Involvement Lingo

This is the Student Success unit containing Student Organizations and Activities, as well as Center for Support and Intervention, Fraternity and Sorority Life, LGBTQ* Resource Center, Parent and Family Association, Religious and Spiritual Life, Residence Life, Veteran Resource Center, and Student Code of Conduct.

The Office of Student Organizations and Activities (SOA) staff helps students create a meaningful and memorable college experience at UK. We inspire students to explore the many opportunities for involvement in UK’s community beyond the classroom and residence life experience. We encourage students to make connections—to their own interests, concerns, and passions while learning from each other. We provide students with the tools to make a real-world impact, following their own, personal vision for change and service.

The purpose of the Student Activities Board (SAB) is to enhance the college experience by providing students and other members of the campus and local communities with entertaining, educational, and/or enriching programs that are reflective of contemporary issues and trends. To view the event calendar or learn more about SAB, visit www.uksab.org.

The University of Kentucky Student Government Association (UKSGA) represents all undergraduate, graduate, and professional students enrolled at the University in several critical ways. UKSGA exists to increase student influence over academic policy and to provide many helpful, creative, and necessary student services. UKSGA also exists to protect and expand student substantive and procedural rights with the University and surrounding municipalities. Finally, UKSGA exists to better represent the student body in relations with faculty, administration, Board of Trustees and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. For more information visit our website: www.uksga.org.

The mission of Service and Community Engagement is to serve, connect, and unite the University of Kentucky with the surrounding community through collaborative efforts to promote life-long community service. There is an LLP (Living Learning Program) for Leadership and Service first-year students.

The mission of WRFL is to educate the station members, the greater Lexington community, and the students of the University of Kentucky through its programming in the spirit of the station's noncommercial, educational license. WRFL programming will aim to solely feature artists and genres which are typically unavailable on Lexington's commercial stations. For more information, please visit www.wrfl.fm.

Involvement Advising is an opportunity for you to e-mail with, talk to virtually or via phone, and/or meet in person with an Involvement Advising Coordinator (a peer leader) to learn more about getting involved on campus. Learn more about Involvement Advising here.

The Event Management System (EMS) is the event scheduling software used to request space in Blazer Dining, Campus Recreation, Funkhouser Building, Memorial Hall, White Hall Classroom Building, The 90, and outdoor locations on campus. EMS is also used to submit event proposals for any event held on campus when that space is not available to be reserved through EMS (i.e., Singletary Center for the Arts, W.T. Young Library, Memorial Coliseum, etc.).

As the campus hub for event planning and management, the Office of University Events exists to guide your organization through UK’s event submission process. This office manages the Event Management System (EMS) and can assist you in finding space on campus and reserving space for your meetings and events.

BBNvolved is your go-to place to find student organizations on campus.  You can log in with your LinkBlue ID and password to browse organizations, engage with your organization members, request an involvement advising appointment, and more.  All things student organizations and involvement can be found on BBNvolved.

To remain affiliated with the University of Kentucky and have access to resources specific to registered student organizations, organizations must re-register once per academic year. More information about registration requirements can be found at https://studentsuccess.uky.edu/student-organizations-and-activities/student-organization.

All student organizations are required to have at least one regular, full-time faculty or staff member serve as their professional advisor. The level of involvement for advisors varies from organization to organization. Student organization advisors are required to serve as a Campus Security Authority, which involves a brief training.