Two new public relations students from Eastern Kentucky University recently began their summer internships with Shaping Our Appalachian Region, better known as SOAR. SOAR partners with EKU’s Office of Government Relations and Regional Stewardship and the...
Seven incoming Eastern Kentucky University freshmen are among 24 high school seniors throughout the region who earned “I Am UNITE” scholarships for championing anti-drug efforts. The EKU recipients are: Addison Atkin, from Rockcastle County High School, an...
Last winter, he shoveled nearly a foot of snow off a student’s driveway in Berea after that student challenged him on Twitter to make it possible for him to attend class the next morning. On Sunday, May 17, Eastern Kentucky University President Michael Benson...
Eastern Kentucky University President Michael Benson and Board of Regents Chair Craig Turner have underscored their commitment to twin core missions of the University – teaching and scholarship – with investments in the newly established President’s...
His persistent efforts as its long-time curator made the Eastern Kentucky University Herbarium one of the largest and most diverse in the region. His groundbreaking book, “Plant Life of Kentucky,” earned raves nationally and will serve botanists and the...
Dr. Melinda Wilder, director of natural areas at Eastern Kentucky University, recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kentucky Association for Environmental Education (KAEE). Wilder’s career as an environmental educator began in 1978 when she...
A new academic program at Eastern Kentucky University will tap into rapidly growing interest in craft breweries and distilleries across the Commonwealth and the products they produce. This fall, students will have the option to take courses that lead to a Fermentation...
It was an afternoon in the Spring of 1998 when an unknown student from a Middle Eastern nation walked into Dr. Ron Wolfe’s corner office in Alumni Coliseum, then the home of Eastern Kentucky University’s Department of Communication. Wolfe, who had just...
A second Eastern Kentucky University student has received the prestigious Gilman International Scholarship. Somerset native Eric King, a senior anthropology major, will travel to Bolivia to study regional archaeology and culture for two independent study courses. He...
As a three-time all-Ohio Valley Conference quarterback on some outstanding teams at Eastern Kentucky University, Jim Guice set individual passing records that stood for many years. His numbers were eventually eclipsed, but stories of his swagger and toughness resonate...
