here on business or pleasure, you’ve
embarked on a journey that is unique to central Kentucky.
Getting here is easy. Leaving’s the
hard part. Located within a day’s drive
of two-thirds of the U.S. population,
Lexington is the northernmost city in
the South, and it’s centrally located in
the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky at the
crossroads of two major U.S. interstates,
I-75 and I-64. If you’re arriving by air,
be sure to request a window seat to
witness one of America’s most beautiful
air approaches. Once you’ve landed,
Blue Grass Airport is a convenient
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10-minute drive to downtown.
Where else can you experience the
drama and pageantry of a national
historic landmark like Keeneland
Race Course or the splendor of the
Kentucky Horse Park - the world’s
only theme park dedicated to the
horse? The possibilities are endless,
much like the white and handlaid stone fences surrounding the
rolling hills of Bluegrass country.
Where to shop. WhatFamily
to do.
Where
toof Kentucky
stay.
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Lexington is home to 450 horse farms.
Some of its wealthiest residents are
horses, and queens, counts and
sheiks are frequent guests. Settled
in 1775, Lexington was known as
the “Athens of the West” during the
early 1800s. Today, there are plenty
of museums, art galleries, shopping
opportunities, historic homes, sporting
venues and restaurants guaranteed
to please a variety of tastes.
gorges and fish nearby lakes.
Keep in mind that Lexington is only
part of the Bluegrass experience. In the
surrounding towns, you’ll discover Civil
War battlefields, Bourbon distilleries
and world-famous arts and crafts. You
can walk the quiet paths of a restored
Shaker village, take a scenic drive
on country roads, or hike sweeping
David Lord
President - Lexington Convention
and Visitors Bureau
No matter how you choose to
experience Lexington and the
surrounding Bluegrass Region,
you’re bound to take with you
memories that will last a lifetime.
Sincerely,
For more information contact:
Lexington Convention & Visitors Center
301 East Vine Street
Lexington, KY 40507
(800) 848-1224 - (859) 254-4555
www.visitlex.com
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7.
8.
9.
Visiting Lexington
10.
Who says you have to spend big bucks to have a good
time? Not in Lexington and the Bluegrass Region. Here are
great ways to have fun without paying admission.
11.
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Rev up your knowledge of a new
kind of Kentucky horsepower
at Toyota Motor Manufacturing
Kentucky, Inc., in Georgetown,
where Toyota automobiles and
engines are made for the world
market. (800) 866-4485
Snap a “photo finish” at the
Lexington’s Thoroughbred
Park, Main and Midland streets,
where realistic, life-size bronze
horse statues race and graze.
Take a memorable (and memorial)
stroll through Lexington Cemetery,
nationally recognized for its
arboretum and gardens, and
final resting place of Henry
Clay, Confederate General John
Hunt Morgan, basketball coach
Adolph Rupp and other famous
Lexingtonians. (859-255-5522)
4.
5.
6.
Do some water-watching (and
people-watching), day or night,
in front of the cascading wall
of fountains at downtown’s
Triangle Park , corner of Main
and Broadway. Or stop at the
unique fountains in front of the
courthouses on North Limestone
for more water wonders.
Act like a kid again at one
of Lexington’s incredible
Creative Playground structures,
in Jacobson and Shillito
parks. (859) 288-2900
Learn all about “Big Blue”
traditions (in education and sports)
with free guided tours Monday
through Friday at 9 a.m. and 1:15
p.m.of the Lexington campus of the
University of Kentucky, Kentucky’s
largest university. (859) 257-3595
to do.
Where
toof Kentucky
stay.
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13.
14.
Stroll back in time in Gratz Park,
Lexington’s poshest neighborhood
of the early 1800s and still a
scenic and charming place to live.
(North Mill and Market streets
between Second and Third.)
Go to the source of Lexington,
McConnell Springs, where in
1775, frontier explorers got
word of the first battle of the
American Revolution at Lexington,
Massachusetts, and decided
to name their campsite in its
honor. On Rebman Lane, off Old
Frankfort Pike. (859) 225-4073
Drive or bike along Old Frankfort
Pike (1681), officially designated
one of America’s Scenic Byways.
