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EKU Advantage, Colonels Comeback Plan Approved by Board of Regents

EKU Advantage, Colonels Comeback Plan Approved by Board of Regents

The Eastern Kentucky Board of Regents today approved several components of an enrollment plan titled “The EKU Advantage,” including freezing tuition, dining and housing rates at the same rates that students paid in Fall 2019, increasing available...
Professor Studies ‘Human Factor’ of Ed Tech

Professor Studies ‘Human Factor’ of Ed Tech

While Eastern Kentucky University is primarily known as a teaching institution dedicated to student success— and powering Kentucky communities with graduates who work as essential employees— EKU faculty also conduct ground-breaking academic research as...
EKU Upward Bound Student Earns Peoples Bank Scholarship

EKU Upward Bound Student Earns Peoples Bank Scholarship

Kenzie Dalton, a 2020 Powell County High School graduate, has received a $2,000 scholarship presented by Peoples Bank of Madison and Rockcastle Counties.  Kenzie received the scholarship as a high school student enrolled in the Eastern Kentucky University Upward...
Professor’s Research Sheds Light on Parkinson’s Disease

Professor’s Research Sheds Light on Parkinson’s Disease

While Eastern Kentucky University is primarily known as a teaching institution dedicated to student success— and powering Kentucky communities with graduates who work as essential employees— EKU faculty also conduct ground-breaking academic research as...
EKU Restructures School of Nursing to Include ASN Program

EKU Restructures School of Nursing to Include ASN Program

Eastern Kentucky University announced today it would begin enrolling nursing students into a two-year Associate of Science Nursing program (ASN) after a restructuring in the College of Health Sciences and increased demand for a two-year nursing program. The...
Skylar Barger Named Outstanding Senior Psychology Department

Skylar Barger Named Outstanding Senior Psychology Department

Recent EKU graduate Skylar Barger received an outstanding senior award from the faculty in the Department of Psychology. She adds that distinction to a long list of accomplishments, including graduating Summa Cum Laude and earning the Dean’s Award, the...
E-Mentoring Paid Internships Available to EKU Students

E-Mentoring Paid Internships Available to EKU Students

Eastern Kentucky University’s Office of Regional Stewardship has partnered with Berea Partners for Education to create and implement an E-Mentoring Program with the Knox Promise Neighborhood that serves as an interactive, online college and career readiness...
Shoemakers Make EKU a Family Tradition

Shoemakers Make EKU a Family Tradition

Future Colonel Jenna Shoemaker, a rising freshman in Fall 2020, won’t likely need a campus tour before she officially becomes a Colonel. She is planning on pursuing a degree in biomedical science (pre-med), but she’s already familiar with the Campus...
WEKU Turns on New Transmitter for Southeastern Kentucky

WEKU Turns on New Transmitter for Southeastern Kentucky

On May 15, WEKU turned on its new 88.5 FM transmitter in Corbin which serves Southeast Kentucky. The transmitter cost $38,000 and was mostly funded through donations from WEKU listeners over the past 12 months. The new 6,000-watt transmitter is more reliable and...