Academic Convocation: Akilah Hughes

Haggin Auditorium — Mitchell Fine Arts Center

“Building A Better South” Presented in collaboration with the Bingham Center for Teaching Excellence

Lunch & Learn – McCarthy Strategic Solutions

Rosenthal Complex — Sanders-Seibers Entrepreneurship Hub 421 West 4th Street, Lexington, KY

Enjoy complimentary lunch and learn from partners Amy Wickliffe ('02) and Sherman Brown as we explore a non-partisan conversation about lobbying, governement relations, and politics. This session might be of interest for ayone in the political science, pre-law, or business departments, or anyone who wants to launch a business.

Business Bonus Hour

Rosenthal Complex — Sanders-Seibers Entrepreneurship Hub 421 West 4th Street, Lexington, KY

This come-and-go session will allow students to mingle with business owners, entrepreneurs, alumni, and external stakeholders. If you email your area or industry of interest, we will do our best to ensure there are individuals present who are actively working in that field. Complimentary snacks are available, you do not have to stay for the whole event.

Lunch & Learn – Kinkead & Stilz

Rosenthal Complex — Sanders-Seibers Entrepreneurship Hub 421 West 4th Street, Lexington, KY

Enjoy complimentary lunch and learn from Member Barry Stilz and Associate Bethany Davenport as they explore a career in law, owning and operating a law firm, and mistakes startup businesses make from a legal standpoint. This session might be of interest for anyone in pre-law or business departments, or anyone who wants to launch a business.

Faculty Showcase

Carrick Theater — Mitchell Fine Arts Center

The Fourth Annual Pre-Law Society Distinguished Lecture

W. T. Young Campus Center

The Pre-Law Society hosts the 4th Annual Distinguished Lecture. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Ana Reyes ’96 will be engaging in discourse with U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Judge Michelle Childs.

Studio 300 Digital Art and Music Festival

Transylvania University

On Oct. 8 & 9, 2025, The Studio 300 Digital Art and Music Festival brings to Lexington recent works from digital genres, providing our community an exclusive front-row seat at the leading edge of international digital art and music scenes.

Pints with Pioneers

Mirror Twin Bewing (723 Cocktail Lounge) 723 National Avenue, Lexington, Kentucky

Lunch & Learn – Bullhorn Creative

Rosenthal Complex — Sanders-Seibers Entrepreneurship Hub 421 West 4th Street, Lexington, KY

This series features the lead team behind Bullhorn Creative, a branding, design, and marketing firm based in Lexington. In this session they will talk through tips for new businesses when it comes to branding and brand identity, websites, product launch, and more. They will also talk with us about how to get into marketing as a career field. This session is great for students who

Hearts of Glass Panel – Cultivating Entrepreneurship, Inclusion & Impact

Rosenthal Complex — Sanders-Seibers Entrepreneurship Hub 421 West 4th Street, Lexington, KY

Please join the Sanders-Siebers Center for Entrepreneurship for an interactive panel discussion about entrepreneurship, disability inclusion, and impact on October 23, Thursday, from 12:30 – 1:30 pm ET. Panelists will include the filmmaker, and two employees from Vertical Harvest. Kaelyn Query, Director of the Sanders-Siebers Center for Entrepreneurship, will moderate. This is a virtual event.

PumpkinMania

Transylvania University

Reserve your pumpkin starting Oct. 1

Coffee & Conversation with Laura Korch

Rosenthal Complex — Sanders-Seibers Entrepreneurship Hub 421 West 4th Street, Lexington, KY

This event will feature a conversation with artist Laura Korch in partnership with the Morlan Gallery. Laura will have work featured in the Rematerialize exhibition in the gallery that same week. In this chat, we will discuss being a full-time artist, making art and design a career, how to commission your work, and other tips of the trade. Complimentary coffee and pastries will be provided.

5 Across Pitch Competition with Awesome Inc.

Carrick Theater — Mitchell Fine Arts Center

5 Across comes to Campus for this action packed night of Entrepreneurship! Join us to cheer on 5 companies as they pitch for a chance at over $5,000 in cash money! Advanced registration is required, event will be held in the Carrick Theater.

The Moosnick Lecture Series — Dr. Claire E. Sufrin

Strickland Auditorium — L.A. Brown Science Center

Join us for this year’s Moosnick Lecture with Dr. Claire E. Sufrin, senior editor at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. Dr. Sufrin will explore the function of history and memory in contemporary Jewish literature.

Music Tech Recital

Carrick Theater — Mitchell Fine Arts Center

Preview Day

Transylvania University

There will be campus tours, faculty conversations, class visits, and info sessions on getting to know Transy and special interests.

Jazz Ensemble

Carrick Theater — Mitchell Fine Arts Center

Holiday Concert

Haggin Auditorium — Mitchell Fine Arts Center

Central Kentucky Concert Band

Haggin Auditorium — Mitchell Fine Arts Center

This free event is open to the public. No ticket required.

Zak Foster — SOUTHERN WHITE AMNESIA

Carrick Theater — Mitchell Fine Arts Center

SOUTHERN WHITE AMNESIA examines the family stories white Americans pass down through generations—or allow to be forgotten—about their role in slavery and its ongoing legacy. When Foster told a family member about discovering records showing their ancestors had enslaved people, the immediate response was “no”—followed by insistence that they would “surely know” if this were true. That moment of family denial launched this entire collection.

Kenan Lecture with Nikki Finney

Transylvania University

Nikky Finney is the author of "On Wings Made of Gauze"; "Rice"; "The World Is Round"; and "Head Off & Split", which won the National Book Award for Poetry in 2011. Her new collection of poems, "Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry," was released in 2020. Finney is Carolina Distinguished Professor at USC in Columbia where she is also director of the Ernest A. Finney

Metamorphosis

Lucille C. Little Theater

Presented by the Transylvania Theater Program

A Conversation with Hala Alyan

Carrick Theater — Mitchell Fine Arts Center

Hala Alyan is a licensed clinical psychologist, professor at New York University, and writer. Her work grapples heroically with themes of family, displacement, belonging, and what ‘home’ means. Of her work, author Fatimah Asghar writes, “I feel honored to be alive in a time where I can read Hala Alyan.”

Senior Awards 2026

Carrick Theater — Mitchell Fine Arts Center

Last Lecture 2026

Carrick Theater — Mitchell Fine Arts Center