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Fall Conference 2022: The New Cold War

Oct 28, 2022, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Day two of the Fall Conference was held at the Hyatt Regency Lexington and included four panel discussions centered around Patterson's four major/minor concentrations.

Faculty Spotlight: Retired Lt. Col. Amy McGrath

Nov 27, 2022

Retired Lt. Col. Amy McGrath is currently an Adjunct Professor for the Patterson School. She is a retired Marine fighter pilot and former political candidate for the state of Kentucky. McGrath was the first woman to fly a combat mission for the U.S. Marine Corps, as well as the first to pilot the F/A-18 on a combat mission.

Meet Errick Jones, '80 Alum

Nov 27, 2022

Errick Jones grew up in a small town in the panhandle of West Texas where he was one of the first African American students to integrate into the school system. During his teenage years he became particularly intrigued by Africa. There was not much in his school textbooks about the continent, so he relied on National Geographic magazines that his mother would bring home. When a teacher told him that “Africans haven’t done much to be noteworthy” he knew that could not be the case.

Meet Ibeth Morales, '21 Alum

Nov 27, 2022

Ibeth Morales, known affectionately by staff and classmates as "Iby", is originally from Panama. She first came to the United States on a scholarship to attend Midway University for her undergraduate studies. Her bachelor’s degree was in Business Administration with a focus in Accounting and a minor in Psychology.

Fall Conference 2022 Keynote Address: Ambassador William B. Taylor

Oct 27, 2022, 6:00 – 7:00 PM

The theme of this year's Fall Conference was "The New Cold War." On October 27, Ambassador William B. Taylor gave the keynote address on "Russia, Ukraine, and the United States" in the William T. Young Library Auditorium. A great variety of campus members attended the address.

Spring 2022 Crisis Simulation Exercise

Jul 27, 2022

The Spring 2022 Crisis Simulation, held on February 25th and 26th, put students in the role of policymakers in the United States and Latin America, as a migration crisis along the Venezuela-Peru border threatened to destabilize the region. Students played the role of diplomatic, intelligence, and military professionals conducting multilateral negotiations to ameliorate or resolve the crisis.

Meet Julia Dzingailo, 2009 Alum

Jul 5, 2022

My interest in other countries and cultures brought me to Belarus' leading linguistic university where I obtained a bachelors degree in English and German. After teaching English there for several years, my career set off in a new direction when I became a program assistant in the International Organization for Migration (IOM) office in Minsk. The job responsibilities were challenging: promote orderly and humane migration, engage national counterparts and international partners to ensure respect for migrants' rights, and combat migrant smuggling and human trafficking.

Meet Will Cash, 2010 Alum

Jul 5, 2022

In 2008 I enrolled in a dual degree program offered by the Patterson School and the Gatton College of Business and Economics. This program made it possible to obtain a Masters degree in Diplomacy and International Commerce and a Masters in Business Administration in just two year's time.

Victor Montgomery Awarded Boren Fellowship

May 20, 2022

The University of Kentucky Office of Nationally Competitive Awards has announced that UK student Victor Montgomery has received a 2022 David L. Boren Fellowship to study Russian language. Montgomery completed his master’s degree with the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce in 2023.

Emeritus Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Karen Mingst

Apr 27, 2022

After 14 years teaching and mentoring dozens of Patterson School students and leading the school, Dr. Karen Mingst retired in December 2016 as Acting Director, Lockwood Chair, and Professor of Political Science at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Mingst’s career included lecturing and teaching short courses in South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Albania, Vietnam, Japan, and the United Nations.

News and Events

Fall Conference 2022: The New Cold War

Faculty Spotlight: Retired Lt. Col. Amy McGrath

Meet Errick Jones, '80 Alum

Meet Ibeth Morales, '21 Alum

Fall Conference 2022 Keynote Address: Ambassador William B. Taylor

Spring 2022 Crisis Simulation Exercise

Meet Julia Dzingailo, 2009 Alum

Meet Will Cash, 2010 Alum

Victor Montgomery Awarded Boren Fellowship

Emeritus Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Karen Mingst

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