Representatives of Partners for Appalachian Families (PAF), formerly known as the Knox County Rural IMPACT team, found themselves in the company of some leading national officials recently. The group met in Washington, D.C., with Tom Vilsack, secretary of the U.S....
Former Eastern Kentucky University All-American Ole Hesselbjerg represented Denmark in the preliminary round of the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2016 Summer Olympics on Monday. Hesselbjerg did not advance to the final; however, he finished 31st out of...
An Eastern Kentucky University senior was the only undergraduate student presenter among poster contestants at the recent International Association for Identification (IAI) conference, and came away the winner. Courtney Norris, a forensic chemistry major and McNair...
The Eastern Kentucky University Small Business Development Center’s Small Town Merchant Program (STMP), in partnership with the City of Berea, Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED) and the Somerset/Pulaski County Chamber of...
The Millennial Falcon will soon take flight in Louisville! Joe Marthaler, an assistant professor and chief flight instructor in Eastern Kentucky University’s Aviation Program, and his student team are designing the aircraft for its Aug. 27 launch at Red Bull...
A newly established Diversity Office Scholarship Program at Eastern Kentucky University aims to do more than merely dispense funds. In addition to receiving much-needed financial assistance, scholarship recipients will participate in a variety of programs designed to...
Eastern Kentucky University will take a fresh look at an age-old theme with its 2016-17 Chautauqua Lecture Series. Sixteen distinguished scholars, critics, scientists, journalists, poets, artists and musicians will explore “Order and Chaos” throughout the...
Eleven graduate students in Eastern Kentucky University’s communication disorders program recently received scholarships from Scottish Rite. The organization awarded each student a $4,300 scholarship for the 2016-17 academic year. Since 2006, Scottish Rite has...
By ERIKA KHAIR Student Writer, EKU Communications & Marketing For most college students, summer plans don’t include studying graduate-level nuclear chemistry and hands-on training in a nuclear reactor facility. But they did for Eastern Kentucky University...
Nearly 100 members of the Eastern Kentucky University community have completed the EKU Online Course Development and Online Teaching Certificate program. The intensive eight-week program is sponsored by the Instructional Design Center in the Office of eCampus...
