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Alpha Phi Sigma Captures Record Number of Awards

Alpha Phi Sigma Captures Record Number of Awards

The Eastern Kentucky University Epsilon Chapter of the Alpha Phi Sigma (APS) Criminal Justice Honor Society captured a record nine awards at its annual conference in Denver, Colorado, surpassing the previous record of seven in 2015.  “This is an incredible...
NEHA Director to Speak at Health Sciences Scholars Day

NEHA Director to Speak at Health Sciences Scholars Day

The executive director and CEO of the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) will deliver the keynote address at the annual College of Health Sciences Scholars Day at Eastern Kentucky University on Tuesday, April 19. Dr. David Dyjack will address...
Faculty Member Accepted to NEH Institute

Faculty Member Accepted to NEH Institute

Born in Seoul, South Korea, to a multi-generation educational missionary family, Dr. Elizabeth Underwood has long had an affinity for Asian people and culture. Now, the Eastern Kentucky University faculty member has been selected as a participant in the 2016 National...
Lt. Gov. Hampton Helps EKU Honor Women Veterans

Lt. Gov. Hampton Helps EKU Honor Women Veterans

Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton wouldn’t take back a minute of her seven years of service in the U.S. Air Force. After all, she proudly noted, it made her successful 19-year career in the corrugated packaging industry and, for the past few months, public service...
O’Brien Named 2016-18 Foundation Professor

O’Brien Named 2016-18 Foundation Professor

Dr. Shirley O’Brien is the latest faculty member to earn Eastern Kentucky University’s highest honor for teaching excellence. O’Brien, a professor in the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, has received the 2016-18 EKU...
Dance Theatre to Present Spring Concert

Dance Theatre to Present Spring Concert

Eastern Kentucky University’s Dance Theatre will present its spring concert beginning Wednesday, April 13, and continuing through Saturday, April 16, in O’Donnell Hall of the Whitlock Building The concert will begin at 8 p.m. nightly April 13-16, with an...
Malcolm Frisbie, Project Shepherd

Malcolm Frisbie, Project Shepherd

Early in the planning phases, EKU administrators chose the Project Shepherd Model for the design and construction of the New Science Building. In this model, high value is placed on faculty input. Dr. Malcolm Frisbie was selected to take the lead and is affectionately...
Day Elected Faculty Regent

Day Elected Faculty Regent

Dr. Richard Day has been elected by his peers as faculty regent at Eastern Kentucky University. Day, associate professor of educational foundations in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, currently serves as chair of the University’s Faculty Senate. He...
Graduate OT Program Ranks 37th in U.S.

Graduate OT Program Ranks 37th in U.S.

The master’s degree program in occupational therapy at Eastern Kentucky University rates among the nation’s best, according to U.S. News and World Report. The magazine recently ranked the EKU program as tied for 37th nationally. No other graduate OT...
Boston to Perform at Center for the Arts

Boston to Perform at Center for the Arts

Forty years after its debut album took the music world by storm, the legendary band Boston will bring its iconic songs to the Eastern Kentucky University Center for the Arts. As part of its 40th Anniversary Tour, Boston will perform at the Center on Thursday, May 26,...