Last winter, Eastern Kentucky University President Michael Benson gained international attention when a Twitter exchange led to him shoveling snow off a student’s driveway. On Monday, Aug. 24, the first day of fall classes at EKU, he took to Snapchat to converse...
Wes Buton, senior and president of the Eastern Kentucky University Trap and Skeet Team, recently captured a national title. Burton shot a 96 out of 100 at the Amateur Trap Association's annual Grand American Handicap. Burton emerged victorious in a shootout with...
Eastern Kentucky University will introduce its new Touchdown Terrace with beer sales at select home football games this season. Eastern joins other universities in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, including the University of Louisville, in offering alcohol sales at...
Eastern Kentucky University’s bachelor’s degree program in Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology (FPSET) has been accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology...
Eastern Kentucky University will host a training session on suicide prevention and awareness for faculty and staff. In recognition of World Suicide Prevention Day, the training will be held Thursday, Sept. 3, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., in Powell Underground and is open to all...
Can every member of a community play a role in preventing power-based violence? Dorothy Edwards will argue in the affirmative at her Chautauqua lecture on Thursday, Sept. 3 at Eastern Kentucky University. Edwards, executive director of Green Dot, etc., will present...
Eastern Kentucky University recently welcomed three new individuals to its development team. Benjamin Kees, Joshua Nicholas and Andrew Polter joined the University on July 30. “I am excited to welcome these new members to the team,” said Ben Mohler,...
“We can control our own destiny,” Eastern Kentucky University President Michel Benson reminded faculty and staff at the University’s annual fall convocation today. “There’s a lot of extraneous noise around us that we can’t control,...
Eastern Kentucky University President Michael Benson, in a recent article co-authored with Yale Law School student Hal Boyd, argues that America must recapture its commitment to the lofty ideals of higher education. Their article, headlined “The Public...
Joslyn Glover was recently named director of the Office of Institutional Equity at Eastern Kentucky University. Glover joined the University after three years as division director of administrative services in the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice and six years...
