You are cordially invited to the 2025 “Pump It Up” celebration and semester kick-off event! We are inviting all of our faculty, staff, and students, along with friends, family, alumni, and community partners, to come together to connect and celebrate with your public health community. There will be games, networking opportunities, food, and giveaways!
At this year's Pump It Up Celebration, there will be tables where any UK student and employee can receive vaccination(s) with no fee! A few of the vaccines that will be provided include Flu/COVID/RSV. To receive the vaccination, you will need: insurance card and form of identification.
Cornhole
Giant Connect 4
Big Jenga & Checkers
Succulent Pot Painting
Air Brush Tattoo Artist
Dr. Crystal Miller serves as Commissioner of Health for Lexington-Fayette County Health Department. She previously served as director of the WEDCO District Health Department, which serves Harrison, Nicholas, and Scott counties in Kentucky, for eighteen years.
Dr. Miller is a strong advocate for public health and has served in various capacities at the local, state and national level. She has represented public health nationally by being on the Board of Directors for the National Association of County and City Health Officials. She served on the Kentucky Health Department Association Executive Committee, assisting with public health transformation efforts during the pension crisis. She has also earned numerous awards for her work in public health, including Kentucky Department for Public Health “Trailblazer” and “Outgoing Director” awards. Locally, she was named Georgetown “Citizen of the Year” in 2020 for her exceptional leadership in having the first case of COVID-19 and leading pandemic response.
Dr. Miller worked for the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Public Health for more than seven years prior to WEDCO. Dr. Miller holds an undergraduate degree from UK in Elementary Education, as well as a Master’s of Public Health and Doctorate of Public Health. She loves to give back to students in any way she can to help shape a strong future because she understands the pressures of being a college student and trying to find the best path toward making an impact in the field.
In the early 1800’s, John Snow, M.D., a historical figure in epidemiology, provided one of the earliest examples of using epidemiologic methods to identify risk for disease and recommend preventive action. On August 31, 1854, London experienced a recurrent epidemic of cholera and Snow suspected water from the Broad Street pump as the source of disease.
Removal of this handle prevented additional cholera deaths, supporting Snow's theory that cholera was a waterborne, contagious disease. Snow's studies and the removal of the pump handle became a model for modern epidemiology and is considered to be the symbol of when public health started.
This is the original map by John Snow showing the clusters of cholera cases (indicated by stacked rectangles) in the London epidemic of 1854. The contaminated pump is located at the crossroads of Broad Street and Cambridge Street (now Lexington Street), running into Little Windmill Street.
This map is a tremendous contribution to the field of epidemiology, recognizing that part of treating disease requires viewing patients not as individual, isolated cases, but within the larger environment in which they live. Although John Snow’s model is accepted as a way to frame our understanding of infectious diseases today, it gives us a blueprint for approaching illness, particularly illness caused by or related to the patient’s environment.
Below is the University of Kentucky's online interactive map of campus, with the Gatton Student Center outlined in black.
The Gatton Student Center's Grand Ballroom, Ballrooms A & B.
This is the second floor of the building.
The Grand Ballroom is highlighted in light blue on the map.
