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New Commuter Parking Options Available

New Commuter Parking Options Available

The new Vickers lot and the Ashland and lower Perkins lots on Kit Carson Drive are now open to both commuters and residential freshmen with Zone C or Zone Z parking permits. Ride the Big E Transit Service from Vickers, Ashland or Stratton (across from the Perkins lot)...
Regents Welcome Three New Members

Regents Welcome Three New Members

The EKU Board of Regents, meeting in a special-called session on Thursday, Aug. 18, welcomed three new members. Dr. Laurie Carter, executive vice president and University counsel, swore in Lewis Diaz and Ramakrishna (Vasu) Vasudevan, who had been appointed to six-year...
SPJ Receives Outstanding Chapter Award

SPJ Receives Outstanding Chapter Award

Eastern Kentucky University’s student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has been named the Outstanding Campus Chapter for Region 5, which includes Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. This is the third time in seven years Eastern’s SPJ has won...
Women Leading Kentucky Luncheon Sept. 21

Women Leading Kentucky Luncheon Sept. 21

Eastern Kentucky University and Women Leading Kentucky are partnering to bring a roundtable networking luncheon to the Richmond campus. Kentucky State Treasurer Allison Ball will be the keynote speaker at the luncheon, scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 21, at noon in the...
Gate Dream Come True for Turners

Gate Dream Come True for Turners

Passing motorists near the intersection of Lancaster Avenue and Barnes Mill Road may note the enhanced curb appeal along the western periphery of campus. But, for future generations of Eastern Kentucky University students, beginning with this fall’s freshman...
Freshmen Receive “Big E Welcome”

Freshmen Receive “Big E Welcome”

Well over 2,000 first-year students received a “Big E Welcome” when they arrived at Eastern Kentucky University on Wednesday, Aug. 17. A series of events continuing through Sunday, Aug. 21, will prepare the freshmen and transfer students for the collegiate...
PGA Grad Competes in Professional Championship

PGA Grad Competes in Professional Championship

The summer of 2016 provided a first for the EKU PGA Golf Management Program. Alex Martin, a 2011 graduate, qualified for and competed in the 2016 PGA Professional Championship held at Turning Stone Resort in Verona, New York.  The 49th PGA Professional...
“Growth Happens Here”

“Growth Happens Here”

“Growth Happens Here.” It was the theme for the faculty and staff fall convocation at Eastern Kentucky University on Tuesday, Aug. 16, but no one had to attend the annual event to know that. The signs are evident any direction you look on the Richmond...
Model Teacher Selected for Museum Position

Model Teacher Selected for Museum Position

For Chris Robinson, it’s “not just the opportunity of a lifetime. It’s the opportunity of many lifetimes of those who struggled for equality, equity and recognition.” The Model Laboratory High School teacher was recently appointed as the first...
Colonels’ Radio Voice Honored by OVC

Colonels’ Radio Voice Honored by OVC

Greg Stotelmyer, the radio voice of Eastern Kentucky University football and basketball for 33 years, is the winner of the 2015-16 Ohio Valley Conference Media Award, the league announced today from its Brentwood, Tennessee headquarters. The OVC Media Award is given...