Using campus as a classroom: Students explore UK’s energy infrastructure

 At the University of Kentucky, students have access to a dynamic living lab — an 800-acre campus with more than 20 million square feet of building space and all the infrastructure and operations of a small city. At the heart of this opportunity is Facilities Management. In addition to creating an environment where students can learn and excel, Facilities Management is also providing opportunities for students to engage directly with the systems that are essential to the university’s operations.

As part of a technical writing course taught by Holly Osborn, a lecturer in the UK College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies, students have the unique opportunity to go behind the scenes. The course, which includes students from diverse majors such as engineering, neuroscience and animal science, is designed to help students hone their technical writing skills through real-world fieldwork.