Ann’s Music Spotlight featuring Nick Teale Ann’s Music Spotlight is a media series showcasing local and regional Kentucky musicians. It is hosted by Ann Switzer, an alum of the College and Career Studies at UK, who now works as a mentor and media specialist at HDI. In this episode, Ann interviews Louisville singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nick Teale. Thank you for listening!

Bluegrass Community and Technical College Celebrates Halloween with Student Party Students donned their favorite spooky gear for the celebration.

NKU’s SHEP Program has 11 enrolled students for the 2024-2025 academic year – 4 new students and 7 returning. Seven of our students are currently placed in internship positions both on campus and in the community. Five of our students are in paid positions. Six students live on campus in the residence halls. One of our students (Will Abel) is serving as the very first Team Manager for NKU’s Swim Team. Will is interested in the Business and Athletics industry and is taking classes such as Business 101 and Team Sports. This is also Will’s first year to live on campus in the residence halls! See the full NKU Fall Newsletter below.

A New Chapter Begins: WKU Program Celebrates First Student We are thrilled to announce that our WKU SAV-Y program has officially started with its first student! This is the first semester of our CTP program, SAV-Y, at Western Kentucky University! We are so excited to join the list of Kentucky CTP programs! WKU recently played the University of Alabama in football. Before the game Alabama’s CTP program, CrossingPoints Program (CPP), made a hype video in which they highlighted our program and theirs! It was so awesome to have CTPs at other universities across state lines to reach out and make connections while also helping spread awareness of CTP programs and helping us further our reach to communities that can benefit from our program. Watch the Alabama University CrossingPoints Program connection video. Highlights Our SAV-Y student has many peer mentors who have been spending time with him outside of class to

BCTC Bursts with Student Engagement this Fall The Bluegrass Community and Technical College is vibrant with student energy and engagement. Aaron is working part time at the YMCA and is wanting to become a P.E. teacher assistant. He completed our dual credit program and is continuing to work toward an associate’s degree. Dameon graduated from the CTP program in May and has started working as a Peer Mentor supporting CTP students. He is doing an excellent job. Emma is one of our art students and she is studying digital literacy and communication this fall. She is very involved in swimming, and a refugee outreach group. Henry is taking basic carpentry and has been hired by Best Buy as his first job. Chandra graduated from the CTP program in May and is continuing with her associate’s degree. We are partnering with her another year to assist with any needs. Wick is

The College and Career Studies (CCS) program at the University of Kentucky has 9 students this semester. Some students will be finishing up this year, while others have just started. Fall semester is always an exciting time, as we get to know each other and think about our plans and goals for the year. Here are 4 of the students during a campus tour this summer. Pictured from left to right: Ella, Jared, Xin, and Brooklynn. Career Exploration and Community Engagement: This semester, we have 3 students taking a practicum class in Universal Design. Gabby will be the lead consultant in the Graphic Medicine Resource Lab project, a collaboration between the Human Development Institute and UK HealthCare. Boris is working on a presentation and exhibit about the history of railroads, incorporating his love of trains and talents in photography. Jacob is doing a Sports Journalism project, mixing his interests of

SEPSEA Advocacy Group meeting February 24, 2025 The next SEPSEA Advocacy Group meeting will be held (on ZOOM) on Monday, February 24 from *4:00-5:00 Eastern Time (*3:00-4:00 Central Time). The Southeast Postsecondary Education Alliance (SEPSEA) is an organization promoting access to quality inclusive postsecondary education for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities across the region. This online Advocacy Group is a space for students and alums of Inclusive Postsecondary Education (IPSE) programs to connect and share about their college experiences. During this meeting, we will hear from a few graduates and students from the College and Career Studies program at the University of Kentucky about ways they are connecting with their community. Afterward, we would love to hear from everyone else about ways you connect with your community. We hope you will join us for this conversation! For more information about this group, or to get the zoom link for this

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