Every summer, hundreds of young musicians from all around the U.S. gather on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University to hone their skills at the nation’s second oldest music camp. Many students attend the Stephen Collins Foster Music Camp throughout their...
Idea Festival Bluegrass, highlighted by the keynote addresses of Jad Abumrad of NPR’s Radio Lab and author Rich DeMillo, noted for his work on the transformation in higher education, is coming to the EKU Center for the Arts April 21-22. The two-day...
Flint, Michigan native and Eastern Kentucky University men’s basketball player JaVontae Hawkins lent a hand to his hometown by participating in a Water Donation Drive on Feb. 2 at the Richmond Teen Center. All donations from the drive are going to those in need...
Eastern Kentucky University’s Department of Art and Design will welcome more than 350 students from throughout the region to its High School Open Studio Day on Friday, Feb. 26. Students are expected from the following school districts: Paris Independent, Laurel...
Charlotte Dupuy, a slave who sued her master, Henry Clay, for freedom, is the subject of a program at Eastern Kentucky University on Thursday, Feb. 11. Elizabeth Lawson, a storyteller with the Kentucky Humanities Council, will portray Dupuy in a “Brown...
Noting their excitement about “the energy that exists across campus,” Maribeth and Louis Berman, of Louisville, have pledged $1 million to Eastern Kentucky University to support a combination of academic and student-focused initiatives. A portion of the...
Prospective high school students attending a recent Diversity Day at Eastern Kentucky University were among the first to learn of a new scholarship established to help them achieve their educational dreams. The New Horizons Minority Scholarship will provide financial...
Eastern Kentucky University exceeds similar benchmark institutions and other comparison groups on measures of student engagement, especially in the areas of academic challenge and experiences with faculty. According to the 2015 National Survey of Student Engagement...
Almost 50 percent of Model Lab High School juniors and seniors are taking Eastern Kentucky University classes this semester, according to Jamie Worley, high school counselor. “We have 45 students taking 68 classes,” said Worley. “We have had students...
As a changing workforce requires more graduates who can think creatively, rather than just do what they are told, a provocative film is changing the way many look at education and has spurred calls for radical innovation. And now it’s coming to Richmond....
