New for Fall 2021, the EKU BookSmart program at Eastern Kentucky University supplied more than 10,000 Big E Boxes containing free textbooks and course materials for every undergraduate student enrolled in the Fall 2021 semester this past week during its Big...
Connor Josselyn is in the process of moving into the seventh floor of Palmer Hall on a sweltering Wednesday morning, helped by his dad, mom, sister and grandmother. This is Connor’s first semester at Eastern Kentucky University, but it would be impossible for...
Students from EKU’s Upward Bound program had the opportunity to virtually meet and chat with three authors as part of their 2021 Summer Chautauqua experience. As part of their English and Composition course, students read “Rural Voices: 15 Authors...
Eastern Kentucky University has selected Colleen Chaney to be the Chief of Staff and Chief Communications Officer. Chaney will lead critical functions and initiatives of the President’s Office, President’s Cabinet and provide direct leadership to the...
Lexington attorney Ashley Ward was appointed by Governor Andy Beshear and sworn in by University counsel Dana Fohl as the newest member of Eastern Kentucky University’s Board of Regents at a special meeting on July 26. Regent Laura Babbage, who was reappointed...
The opportunity to play Division I football brought Bryce Wilson to EKU, his faith in God sustained his academic and athletic career through injuries, loss of family members, and ultimately the end of his football career, and his mental toughness guided him through...
This summer, the free “Shakespeare in the Ravine” event hosted by the Appalachian Shakespeare Center at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) returns, featuring a live, in-person production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The...
Eastern Kentucky University announced it received its single largest gift in the school’s history today, more than $2.5 million left by Karen Ann Hawkins, who passed away last November. The University honored Hawkins and her bequest with a memorial...
The most recent honor among many for EKU associate professor Dr. Jason Marion comes for his work in water purification research to help low-resource countries like Kenya and rural counties in Kentucky. Marion won the 2021 Global Health and Innovation Conference (GHIC)...
Eastern Kentucky University has named Dr. Lara Vance its dean of students. Vance has led the EKU Student Success Center for the last six years. “Dr. Vance has built relationships with faculty, staff, and students that will carry over and expand as she...
