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Jessica Rukavina
Assistant Director of Philanthropy
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All Staff
External Affairs & Philanthropy
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Lee T. Todd, Jr. Bldg, Ste 214P
Phone
859-562-3039
Email
jessica.rukavina@uky.edu
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Ellie Goodman
Alumni Engagement Director
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External Affairs & Philanthropy
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Lee T. Todd, Jr. Bldg, Ste 214M
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859-218-1579
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ellie.goodman@uky.edu
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Rosa Mejia-Cruz
Communications Director
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External Affairs & Philanthropy
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Lee T. Todd, Jr. Bldg, Ste 214L
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859-218-1305
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rosa.mejia@uky.edu
Mary Beth Neiser
Mary Beth Neiser
Senior Director of Philanthropy
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All Staff
External Affairs & Philanthropy
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Lee T. Todd, Jr. Bldg, Ste 292P
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859-323-6210
Email
marybeth.neiser@uky.edu

We wish to remember and honor those who inhabited this Commonwealth before the arrival of the Europeans. Briefly occupying these lands were the Osage, Wyndott tribe, and Miami peoples. The Adena and Hopewell peoples, who are recognized by the naming of the time period in which they resided here, were here more permanently. Some of their mounds remain in the Lexington area, including at UK’s Adena Park.

In more recent years, the Cherokee occupied southeast Kentucky, the Yuchi southwest Kentucky, the Chickasaw extreme western Kentucky and the Shawnee central Kentucky including what is now the city of Lexington. The Shawnee left when colonization pushed through the Appalachian Mountains. Lower Shawnee Town ceremonial grounds are still visible in Greenup County.

We honor the first inhabitants who were here, respect their culture, and acknowledge the presence of their descendants who are here today in all walks of life including fellow pharmacists and healthcare professionals.