Jog or walk through Masterson
Station Park, or follow the fitness
trail at Shillito Park , both in
Lexington. (859) 288-2900
Picnic where pioneer Daniel
Boone once lived at Boone
Station State Historic Site, Gentry
Rd. (I-75 exit 104) near Athens.
Cast your line in the lake at
Lexington’s Jacobson Park off
Richmond Road. (No charge to
fish, but state fishing license
required.) (859) 288-2900
Do the Big Lex Scavenger
Hunt. At the root of the legend
of the blue horse is the famous
horse of the mid 1800’s named
Lexington. The hunt covers ten
sites related to the horse behind
the legend. Learn more at www.
visitlex.com/scavengerhunt.
php. (859) 233-7299
Ponder Lexington’s Civil Warera history on the grounds of
the Fayette County Courthouse,
where you’ll find Cheapside Park,
site of one of the South’s largest
slave markets, and a statue of
Confederate General John Hunt
Morgan, who lived in Lexington.
15. Enjoy one of Lexington’s most
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interesting interior views—a
five-story atrium with the
world’s largest ceiling clock at
the Lexington Public Library,
140 East Main Street. (The
view of downtown out the
upper floor windows isn’t bad
either.) (859) 231-5500
Need some quiet time?
Lose yourself in the outdoor
labyrinth at the Old Episcopal
Burying Ground, 3rd and Elm
Tree Lane. Open 24 hours.
Take in a panoramic view of
Frankfort and the Capitol rotunda
from the scenic overlook off US
60 west of downtown Frankfort.
Have a blooming good time at
one of the nation’s most unusual
gardens, the Floral Clock on
the lawn of the Capitol grounds
in Frankfort. (502) 564-3449
Tour Kentucky’s Governor’s
Mansion, modeled after Petit
Trianon, Marie Antoinette’s
summer villa. Located next to
the Capitol in Frankfort. Call for
days and times. (502) 564-3449
Tour Kentucky’s Old Governor’s
Mansion, built in 1798 and
the oldest official executive
residence in the United States
until renovations began
in 2003. 420 High Street,
Frankfort. (502) 564-3449
Visit the gravesites of Kentucky
pioneers Daniel and Rebecca
Boone and other notables,
overlooking the Kentucky River in
Frankfort Cemetery. 215 East Main
Street, Frankfort. (502) 227-2403
View military history in a more
personal light at the Kentucky
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a
sundial memorial to Kentuckians
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of the gnomen’s shadow
touches each veteran’s name
on the anniversary of his death.
Coffee Tree Lane, Frankfort.
24. Discover bridges to the past:
Drive across one of Kentucky’s
12 remaining covered bridges,
the Colville Covered Bridge,
on KY 3118 northwest of
Millersburg. In Fleming County,
northeast of Lexington, you can
admire not just one, but three,
lovely old covered bridges.
25. Wander amid woods,
wildflowers and wildlife at the
100-acre Jim Beam Nature
Preserve, off US 27 south of
Nicholasville. (859) 259-9655
26. Honor veterans of the Civil War
and other wars at Camp Nelson
National Cemetery and Civil
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War site, off US 27 south of
Nicholasville. (859) 885-5727
Escape the same old grind with
a country drive to Weisenberger
Mill, off Leestown Pike near
Midway. There are no tours, but
the original 1862 grindstone is on
display out front, and across the
road grindstones help create one
of Central Kentucky’s most unusual
stone fences. (859) 254-5282
Take a walking tour of Carlisle
and be charmed by more than 350
National Register buildings packed
into one of Kentucky’s smallest
county seats. (859) 289-5174
Stroll down one of Kentucky’s few
intact 19th century commercial
districts, along Main Street in
Winchester. (859) 744-0556
Tour Berea College, founded
in 1855 as the first school in
the South dedicated to equal
education for all races, and
today dedicated to educating
the youth of Kentucky’s
mountains. (859) 985-3145
Join in the fun of literally hundreds
of free special events throughout
the year, ranging from arts fairs
and parades to harvest festivals
and Christmas singalongs; contact
the Lexington Convention and
Visitors Bureau to find out what’s
going on while you’re in town.
(859) 233-7299 or (800) 845-3959.
Or take a trip to www.visitlex.com.
Photo by Gene Burch .Courtesy of the
Lexington Convention and Visitors Bureau
For more information contact the
Lexington Convention and Visitors
Bureau at (800) 845-3959.
