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October 17, 2025 - Family Weekend
Manage episode 514285428 series 1013662
LEXINGTON, Ky. (October 17, 2025) – Every fall, the University of Kentucky’s Family Weekend offers a chance for students, parents, and alumni to come together and celebrate what makes the Wildcat experience unique. It’s a time to reconnect, share stories, and reflect on the people who help students find their place — and their purpose — at UK.
For this special edition of Behind the Blue, two College of Public Health students share how family and community have shaped their journeys.
Isabella Frost, a pre-dental sophomore from Knox County, discusses her goal of returning home to serve her rural community after dental school — a dream inspired by her father Jeff, a longtime educator and high school principal.
Ava Schatz, a Bachelor of Public Health student on UK’s accelerated master’s track, reflects on what she’s learned from her parents, both UK alumni, including her father David, an archaeologist who studies how people and communities evolve over time.
On this episode of “Behind the Blue,” the Frost and Schatz families talk about the power of encouragement, the lasting bond between parents and students, and how the values of service and discovery continue to connect generations of Wildcats across Kentucky.
“Behind the Blue” is available via a variety of podcast providers, including iTunes and Spotify. Become a subscriber to receive new episodes of “Behind the Blue” each week. UK’s latest medical breakthroughs, research, artists and writers will be featured, along with the most important news impacting the university.
“Behind the Blue” is a joint production of the University of Kentucky and UK HealthCare. Transcripts for most episodes are now embedded in the audio file and can be accessed in many podcast apps during playback. Transcripts for older episodes remain available on the show’s blog page.
To discover how the University of Kentucky is advancing our Commonwealth, click here.
102 episodes
Manage episode 514285428 series 1013662
LEXINGTON, Ky. (October 17, 2025) – Every fall, the University of Kentucky’s Family Weekend offers a chance for students, parents, and alumni to come together and celebrate what makes the Wildcat experience unique. It’s a time to reconnect, share stories, and reflect on the people who help students find their place — and their purpose — at UK.
For this special edition of Behind the Blue, two College of Public Health students share how family and community have shaped their journeys.
Isabella Frost, a pre-dental sophomore from Knox County, discusses her goal of returning home to serve her rural community after dental school — a dream inspired by her father Jeff, a longtime educator and high school principal.
Ava Schatz, a Bachelor of Public Health student on UK’s accelerated master’s track, reflects on what she’s learned from her parents, both UK alumni, including her father David, an archaeologist who studies how people and communities evolve over time.
On this episode of “Behind the Blue,” the Frost and Schatz families talk about the power of encouragement, the lasting bond between parents and students, and how the values of service and discovery continue to connect generations of Wildcats across Kentucky.
“Behind the Blue” is available via a variety of podcast providers, including iTunes and Spotify. Become a subscriber to receive new episodes of “Behind the Blue” each week. UK’s latest medical breakthroughs, research, artists and writers will be featured, along with the most important news impacting the university.
“Behind the Blue” is a joint production of the University of Kentucky and UK HealthCare. Transcripts for most episodes are now embedded in the audio file and can be accessed in many podcast apps during playback. Transcripts for older episodes remain available on the show’s blog page.
To discover how the University of Kentucky is advancing our Commonwealth, click here.
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