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The vision for the College of Dental Medicine is to be known and respected for service, innovation, clinical excellence and interprofessional education.
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“UPIKE has helped me become a more successful and positive person. I love all the opportunities it has provided me to make new friends through academics and athletics."Jolene Smith / Barbourville, KY / Information Technology Management
“UPIKE has helped me become a more successful and positive person. I love all the opportunities it has provided me to make new friends through academics and athletics."
Jolene Smith / Barbourville, KY / Information Technology Management
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The University of Pikeville’s Elliott School of Nursing (ESON), in collaboration with Pikeville Medical Center, is pleased to announce it has been awarded nearly $100,000 from the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) Healthcare Workforce Investment Fund (HWIF). The grant, awarded during CPE’s Healthcare Workforce Collaboratory event in Lexington on October 30, will fully fund […]
The University of Pikeville (UPIKE) is proud to announce that Director of Undergraduate Social Work Program Ashton Bartley, MSW, graduated from the prestigious Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Program Director’s Academy during the organization’s Annual Program Meeting held in Kansas City, Missouri. The CSWE Program Director’s Academy is designed to enhance the leadership capabilities […]
Four University of Pikeville-Kentucky College of Optometry (KYCO) students were awarded scholarships from National Vision. This marks the second year of National Vision’s pledge to KYCO to provide $20,000 in scholarships annually for five years, totaling $100,000. The scholarship funds four incoming first-year optometry students interested in practicing in rural communities, each receiving $5,000. The […]
In collaboration with the Health Wagon, the University of Pikeville Kentucky-College of Optometry (KYCO) will host a free upcoming Ocular Disease Screening on Thursday, November 14, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Dr. Smiddy Clinic, Health Wagon, Wise, Va. Attendees will step inside the mobile unit where KYCO students can screen patients for eye […]
The University of Pikeville (UPIKE) Coleman College of Business (CCOB) is pleased to announce the upcoming Speaker and Leadership Series scheduled for Wednesday, November 6, at 11:00 a.m. This event will take place in Booth Auditorium and will feature William Jones, Financial Representative at Lifetime Financial Growth, as the esteemed guest speaker. Jones will present […]
University of Pikeville (UPIKE) hosted representatives from the American Heart Association (AHA) to award Professor of Physiology Guichun Han, Ph.D., a significant research grant totaling $154,000. The press event, held on UPIKE’s campus on October 15, celebrated Han as the first-ever recipient of an AHA research grant in Eastern Kentucky. Han’s research focuses on the […]
The University of Pikeville (UPIKE) is pleased to announce it has been awarded a $5 million grant from the Abandoned Mine Lands Economic Revitalization (AMLER) program to begin phase 1 construction of the university’s Bear Mountain. During the annual SOAR Summit, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and U.S. Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) awarded several million […]
The University of Pikeville (UPIKE) has been awarded $2 million by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to further its mission of serving the region. This funding is part of the $68.2 million that ARC awarded to 65 projects through its POWER (Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization) Initiative. This initiative allocates federal resources […]