Written by Teresa Day, a freelance
writer based in Georgetown, Kentucky.
Updated and edited by Lu
Ann Pelle, June 2010
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UK Basics
About the UK Parent
Association
The UK Parent Association welcomes all parents and guardians
of UK undergraduate students to its membership. At no cost to
its members, the Parent Association publishes the Insider’s Guide
handbook for families of new UK students and coordinates events
for students and families during K Week and Family Weekend.
The UK Parent Association believes
that students’ success is enhanced by
well-informed parents and families. The
Parent Association provides regular
campus updates in the Cat Chat e-mail
newsletter and assists parents with
questions and concerns related to their
students and UK. The Parent Association
is coordinated through the Office of New
Student and Parent Programs. Visit www.
uky.edu/parents for more information.
WILDCAT NICKNAME
SCHOOL COLORS
The official nickname for the University
of Kentucky’s athletic teams is “Wildcats.”
The nickname became synonymous with
UK shortly after a 6-2 football victory over
Illinois on October 9, 1909. Commandant
Carbusier, then head of the military
department at old State University, told
a group of students in a chapel service
following the game that the Kentucky
football team had “fought like Wildcats.”
The University of Kentucky adopted blue
and white as its official colors in 1892.
Originally, however, UK students had
decided on blue and light yellow. The
shade of blue was chosen when a student
asked the question, “What color blue?” At
the time, Richard C. Stoll, a football player,
pulled off his necktie and held it up. The
students then adopted that particular
shade of blue. A year later, UK students
officially dropped light yellow for white.
SONGS
“On, On, U of K”
On, on, U of K, we are right
for the fight today,
Hold that ball and hit that line;
Ev’ry Wildcat star will shine;
We’ll fight, fight, fight, for
the blue and white
As we roll to that goal, Varsity,
And we’ll kick, pass and run,
‘til the battle is won,
And we’ll bring home the victory.
The University of Kentucky’s fight song
first premiered at a student convocation
in the spring of 1923. Lyricist Troy Perkins,
an alumnus, won a $5 prize in a contest to
write the words. Professor Carl Lampert,
known as the father of the UK Music
Department, wrote the music in 1922.
“My Old Kentucky Home”
The sun shines bright on my
old Kentucky home,
’Tis summer, the time to be gay;
The corn-top’s ripe and the
meadow’s in the bloom,
While the birds make music all the day.
The young folks roll on
the little cabin floor,
All merry, all happy and bright;
By’n by hard times come
a-knocking at the door,
Then my old Kentucky home, good night!
(CHORUS)
Weep no more my lady, Oh!
Weep no more today!
We will sing one song for my
old Kentucky home,
For my old Kentucky home, far away.
“My Old Kentucky Home” is the state song
of Kentucky. It was written by Stephen
Collins Foster in 1853 and was later adopted
by the Kentucky General Assembly as
the official state song on March 19, 1928.
The song was inspired by Foster’s visit
to Federal Mansion, his cousin’s home
located in Bardstown, Kentucky.
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Helpful Contacts
Kentuckian Yearbook
Should you need to contact any offices or organizations who are participating
in Family Weekend you’ll find their contact information here. The area code
for Lexington is 859. You can call 257-9000 for UK directory assistance.
#UKPD (#8573) is a free call to UK Police from any cell phone.
