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The Office of Student Employment at University of the Cumberlands recently received a Community Partnership Award by the Whitley County Board of Education (WCBOE) for the staff’s dedication to students and community partnership during a year of unprecedented growth for the University.

University of the Cumberlands is introducing a test-optional application process to aid students who may have faced cancellations of state ACT and SAT testing during the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Students currently applying to Cumberlands, both domestic and international, can choose whether to submit test scores as part of their application or select the test-optional route.

As the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread, University of the Cumberlands is working to provide meals for some of Williamsburg’s most vulnerable citizens.

In response to the increasing threat of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), University of the Cumberlands announced today that all remaining in-person classes for the spring semester will be delivered through an online platform. Employees will continue to be paid and students will receive credit for room and board as part of the plan.

The University of the Cumberlands Music Department recently hosted a workshop led by legendary jazz musician and educator Mr. Jamey Aebersold.

University of the Cumberlands recently hosted Jason Jimenez as the speaker for their annual Spring Renewal event led by campus ministries.

Get ready to light up the night, Williamsburg, because the first-ever University of the Cumberlands Glow Run 5K is happening this month!

Four students from UC were chosen to perform in the 2020 Kentucky ACDA All-Collegiate Choir during the Kentucky Music Education Association Conference in Louisville, February 6th. 

The Associate Degree in Nursing program at University of the Cumberlands has officially begun, with its inaugural cohort of students having already completed 60 hours of lab work and set to begin clinical training on February 24. The application window for the next cohort of nursing students is open now until April 3.

University of the Cumberlands is pleased to host singer-songwriter Andrew Peterson on campus during his Resurrection Letters tour. Peterson will be speaking in Gatliff Chapel on March 5 at 8:30 p.m.

Dr. Emily Coleman has been promoted to Provost at University of the Cumberlands, President Larry Cockrum announced this week.

University of the Cumberlands’ student newspaper The Patriot had tremendous success for the third consecutive year. Since 2017, The Patriot has won 65 awards from the Kentucky Press Association’s (KPA) annual awards banquet, earning them all with fewer than 10 people on staff in any one year.