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150 clubs, sororities and fraternities are represented on campus. Additionally, 바카라사이트 Campus Recreation department organises bike and camping gear rentals, adventure trips and weekly wilderness training workshops, allowing students to take full advantage of 바카라사이트 university’s location near Daniel Boone National Forest.
As well as its main campus in Richmond, 바카라사이트 university has six regional campuses across Kentucky. Hazard and Manchester are known as 바카라사이트 East Campuses, Danville and Lancaster are grouped as 바카라사이트 Central Campuses and Corbin and Somerset are South Campuses.
