Andrew Dunbar

I was awarded the presidential scholarship upon enrolling into UK. This scholarship was a real blessing allowing me to study in comfort not having to worry about tuition and I am very thankful to have been granted it.

I was awarded the Mercer County UK alumni club scholarship by the fantastic people at the Mercer County alumni club. It helped pay for my books and food for the semesters I was granted it and it's something I am thankful happened in my transition to college.

I maintained a high GPA amid some of the most challenging classes UK has to offer. It taught me the meaning of hard work begins with self discipline and ends when you take your first breath outside of the exam room. "in terms of what one should give in this life, sweat holds more value than tears" -Shane Koyczan

PEPP is a pre-professional program to train upcoming doctors interested in going back to Appalachia on how to get into medical school, how to do well on the MCAT, provides shadowing hours, and provides volunteer service hours. The time I spent in this program were informative beyond belief and helped to solidify permanently my desire to become a doctor.

I've been involved with Camp Kesem as a counselor since its founding year at UK. The goal of Camp Kesem is to provide a free summer camp to kids whose parent or guardian has been afflicted with cancer in order for them to meet kids in the same situation and find a space to heal, grow past it, form bonds with people similar, and most importantly be a kid away from that environment for that week. It's without a doubt my favorite week of the year and after seeing the kids grow so much my first time I've been in love and dedicated to the cause ever since.

After my first year at camp I became a coordinator for the camp. My first coordinator position was operations coordinator, the responsibilities involved in this were: Planning the activities and schedule of the camp Finding a Camp ground to host us Ordering supplies for camp and coordinating the placement and organization of supplies on site at camp. My second year as a coordinator I became volunteer coordinator, the responsibilities involved here were: Recruiting for Kesem at tabling events, student org events, presentations and so forth Training the counselors for camp reviewing counselor applications and conducting interviews for counselor positions