This is another in a series of interviews with staff, faculty, and administrators across campus promoting the goals of EKU’s Quality Enhancement Plan. The current QEP, Read with Purpose, calls for Eastern to develop critical readers through the use of...
When he first began studying geology 25 years ago, Dr. John White thought he would spend his academic career focused on the Big Bend area of his native west Texas. Then, while a doctoral student, he discovered the geological wonders of Italy, especially Sicily. And...
Eastern Kentucky University is adding a Master of Social Work (MSW) program in Fall 2020. Courses will be taught 100 percent online, and now come with a customizable component. Students can personalize their degree by adding a certificate in an area of interest at no...
Eastern Kentucky University is increasing the number of business degree options available 100 percent online. Beginning in Fall 2020, students can earn their BBA online in one of three new areas – management, marketing and finance. An undergraduate certificate...
As the longtime broadcast partner of the Lexington Philharmonic, public radio station WEKU 88.9 and LexPhil have agreed to broadcast five encore LexPhil performances every two weeks through the end of June. The first broadcast will feature the...
A grant-funded AmeriCorps program based at Eastern Kentucky University is earning national attention for its efforts to help health and social service agencies throughout the Commonwealth respond to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Fifteen individuals, including five...
Healthcare professionals across the globe have been putting time in around the clock to help combat the global pandemic COVID-19. For Eastern Kentucky University alumna Emma Davis, it has been a surreal past few weeks. But she said she’s just doing her job....
Dr. Daniel Roush, professor in the American Sign Language & Interpreter Education Department in EKU’s College of Education, has received a Fulbright Scholar award for Fall 2020 for a research project in support of Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL)...
For more than 50 years, WEKU has served eastern and central Kentucky as its National Public Radio affiliate. That service led Lexington mayor Linda Gorton to declare Thursday, Apr. 16 Public Radio Music Day in honor of WEKU. “It’s a great honor to have...
Though Dr. James Maples, associate professor of sociology at EKU, has conducted many studies centered on recreational rock climbing, he has never actually hit the rocks himself. Imagine his surprise, then, when he earned a 2019 Climber Advocate Award from Access...
