Collaboration

Graduate students of MKT 611 reviewed Auxiliary Services’ needs and developed individual capstone projects that provided recommendations for the Auxiliary Services brand and opportunities to enhance the campus experience.  Students held focus groups, administered surveys, and researched units within Auxiliary Services to provide the following outcomes:  

• Event Bid Package 
• Event Planning Guide 
• Digital Marketing Strategy 
• Rebrand Proposal  

Students of TA 470 were asked to apply their expertise and update a new stage design for UK’s commencement ceremonies. Students presented their final designs and recommendations to University Events and other members of the commencement committee. 

Students were asked to decorate the outside of a small box/container and place 5 items inside that represents their “Culture Chest.” These Culture Chests represent the students’ social identities and how they’ve impacted their worldview and behavior- their race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, ability, religion, social class, nationality, age, size, etc. These items represent the salient aspects of their cultural identities, their personal journeys and histories, and thoughts, opinions, feelings, and questions about social justice in their own lives and in the United States.  

Displayed an exhibit of small but unusual stones, used as objects of aesthetic contemplation in ancient and modern Chinese culture. 

These large scales mix media art murals are abstract re-interpretations of iconic works from artists like Picasso, Chirico, Duchamp, Matisse, Diego Rivera, and Michelangelo. The students created the original artists’ piece through contemporary line strokes in acrylic paint, charcoal, markers, etc. Illustrating the expression of each artwork. 

These collages represent the students’ conceptual design process of current studio design projects. All works have a digitally printed collage element with 3-dimensional mixed media elements layered over top of the collage. 

Students designed ‘cookbooks’ in a variety of themes, ranging from traditional (cocktails and cupcakes) to new ideas such as ‘recipes for best fishing lure’, ‘recipes from the year 5001’, and ‘recipes inspired by horror films’. 

Each semester, a dedicated curator intern from the UK College of Fine Arts curatorial studies program, manages the exhibit outside of the Harris Ballroom within the Gatton Student Center.  The internship and exhibits are supported and supervised by the UK HealthCare Arts in HealthCare program in partnership with the Gatton Student Center, UK College of Fine Arts and the UK School of Art and Visual Studies.  

In collaboration with UK College of Design and supported by UK’s Interior Designer, Auxiliary Services created an internship for interior design students interested in the hospitality and residential industry. Interior Design interns have the opportunity to engage in surveys and focus groups to address needs collaboratively with Auxiliary Services.   

In collaboration with Student Success, an Auxiliary Services internship program was established in Spring 2023 to offer meaningful experiences in a variety of sectors including business and finance, event management, human resources, information technology and marketing.