Get Involved

Family and Civic Engagement is proud to offer the Cat Chat Family Community, a one-stop shop for family communications and Family Weekend registration. If your Wildcat provided your email address on their admissions application, you will automatically be added to the Cat Chat Family Community. If the university does not already have your email address, you may sign yourself up here. We define family very broadly and welcome all supportive adults in our students’ lives to be part of the Wildcat family!

If you have any questions, please contact parents@uky.edu.

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Join the UK Parent Advisory Council

Parents and family members of current University of Kentucky undergraduate students who are seeking to share feedback about the student and family experience at UK and get more involved in the Wildcat community can apply to serve on the Parent Advisory Council. This council of approximately 30 -50 members recommends programming activities for the Office of Family and Civic Engagement, gives feedback about university programs, discusses issues of concern to family members, participates in campus outreach and events, and assists with the recruitment of prospective council members.

Give Us Your Feedback

Throughout the year, the Family and Civic Engagement will ask students and families to complete feedback surveys and polls to help us know how to better serve your needs. Surveys and polls will be available through Cat Chat emails, the University of Kentucky UK Parents Facebook, X, and Instagram pages, and/or student emails and events.

Here are a few quotes from parents and family members taken from the anonymous survey:

"I love the communication from the Cat Chat Family Community and the University of Kentucky President."

"I appreciate all that you do. Your organization is especially helpful for those who are living out-of-state."

"The newsletters are very informative and I have forwarded information to my daughter from them many times."

Email	parents@uky.edu
Phone	859-257-2752