Academic Enhancement
3rd Floor Complex
Commons
257-1356
www.uky.edu/ugs/study
Alcohol & Health
Education Office
257-9687
www.q-authority.org
Alumni Association
King Alumni House
257-8905
www.ukalumni.net
Arboretum
500 Alumni Drive
257-6955
www.ca.uky.edu/arboretum
Archives
M.I. King Library
257-3653
Singletary Center
for the Arts
257-5716
www.uky.edu/ArtMuseum
Athletics Department
Memorial Coliseum
257-8000
www.ukathletics.com
Campus Map
www.uky.edu/
CampusGuide
Johnson Student
Recreation Center
257-3928
www.uky.edu/
StudentAffairs/CampusRec
Career Center
Stuckert Career Center
257-2746
www.uky.edu/CareerCenter
Catholic Newman Center
320 Rose Lane
255-8566
www.uknewmancenter.org
College of Agriculture
N-6 Agricultural Science
Building North
257-3468
www.ca.uky.edu
College of Arts & Sciences
257-8312
www.as.uky.edu
College of Engineering
369 Ralph G.
Anderson Building
257-1021
www.engr.uky.edu
College of Nursing
309 College of
Nursing Building
323-5108
www.mc.uky.edu/nursing
255-7756
www.colttrolley.com
Colt Trolley
Confucius Institute
106 Bradley Hall
257-7858
www.uky.edu/Confucius
Counseling Center
201 Frazee Hall
257-8701
www.uky.edu/
StudentAffairs/Counseling
Disability Resource Center
2 Alumni Gym
257-2754
www.uky.edu/DRC
Education Abroad
310 Bradley Hall
Farmers Market
First Scholars Program
221 Funkhouser Building
Hepcats Swing Dance Club
Honors Program
Ice Hockey
Information Technology
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www.uky.edu/Libraries
Art Museum
Campus Recreation
255 Student Center
http://ukyearbook.com
Kentucky Department of Travel
257-4067
http://abroad.ad.uky.edu
608-2655
www.
lexingtonfarmersmarket.
com
257-3532
www.uky.edu/UGE/
FirstScholars
420-2426
www.luv2swingdance.com
257-3111
www.uky.edu/Honors
296-4455
www.ukhockey.com
218-HELP
(4357)
www.uky.edu/UKIT
Lexington Convention
and Visitors Bureau
Lexington Ghost Walk
and Creepy Crawl
(800)
225-8747
www.kytourism.com
233-7299
or (800)
845-3959
www.visitlex.com
825-8702
www.lexingtonghostwalk.
com
LexTran (city bus service)
253-4636
www.lextran.com
MacAdam Student
Observatory
Parking Structure #2
257-7147
www.pa.uky.edu/
observatory
Off-campus Student Services
257-3754
www.uky.edu/
StudentAffairs/OCSS
Parent Association
257-6597
www.uky.edu/parents
Parking and Transportation
721 Press Avenue
257-5757
www.uky.edu/Parking
Police (UK)
305 Euclid Avenue
257-1616
www.uky.edu/Police
Residence Life Office
257-4784
www.uky.edu/
StudentAffairs/
ResidenceLife
Singletary Center for the Arts
Rose Street at
Euclid Avenue
257-4929
www.uky.edu/SCFA
Spindletop Hall
3414 Ironworks Pike
255-2777
www.spindletophall.org
Student Activities Board
203 Student Center
257-8867
www.uky.edu/SAB
Student Affairs
103 Frazee Hall
257-1911
www.uky.edu/
StudentAffairs
257-5781
www.uky.edu/
StudentCenter
Student Center
Undergraduate Studies
109 Miller Hall
257-3383
www.uky.edu/US
University Health Service
830 South Limestone
323-5823
http://ukhealthcare.
uky.edu/uhs
Violence Intervention
and Prevention Center
1 Frazee Hall
257-3564
www.uky.edu/
StudentAffairs/VIPCenter
Visitor Center
Main Building
257-3595
www.uky.edu/visitorcenter
257-5757
www.uky.edu/Parking/
parking-visitors.html
Visitor Parking
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Dates to Know
NOVEMBER
November 24 – 27
Thanksgiving
Academic Holiday
DECEMBER
Last day of classes
December 10
December 13 – 17
December 17
Final Examinations
End of 2010 Fall Semester
JANUARY
January 12
First day of classes
January 17
Martin Luther King Birthday
January 22
Payment deadline of registration fees
and/or housing and dining fees
Academic Holiday
MARCH
March 1
Priority deadline for returning
students wishing to live in University
residence halls next year
March 7
Midterm of 2011 Spring Semester
March 14 – 19
March 15
Spring Vacation
Academic Holiday
Financial Aid priority deadline for
currently enrolled students
APRIL
April 15
Academic Scholarship application
deadline for currently enrolled students
April 29
Last day of classes
May 2 – 6
Final Examinations
MAY
May 6
End of 2011 Spring Semester
May 8
Commencement
For a complete academic calendar, visit
www.uky.edu/Registrar/AcademicCalendar.htm
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SpringHill Suites
Campus Dough
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SERVICES
Central Bank
Urgent Treatment Clinics
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