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Empty Bowls Event Fights Local Hunger

Empty Bowls Event Fights Local Hunger

For the 19th consecutive year, the Empty Bowls Project is helping to put food on the table for hungry people in Madison County. The popular community event will be held Friday, April 15, at First Baptist Church, 425 Eastern ByPass, Richmond. Lunch will be served from...
Game Design Program Ranks No. 50 in World

Game Design Program Ranks No. 50 in World

Eastern Kentucky University’s game design program ranks 50th internationally, according to The Princeton Review. The Princeton Review (www.PrincetonReview.com) determined its rankings based on a survey it conducted in 2015 of 150 institutions offering game...
Planetarium to Present Program, Star Talk in Spanish

Planetarium to Present Program, Star Talk in Spanish

Quieres ir al epacio y volver? Do you want to go “To Space and Back?” Hummel Planetarium at Eastern Kentucky University will, for the first time, present one of its popular programs and customary “star talk” afterward in Spanish on Tuesday,...
EKU Moves Forward with Public-Private Partnership

EKU Moves Forward with Public-Private Partnership

Eastern Kentucky University selectedF2/GC, LLC, a cooperative venture between F2 Companies, LLC and Grand Campus Properties, LLC, to serve as developer for its first ever public-private partnership. In support of this new avenue of financing, the Kentucky legislature,...
EKU to Host Ky. Science and Engineering Fair

EKU to Host Ky. Science and Engineering Fair

Eastern Kentucky University will host the 14th annual Kentucky Science and Engineering Fair for middle school and high school students on Saturday, March 26. The fair, sponsored by Lexmark and open to the public, is expected to feature the work of nearly 300 students...
Battelle Gives $5,000 to Ky. Science and Engineering Fair

Battelle Gives $5,000 to Ky. Science and Engineering Fair

The world’s largest nonprofit research and development organization is looking to attract more young Kentuckians to careers in science and technology. That’s why representatives of Columbus, Ohio-based Battelle came to Eastern Kentucky University on March...
Nominations Sought for Alumni Assn. Awards

Nominations Sought for Alumni Assn. Awards

Know of someone deserving of an award from the Eastern Kentucky University International Alumni Association? Nominate him or her for one of several awards to be presented by the Association this fall. Nominations are sought for the following:...
EKU Hosts State Mock Trial Tournament

EKU Hosts State Mock Trial Tournament

A mock trial team from Dixie Heights High School earned the state championship for the second year in a row, winning the Kentucky High School Mock Trial Tournament hosted by Eastern Kentucky University and held March 4-6 in Richmond and Lexington. Dixie Heights...
OSHA Center at EKU Issuing More Durable, Secure Cards

OSHA Center at EKU Issuing More Durable, Secure Cards

Eastern Kentucky University’s OSHA Training Institute Education Center, one of just 27 such facilities nationwide, is now issuing more durable and secure outreach trainer and student cards. The federal safety agency announced recently that it would introduce the...
Luncheon to Honor Women in Athletics

Luncheon to Honor Women in Athletics

Two of the most accomplished coaches and administrators in the rich history of Eastern Kentucky University athletics will be recognized when the University hosts an inaugural “Championing Women in Athletics” luncheon on Tuesday, March 22. The event, from...