Tuesday, April 14

An increase in anti-Asian sentiment has been observed and encountered in the UK community and the city of Lexington. If you have experienced or are aware of incidents related to bias or hate crimes against any member of the UK community, please use the information at this link to report the occurrence. There are services on campus to support those who are targeted. I encourage you to speak up when and as you are able to ensure civility in our community.

General

• Staff and Faculty are entitled to five free counseling sessions with a therapist, delivered via telehealth. See here.
• Self-care options through UK can be found here.
• The deadline to submit request for summer flexible schedules has been extended. Please submit your request and plan via your supervisor to Christy Anderson no later than May 1st.
• Gatton strategic plan. Reminder, the submission deadline has been extended to Friday, April 17th. Initiatives do not need to be detailed at this time –contact Rena with questions rena.keath@uky.edu
• Paid sick leave and Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act meeting was today. See the recording Here and follow the link to UKHR webpage for more information. Direct questions to Christy Anderson. This applies to staff and faculty.

Faculty

• Faculty Senate voting via email opened today tomorrow and closes on Friday, April 17^th. If you use Focus/Other in your outlook, the email may be in Other.

Well-being

• Wine-down Wednesday at 4:30 pm Zoom Link Join Adam Craig & Aaron Garvey to talk about bourbon!
• Coffee Popup this Thursday 9 a.m. Zoom Link
  • Answer to the riddle
  • Talent show! If you would like to share a talent (1 minute or less), please add your name and talent HERE
• Virtual Movie Parties (must have Netflix to participate). Instructions are HERE.
  • Friday Flix: for adults at 7:30 pm every Friday. Complete the Survey by 5 pm Thursday to pick the movie.
  • Family Friendly: Movie on every Saturday at 2:00 pm. Complete the Survey by 5 pm Thursday to pick the movie.
• Tash Sultana’s Tiny Desk concert. There are several on YouTube, check them out.
• Short Film of the Day

Coffee Popup Riddle

You're escaping a labyrinth, and there are three doors in front of you. The door on the left leads to a raging inferno. The door in the center leads to a deadly assassin. The door on the right leads to a lion that hasn't eaten in three months. Which door do you choose?

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