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Biology Chair Receives Wildlife Society Award

Biology Chair Receives Wildlife Society Award

Eastern Kentucky University faculty member Dr. Robert Frederick was recently awarded the 2015 Lauren E. Schaaf Memorial Award. Frederick, chair of the Department of Biological Sciences, received the award from the Kentucky chapter of The Wildlife Society. The award...
Two Art Exhibits Open in Giles Gallery

Two Art Exhibits Open in Giles Gallery

Two exhibits opening Sept. 21 in Eastern Kentucky University’s Giles Gallery will feature photography by Brian Charles Steel and sculptures by Walter Early. Steel’s exhibit, “Impaired Perceptions,” is a black-and-white portrait series of...
Campus to Former Students: We Want You Back

Campus to Former Students: We Want You Back

Started college but never quite finished? Eastern Kentucky University wants you back, and is ready to make your return as convenient as possible. If you left EKU – or any qualifying institution – with at least 80 credit hours and have not earned a degree,...
EKU Libraries Will Honor Author Bracelen Flood

EKU Libraries Will Honor Author Bracelen Flood

Widely acclaimed author Bracelen Flood passed away in August 2014 at his Richmond home. But he’ll never be forgotten by Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, which furnished Flood an office in John Grant Crabbe Main Library, where he did much of his research...
Noel Studio Director to Edit National Journal of Faculty Development

Noel Studio Director to Edit National Journal of Faculty Development

Dr. Russell Carpenter always considered the Journal of Faculty Development “one of the best and most prestigious publication venues in the field.” Soon, the director of Eastern Kentucky University’s Noel Studio for Academic Creativity will serve as...
Faculty, Staff to Receive Across-the-Board Salary Increase

Faculty, Staff to Receive Across-the-Board Salary Increase

Eastern Kentucky University employees will receive an across-the-board salary increase of 2.5 percent, effective Nov. 1, President Michael Benson announced today. The increase, for all full-time and part-time benefited employees, applies to staff members who were...
EKU Fares Well in College Factual Rankings

EKU Fares Well in College Factual Rankings

Eastern Kentucky University ranks second among Kentucky’s six regional universities in the most recent rankings from College Factual, a web site (www.collegefactual.com) that uses outcomes- and value-based data to guide students through the college selection...
Campus Remembers 9/11 on 14th Anniversary

Campus Remembers 9/11 on 14th Anniversary

Eastern Kentucky University will mark the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy with two stair climbs, two memorial ceremonies and a blood drive. The day’s activities on get underway at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11, with a community memorial service at Powell...
Trail Town Designation for Elkhorn City Culminates EKU Team’s Efforts

Trail Town Designation for Elkhorn City Culminates EKU Team’s Efforts

The recent approval of Elkhorn City as the seventh Kentucky Trail Town marks the successful culmination of an effort assisted by a group of EKU faculty members and students. A cross-disciplinary team composed of students and faculty from the Department of Recreation...
WEKU to Air Programs with Gubernatorial Candidates

WEKU to Air Programs with Gubernatorial Candidates

Kentucky’s three gubernatorial candidates will be featured in separate hour-long programs airing on WEKU-FM and two other Kentucky Public Radio stations on Sept. 15, Sept. 17 and Oct. 9. The programs will each air at 1 p.m. EDT and feature, in succession,...