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chian Rural Rehabilitation Network (KARRN) is a collaborative team that advocates to empower communities impacted by disability. Their focus is improving the quality of life…

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By Kody Kiser and Steve Shaffer

The University of Kentucky Alumni Association started the Great Teacher Award program in 1961 to honor excellent teaching at the university. There have been more than 300 teachers honored since that first year. Nominations may only be submitted by current students.

To receive the award, a candidate must:

  • Hold the rank of full-time lecturer or above and have been a member of the faculty for the past three years at UK.…
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The HollerBack Podcast is back from the grave. this time with new hosts, new topics, and lots of laughs. In this episode, hosts Trinity Adams and Alan Luc introduce Zachary Greene to discuss a student led cultural project called the Mountain Fiesta celebrating cultural bridges of Appalachian and LatinX traditions, music, and food. Listen to the ground work and inspiration that led to this annual festival in Cumberland Gap, TN that welcomes community members to engage in an exciting way celebrating each other.

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The HollerBack Podcast is back from the grave. this time with new hosts, new topics, and lots of laughs. In this episode, hosts Trinity Adams and Alan Luc introduce Jacob Johnson and Kopana Terry to talk about personal experiences and presentations during the Appalachian Studies Association in Athens, Ohio at the Ohio University. We share thoughts and experience being students of APP399 taught by the director of Appalachian Studies Dr. Kathryn Engle.

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The HollerBack Podcast is back from the grave; This time with new hosts, new topics, and lots of laughs. In this episode, hosts Trinity Adams and Alan Luc introduce Courtney Martin and Logan Turner to talk about student experiences with the AppalachiaCorps Program. AppalachiaCorps is a student internship program through the UK Appalachian Center that pairs students with opportunities for experiential learning in eastern Kentucky and the greater Appalachian region. Visit the UKY Appalachian Center page to learn more on how you can be involved!

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The Holler Back! Podcast is back from the grave; This time with new hosts, new topics, and lots of laughs. In this episode, hosts Trinity Adams and Alan Luc introduce themselves and begin to lay the foundation for future podcasts to come. Join them as they reflect on the Appalachian experience, the community they have found at the University of Kentucky, and witness as they answer the age old question: What is a Holler, anyway?

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Billy and Stacie speak with Co-Owner and Operator of Old Homeplace Farms – Will Bowling. In this episode, Will gives us background information on how Old Homeplace Farms came to be and shares his passion for being a local farmer and a friendly face to so many in Eastern Kentucky.

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Stacie and Billy speak with special guest and long-time friend Tanner Hesterberg! Eastern Kentucky native, former WYMT news anchor, and now recent Cincinnati University Law School Graduate, Tanner talks with us about his successful journalism career and what it means to get to serve the people of Eastern Kentucky through many different facets.

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In this episode, Billy and Stacie speak with the Director of the UK Robinson Center for Appalachian Resource Sustainability and Extension in the East Region: Daniel Wilson. Join us as we speak about all of the positive things extension services do for Eastern Kentuckians as well as our beloved UK Community!

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In this episode, Stacie and Billy welcome Mandi Fugate Sheffel to the podcast. Mandi Fugate Sheffel is the owner of Read Spotted Newt in Hazard. Join us as we discuss entrepreneurship in Appalachia, discuss the impacts of COVID-19 and flooding, and the importance of Appalachian literature being available in the region for people to appreciate and learn from.

Also, be sure to check out her page @ReadSpottedNewt on Instagram and Facebook!

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