Experiential education extends a student’s academic experience beyond both the walls of a classroom and a student’s major requirements and allows a student to put their knowledge into practice, testing and refining ideas through diverse experiences. Career development skills gained through experiential education inform and enhance classroom learning. Additionally, participating in experiential education will make a student a more competitive applicant for graduate school and job opportunities after graduation.

This event will showcase possible experiences that may be available to students in the 2026-2027 academic year including:

• Research assistants.
• Internships.
• Apprenticeships.

• Teaching assistants.

   

Help the Graduate Appalachian Research Community raise funds. The group will be selling gently used books and baked goods on the second floor of the Gatton Student Center on Thursday, April 2, from noon to 5 p.m.

In the meantime, it’s time to clean out your bookshelf. Please donate your gently used books so they can find a new home and support GARC activities. The only books GARC cannot sell are formal textbooks, but they can sell novels, ethnographies or other types of books assigned for class.

Books for donation may be dropped off at the Appalachian Center, 624 Maxwelton Court, or brought to GARC meetings in the Annex.

Help the Graduate Appalachian Research Community raise funds. The group will be selling gently used books and baked goods on the second floor of the Gatton Student Center on Thursday, April 2, from noon to 5 p.m.

In the meantime, it’s time to clean out your bookshelf. Please donate your gently used books so they can find a new home and support GARC activities. The only books GARC cannot sell are formal textbooks, but they can sell novels, ethnographies or other types of books assigned for class.

Books for donation may be dropped off at the Appalachian Center, 624 Maxwelton Court, or brought to GARC meetings in the Annex.

Help the Graduate Appalachian Research Community raise funds. The group will be selling gently used books and baked goods on the second floor of the Gatton Student Center on Thursday, April 2, from noon to 5 p.m.

In the meantime, it’s time to clean out your bookshelf. Please donate your gently used books so they can find a new home and support GARC activities. The only books GARC cannot sell are formal textbooks, but they can sell novels, ethnographies or other types of books assigned for class.

Books for donation may be dropped off at the Appalachian Center, 624 Maxwelton Court, or brought to GARC meetings in the Annex.

The Graduate Appalachian Research Community is hosting the February meeting of the Appalachian Book Club to discuss the book chapter, "It's Grandpa's Land: Settler Property, Heteropatriarchy, and Environmental Disasters" (pp. 105-128), by Kandice Grossman, Aaron Padgett and Rebecca Scott from the 2024 volume "Deviant Hollers: Queering Appalachian Ecologies for a Sustainable Future," edited by Zane McNeill and Rebecca Scott. It is available online through the UK libraries website. Padgett will be joining us for the discussion immediately following the 10 a.m. coffee hour.

The Graduate Appalachian Research Community is hosting the February meeting of the Appalachian Book Club to discuss the book chapter, "It's Grandpa's Land: Settler Property, Heteropatriarchy, and Environmental Disasters" (pp. 105-128), by Kandice Grossman, Aaron Padgett and Rebecca Scott from the 2024 volume "Deviant Hollers: Queering Appalachian Ecologies for a Sustainable Future," edited by Zane McNeill and Rebecca Scott. It is available online through the UK libraries website. Padgett will be joining us for the discussion immediately following the 10 a.m. coffee hour.

The Graduate Appalachian Research Community is hosting the February meeting of the Appalachian Book Club to discuss the book chapter, "It's Grandpa's Land: Settler Property, Heteropatriarchy, and Environmental Disasters" (pp. 105-128), by Kandice Grossman, Aaron Padgett and Rebecca Scott from the 2024 volume "Deviant Hollers: Queering Appalachian Ecologies for a Sustainable Future," edited by Zane McNeill and Rebecca Scott. It is available online through the UK libraries website. Padgett will be joining us for the discussion immediately following the 10 a.m. coffee hour.

This event has been canceled.

Join us for our SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) presentations at the Appalachian Center or tune in virtually via Zoom. This year's SWAPs will showcase the research conducted by recipients of the 2025 James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia and the UK Appalachian Center Eller & Billings Student Research Award as well as other scholars and students sharing their research.

Laura Stark, associate professor of medicine, health and society at Vanderbilt University, will be the speaker for this March 3session. Stark's presentation is titled "Poverty as Resource: Appalachian workers, traditions of protest and the making of modern medicine at NIH."

Register here for the Zoom link to join

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This event has been canceled.

Join us for our SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) presentations at the Appalachian Center or tune in virtually via Zoom. This year's SWAPs will showcase the research conducted by recipients of the 2025 James S. Brown Graduate Student Award for Research on Appalachia and the UK Appalachian Center Eller & Billings Student Research Award as well as other scholars and students sharing their research.

Laura Stark, associate professor of medicine, health and society at Vanderbilt University, will be the speaker for this March 3session. Stark's presentation is titled "Poverty as Resource: Appalachian workers, traditions of protest and the making of modern medicine at NIH."

Register here for the Zoom link to join

Be sure to check your spam for the Zoom link after registering.

Join us at the Appalachian Center for our annual end of year celebration. We will recognize our graduates and award winners and celebrate with friends, food and festivities.