As industry demand for sales professionals continues to grow, a long-time business executive who knows the need firsthand has stepped up to support an up-and-coming academic program in the Eastern Kentucky University School of Business. A $1 million gift from Louis...
Eastern Kentucky University alumni Gary Booth (‘62) has partnered with the University to build a solar farm on-campus that will be used in a multitude of ways, including providing energy for the EKU electrical grid. “I think it’s important...
Record student success results, strong financial performance, COVID-19 response, comprehensive strategic planning and newly elected and reappointed board members highlighted reports to the EKU Board of Regents during their regularly scheduled September meeting. Eyouel...
Eastern Kentucky University recently purchased two additional Cessna 172s aircraft to add to its fleet of more than 20 aircraft in the Aviation program. The new planes are equipped with Garmin G1000NXi avionics suite as well as other advanced systems and are...
The EKU Chautauqua Lecture Series returns for the 2020-2021, but in a different format than ever before. This year's lectures will be held virtually-only. The 2020-21 live streaming Virtual Chautauqua Lecture Series at Eastern Kentucky University...
Eastern Kentucky University has long been known as an institution that supports veterans, and it has now unveiled a space that strengthens that support. EKU’s newly renovated Powell Building now boasts a 3,000 square foot facility dedicated to veterans...
In 2009, Grammy-winning conductor and composer Eric Whitacre received a video from a fan singing the soprano part from one of his compositions. Whitacre posted the video on his website, along with the following idea: “what if hundreds of people did the same...
The EKU Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Open Textbook Resources is awarding $23,000 in grant funding to three departments and four individual faculty who submitted proposals to develop zero textbook cost courses. This incentive grant program was made possible by an...
Eastern Kentucky University senior Callie Whitus is the recipient of the 2020 Florence Hood Minor Award. This award is given to junior college students who are members of the Delta Zeta sorority. Award recipients have shown leadership, maintained good academic...
Dr. David McFaddin is Eastern Kentucky University’s 14th president after a special meeting of the Board of Regents today. The board voted unanimously to remove the interim from his title and will work out a contract with the president before December. McFaddin...
