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Sarah Fitzgerald proves the statement “Once a Wildcat, always a Wildcat” true.

A 2002 UK graduate, she currently works as a Donor Relations and Stewardship Officer for University of Kentucky Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement. Sarah confidently bleeds blue.

In her time as a student, Sarah discovered you can be lost or found at UK. You can be found in a particular group or club you’re searching for, filling a niche you might’ve not even known was there. Sarah speaks of her experience as an employee of the university the very same.

“You can come here, you can do your job, do it well and go home,” Sarah said. “Or you can come here and take that extra step.” That extra step, in her journey, has been joining the UK Staff Senate.

She says the university can fit many different people in equally different and unique ways. There’s been a place for her here, both as an undergraduate student and now as an employee for almost 13 years.

“You have the big and the small at the same time,” Sarah said. “You can be lost, or you can be found.”

Having a profound pride and care for the university, as both an alumna and employee, allows Sarah to be “on point,” something she says she’s encouraged by because of her work environment. Being surrounded by like-minded, driven individuals motivates her.

Sarah’s role allows her to oversee stewardship of the UK LEADS Scholarship Program and the UK Fellows Society, as well as plan and work on Fellows events. Her work directly involves one of the many ways UK gives back to its students and its people, something that has proven to be a main reason why she has stayed here as an employee for over a decade.

There’s intentionality in the university’s support, expansions, construction and the way UK serves the state, Sarah says.

“You’re surrounded by good people, so mission driven for the students, the state, healthcare and research,” Sarah said. “We don’t lose sight of it. That’s why I stay here.”

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